Checking In w/ Macy Gray
Checking In with Michelle Williams
The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2021
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Michelle and Macy connect on their passion for music and advocacy for mental health. They discuss Macy’s upcoming music, her missions in support of mental health and the importance of just having someone to listen. CHECK IN to this episode to consider how you can help friends, or strangers, struggling with their mental health.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.4 | Welcome to checking in with Michelle Williams, |
| 0:06.6 | a production of IHeart Radio and The Black Effect. |
| 0:25.3 | Hey, y'all, listen. my guest is a musical icon, okay? |
| 0:28.6 | Can you guess who she is if I just sing this part? |
| 0:31.6 | I try to say goodbye and I choke. |
| 0:32.8 | Okay, okay, okay, okay. |
| 0:33.6 | Well, she's here. |
| 0:36.2 | Next on checking in with Michelle Williams. |
| 0:49.0 | I'm really, really interested in my next guest. I think with us being both musical artists, |
| 0:55.0 | we also have a mutual friend from Chicago, Illinois, named Billy Deck. We both have journeys that are very different, but we have now kind of, you know, I've come back in different ways addressing mental health because it's such a larger discussion, especially in the African American community. |
| 1:10.0 | And now I'm just kind of, I'm excited about her talking about her giving back and what she's |
| 1:17.3 | learning and what I've been learning by sharing my story that seems to be impacting the |
| 1:23.1 | black community. |
| 1:23.9 | I really want to get us talking about our mental health and checking in. So this is going to be |
| 1:30.5 | amazing. Macy has been open about what's been going on with her journey. So I'm just going to open it up |
| 1:36.9 | and let her share. I am so excited to introduce my next guest to the Checking In podcast. |
| 1:46.7 | She is a multi-award winning musician songwriter, actress, author, mother, and mental health |
| 1:52.9 | advocate. |
| 1:53.9 | She's known for her distinctive voice and her Grammy Award winning song. |
| 1:58.0 | I tried. |
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