Episode 4: Big Freedia

Into the Mix

Ben & Jerry's and Vox Creative

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.3 • 537 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Into the Mix, Ashley C. Ford talks to Big Freedia, the performer who brought bounce music from the streets of New Orleans to the world. Join Freedia as she tells us how she got her start, how she faced personal tragedy — and how she’s continuing to show up for her community, using her platform to speak out against, and help reduce gun violence in New Orleans.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Ashley C. Ford, and this is Into the Mix, a Ben and Jerry's podcast about joy and justice, produced with Vox Creative.
0:13.0	Let's get into it.
0:19.0	I'm the Queen of Bounce. I represent for the culture of bounce music and New Orleans. I'm the Queen of Bounce.
0:24.1	I represent for the culture of bounce music and New Orleans.
0:27.3	I'm Bigfrey to the Queen Diva, your best believer.
0:29.7	What pronouns do you use?
0:31.2	I use both.
0:32.2	He or she.
0:35.2	I can answer to both because I know who I am.
0:51.3	Big Frida is a bounce music icon and a champion for New Orleans culture and cuisine.
0:56.5	I'm talking char-boiled oysters, fried ribs, vignets.
1:01.1	I need me a little feta fried chicken with a little cornbread and little red beans on the side of a little collard greens. She's seen the city through the highs of festival season and lows of
1:05.7	Katrina and the storm's devastating impact. But New Orleans isn't just defined by its food and its location along the Gulf Coast
1:14.3	amidst concerns about climate change.
1:17.1	New Orleans is also an epicenter of culture and of sound.
1:21.0	From tap dancers with homemade tap shoes in the French Quarter to big brass and high school
1:27.2	bands throughout the popular parade rules.
1:30.3	Music is alive and a heartbeat of this historic city.
1:34.3	Your city probably has its own sounds too.
1:37.3	I know that despite some of our bad PR in Indiana,
1:41.3	Indianapolis has some of the best smoothest jazz you can find on a Friday
1:47.0	or Saturday night. But in the Big Easy, sound is part of that city's history. It connects
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