Nana on Blackness

THE HEY GIRL PODCAST

Alex Elle

Personal Journals, Arts, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Alex sits down with her grandmother to discuss growing up black, civil rights, and self-care. Support Alex's new book below: Pre-order After the Rain here. Enter the Pre-Order Campaign here. ———— hey, girl. is mixed & produced by Wayne Bertram. Connect with Alex on Instagram: @alex_elle @theheygirlpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everyone. So today on the show I'm chatting with my grandmother, my nana and this is a really special
0:07.2	episode for me. She shares bits and pieces of her life, her growing up as a black girl and just recalling things from the civil
0:16.9	rights movement and segregation and we just had a moment and it was so
0:21.6	amazing to be able to hear her voice, hear her story and listen to her and hold space for her and I love her so much.
0:29.0	She played a major role in raising me and has just been my biggest prayer leader. I remember what
0:37.6	we were talking one day and she was just saying how she never stopped praying for me
0:42.1	and how her prayers have been answered just
0:44.8	because I came out on the other side of so much darkness and trauma and sadness and
0:50.4	I was lost and my grandmother's prayers covered me I'm just honored to be able to sit and
0:55.4	talk with her and I hope you guys enjoy this conversation. Have a great Sunday.
0:59.3	Take care. Hi, I'm Alex L and I write books for a living. The Hey Girl Podcast was created with
1:07.1	sisterhood and storytelling in mind. Hey girl, hey girl, hey girl.
1:11.6	Hey girl! Hey girl.
1:13.0	Join us as we journey through sharing together.
1:16.0	Hey girl.
1:20.0	Hey girl.
1:21.0	I guess I should say hey nana since I'm talking to my Nana. Yeah. How you doing Nana?
1:28.0	I'm fine Alex. How are you? I'm doing good. I'm really glad to have you on my podcast. I
1:36.3	definitely wanted to just talk with you about social justice, black lives,
1:41.3	everything that's going on right now,
1:43.2	and everything that you've, you know, walked through and seen
1:46.8	in your lifetime.
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