Higher Ground Society Podcast

Jerald and Dr. Trimble their conversation, discussing what it's like to be empowered as a Black woman in the face of adversity, and how Black and white folks can better navigate systems of inequity an...

27 Apr 202339min

To kick off Season 3 of the Higher Ground Society Podcast, and in observance of National Poetry Month, Jerald chats with Alabama poet and Chair of Languages and Literature at Alabama State University,...

25 Apr 202347min

In this year's Women's History Month episode Jerald chats with Dr. Imani Perry, Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American studies at Princeton University, about how she stays connected to Alabama, t...

17 Mar 20221h 16min

Jerald continues his conversation with Auburn University vocal professors Dr. William Powell and Dr. Rosephanye Powell in talking about Mrs. Doc's latest published piece "Then, Here and Now," a musica...

24 Feb 202246min

Jerald sits down for a chat with his mentors/former college professors, husband and wife super duo, Dr. William Powell, the Auburn University Charles W. Barkley Endowed Professor of Music/Director of ...

22 Feb 20221h 3min

Jerald chats with Fairhope singer-songwriter Jordy Searcy as he drives cross-country on I-40 West about his beginnings in a musical family, what it's been like to be a musician during the pandemic, an...

20 Jan 20221h 33min

Jerald continues his conversation with Tunisia as she talks about how her work has led her to meeting Michael B. Jordan, her debut at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, and her favorite Christmas tradi...

23 Des 202132min

In this episode Jerald chats with Tunisia Thomas, Alabama Department of Archives and History executive assistant by day, actor/dancer by night. Tunisia shares how she got involved with the performing ...

16 Des 202151min