Best The Mayda Creative Co Podcasts (2025)

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We're Nominated for a Webby! 1:06

1y ago1:06

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Family, we’ve missed you! Thank you all so much for tuning into season 2 of the podcast. We’re so honored we got to amplify these stories of the Black innovators changing the face of food. All the love you’ve shown us has gotten us nominated for a Webby Award! *insert air horns* We’re up for Best Branded Podcast, and to win the People’s Voice Award…

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A Chat with BEM Books 11:18

2y ago11:18

11:18

BEM Books & More is a bookstore in downtown Brooklyn that exclusively sells Black food literature – cookbooks, foreign literature, novels, children's books, photo books, and any book that has rich, sumptuous descriptions of food. Jade sits with Gabrielle and Danielle Davenport, the sisters behind the first-of-its-kind bookshop. To learn more about …

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S2 Ep 6: On Writing Black Food with Adrian Miller & Chala June 48:26

2y ago48:26

48:26

At the end of the journey, back in Brooklyn, and putting all the pieces together. Season 2 host Jade Verette (@JadeofallJades) sits down with Black food historian, Soul Food Scholar, and host of Season 1, Adrian Miller, to make sense of all that she’s encountered over the course of her travels, and why Black food writing lies at the center of it al…

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BONUS: “Tell Michelle I Didn’t Mean It” 13:50

2y ago13:50

13:50

In addition to being a non-profit founder, executive director, community leader and recipient of very many awards, Kelly Carlisle is also incredibly funny. Hear her tell the story of the time she met President Obama at the White House under the most unexpected of circumstances.By Jade Verette, Kelly Carlisle

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S2 Ep 5: The Healing Power of Food with Kelly Carlisle & Nia Lee 40:40

2y ago40:40

40:40

We all know that food is more than food. It’s medicine – for the body, the soul, the heart…and for the community? The future? The wounds of the past? Host Jade Varette (@JadeofallJades) chases some sunshine in California and meets with two women harnessing the healing power of food in transformative ways: Kelly Carlisle – founder and Executive Dire…

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BONUS: Shopping for Mushrooms 13:04

2y ago13:04

13:04

Before their interview, Marlon takes Jade on a tour through HiFi Mycology, where he does his daily mushroom shopping. In between descriptions of his favorite mushrooms, the Plant Based G drops some delicious cooking tips, bodybuilding wisdom, and other insights he’s gathered along the way.By Marlon Rison, Jade Verette

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S2 Ep 4: The Veganization of Soul Food with Marlon Rison & Folami Geter 35:35

2y ago35:35

35:35

Jade’s (@Jadeofalljades) journey through the South has so far brought her closer to community, closer to family, and now…closer to body? In this episode, vegan chefs Folami Geter of A Peace of Soul Vegan Kitchen in Columbia, SC, and Marlon Rison of Community Vegan in Austin, TX, share how they came to the plant-based lifestyle, what’s keeping them …

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BONUS: A Walk through Turnbridge 18:45

2y ago18:45

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After their conversation, Rollen took Jade and the team on a tour of Turnbridge Plantation, where they met up with alligators and birds and poops of all kind.By Rollen Chalmers, Jade Verette

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S2 Ep 3 : The Renaissance of Ancient Grains with Rollen Chalmers & Amethyst Ganaway 38:29

2y ago38:29

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In our next stops on this road trip, we go straight to the heart of the Lowcountry to learn about two ancient and storied grains making big waves today: fonio and Carolina Gold rice. At James Island, our host Jade (@JadeofallJades) chats with matriarch in the making, Amethyst Ganaway (@thizzg) of Yolélé, about the so-called seed of the universe, be…

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BONUS: The Red Rice Day Proclamation 2:24

2y ago2:24

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In this week’s main episode, our guest, KJ Kearney (@BlackFoodFridays) mentions the Red Rice Day Proclamation he penned that was unanimously ratified by the City of Charleston. We asked him to read a selection of the text…By Kj Kearney, Jade Verette

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S2 Ep 2: Community Through FoodTok with KJ Kearney of @BlackFoodFridays 40:05

2y ago40:05

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KJ Kearney is the charismatic, community-oriented influencer driven by the love of his people. He may be behind the James Beard nominated @BlackFoodFridays TikTok and Instagram accounts, but what drives him goes much deeper than what you can find on the internet. Jade (@JadeofallJades) spends the day with him in Charleston and Savannah, and chats w…

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S2 Ep 1: Farm to Bottle with Delta Dirt Distillery 32:05

2y ago32:05

32:05

This is the story of the Williams family and their business, Delta Dirt Distillery, in Helena, Arkansas, the only Black farm-to-bottle distiller in the country, and the only ones turning sweet potatoes into spirits. To purchase merch, and for more information, head to DeltaDirtDistillery.comBy Delta Dirt Distillery, Jade Verette

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S1 Ep 6: Forsyth Seafood Market & Café Winston-Salem, NC 31:03

3+ y ago31:03

31:03

The Soul Food Scholar, Adrian Miller, interviews Ms. Virginia Hardesty and Ashley Hardesty-Armstrong of Forsyth Seafood Market & Café, the family-run and owned fish joint in Winston-Salem, NC.With the help of our friends at the Lee Initiative and the Southern Restaurants for Racial Justice Coalition, we announced the 71 Fellows of the Black Kitchen…

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S1 Ep 5: Lannie's Bar-B-Q Spot Selma, AL 26:30

3+ y ago26:30

26:30

The Soul Food Scholar, Adrian Miller, interviews Ms. Hatcher and Uncle Floyd, matriarch and pit-master of the legendary Lannie’s Bar-B-Q Spot in Selma, AL.With the help of our friends at the Lee Initiative and the Southern Restaurants for Racial Justice Coalition, we announced the 71 Fellows of the Black Kitchen Initiative Black-owned restaurant gr…

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S1 Ep 3: Good Cakes and Bakes Detroit, MI 30:40

3+ y ago30:40

30:40

The Soul Food Scholar, Adrian Miller, interviews April Anderson, owner and head baker at Good Cakes and Bakes of Detroit, MI.With the help of our friends at the Lee Initiative and the Southern Restaurants for Racial Justice Coalition, we announced the 71 Fellows of the Black Kitchen Initiative Black-owned restaurant grants. With this podcast, we di…

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S1 Ep 4: Boomtown Biscuits & Whiskey Cincinnati, OH 34:38

3+ y ago34:38

34:38

The Soul Food Scholar, Adrian Miller, interviews Chef Christian Gill, owner-chef of Cincinnati's Boomtown Biscuits & Whiskey. With the help of our friends at the Lee Initiative and the Southern Restaurants for Racial Justice Coalition, we announced the 71 Fellows of the Black Kitchen Initiative Black-owned restaurant grants. With this podcast, we d…

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S1 Ep 2: 67 Orange Street Harlem, NY 24:35

3+ y ago24:35

24:35

The Soul Food Scholar, Adrian Miller, interviews Karl Williams, owner and head mixologist at Harlem’s 67 Orange.With the help of our friends at the Lee Initiative and the Southern Restaurants for Racial Justice Coalition, we announced the 71 Fellows of the Black Kitchen Initiative Black-owned restaurant grants. With this podcast, we dive a little d…

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S1 Ep 1: Alcenia’s Desserts and Preserves Shop Memphis, TN 27:20

3+ y ago27:20

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The Soul Food Scholar, Adrian Miller, interviews Ms. B.J. Chester-Tamayo, cookbook author and owner of Alcenia’s Desserts & Preserves Shop in Memphis, TN. With the help of our friends at the Lee Initiative and the Southern Restaurants for Racial Justice Coalition, we announced the 71 Fellows of the Black Kitchen Initiative Black-owned restaurant gr…

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2.20 Remember To Die 41:10

4+ y ago41:10

41:10

In the podcast finale of The Adventures of Memento Mori, host D.S. Moss travels to the Catskills of New York, Chicago, Harvard, and Hawaii following a calling six years in the making - becoming a nontheist chaplain. Is the understanding that we're not entitled to tomorrow enough to truly put his money where he mic is and take a leap of faith? And i…

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2:19 Death Over Dinner 31:58

4+ y ago31:58

31:58

Can a dinner party help Americans to die better? According to Michael Hebb, creator of Death Over Dinner, it certainly can. D.S. Moss didn't win the "he'll try anything once trophy" for nothin', because that's exactly what he wants to find out. Besides, what's the worst that can happen when you give 8 strangers steak knives, pickle them with wine, …

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2.18 Medical Aid in Dying 34:38

4+ y ago34:38

34:38

As part of the ReImagine virtual festival celebrating Life, Loss, and Love, and in collaboration with Keeper Memorials, Death Doula LA, and Compassion and Choices, The Adventures of Memento Mori hosted a conversation about Medical Aid In Dying. Joining me were two family members whose terminally ill loved ones decided to peacefully end their own li…

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2.17 The Good Place w/ Michael Schur 36:44

5y ago36:44

36:44

Holy Mother Forking Shirtballs! Please join D.S. Moss in a fanboy conversation with Michael Schur, creator of the NBC sitcom The Good Place, about death, the afterlife, existentialism, deontology, utilitarianism, trolley problems, even bigger pandemic problems, and how to keep your sense of humor through it all.…

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2.16 Spirit Guide 41:16

5y ago41:16

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It’s amazing the way things come together sometimes. What seems to be a series of random encounters string together over time culminating into a predetermined life-affirming - or in this case, afterlife affirming moment. Fate, as some people call it. This spiritual road trip began with a near-death vision at a compound in rural Virginia, intersecte…

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2.15 Ashes on the Great Water 27:30

5y ago27:30

27:30

How far would you go to honor a loved one who has died? Would you negotiate the distance of four rivers, through the wilderness of 2 countries, 1 province, and 13 states? Would you dedicate your life to a cause? D.S. Moss is joined by Dominique Leboiron, a Canadian who canoed from Saskatchewan to the Gulf of Mexico to honor the life of his Uncle Mi…

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C19.2 In the Twilight Up Rise Monsters w/ Jamie Metzl 32:02

5y ago32:02

32:02

It's March 23, 2020, in New York, New York. The world is confronting a novel coronavirus pandemic and the world will be forever changed because of it. To what extreme that change will be we don't know yet. But that is what we're going to talk about. Joining the show is technology and healthcare futurist, geopolitical expert, and novelist, Jamie Met…

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C19.1 Are We F*cked? w/ Mark Manson 26:34

5y ago26:34

26:34

D.S. Moss welcomes Mark Manson to the COVID 19 edition of The Adventures of Memento Mori to talk about death and hope in these strange days. Mark is a New York Times best-selling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fuck, Everything Is Fucked: A Book About Hope, and Love is Not Enough. Visit markmanson.net to read more of his work.…

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2.14 New Orleans 32:56

5+ y ago32:56

32:56

As a culture, America does not live well with death. By the very nature of our colonial Protestant roots, this country has an inherent denial of death ingrained in our collective psyche. Throw in the social and psychological effects of the country's expansive size. Mix that with our compulsion to minimize, sanitize, romanticize, homogenize and capi…

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2.13 Near Death Experience 34:30

5+ y ago34:30

34:30

Have you ever wanted to experience a “near-death experience” without having to experience nearly dying? The Monroe Institute offers a six-day course that claims to generate the same profound insights of an NDE. Participants will discover how to enter into the various states of consciousness associated with the near-death experience, come back safel…

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2.12 Semper Fi - Do or Die 32:10

5+ y ago32:10

32:10

D.S. Moss confronts what it means to pay the ultimate price. In this episode, Moss has been asked by a friend to “talk to” their nephew, who is contemplating enlisting in the United States Marine Corps, which implies talking him out of it. But Moss will not be trying to talk Thomas in or out of anything. His objective is to listen, answer questions…

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2.11 Eating Eyes Open - Part 2 w/ Steven Rinella 36:58

5+ y ago36:58

36:58

In the conclusion of this adventure, D.S. Moss confronts his food consciously and directly. But, is hunting the most ecologically benign way to feed himself? And even if it is, could I pull the trigger? Should he just say the hell with it and go find a local symbiotic farm? So. Many. Questions. Join him as he tries to answer them all beginning in V…

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2.10 Eating Eyes Open - Part 1 w/ Steven Rinella 32:59

5+ y ago32:59

32:59

Do you know how much death is in your diet? Neither did D.S. Moss. Wanting to face his food consciously and directly, Moss leaves no stone unturned to discover how much death is on his plate. He goes from Vegetarian to Vegan to Mindful Hunter to Conscientious Carnivore. This episode comes with a warning: If you’re a human being who eats food it may…

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2.9 Suicide USA 28:26

5+ y ago28:26

28:26

Believe it or not, suicide has been the most requested podcast topics for The Adventures of Memento Mori. However, D.S. Moss has been purposefully avoiding it. He likes to have a natural way into an issue, and he just never had the first-hand experience with suicide. Plus, it’s a hard topic. But, after learning that suicide has been steadily on the…

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2.8 Be Happy or Die Trying w/ Ryan Holiday 33:19

6+ y ago33:19

33:19

Are you the happiest version of you you can be? Are negative thoughts and feelings keeping you from this? What if I were to tell you the only thing keeping you from living your true bliss is you! In this episode D.S. Moss gives you the secret of how the practice of Memento Mori will help you achieve happiness beyond your wildest dreams. The happine…

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2.7 Making the Call 26:37

6+ y ago26:37

26:37

TThis episode is about Texas, a boy and his dog and the unthinkable and inevitable decision that comes to almost all pet owners. D.S. Moss confronts “How do you know when it’s time to make the decision to say goodbye?” to a four-legged family member. If you're a person with a pet, know a person with a pet, or just like a sad ‘ol country song - this…

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