Franchesca Ramsey - actor, writer, commentator - joins Kelechi to chat all about the Hollywood strikes that have lasted well over 100 days. Listen to her new podcast "Lemme Fix It!" - available on all your fave podcasting platforms. Follow her at: twitter.com/chescaleigh instagram.com/chescaleigh tiktok.com/@franchesca_leigh www.franchesca.net Support the strikers: wgacontract2023.org Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund SAG-AFTRA strike — Watch this podcast and join the live chat every Tuesday at 5:55pm BST - ​​youtube.com/kelechnekoff  Follow SYM instagram.com/SayYourMindPod | twitter.com/SayYourMindPod  Send your letters, tarot questions and voice notes to SYM@kelechiokafor.com — Need more tarot?  Book email tarot readings or buy Dickhead in Recovery Affirmation Cards at Kelechiokafor.com/Shop Join the Straws Society tier on Patreon to receive personalised readings each month and a 1 to 1 reading with Kelechi for every 3 months of your subscription:  patreon.com/KelechiOkafor  — Edge of Here is out NOW! order your copy:  tiny.cc/EdgeOfHere Meet Kelechi at the Edge of Here:  For all upcoming Edge of Here events in London, Birmingham, and beyond - visit kelechiokafor.com/edge-of-here  Explore the Edge of Here at Instagram.com/EdgeOfHere  — SYM live podcast show A Baby Girl is bringing Say Your Mind back to her home turf - 1pm, Saturday 7th October at Copeland Park, PECKHAM Tickets start at £15.00 - book at tinyurl.com/SYMPeckham   — kelechiokafor.com  instagram.com/kelechnekoff  twitter.com/kelechnekoff —

South London Reggae icon Tippa Irie is on Say Your Mind this week, chatting all about his new book! Order his autobiography Stick To My Roots (Affiliate Link), or order via your local independent bookstore. — Watch this podcast and join the live chat every Tuesday at 5:55pm BST - ​​youtube.com/kelechnekoff  Follow SYM instagram.com/SayYourMindPod | twitter.com/SayYourMindPod  Send your letters, tarot questions and voice notes to SYM@kelechiokafor.com — Need more tarot?  Book email tarot readings or buy Dickhead in Recovery Affirmation Cards at Kelechiokafor.com/Shop Join the Straws Society tier on Patreon to receive personalised readings each month and a 1 to 1 reading with Kelechi for every 3 months of your subscription:  patreon.com/KelechiOkafor  — Edge of Here is out NOW! order your copy:  tiny.cc/EdgeOfHere Meet Kelechi at the Edge of Here:  For all upcoming Edge of Here events in London, Birmingham, and beyond - visit kelechiokafor.com/edge-of-here  Explore the Edge of Here at Instagram.com/EdgeOfHere  — SYM live podcast show A Baby Girl is bringing Say Your Mind back to her home turf - 1pm, Saturday 7th October at Copeland Park, PECKHAM Tickets start at £15.00 - book at tinyurl.com/SYMPeckham   — kelechiokafor.com  instagram.com/kelechnekoff  twitter.com/kelechnekoff

Kelechi Okafor is joined by Atinuke, celebrating Black people throughout the history of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.  Pick up your copy of Atinuke’s new book Brilliant Black British History - a read for children, teens, and adults: Brilliant Black British History (Affiliate Link),  or order via your local independent bookstore. Bloomsbury Children’s Books are giving SYM listeners 30% off the hardback edition of Brilliant Black British History - visit bloomsbury.co.uk and use the code SYM30 at checkout. Follow Atinuke at instagram.com/atinuke.author and shout out to the illustrator @kingsley.nebechi for bringing the stories to life! — Watch this podcast and join the live chat every Tuesday at 5:55pm BST - ​​youtube.com/kelechnekoff  Follow SYM instagram.com/SayYourMindPod | twitter.com/SayYourMindPod  Send your letters, tarot questions and voice notes to SYM@kelechiokafor.com — Need more tarot?  Book email tarot readings or buy Dickhead in Recovery Affirmation Cards at Kelechiokafor.com/Shop Join the Straws Society tier on Patreon to receive personalised readings each month and a 1 to 1 reading with Kelechi for every 3 months of your subscription:  patreon.com/KelechiOkafor  — Edge of Here is out NOW! order your copy:  tiny.cc/EdgeOfHere Meet Kelechi at the Edge of Here:  For all upcoming Edge of Here events in London, Birmingham, and beyond - visit kelechiokafor.com/edge-of-here  Explore the Edge of Here at Instagram.com/EdgeOfHere  — SYM live podcast show A Baby Girl is bringing Say Your Mind back to her home turf - 1pm, Saturday 7th October at Copeland Park, PECKHAM Tickets start at £15.00 - book at tinyurl.com/SYMPeckham   — kelechiokafor.com  instagram.com/kelechnekoff  twitter.com/kelechnekoff — Baltimore meet and greet tickets are now live on kelechiokafor.com/shop $60 - Entry + Copy of Edge of Here + Tarot reading $30 - Entry + Copy of Edge of Here Tickets are extremely limited, so please make sure to buy the correct ticket you are interested in - no extra tarot slots will be added once they have sold out. If you are a patron, check Patreon for a ticket discount code.

It’s book release week! Kelechi Okafor is chopping it up with another writer who makes waves with her words - Ms. Tenille Clarke. Read Every Body Is a Carnival Body by this Trini Baby Girl, and visit tenille-clarke.com to read more from her! Follow Tenille clarke on:  tiktok.com/@tenilleclarke1 twitter.com/tenilleclarke1 instagram.com/tenilleclarke1/    — Watch this podcast and join the live chat every Tuesday at 5:55pm BST - ​​youtube.com/kelechnekoff  Follow SYM instagram.com/SayYourMindPod | twitter.com/SayYourMindPod  Send your letters, tarot questions and voice notes to SYM@kelechiokafor.com — Baltimore stand up! Kelechi Okafor is coming to town for the Afros and Audio podcast festival. Register your interest for a meet and greet and 1:1 in person tarot reading here — Need more tarot?  Book email tarot readings or buy Dickhead in Recovery Affirmation Cards at Kelechiokafor.com/Shop Join the Straws Society tier on Patreon to receive personalised readings each month and a 1 to 1 reading with Kelechi for every 3 months of your subscription:  patreon.com/KelechiOkafor  — Edge of Here is released this Thursday - Sept 14th! Pre-order your copy:  tiny.cc/EdgeOfHere Meet Kelechi at the Edge of Here:  For all upcoming Edge of Here events in London, Birmingham, and beyond - visit kelechiokafor.com/edge-of-here  Explore the Edge of Here at Instagram.com/EdgeOfHere  — SYM live podcast show A Baby Girl is bringing Say Your Mind back to her home turf - 1pm, Saturday 7th October at Copeland Park, PECKHAM Tickets start at £15.00 - book at tinyurl.com/SYMPeckham   — kelechiokafor.com  instagram.com/kelechnekoff  twitter.com/kelechnekoff

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Packed out SOBs for a Baby Girl's first international show! NYC** OI OI! You lot loved episode 221: Beans on Toast & Vibes, so Kelechi is giving the baby peopledem what they want with live special guests Jade and Keia of Gettin Grown Pod for So You Mad. Madness includes: Grandpa Yeah Baby's latest questioning by the Met, the benefits of a Timbs stomp, and Keia's doctoral analysis of Nick Cannon's family tree(s). follow the girlies:  @gettingrownpod @jadeofalljades @tykeianicole thank you to all the NYC (and beyond) baby people for coming to SOBs and supporting di ting. See you again soon! watch this recording on YouTube.com/kelechnekoff  Get your tickets for the London live show with your copy of Edge of Here  follow  @sayyourmindpod @kelechnekoff on Instagram and Twitter for the next event announcement! support a Baby Girl on Patreon TikTok: @kelechnekoff  ---- **Land Acknowledgement: The Lenape People lived in harmony with one another upon this territory for thousands of years. During the colonial era and early federal period, many were removed west and north, but some also remain among the continuing historical tribal communities of the region: The Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation; the Ramapough Lenape Nation; and the Powhatan Renape Nation, The Nanticoke of Millsboro Delaware, and the Lenape of Cheswold Delaware. We acknowledge the Lenni-Lenape as the original people of this land and their continuing relationship with their territory. In our acknowledgment of the continued presence of Lenape people in their homeland, we affirm the aspiration of the great Lenape Chief Tamanend, that there be harmony between the indigenous people of this land and the descendants of the immigrants to this land, “as long as the rivers and creeks flow, and the sun, moon, and stars shine."

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