Podcasts Society & Culture Personal Journals The Kitchen Sisters Present 160Can Do: Black Visionaries, Seekers, and Entrepreneurs-with Host Alfre Woodard

160Can Do: Black Visionaries, Seekers, and Entrepreneurs-with Host Alfre Woodard

Published: Feb. 23, 2021, 2 p.m.

Stories of Black pioneers, seekers and entrepreneurs \u2014 self-made men and self-taught women, neighborhood heroes and visionaries. People who said "yes we can" and then did, hosted by Alfre Woodard.

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A man tapes the history of his town with a scavenged cassette recorder,\xa0a woman fights for social justice with a pie,\xa0a DJ ignites his community with a sound. Stories of Georgia Gilmore and the Club from Nowhere, a Secret Civil Rights Kitchen; of Hercules and of James Hemings, enslaved chefs of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson; of Walkin\u2019 Talkin\u2019 Bill Hawkins, Cleveland\u2019s first black disc jockey; and more.

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A compilation of stories produced by The Kitchen Sisters (Nikki Silva & Davia Nelson) and Roman Mars, with Nathan Dalton and Brandi Howell. The Kitchen Sisters are proud members of PRX\u2019s Radiotopia network.