

Pass The Mic
The Witness
Hosted by Rev. Tyler Burns and New York Times Best Selling Author Dr. Jemar Tisby. Tune in every week for engaging discussions and high-profile interviews addressing the core concerns of Black Christians. Pass The Mic is powered by The Witness – A Black Christian Collective. Learn more at TheWitnessBCC.com
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May 1, 2023 • 29min
Personal Mount Rushmore Part 2
…or you know. Like just a Top 4 List. In this episode, Tyler and Jemar share their Top 4 personal influences. Support this podcast at patreon.com/passthemicProducer Note: the audio may sound a bit off this week as we are adjusting to a new recording location with some new equipment. Please give us grace as we grow into this new phase of Pass The Mic. Thanks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 24, 2023 • 31min
Personal Mount Rushmore Part 1
…or you know. Like just a Top 4 List. In this episode, Tyler and Jemar share their Top 4 personal influences. Support this podcast at patreon.com/passthemicProducer Note: the audio may sound a bit off this week as we are adjusting to a new recording location with some new equipment. Please give us grace as we grow into this new phase of Pass The Mic. Thanks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 17, 2023 • 36min
Announcing Joy and Justice 2023: Rise Up & Flourish
Register Today: riseupandflourish.com Rise Up & Flourish, Justice & Joy Conference · Chicago, June 23-24 (riseupandflourish.com)Every day, injustice threatens to place Black people in bondage and steal our joy; it’s time to get free. At Joy & Justice 2023, we want to help you to Rise Up & Flourish–to live in the freedom that Jesus proclaims. Joy & Justice is more than a conference; it’s an experience. For two days, The Witness BCC team and our line-up of dynamic guests will speak to your core concerns. You will connect with like-minded people who share your questions, joys, and hardships. You will encounter dynamic worship, thoughtful presentations, and meaningful conversations that will empower you to experience joy and seek justice. You might walk into the conference bearing the weight of injustice, but you will leave Joy & Justice 2023 refreshed, healed, and carrying a renewed passion for fighting injustice. Rise Up and Flourish: It’s time to get free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 13, 2023 • 9min
Pass The Mic: Anjelika Washington (Praise This)
A young woman with dreams of being a superstar joins an underdog Atlanta praise-team choir in the lead up to the national competition... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 10, 2023 • 36min
The Soft Life of a Black Man
One of the key tools of oppression is labor exploitation. That we would be worked to death. Can our life exist not purely for what we produce but for who we are and whose we are?Support this podcast at patreon.com/PassTheMic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 3, 2023 • 34min
Dealing With Trolls
Tyler, Jemar, and Ally share their experiences with trolls both online and in person.Ally Henny is a writer, speaker, advocate-minister, and vice president of The Witness: A Black Christian Collective, an organization committed to encouraging, engaging, and empowering Black Christians toward liberation from racism. She completed her MDiv from Fuller Seminary with an emphasis in race, cultural identity, and reconciliation, and she hopes to lead a church someday. Ally has been leading conversations about race on her social media and blog, The Armchair Commentary, since 2014, and her posts reach millions each month. She is a proud Chicago Southsider.Support this podcast at patreon.com/PassTheMicProducer Note: the audio may sound a bit off this week as we are adjusting to a new recording location with some new equipment. Please give us grace as we grow into this new phase of Pass The Mic. Thanks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 27, 2023 • 39min
Florida Man Bans African American Studies
In this episode, Jemar and special guest Ally Henny discuss the Florida's Department of Education rejecting an Advanced Placement course covering African American studies — saying the class indoctrinates students to "a political agenda."Support this podcast at patreon.com/PassTheMicProducer Note: the audio may sound a bit off this week as we are adjusting to a new recording location with some new equipment. Please give us grace as we grow into this new phase of Pass The Mic. Thanks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 20, 2023 • 43min
Passing the Baton: Succession, Nepotism, and Bishop TD Jakes
What does it look like to pass the baton well in ministry and what layers are at play with Bishop Jakes anointing of his daughter? Tyler and Jemar share personal stories of passing the baton both in and out of The Witness on this week’s Pass The Mic. Producer Note: the audio may sound a bit off this week as we are adjusting to a new recording location with some new equipment. Please give us grace as we grow into this new phase of Pass The Mic. Thanks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 13, 2023 • 38min
Meghan and Harry
The world was swept away by the couple’s cinematic romance and rejoiced in their "fairy-tale" wedding. But from the beginning, Harry and Meghan were preyed upon by the press, subjected to waves of abuse, racism, and lies. Watching his wife suffer, their safety and mental health at risk, Harry saw no other way to prevent the tragedy of history repeating itself but to flee his mother country. Over the centuries, leaving the Royal Family was an act few had dared. The last to try, in fact, had been his mother. . . .Ally Henny is a writer, speaker, advocate-minister, and vice president of The Witness: A Black Christian Collective, an organization committed to encouraging, engaging, and empowering Black Christians toward liberation from racism. She completed her MDiv from Fuller Seminary with an emphasis in race, cultural identity, and reconciliation, and she hopes to lead a church someday. Ally has been leading conversations about race on her social media and blog, The Armchair Commentary, since 2014, and her posts reach millions each month. She is a proud Chicago Southsider. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 2, 2023 • 21min
Pass The Mic: Wood Harris (Creed III, Remember The Titans, The Wire)
From the red carpet to the PTM airwaves, this week Dr Jemar Tisby is bringing you this conversation with Creed III's Wood Harris. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices