

Make Your Damn Bed
Julie Merica
@MYDBpodcast is a bite sized, real talk, daily motivation podcast to play while you make your bed every morning. Build momentum - better your life.Each episode is around 10 minutes and intended to encourage, motivate, and inspire you to get out of bed - so you can start making it! Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.All content, including text, graphics, images and information, is for general information purposes only. This content is presented on an "as-is" basis.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Mar 2, 2024 • 8min
1091 || culture jamming
Did y'all know about this??? I didn't and I think I'm obsessed."Culture jamming (sometimes also guerrilla communication)[1][2] is a form of protest used by many anti-consumerist social movements[3] to disrupt or subvert media culture and its mainstream cultural institutions, including corporate advertising. It attempts to "expose the methods of domination" of mass society.[4]"THE INSPIRATION TEXT: https://beautifultrouble.org/AND https://andrewboyd.com/PDF OF TEXT: https://ia800504.us.archive.org/4/items/BoydAndrewEdBeautifulTroubleAToolboxForRevolution/Boyd_Andrew_ed_Beautiful_Trouble_A_Toolbox_for_Revolution.pdfA GAME I WANT NOW; https://store.tesacollective.com/products/beautiful-trouble-strategy-card-deckRESOURCE FROM TODAY: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yes_MenAND:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billionaires_for_Bush#:~:text=During%20the%202000%20U.S.%20presidential,wealthy%20were%20guaranteed%20to%20benefit.GET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM FOR COOL CONTENT: www.instagram.com/mydbpodcastOR BE A REAL GEM + TUNE IN ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/MYDBpodcastOR WATCH ON YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/juliemerica The opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 1, 2024 • 8min
1090 || the final history lesson
“White supremacy is a toxin. The older history textbooks were like syringes that injected the toxin of white supremacy into the mind of many gene rations of Americans.” - Historian Donald Yacovone. here's to ridding ourselves to that toxin, as best we can. resources for relearning: pbs program: https://www.pbs.org/hueypnewton/actions/actions_platform.html Kenneth Stampp's article: https://www.commentary.org/articles/kenneth-stampp/the-tragic-legend-of-reconstruction/ learning for justice project: https://www.learningforjustice.org/frameworks/teaching-hard-history/american-slavery/classroom-videos zinned project: https://www.zinnedproject.org/ learning for justice: https://www.learningforjustice.org/classroom-resources/texts other resource guides: https://www.blackpast.org/research-guides-websites/ other researchers I love: https://www.kianacox.com/research.html THE 1619 project resources: The Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_1619_Project The Original: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.htmlThe Curricular Resources: https://1619education.org/curricular-resourcesThe Show: https://press.hulu.com/shows/the-1619-project/My favorite Tiktok creators for learning: https://www.tiktok.com/@kahlilgreenehttps://www.tiktok.com/@dwarfismhistory https://www.tiktok.com/@crutches_and_spice https://www.tiktok.com/@th.readings https://www.tiktok.com/@mikaelaloach AMBER RUFFIN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCya-XjjBsc All thoughts shared by MYDBpodcast and Julie Merica LLC are for entertainment purposes only. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 29, 2024 • 6min
1089 || Lewis Howard Latimer's Inventions
Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and _________.Lewis Howard Latimer has been erased from history lessons but the man should absolutely be a household name.Here's what I found:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Howard_Latimer https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/04/us/biden-lightbulb-black-man-trnd/index.html https://www.edisonfordwinterestates.org/historical-connection-lewis-latimer/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnehQD9NCrE GET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM FOR COOL CONTENT: www.instagram.com/mydbpodcastOR BE A REAL GEM + TUNE IN ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/MYDBpodcastOR WATCH ON YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/juliemerica The opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 28, 2024 • 7min
1088 || Lewis Howard Latimer
Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and _________. Lewis Howard Latimer has been erased from history lessons but the man should absolutely be a household name.Here's what I found: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Howard_Latimer https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/04/us/biden-lightbulb-black-man-trnd/index.html https://www.edisonfordwinterestates.org/historical-connection-lewis-latimer/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnehQD9NCrE GET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM FOR COOL CONTENT: www.instagram.com/mydbpodcastOR BE A REAL GEM + TUNE IN ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/MYDBpodcastOR WATCH ON YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/juliemerica The opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 27, 2024 • 9min
1087 || Are Prisons Obsolete? || Angela Davis || Book Club
if it hasn't been clear by now, Angela Y. Davis is one of my favorite writers and humans to follow when it comes to revolutionary thinking and theory. This book: are prisons obsolete, was 128 pages of information that we should all have in our back pocket - since it affects each and every one of us in some way or another. it's all connected, and Angela Y. Davis has a knack for reminding me of that while also telling me what to do with that, to improve it for all of us. RESOURCES: buy the book: https://www.akpress.org/areprisonsobsolete.htmlor get from library? https://www.overdrive.com/media/586899/are-prisons-obsoletepdf copy? https://theanarchistlibrary.org/mirror/a/ay/angela-y-davis-are-prisons-obsolete.pdfSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 26, 2024 • 9min
1086 || Angela Davis || Prison Reform
"The prison industrial complex is fueled by privatization patterns that, it will be recalled, have also drastically transformed health care, education, and other areas of our lives." - Angela Davis Get the book: https://www.akpress.org/areprisonsobsolete.htmlPDF copy of it: https://collectiveliberation.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Are_Prisons_Obsolete_Angela_Davis.pdfRESOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_DavisAngela's Twitter!?: https://twitter.com/i/flow/login?redirect_after_login=%2Fangeladavis_GET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM FOR COOL CONTENT: www.instagram.com/mydbpodcastOR BE A REAL GEM + TUNE IN ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/MYDBpodcastOR WATCH ON YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/juliemerica The opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 25, 2024 • 8min
1085 || Angela Davis || recent interview highlights
“I’ve come to the conclusion that our work as activists is always to prepare the next generation,” she says. “To create new terrains so that those who come after us will have a better opportunity to get up and engage in even more radical struggles. And I think we’re seeing this now.” - Angela DavisWOMEN'S MARCH SPEECH TRANSCRIPT: https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a42337/angela-davis-womens-march-speech-full-transcript/ INTERVIEW IN PARIS: https://archive.is/20231217175936/https://www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2023/12/17/angela-davis-revolutions-don-t-happen-with-a-stroke-of-the-clock_6352217_30.htmlGET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM FOR COOL CONTENT: www.instagram.com/mydbpodcastOR BE A REAL GEM + TUNE IN ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/MYDBpodcastOR WATCH ON YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/juliemerica The opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 24, 2024 • 9min
1084 || Free Angela || Larry Saunders
Originally released in 1971, the album Free Angela was sold to raise money for the National United Committee to Free Angela Davis. This is a sample of just some of the songs, including the title track Free Angela by Larry Saunders. Fun fact: Larry Saunders is the father of the multi Grammy nominated artist Ledisi.SOURCES: https://www.discogs.com/master/614033-Various-Free-Angelahttps://www.funkmysoul.gr/larry-saunders-the-prophet-of-soul-strangers/https://www.discogs.com/artist/371682-Larry-SaundersBUY REMASTERED COPY OF ALBUM HERE: https://shop.secretstashrecords.com/products/free-angela?variant=829399363 all materials presented by The Make Your Damn Bed Podcast and Julie Merica LLC is for educational purposes only.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 23, 2024 • 9min
1083 || Angela Davis: Cultural Icon
Angela Davis is a lot of things. A scholar, an author, a philosopher, an activist, an advocate, an educator, and a badass. Let's talk about her.RESOURCES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Davishttps://www.nytimes.com/1972/03/30/archives/miss-davis-tells-of-buying-guns-but-denies-plot-role-miss-davis.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/19/t-magazine/angela-davis.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soledad_BrothersGET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM FOR COOL CONTENT: www.instagram.com/mydbpodcastOR BE A REAL GEM + TUNE IN ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/MYDBpodcastOR WATCH ON YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/juliemerica The opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 22, 2024 • 8min
1082 || Angela Davis: Radical
Angela Davis is a lot of things. A scholar, an author, a philosopher, an activist, an advocate, an educator, and a badass. Let's talk about her.RESOURCES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Davishttps://www.nytimes.com/1972/03/30/archives/miss-davis-tells-of-buying-guns-but-denies-plot-role-miss-davis.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/19/t-magazine/angela-davis.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soledad_BrothersGET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM FOR COOL CONTENT: www.instagram.com/mydbpodcastOR BE A REAL GEM + TUNE IN ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/MYDBpodcastOR WATCH ON YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/juliemerica The opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.