I listen to a lot of podcasts nowadays, the vast majority centered around true-crime, the NBA or history. I spend a lot of time searching for podcasts that tickle my fancy, though. My fancy is most frequently tickled by discussions about hip-hop, black cinema or great moments in blackness and/or black history.
It’s that last topic area that landed the podcast, Freaknik: A Discourse on a Paradise Lost into my arena. Hosted by filmmaker and producer Christopher Frierson, the eight-episode series is about the multi-year event, its history and how Atlanta’s history, culture and politics created the environment for Freaknik and, ultimately, the mythology of Atlanta that existed then and continues now.
So far, four episodes have aired and I’ve listened to them all. I’ve also had an opportunity to speak to the podcast’s host, who had the idea for the series to begin with. I have some thoughts about the…
