• Epilogue
    Nov 15 2023

    In the final episode, Professor Roberts and Aldo discuss their thoughts and discoveries in holding space for this subject matter. The duo also attempt to explain why James Baldwin was, is, and will always be important.

    Episode References
    The Welcome Table
    Herman "Bill" Porter
    Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
    The James Baldwin Papers
    Ferncliff Cemetery Association

    Further Reading:
    Books by James Baldwin
    The Furious Passage of James Baldwin by Fern M. Eckman
    James Baldwin: A Biography by David Leeming
    Talking At The Gates: by James Campbell
    Begin Again by Eddie Glaude, Jr.
    Baldwin's Harlem by Herb Boyd
    James Baldwin: Artist on Fire by W.J. Weatherby
    James Baldwin: Living in Fire by Bill V. Mullen
    The Castle on the Parkway by G. Pelisson and J. Garvey


    Finding James Baldwin on Instagram
    Finding James Baldwin Youtube

    Learn more about Dr. Frank Leon Roberts at Amherst.edu

    More podcasts by Aldo B. Martin:
    The Reclamation
    The Fatherhood Project
    YALD. The Podcast
    Jammin' on the One
    So...Tell Me About Your Podcast

    Finding James Baldwin: The Magpie Years Podcast is
    Researched by Dr. Frank Leon Roberts and Aldo B. Martin
    Performed by Elena from 3B and Tina E.
    Edited by Aldo B. Martin
    Produced by Aldo B. Martin

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    31 mins
  • Chapter 17 - Rendezvous with Life
    Nov 8 2023

    This episode discusses an interview that teenage Baldwin conducted in the Magpie. Also discussed, is James Baldwin's student/teacher relationship with Harlem Renaissance poet, Countee Cullen. Elena from 3B joins Aldo as a special guest host for this episode (don't worry - Professor. Roberts will be back next week!). Elena and Aldo discuss how the Harlem Renaissance, and the Civil Rights Movement are directly linked to Clinton High School and James Baldwin.

    "Rendezvous with Life" (the interview) is read by Emmanuel and Harrison
    "Rendezvous with Life" (the poem) is read by Harrison

    Episode References:
    Countee Cullen
    The Harlem Renaissance
    Alain Locke
    The New Negro
    I Have A Rendezvous with Death by Alan Seeger
    I Have A Rendezvous with Life by Countee Cullen

    Further Reading:
    Books by James Baldwin
    The Furious Passage of James Baldwin by Fern M. Eckman
    James Baldwin: A Biography by David Leeming
    Talking At The Gates: by James Campbell
    Begin Again by Eddie Glaude, Jr.
    Baldwin's Harlem by Herb Boyd
    James Baldwin: Artist on Fire by W.J. Weatherby
    James Baldwin: Living in Fire by Bill V. Mullen
    The

    Finding James Baldwin on Instagram
    Finding James Baldwin Youtube

    Learn more about Dr. Frank Leon Roberts at Amherst.edu

    More podcasts by Aldo B. Martin:
    The Reclamation
    The Fatherhood Project
    YALD. The Podcast
    Jammin' on the One
    So...Tell Me About Your Podcast

    Finding James Baldwin: The Magpie Years Podcast is
    Researched by Dr. Frank Leon Roberts and Aldo B. Martin
    Performed by Elena from 3B and Tina E.
    Edited by Aldo B. Martin
    Produced by Aldo B. Martin

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    42 mins
  • Chapter 16 - Judgment Day
    Nov 1 2023

    In this poem, titled "Judgment Day" young James Baldwin again experiments with the usage of African American Vernacular English. Professor Roberts argues that this poem is the most defiant of Baldwin's Magpie work. This episode then takes a look at one of James Baldwin's high school teachers, Abe Meeropol (Abel Meerpolsky). Aldo and Professor Roberts examine Abe Meeropol's contributions to the Magpie, to young Baldwin, and to the world.
    "Judgment Day" is read by Tina E.
    "The Dreamer" is read by Emmanuel

    Episode References:
    Abe Meeropol
    Strange Fruit
    Blues for Mr. Charlie
    Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
    The James Baldwin Papers

    Further Reading:
    Books by James Baldwin
    The Furious Passage of James Baldwin by Fern M. Eckman
    James Baldwin: A Biography by David Leeming
    Talking At The Gates: by James Campbell
    Begin Again by Eddie Glaude, Jr.
    Baldwin's Harlem by Herb Boyd
    James Baldwin: Artist on Fire by W.J. Weatherby
    James Baldwin: Living in Fire by Bill V. Mullen
    The Castle on the Parkway by G. Pelisson and J. Garvey

    Finding James Baldwin on Instagram
    Finding James Baldwin Youtube

    Learn more about Dr. Frank Leon Roberts at Amherst.edu

    More podcasts by Aldo B. Martin:
    The Reclamation
    The Fatherhood Project
    YALD. The Podcast
    Jammin' on the One
    So...Tell Me About Your Podcast

    Finding James Baldwin: The Magpie Years Podcast is
    Researched by Dr. Frank Leon Roberts and Aldo B. Martin
    Performed by Elena from 3B and Tina E.
    Edited by Aldo B. Martin
    Produced by Aldo B. Martin

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    23 mins
  • Chapter 15 - Loose Stone Rolling
    Oct 25 2023

    In his latter years at DeWitt Clinton High School, James Baldwin wrote a poem titled “Loose Stone Rolling.” Professor Roberts argues that young Baldwin was proclaiming his life’s purpose with this poem. Aldo argues that such a proclamation was made years prior, during Baldwin's middle school days. The conversation then shifts as the duo introduce and discuss yet another one of Baldwin’s peer collaborators at the Magpie: world renowned photographer, Richard Avedon

    "Loose Stone Rolling" is read by Elena from 3B
    "Spring At Coventry" is read by Emmanuel

    Episode References
    Richard Avedon
    The Ring Shout
    The Changing Same
    The Color Purple
    Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
    The James Baldwin Papers
    Nothing Personal

    Further Reading:
    Books by James Baldwin
    The Furious Passage of James Baldwin by Fern M. Eckman
    James Baldwin: A Biography by David Leeming
    Talking At The Gates: by James Campbell
    Begin Again by Eddie Glaude, Jr.
    Baldwin's Harlem by Herb Boyd
    James Baldwin: Artist on Fire by W.J. Weatherby
    James Baldwin: Living in Fire by Bill V. Mullen
    The Castle on the Pa

    Finding James Baldwin on Instagram
    Finding James Baldwin Youtube

    Learn more about Dr. Frank Leon Roberts at Amherst.edu

    More podcasts by Aldo B. Martin:
    The Reclamation
    The Fatherhood Project
    YALD. The Podcast
    Jammin' on the One
    So...Tell Me About Your Podcast

    Finding James Baldwin: The Magpie Years Podcast is
    Researched by Dr. Frank Leon Roberts and Aldo B. Martin
    Performed by Elena from 3B and Tina E.
    Edited by Aldo B. Martin
    Produced by Aldo B. Martin

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    24 mins
  • Chapter 14 - Sonnet
    Oct 18 2023

    Also Professor Roberts and Aldo discuss "Sonnet," they borrow some of their thoughts from Professor Roberts' students. The duo continue with the theme of "peer collaboration" and introduce another one of James Baldwin's Magpie counterparts: Emile Capouya. In discussing his partnership with them, Professor Roberts and Aldo argue that Baldwin's Magpie peers added value to his life.

    "Sonnet" is read by Elena from 3B
    "Untitled" is read by Emmanuel

    Episode References:
    Emile Capouya
    James Baldwin Speech at Amherst College
    The Five Colleges
    Sonnet

    Further Reading:
    Books by James Baldwin
    The Furious Passage of James Baldwin by Fern M. Eckman
    James Baldwin: A Biography by David Leeming
    Talking At The Gates: by James Campbell
    Begin Again by Eddie Glaude, Jr.
    Baldwin's Harlem by Herb Boyd
    James Baldwin: Artist on Fire by W.J. Weatherby
    James Baldwin: Living in Fire by Bill V. Mullen
    The Castle on the Parkway by G. Pelisson and J. Garvey

    Finding James Baldwin on Instagram
    Finding James Baldwin Youtube

    Learn more about Dr. Frank Leon Roberts at Amherst.edu

    More podcasts by Aldo B. Martin:
    The Reclamation
    The Fatherhood Project
    YALD. The Podcast
    Jammin' on the One
    So...Tell Me About Your Podcast

    Finding James Baldwin: The Magpie Years Podcast is
    Researched by Dr. Frank Leon Roberts and Aldo B. Martin
    Performed by Elena from 3B and Tina E.
    Edited by Aldo B. Martin
    Produced by Aldo B. Martin

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    26 mins
  • Chapter 13 - Incident in London
    Oct 11 2023

    One of the more noteworthy elements about "The Magpie," is the element of peer collaboration. While James Baldwin, the "Magpie" editor and writer, is the subject of this podcast, young Baldwin was also a part of a network of gifted and young writers, who all wrote for "The Magpie." This episode introduces us to one of Baldwin's peers/collaborators/friends: Sol Stein

    Incident in London is read by Tina E.
    Three Houses is read by Myron Abernathy

    Episode References:
    Blitz in London
    Ernie Pyle
    Book of Amos
    Set Thine House in Order
    E Plurubis Unum
    Uber Alles
    New York Times Review of "Notes of a Native Son" by Langston Hughes
    Further Reading:
    Books by James Baldwin
    The Furious Passage of James Baldwin by Fern M. Eckman
    James Baldwin: A Biography by David Leeming
    Talking At The Gates: by James Campbell
    Begin Again by Eddie Glaude, Jr.
    Baldwin's Harlem by Herb Boyd
    James Baldwin: Artist on Fire by W.J. Weatherby
    James Baldwin: Living in Fire by Bill V. Mullen

    Finding James Baldwin on Instagram
    Finding James Baldwin Youtube

    Learn more about Dr. Frank Leon Roberts at Amherst.edu

    More podcasts by Aldo B. Martin:
    The Reclamation
    The Fatherhood Project
    YALD. The Podcast
    Jammin' on the One
    So...Tell Me About Your Podcast

    Finding James Baldwin: The Magpie Years Podcast is
    Researched by Dr. Frank Leon Roberts and Aldo B. Martin
    Performed by Elena from 3B and Tina E.
    Edited by Aldo B. Martin
    Produced by Aldo B. Martin

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    31 mins
  • Chapter 12 - Aunt Tina
    Oct 4 2023

    "Aunt Tina," the fourth short story that James Baldwin wrote for "The Magpie," may have been the inspiration for some of the fictional characters that James Baldwin would go on create in his later years. In addition, Dr. Roberts argues that "Aunt Tina" may have been inspired by people that young Baldwin either knew, or knew about. .

    Episode References
    Bette Davis
    Mother Rosa Horn
    The Douglass Pilot

    Further Reading:
    Books by James Baldwin
    The Furious Passage of James Baldwin by Fern M. Eckman
    James Baldwin: A Biography by David Leeming
    Talking At The Gates: by James Campbell
    Begin Again by Eddie Glaude, Jr.
    Baldwin's Harlem by Herb Boyd
    James Baldwin: Artist on Fire by W.J. Weatherby
    James Baldwin: Living in Fire by Bill V. Mullen
    The Castle on the Parkway by G. Pelisson and J. Garvey


    Finding James Baldwin on Instagram
    Finding James Baldwin Youtube

    Learn more about Dr. Frank Leon Roberts at Amherst.edu

    More podcasts by Aldo B. Martin:
    The Reclamation
    The Fatherhood Project
    YALD. The Podcast
    Jammin' on the One
    So...Tell Me About Your Podcast

    Finding James Baldwin: The Magpie Years Podcast is
    Researched by Dr. Frank Leon Roberts and Aldo B. Martin
    Performed by Elena from 3B and Tina E.
    Edited by Aldo B. Martin
    Produced by Aldo B. Martin

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    26 mins
  • Chapter 11 - Mississippi Legend
    Sep 27 2023

    Mississippi Legend is one of the short stories that James Baldwin wrote in "The Magpie." Aldo suggests that the manner in which this short story was written, introduced the boys of Clinton High School to the world of African American Vernacular English. Dr. Roberts suggests that Baldwin writing in African American Vernacular English, was not a widely accepted practice at that time, thus making his doing so all the more noteworthy.

    Mississippi Legend is performed by Tina E and produced by Elena from 3B

    Episode References:
    African American Vernacular English
    Richard Wright
    Ann Petry
    Langston Hughs
    Zora Neal Hurston
    The Color Purple
    The Amen Corner
    The Story of Noah's Ark


    Further Reading:
    Books by James Baldwin
    The Furious Passage of James Baldwin by Fern M. Eckman
    James Baldwin: A Biography by David Leeming
    Talking At The Gates: by James Campbell
    Begin Again by Eddie Glaude, Jr.
    Baldwin's Harlem by Herb Boyd
    James Baldwin: Artist on Fire by W.J. Weatherby
    James Baldwin: Living in Fire by Bill V. Mullen
    The Castle on the P

    Finding James Baldwin on Instagram
    Finding James Baldwin Youtube

    Learn more about Dr. Frank Leon Roberts at Amherst.edu

    More podcasts by Aldo B. Martin:
    The Reclamation
    The Fatherhood Project
    YALD. The Podcast
    Jammin' on the One
    So...Tell Me About Your Podcast

    Finding James Baldwin: The Magpie Years Podcast is
    Researched by Dr. Frank Leon Roberts and Aldo B. Martin
    Performed by Elena from 3B and Tina E.
    Edited by Aldo B. Martin
    Produced by Aldo B. Martin

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    23 mins