Ohmies Bonus Booklist

It’s the Ohmies Booklist Bonus episode! A supercut of my ohmies and I stanning over our favorite books. As an extra special bonus I’ve created a booklist for the listeners to find all of these titles at bookshop.org so be sure to check that out here!

Jewell Singletary [brbrbr] [laughing] That’s my air horns yall! Ohmies Booklist Bonus episode! It’s a supercut of my ohmies and I stanning out over our favorite books. As an extra special bonus I’ve created a booklist for the listeners to find all of these titles at bookshop.org so be sure to check that out the list here!

S01E07 _Ohmies_ StarLaVie

Jewell [00:39:42] I love it. Love it, love it what's your favorite book?

Star [00:39:45] African Civilization. Hold on, because I have to give you the.

Jewell [00:39:51] Yes! Give me the official title!

Star [00:39:53] The official title and the author, because this is like my go-to book. Just a quick backdrop while I pull that up. In college, my major was Africana studies and this is actually one of the first books I read. And I was like the way that it opened my eyes because we're not really taught history like that.

Jewell [00:40:15] Right!

Star [00:40:16] We're taught a very basic history. So it is called Introduction to African Civilization. And it is by John G. Jackson with the intro by John Kenrick Clarke.

Jewell [00:40:29] Thank you!

Star [00:40:30] Yes! I read that yall! like for real, read that [laughing]

File: Yoga Wit The Ohmies - S01E01 - Lena Di

Jewell Sing: Come on. Patience is a virtue. What's your favorite book?

Lena Di: Okay. My favorite book is I don't know why The Alchemist.

Jewell Sing: Yes, because you are an Alchemist.

Lena Di: Am I, I never thought about it like that. But I guess so. Thank you.

Jewell Sing: Touching this earth Yes, you are the Ambassador between America and Tanzania, Zanzibar, Kenya. Yes, madam, you are.

Lena Di: I'll take it accept it.

File: Yoga Wit The Ohmies - S01E02 - Keyana Nikaamen

Interviewer: What's your favorite book?

Keyana Nikaamen: I got so many, but I'll just say The Bluest Eye for now.

S01E07 _Ohmies_ Javier Cruz

Jewell Singletary [00:28:58] Yeah. What's your favorite book?

Javier Cruz [00:29:01] My favorite book is the Four Agreements.

File: Yoga With The Ohmies S01E04 Juanita Martin

Jewell Sing: What's your favorite book?

Juanita Martin: Right now? Crystals and Ancestors, The connection.

[Editors Note] This contribution is actually an online article that you can read using this link.

S01E06_Nigel Fullerton_Ohmies Pod

Jewell Singletary [00:25:21] What's your favorite book?

NIgel A Fullerton [00:25:23] Oh, "A Snowy Day" Ezra Keats.

Jewell Singletary [00:25:26] OK!

NIgel A Fullerton [00:25:26] [hearty chuckle] It's a children's book, but I love that book. 

S01E11_SirMoore_Ohmies Pod

Jewell Singletary [00:43:15] What's your favorite book?

Sir Moore [00:43:19] Oh, wow, favorite book? Well, right now I'm reading it now it's called The Black Fatigue by Mary Frances Winters.

Jewell Singletary [00:43:31] [00:43:31]Yes, I've read that one. I love it as well. Yeah, that is a good book. It is. It was tiring to read like goddamn. It's like the cliff notes of trauma and stress. Yeah. [14.5s]

Sir Moore [00:43:47] [00:43:47]Yeah. [0.0s]

Jewell Singletary [00:43:49] [00:43:49]Well worth it. Well worth it. Shoot. I have a vintage trunk and that fell over in a blender, fell over and a lot just fell on the floor. It was like a little domino effect. [18.9s]

Yoga Wit The Ohmies - S01E03 - Tyrone Daye

Jewell [00:17:47] Yea. Yup. What's your favorite book?

Tyrone [00:17:50] I don't have a favorite book, sorry. [chuckle]. I read too much, ummm...

Jewell [00:17:53] The latest read. Any one that comes to mind.

Tyrone [00:18:01] Uhhh, I like The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz.

S01E05 - Ohmies  Pod_Milly Velez

Jewell [00:39:56] What's your favorite book?

Mildred Velez [00:39:58] When I was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago.

Jewell [00:40:00] Oh, I love that book too!

Mildred Velez [00:40:05] You read it?! You're the first person that knew what I was talking about.

Jewell [00:40:07] Yeah! I read that in college. I studied Spanish language and literature in college. So I read a lot of books by authors from the Latino community. So, yeah, that's that's a really good one. Yes. I'm excited to put that on the list.

S01E09_Gabrielle Davis_Ohmies Video Interview

Jewell Singletary [00:38:19] What's your favorite book?

Gabrielle Davis [00:38:21] Like outside of the Bible, it would be a collection of short stories from Black Women authors, don't ask me the title or all of that, but I just remember that book. And it was just brilliant. Brilliant.

[Editors Note] We’ve substituted Gabrielle’s unnamed selection for The Secret Life of Church Ladies, a collection of short stories by a Black woman author, Deesha Philyaw.

S01E10 Melvin Boyce II

Jewell Singletary [01:03:14] What's your favorite book?

Melvin Boyce II [01:03:17] Autobiography of a Yogi.