The Chocolate Therapy Podcast

03/07/2019

Jordan and Marcus are back this Friday with a Side Dish serving up ceviche, negronis, and updates on how Pride and Juneteenth events took over their lives last month. Marcus also has a game for them to play on air that might cause Jordan to have a Black Joy Overload.

28/06/2019

Shout out to SisterSong for continuing to stay on the front lines of this fight!

It is official. SisterSong is the lead plaintiff in a case against the state of Georgia on the 6 week ban. They tried to come for us. But we stay ready. We look forward to seeing Governor Brian Kemp in court!

19/06/2019

June 19th, or Juneteenth, is a day of celebration commemorating the emancipation of American slaves. Here, four African-American chefs discuss the significance of holiday.

07/06/2019

New Side Dish episode drops TODAY! We talk about the legacy of Leah Chase and how she will always remind us of how food is a powerful way to bring people together. Look for it today on Spotify, Stitcher, and wherever you listen to podcasts.

05/06/2019

On this week's Side Dish episode of Chocolate Therapy, we'll be talking about the legacy of New Orleans icon Leah Chase and cooking up her Red Beans and Rice recipe as published in The Dooky Chase Cookbook. She was a great lover of art, food, and people. It didn't matter if you were famous or homeless, Miss Leah and her husband Edgar "Dooky" Chase fed everybody and treated them as equals. At her tables, communities organized and presidents were humbled. We honor her and look to her as an example. Rest in power Miss Leah.

02/06/2019

Check out our latest episode, Mashed Potatoes and Burlesque with Juno Mars!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5z7bRgcTwEvelVknNX1n2S?si=1IVYFeBZSL6Y90hqyBgXEA

02/06/2019

This week's guest Juno Mars talks about her work as a burlesque performer, s*x positivity, food (of course), and how she's using a fundraiser to bolster her career as a burlesque performer has become an opportunity to signal boost pro-choice advocacy. You can buy a cool shirt, show support for reproductive justice, and support an up and coming Black artist all with one click!

Check out our interview with her in our latest episode! Available now in iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and wherever you catch pods.

Stand up for what you believe in, no matter who's around!. Why this design? Alabama lawmakers recently passed the most restrictive abortion ban in the US, outlawing abortion...

02/06/2019

Rest in Power, Miss Leah.

In New Orleans, Leah Chase has been lauded as a leader, an inspiration, even an emblem of her city’s better self.

28/05/2019

A partial list of Southern organizations working in reproductive justice and/or abortion access in the region. Please share and feel free to drop links to other resources in the comments!

https://www.healthyandfreetn.org/

http://tnstories.org/

http://www.sparkrj.org/

https://www.arc-southeast.org/

https://yellowhammerfund.org/

https://msreprofreedomfund.org/

https://www.sistersong.net/

https://sisterreach.org/

https://allaboveall.org

27/05/2019

New episode drops today with Jordan Scruggs own Cheese Grits recipe! You can find the recipe below and the new episode on Spotify, Stitcher, iTunes, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

1 Cup Grits
4 Cups Whole Milk
1 1/2 cup of Smoked Gouda.
1/2 of green onion/scallions
Enough Butter
Little bit of salt
Lot of freshly ground pepper

All of this should take about 30-40 mins, depending on how hot you have your eye.
Heat milk on medium, season with salt and a little bit of butter, about 1 tbs. Keep your eye on it and stir it occasionally so your milk doesn't scorch.
Once you see steam and one bubble of milk, add grits into the heated milk.
Now stir and keep stirring. Don't stop until they start to thiccin' up. (Seriously, this takes about 20 mins. Keep stirring.)
As they start to get a little thicc add 1/2 a cup of cheese at a time.
Season with salt and pepp as you go.
Add the rest of your butter as it gets to final level of thiccness.
Once all of the cheese has been added, add your green onion.
Stir for about another 5 minutes and you're done. Eat hot.

Ps. I like my grits to be a hybrid. Aka no sugar, but honey with sausage bits broken up into them.

(For leftovers, add a splash or so of milk to a pan to loosen them up when you add the grits.)

26/05/2019

New episode dropping this weekend! Jordan Scruggs made cheese grits and sausage for brunch, and (in a twist) Marcus Ellsworth interviews his cohost about working for reproductive justice in the south.

21/05/2019

Semillas de Fuego (SOF) es un programa de un año de duración en Highlander Research and Education Center, que reúne a grupos e individuos liderados por jóvenes y centrados en jóvenes del sur y los Apalaches, que se organizan para la justicia y cambio social. SOF se enfoca en el proceso en donde...

10/05/2019

We've got a new Side Dish dropping today on The Chocolate Therapy Podcast! To prepare you for it, Here's a link to Jordan's commentary on the Met Gala. They have quite a bit to say about the whole affair.
https://ello.co/jordanscruggs/post/osuu0l0vsgeqdz69p4ulaa

10/05/2019

We've got a new Side Dish dropping today! To prepare you for it, Here's a link to Jordan's commentary on the Met Gala. They have quite a bit to say about the whole affair.
https://ello.co/jordanscruggs/post/osuu0l0vsgeqdz69p4ulaa

02/05/2019

Part Two of our conversation with Erika Roberts of Velvet Poetry fame drops tomorrow! We talk with her about Black Fridays, a movement to build networks of support for Black owned businesses. Erika is just one of the four incredible Black women leading the work in Chattanooga. Keep an eye out for Part 2 of Season 2 Episode 1 of The Chocolate Therapy Podcast.

24/04/2019

Our Season 2 premiere with guest Velvet Poetry is going to be released in two parts, because it just was that good. Stay tuned for Part One to come out this Friday!

23/04/2019

We're cooking up a new episode (finally!) with Velvet Poetry as our guest serving up not 1 not 2 not 3 but 4 new recipes!!!!! She done spoilt us yall! Look for the episode to drop this Friday!

29/01/2019

We're still working on preparations for the new season of The Chocolate Therapy Podcast. Which means we haven't had time to really even get in the kitchen. So here's a video of Jordan eating an air fried pop tart. Enjoy and look for us to return in February!

21/11/2018

Yams. Squash. Apples. Midterm elections. Voter activism. The annihilation of the middle class. Must be /Let's Keep The Feasting But Ditch The Myths Of Colonizers season on the Chocolate Therapy Podcast!

Marcus and Jordan have been on a longer than anticipated hiatus, but they're back with a new Side Dish! Serving up THREE recipes for your holiday feasting along with a recap of the midterm elections and their thoughts on public education and the vanishing middle class. You know, fun topics to bring....

21/11/2018

Hot fresh new episode coming at ya with a Sweet Potato Tart, Squash Casserole, and Apple Cider with a kick!

14/11/2018

Y'all know what to do.

15 Georgians were were arrested today at the Capitol including SONG's Co-Director Mary Hooks. Donate to our bail fund to get her and the rest of the out!

Donate: bit.ly/GA-BailFund18

15/10/2018

Roughly 40 seniors were forced off the bus.

15/10/2018

New Side Dish! Marcus and Jordan get caught up on current events, talk about voter suppression, candidates who make bad choices, how men are generally trash, and why they love Dolly Parton.

Oct 15, 2018 - It's been awhile since Marcus and Jordan got together to do a little side dishing. This week, they try out Maya Angelou's famous Banana Pudding recipe. They go in on some of the major political events of the past three weeks, from appointing trash to high office to even trashier expre...

14/10/2018

Our next episode will post later today! A Side Dish with Marcus and Jordan trying out a famous recipe for banana pudding from the kitchen of the late great Dr. Maya Angelou. They get in a few rants about men, voter suppression, disappointing candidates, and why they love Dolly Parton.

23/09/2018

Marcus went to The Highlander Center's 86th Homecoming in New Market, Tennessee. He met up with Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson Co-Director of the Highlander. Jordan phones in (eventually) and they all talk about fave southern foods from shrimp creole to black beans and rice, the importance of vulnerabili...

16/09/2018

Yall. BYP 100 out here presenting the Black Joy Experience. Just a taste.

10/09/2018

Not everybody is down with the podcast apps, we know. So you can also listen to ALL of our episodes right from our website at the link below!
https://www.chocolatetherapypodcast.com/releases/

10/09/2018

Our Newest episode is up on Spotify! Marcus and Jordan talk about Black women running for election (and claiming victory in all these primaries), the complicated nature of supporting Kaepernick while acknowledging that Nike still don't deserve our money, and then we talk to our guest Vahisha Hasan about fried corn, organizing in faith communities, and what went down at Aretha Franklin's Funeral.

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We spoke with Vahisha Hasan of Movement in Faith about one of her fave foods, Fried Corn. We also discussed Arteha Franklin’s funeral and how faith leaders are working to build inclusive communities and addressing the problem of far too many worship spaces being unsafe for women, gender minorities...