Truth Be Told: Time to Thrive

Every new year, we play the same game, compiling a list of resolutions to be more productive, pushing ourselves to the limit to attain some version of ourselves that will be better than the last. This year, host Tonya Mosley is taking a different approach. Instead of giving more to the world, she plans to give more to myself. And that starts with revisiting this powerful 2022 conversation with Nap Ministry founder Tricia Hersey. Hersey says it’s time we treat our bodies not as hustle machines but as living, divine beings that need rest. GUEST: Tricia Hersey, Author and Founder of The Nap Ministry INSTAGRAM: @thenapministry LINKS: deartbt.com Instagram: deartbt TikTok: tonyatbt Email: tonya@deartbt.com

"Truth Be Told: Time to Thrive" revisits nine of host Tonya Mosley's favorite episodes, exploring crucial topics that resonate deeply with our current times. From challenging societal norms around rest and productivity to addressing the impacts of deportation, racial trauma, and body image, this collection offers profound insights and conversations with thought leaders, activists, and experts. Each episode provides a unique perspective on personal growth, social justice, and the pursuit of a more equitable world, inviting listeners to reflect, learn, and ultimately thrive.

We’re back with another special bonus episode for you. The EmbraceRace Podcast brings you the best and latest advice on how to raise kids to have healthy attitudes and behaviors when it comes to race. In their first season, they counter myths about race and dive into what we actually know about how kids learn about race and what that means for how we raise them. We’re excited to share the first episode of the EmbraceRace podcast, Myth #1: Young kids (especially babies) don’t see race. If you’d like to listen to additional episodes or learn more about EmbraceRace you can visit embracerace.org

We’re sharing a special episode in the feed this week of the APM Studios podcast What Happened in Alabama? What Happened in Alabama? is a series born out of personal experiences of intergenerational trauma, and the impacts of Jim Crow that exist beyond what we understand about segregation. Through intimate stories of his family, coupled with conversations with experts on the Black American experience, award-winning journalist Lee Hawkins unpacks his family history and upbringing, his father’s painful nightmares and past, and goes deep into discussions to understand those who may have had similar generational - and present day - experiences. What Happened In Alabama? confronts the cycles of trauma for Lee, for his family, and for Black America. If you’d like to hear more episodes from the series, you can find What Happened in Alabama? wherever you get podcasts.

In this final episode of the She Has A Name series, we take you behind the scenes to delve into the making of the show and what we’ve discovered since the show launched. Learn more about our efforts to talk with the person of interest in Anita’s murder investigation. And we answer your burning questions.

Tonya and Antonio join native Detroiter Candice Fortman to talk all things She Has A Name before a live audience at the community space Spot Lite Detroit. We hear from people involved in the story as well as listeners feeling the impact of the podcast. We want to hear what you think about She Has A Name. Please help us out by filling out a short audience survey: https://www.apmstudios.org/survey

Throughout this podcast, we’ve told Anita’s story through the words of her family and friends. Now it’s Anita’s turn. Through a journal she left behind, we explore the last months of Anita’s life, narrated by her granddaughter and namesake, Anita Brown. We want to hear what you think about She Has A Name. Please help us out by filling out a short audience survey: https://www.apmstudios.org/survey

After decades of searching, Anita’s son Antonio has just learned the very gruesome details about how his mother was murdered. As he grapples with what he’s learned, he and Tonya ask, what’s next? In this episode of She Has A Name, the two take you inside their intimate therapeutic session with Dr. Robin L. Smith, co-author of The Invisible Ache: Black Men Identifying Their Pain and Reclaiming Their Power. They delve into the illusion of closure and how to move forward. We want to hear what you think about She Has A Name. Please help us out by filling out a short audience survey: https://www.apmstudios.org/survey

Who killed Anita? Did her involvement in the drug game somehow lead to her murder? A serial killer? Or maybe the man her family says used and abused her was somehow involved? In this episode of She Has A Name, we delve into four theories, parsing out the details from the original fire report and crime scene documents, witness accounts, the family’s knowledge, and interviews with the lead detective. We want to hear what you think about She Has A Name. Please help us out by filling out a short audience survey: https://www.apmstudios.org/survey

What does a boy hold on to when he realizes his mother is gone? The ways she taught him to survive - and the creation of falsehoods, omissions, and a version of the truth he’s created to make it through each day. In this episode of She Has A Name, Tonya discovers something about Antonio’s past she never knew before - one that mirrors his mother's life in the years before she disappeared. The discovery opens up insights into the depths of Antonio’s pain and the life he yearns to create as he moves toward healing. We want to hear what you think about She Has A Name. Please help us out by filling out a short audience survey: https://www.apmstudios.org/survey

How could Tonya, Anita, and Antonio go almost a lifetime without knowing each other? We explore the tangled roots of this family tree and the man Tonya, Anita, and Antonio all have in common – O.C. Hill. We want to hear what you think about She Has A Name. Please help us out by filling out a short audience survey: https://www.apmstudios.org/survey

In the late seventies and early eighties, things were looking up for Anita. She was in her early twenties and coming out of a low point in her life with the death of her mother. Antonio remembers a stable home life, a step-father that he loved and not really wanting for anything. Until Anita's life takes a downward turn with the return of a childhood friend who comes home from prison. We want to hear what you think about She Has A Name. Please help us out by filling out a short audience survey: https://www.apmstudios.org/survey

Who was Anita outside of the image Antonio shared with Tonya? And how can Tonya’s exploration of her short life help us understand what led to her disappearance and murder? In this episode, Tonya goes back to Anita’s early years and the choices she made as a young woman in Detroit to survive. We want to hear what you think about She Has A Name. Please help us out by filling out a short audience survey: https://www.apmstudios.org/survey

Tonya tries to make sense of a double-whammy: news that she has a sister and the devastating discovery about her whereabouts. In this episode, Tonya begins her quest to unravel how a sister she never knew about could end up as a Jane Doe. We want to hear what you think about She Has A Name. Please help us out by filling out a short audience survey: https://www.apmstudios.org/survey

Host Tonya Mosley has spent most of her career telling other people’s stories, now she is focusing on her own family. In the summer of 1987, Tonya’s sister Anita disappeared without a trace. It took 33 years of searching and her son’s DNA to connect Anita to a grave just outside of Detroit. But finding the body was just the beginning: Anita had been murdered. This isn’t just another whodunit, She Has A Name peels back the layers of Anita’s murder to reveal a city fighting for its own survival. We want to hear what you think about She Has A Name. Please help us out by filling out a short audience survey: https://www.apmstudios.org/survey

Truth Be Told Presents: She Has A Name, a deeply personal story for host Tonya Mosley. The first episode of this family mystery podcast drops here on the Truth Be Told feed on Thursday, March 28th.

A live conversation in Pasadena, California at the LAist’s Crawford Theatre. Wise One: Casey Gerald, author of There Will Be No Miracles Here. Following the discussion, all five guests from the live event return to the stage to answer questions from the audience.

A live conversation in Pasadena, California at the LAist’s Crawford Theatre. Wise Ones: Jamilah Lemeiux, writer; Nancy Redd, award winning author and podcast host; Steven Canals, screenwriter, producer of FX’s Pose; Ayize Jama Everett, author & documentary filmmaker “A Table of Our Own.”

Happy Summer! We're stepping into your feed to share a conversation Tonya recently had with singer, songwriter, and producer Madison McFerrin. Madison has been on her own liberation journey the last few years, and it’s evident with her new album “I Hope You Can Forgive Me." Tonya had her music on loop while writing Season 5 of Truth Be Told about using psychedelics to heal racial trauma, so you know we had to have her on the show!

We’ve explored the psychedelic renaissance with Black scientists, therapists and everyday people in search of healing. In this season closer, host Tonya Mosley finds her own path towards healing. Also, some parting words from our Wise Ones: Ernestine Mosley, Dr. Monnica Williams, Nicolas Powers, Undrea Wright, Camille Barton, Ayize Jama Everett.