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The Score

The Score

By: Global Majority Media
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It's time to put the arts on game! Hosts Lee Bynum, Paige Reynolds, and Rocky Jones are three Black, queer artists and pop culture aficionados, who are working every day to bring more diversity, equity, and inclusivity into the arts. Noted by The New York Times as one of the "Podcasts Opera Pros Tune To" in 2021, The Score is their provocative, thoughtful, and humorous commentary on the industry's past, present, and future, as seen through an antiracist and unapologetically Black and queer lens. Each episode features a variety of stories from a variety of perspectives that bring People of the Global Majority, queer, trans and nonbinary folks, and everyone else into the discussion of ownership over and access to the arts. From the opera house to the statehouse to your house, each episode will amplify the voices of those in the field who are pushing the boundaries of what opera is, who it is for, and how it can transform us and our communities.Copyright 2026 Global Majority Media Art Entertainment & Performing Arts Music Social Sciences
Episodes
  • [RE-RELEASE] Recontextualizing Baldwin

    [RE-RELEASE] Recontextualizing Baldwin
    Aug 4 2026
    One more vacation episode! This episode was originally released on April 9, 2024.Happy Tuesday, Classmates! Did you survive all the earthquakes and eclipses?! Oh good, because do we have jam-packed show for you today! First up, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and The New Yorker theater critic Hilton Als, editor of the new book God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin. We chat with Hilton all about the legacy of the legendary James Baldwin and the lessons his life and work can offer us today (0:18:14). After that, stay tuned for part 2 of Paige's Kinfolk conversation with Hannah Mayree of the Black Banjo Reclamation Project (0:45:53). Plus, the Morning Announcements with Emile (0:41:54) and a little Pure Black Joy (1:02:37) to get you to the end of the week. Take your seats, everybody. Class is in session!Hosts: Lee Bynum, Rocky Jones, Paige Reynolds (Mabolé Inawale)Guests: Hilton Als, Hannah MayreeContributor: Emilia MettenbrinkProducer: Rocky Jones--LinksHilton Als (Website)God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin (Book) (Exhibition)Black Banjo Reclamation Project (Website)James Baldwin at 100 (Website)Sugar Hill Salon Chamber Music (Website)Ensemble Obiora (Website)--Hey hey, THE SCORE is now on social! Follow us @thescorepod on Instagram here and Bluesky here!--New episodes of THE SCORE drop every other Tuesday. If you like what you hear, please support us and SUBSCRIBE to the show on your favorite podcast app and be sure to SHARE our show with your friends. Also, leaving a 5-star REVIEW on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you're listening is a great way to help people find our show. Email your questions or comments to thescorepodcast2.0@gmail.com.Ways to Listen: Apple | Spotify | YouTubeFollow Your Hosts on Insta! Lee | Paige | Rocky
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Lee Island

    Lee Island
    Jul 21 2026

    Hey there, Scorekeepers! We're back... for a minute at least. We just wanted to check in real quick and drop a proof of life before we duck back out for a little more vacation. This week, we catch up with a quick conversation about what we've been watching so far this summer before we dive into all the creative projects we've been working on. Rocky got a nice promotion at his day job. Paige took a restorative trip to Jamaica and is embarking on a very exciting masquerade project that will take them all over the African diaspora. And Dr. Bynum is working on a new opera called 90 Miles from Anywhere, which explores the fascinating history of Black migrant workers in Long Island, NY. And the best part is that you, dear listener, can help with both Lee and Paige's projects! So listen to the episode and then check out the links below if you want to get involved. Let's do it to it, y'all and we'll see you again in August!

    Hosts: Lee Bynum, Rocky Jones, Paige Reynolds

    Producer: Rocky Jones

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    Links

    Paige's Sankofa Fund (Donate)

    Support 90 Miles from Anywhere at The Zora Project (Donate)

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    Hey hey, THE SCORE is now on social! Follow us @thescorepod on Instagram here and Bluesky here!

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    New episodes of THE SCORE drop every other Tuesday. If you like what you hear, please support us and SUBSCRIBE to the show on your favorite podcast app and be sure to SHARE our show with your friends. Also, leaving a 5-star REVIEW on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you're listening is a great way to help people find our show. Email your questions or comments to thescorepodcast2.0@gmail.com.

    Ways to Listen: Apple | Spotify | YouTube

    Follow Your Hosts on Insta! Lee | Paige | Rocky
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • [RE-RELEASE] LIVE!!! (w/Nona Hendryx)

    [RE-RELEASE] LIVE!!! (w/Nona Hendryx)
    Jul 7 2026

    We have a very special episode for you today, Classmates! Last April, as part of the Hear it Here Podcast Festival, we gathered at Lincoln Center's David Rubinstein Atrium to sit in the presence of music royalty! So please join us for an audience with Nona Hendryx, legendary singer/songwriter, technological innovator, and all-around wise and wonderful person. She'll talk to us about her long, illustrious career spent blurring the lines between genres and her brand new project, "The Dream Machine," which will debut this summer as part of Lincoln Center's Summer for the City. Later on in the conversation, we're joined by two young artists working with her on "The Dream Machine," Nia-Simone Egerton and Sophia Edwards, who chat about their experience making this larger-than-life project come to fruition. We're so excited to finally share this experience with all of you, so take your seats. Class in session! LIVE!!!

    Hosts: Lee Bynum, Rocky Jones, Paige Reynolds (Mabolé Inawale)

    Guests: Nona Hendryx, Nia-Simone Egerton, Sophia Edwards

    Contributor: Emilia Mettenbrink

    Producer: Rocky Jones

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    Links

    Nona Hendryx (Website) (Insta)

    The Dream Machine Experience (Learn More)

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    Hey hey, THE SCORE is now on social! Follow us @thescorepod on Instagram here and Bluesky here!

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    New episodes of THE SCORE drop every other Tuesday. If you like what you hear, please support us and SUBSCRIBE to the show on your favorite podcast app and be sure to SHARE our show with your friends. Also, leaving a 5-star REVIEW on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you're listening is a great way to help people find our show. Email your questions or comments to thescorepodcast2.0@gmail.com.

    Ways to Listen: Apple | Spotify | YouTube

    Follow Your Hosts on Insta! Lee | Paige | Rocky
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    1 hr and 6 mins
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