{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"GenX Gon Give It To Ya","title":"Introducing Samuel Wilson Jr.","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3923,"description":"Gen X Gon Give It To Ya: Samuel Wilson Jr. on Black music, radio, and preserving the culture\nDeshanta sits down with Samuel Wilson Jr., creator and host of the Black Soul Music Experience Podcast, for a wide-ranging conversation about the music, TV, movies, and cultural memories that shaped a generation. The episode centers on black music as history, identity, and family legacy, while also tracing Samuel’s path through the Bronx, school, radio, and podcasting.We discuss how music, TV, and film function as cultural memory, why preserving black music matters, and how Samuel built a podcast around documenting artists, genres, and the stories behind the songs.Key topicsSamuel Wilson Jr. shares how growing up between Harlem and multiple Bronx neighborhoods shaped his perspective and sense of community.In this episode, he talks about childhood favorites in the Bronx, including shopping, bike riding, and going to movies.We discuss the schools he attended, the teachers he remembers, and the impact of being moved from private school into public school.Samuel explains how his first summer job at a church-based community program helped spark a longer relationship with media and communication.He reflects on classic TV shows like Sanford and Son, Barney Miller, The Jeffersons, Good Times, and The Twilight Zone, and why those shows still matter.We cover his favorite movies, including Star Wars, Sounder, and She Hate Me, and how those films connect to race, politics, and social commentary.Samuel breaks down his love of black music across gospel, jazz, blues, soul, funk, disco, hip hop, Caribbean music, and Afrobeats.He shares how hip hop’s roots connect to Jamaica, Black radio, and James Brown, and why the genre’s evolution matters.In this episode, he explains why Donna Summer and funk deserve more recognition as foundational Gen X-era music.Samuel walks through the origin of the Black Soul Music Experience Podcast, which began in 2021 and grew from music talk into interviews,...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/T309lsGpS2MWROBxCoqeZyCMokcqVb12FJGBWZO7_Cs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82Zjgw/OTI3MjkyODZlYTM1/Zjg5ZWM3YTcwOWQw/MWM3Yi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}