Audio
“Mama’s House”, 2023 (24m)
Season premiere. Camara was only a child when she visited her grandmother’s unique house on the island of Dominica in the West Indies. But, when Hurricane Maria devastated the region in 2017, her grandmother died in the storm, leaving Camara to sift through her own hazy memories of her relative and her home and to reconcile a way forward. An excerpt from this episode was featured on WBUR’s Here & Now as an editor’s pick.
Camara wrote, produced, and recorded this episode and contributed to the sound design for Inherited Podcast’s Season 3.
“Griotte’s Beat”, 2023
An interview podcast focused on how Black women from across the African diaspora can tackle injustice in their everyday lives, created and hosted by researcher Kaytura Felix. The first season featured conversations with scholars, stay-at-home mothers, romance authors, epidemiologists, and others.
Camara oversaw the production, editing, and release for the first season of this podcast.
“We Could Be These People”, 2018 (11m)
Frustrated by the lack of diversity in an upcoming mainstage musical, performer Ale Campillo staged their own show in rebuke. Reporters Camara Aaron and Nyeda Sam probe the Yale Dramat’s production of Spring Awakening and the grassroots show trans student and students of color put up in reaction to it.
Camara co-wrote, co-produced, and co-recorded this for the Yale Daily News Magazine.
“A College of Their Own”, 2017 (19m)
In 2017, Yale University opened two new residential colleges: Benjamin Franklin and Pauli Murray. When reporter Camara Aaron (a member of Franklin’s inaugural first year class) noticed these dorms were Blacker than others on campus, she investigated why that may be, questioning how inclusive Yale really is for students of color.
Camara wrote, produced, and recorded this episode for Chris Arnold’s Radio Journalism course. It was published in the Yale Daily News Magazine.