Anita breaks down policy banking to Michelle.

The episode features:

Isabelle Kerby-McGowan

Nina Smith

Marie-Francoise Theodore

Gabrielle Adkins

Sound Designed by Collin Thomas

Original Theme Music created by Jason Moran

Produced, written, directed and edited by Yhane Washington Smith

Thank you to The Puffin Foundation for their support of this project.

This is our final season of "Harlem Queen" the audio drama.

What happens next? A play? A movie? A spinoff?

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Check out my other shows:

*The Courtship of Mona Mae

*1972 - The Chisholm Trail and the Davis Trial

* Dancers on the Shore

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In this final episode of the series, Stephanie makes her return and even convinces Anita not to give up her territory. Dutch Schultz is finally shot dead. Michelle comes to a conclusion, which sets us up for our spin-off series, "Crown Beauty".

This episodes features:

Gabrielle Adkins

Isabelle Kerby-McGowan

Nina Smith

Ian Bell

Jimmy Mehiel

Denese Longsworth

Karen Chmielnicki

Sound designed by Colin Thomas

Original theme music by Jason Moran

Produced, written and directed by Yhane Washington Smith

Thank you to The Puffin Foundation for their support of this project.

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Stephanie makes her great escape from prison.

This episode features:

Marie - Francoise Theodore

Gabrielle Adkins

Journey Brown-Saintel

Luke Slattery

Thank you:

Emilio Smith

Tom Smith

Collin Thomas

Sound designed by Collin Thomas

Produced, written and directed by Yhane Washington Smith

Thank you to The Puffin Foundation for their support of this project.

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This is our first episode of our last season!

While Stephanie is recuperating in France with Josephine Baker, we meet the other Queens of Harlem; Anita Howell, Rita, Polly Adler and even Stephanie's daughter, Michelle.

This episode features:

Isabelle Kerby-McGowan as Anita Howell

Denese Longsworth as Rita Munoz

Karen Chmielnicki as Polly Adler

Nina Smith as Michelle Mondesir

Sound Designed by Collin Thomas

"Harlem Queen" is produced, written and directed by Yhane Washington Smith

Thank you to The Puffin Foundation for their support of this project.

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I am so glad to share with you my conversation with Jana Naomi Smith creator of Red for Revolution.  Jana and I discuss providing a platform for "undertold" stories.

I could ALWAYS use your help to make these incredible stories.

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I am so glad to share with you my conversation with Nichole Hill of The Our Ancestors Were Messy podcast. Nichole and I talk about the history and value of Black newspapers and how we use them to make our shows. I had no idea there were so many!

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Part two of the talk. Yhane has a sit down with William Sutphin creator of the "Booker and Olivia" audio drama. Yhane and William discuss creating Black historical fiction. William breaks down crafting his favorite scene.

You can follow William on Instagram @audio_auteur.

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Yhane has a sit down with William Sutphin creator of the "Booker and Olivia" audio drama. Yhane and William discuss creating Black historical fiction.

You can follow William on Instagram @audio_auteur.

I could ALWAYS use your help to make these incredible stories.

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Yhane talks with Dominic Lawson of the "Black is America" Podcast. Yhane and Dominic talk about 'standing in the gap' - making sure that we learn and share our stories.

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Isabelle and I compare notes about Stephanie St. Clair who spoke loud and clear when it came to self publicity and marketing. Stephanie was known to "indulge" when discussing her place of birth, age, income, etc. Isabelle and I try to discern what is fact and what is fiction, but conclude with even more questions.

Isabelle Kerby-McGowan is a producer at Goat Rodeo, her series, Queens of the Underworld, was an invaluable source for my research to write Harlem Queen.

The books Isabelle and I refer to are:

LaShawn Harris’s Sex Workers, Psychics, and Numbers Runners

Shirley Stewart's The World of Stephanie St. Clair

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