{"id":55498,"date":"2025-05-09T13:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T12:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=55498"},"modified":"2025-05-09T19:06:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T18:06:10","slug":"northside-today-leon-diop-black-and-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=55498","title":{"rendered":"Northside Today: Leon Diop, Black and Irish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/leon_diop_\/\">Leon Diop<\/a>, European leader with the Obama Foundation,\u00a0 founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/blackandirish.com\/\">Black and Irish<\/a> and a co-author of the award winning books, Black and Irish, Legends, Trailblazers and Everyday Heroes, joins Mary Oyediran to talk about his latest project.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1769\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/nst-2025-05-09-001.mp3\" title=\"Play\" 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