Movement with Meklit Hadero podcast

Movement with Meklit Hadero

Movement is a podcast, radio series and live show that tells stories of global migration through music. Hosted by Ethiopian-American singer Meklit Hadero, the show is a meditation on the large-scale forces at play in individual lives. Issues of citizenship, identity, belonging, and borders are explored through the experiences of artists themselves: two brothers sharing one guitar, a daughter trying on her father’s shoes, the lineage of a drum, and the sounds of a grandmother’s backyard.

Movement is a podcast, radio series and live show that tells stories of global migration through music. Hosted by Ethiopian-American singer Meklit Hadero, the show is a meditation on the large-scale forces at play in individual lives. Issues of citizenship, identity, belonging, and borders are explored through the experiences of artists themselves: two brothers sharing one guitar, a daughter trying on her father’s shoes, the lineage of a drum, and the sounds of a grandmother’s backyard.

 

#46

"The shaming of the tongue" ft. Laura Elkeslassy

Arabic music filled the air of Laura Elkeslassy’s Moroccan Jewish childhood home in Paris,... more

21 Oct 2025

39 MINS

39:40

21 Oct 2025


#45

"We came from the same groove" ft. Cimafunk

After years of singing backup in Havana, Cuban musician Cimafunk found his own sound by re... more

07 Oct 2025

28 MINS

28:50

07 Oct 2025


#44

"Who we are when no one is watching" ft. Ali Sethi

Ali Sethi released a song that got so popular, some claim it had the power to unite two co... more

09 Sep 2025

30 MINS

30:30

09 Sep 2025


#43

"We make the boom bap" ft. Ana Tijoux

When you don't feel like you belong to the country you were born in, where do you call hom... more

19 Aug 2025

30 MINS

30:08

19 Aug 2025


#42

“Questioning everything” ft. Lupita Infante

Lupita Infante is the granddaughter of Mexican cultural icon, Pedro Infante, but she is al... more

07 Aug 2025

28 MINS

28:20

07 Aug 2025


#41

“I don't tell people I'm a musician” ft. Peter One

Peter One has had two big breaks, decades apart, on different continents. But both times, ... more

21 Jul 2025

24 MINS

24:55

21 Jul 2025


#40

“Syrians must go back" ft. Omar Offendum

In the early 1900s, the ‘Little Syria’ neighborhood thrived in Lower Manhattan, but today ... more

08 Jul 2025

26 MINS

26:12

08 Jul 2025


#39

“I sound like an alien to them” ft. Satomi Matsuzaki

For Satomi Matsuzaki, the lead singer and bass player in Deerhoof, music has been a humani... more

23 Jun 2025

21 MINS

21:20

23 Jun 2025


#38

“I can speak to my ancestors through this” ft. Lalin St Juste

Lalin St Juste knew, even as a child, that singing was a path towards her own healing. As ... more

10 Jun 2025

33 MINS

33:02

10 Jun 2025


#37

"A Really Bad Deal" ft. Annahstasia

The LA-based folk musician Annahstasia was “discovered” by the music industry when she was... more

03 Jun 2025

24 MINS

24:20

03 Jun 2025


#36

"Why I was spared" ft. Mon Rovîa

How do we turn pain into empathy? Meklit talks with Liberian-American singer Mon Rovîa abo... more

14 Jan 2025

23 MINS

23:56

14 Jan 2025


#35

“I’m ready for that transformation” ft. Dayme Arocena

Daymé Arocena has one of the most stunning voices in music today. But when Meklit heard Da... more

07 Jan 2025

29 MINS

29:00

07 Jan 2025


#34

"Syria is finally free" ft. Hello Psychaleppo

Bashar Al Assad, Syria’s brutal dictator, has fled the country -- opening a new and uncert... more

24 Dec 2024

11 MINS

11:53

24 Dec 2024


#33

"I'm sorry I wasn't here" ft. Diana Gameros

Diana Gameros was living in the US in 2010 when her home city of Juarez, Mexico became kno... more

10 Dec 2024

19 MINS

19:19

10 Dec 2024


#32

"22 Nights" ft Chhom Nimol -- Live on stage

Chhom Nimol of the band Dengue Fever tells the harrowing story of the 22 night she spent i... more

26 Nov 2024

16 MINS

16:44

26 Nov 2024


#31

"A circle moment" ft. Emel Mathlouthi

Meklit talks with Tunisian singer Emel Mathlouthi about the moment that turned her into a ... more

12 Nov 2024

24 MINS

24:40

12 Nov 2024


#30

"I've just thrown out the word expectation" ft. Adi Oasis

Adi Oasis released an album and had a baby in the same year -- she thought it would be the... more

22 Oct 2024

21 MINS

21:44

22 Oct 2024


#29

"Breaking unbreakable things" ft. Cheakaity Brown

Cheakaity is a DC-based soul singer who was brought into the world with a weighty name: th... more

08 Oct 2024

21 MINS

21:14

08 Oct 2024


#28

"Pragmatism and Revolution" ft. Victoria Ruiz

Victoria Ruiz fronts the leftist punk band Downtown Boys, and has spent her career walking... more

24 Sep 2024

33 MINS

33:35

24 Sep 2024


#27

"Girls do not enter" ft. June Millington

Fanny was the first all-women band to release a record on a major label, in 1970. Meklit t... more

10 Sep 2024

27 MINS

27:32

10 Sep 2024


#26

"I've been writing the same song since the first song I wrote" ft. Helado Negro

Helado Negro has released 13 records in 15 years. He joins Meklit to talk about how the im... more

20 Aug 2024

23 MINS

23:59

20 Aug 2024


#25

"We got on the Bad Bunny Bus" ft. Buscabulla

Buscabulla got the kind of lucky break most artists only dream about: the chance to record... more

13 Aug 2024

21 MINS

21:35

13 Aug 2024


#24

"I was reluctant to go" ft. Sid Sriram

Sid Sriram wanted to make it big in the American music industry, so when got an opportunit... more

06 Aug 2024

32 MINS

32:10

06 Aug 2024


#23

“New York is the people that live here” ft. Mafer Bandola

New York City is a city of immigrants, but right now that ethos and identity is being test... more

30 Jul 2024

28 MINS

28:15

30 Jul 2024


#22

“I found refuge in tap dancing” ft. Gerson Lanza

Art is a form of self-expression. A lot of people say that, but for tap dance virtuoso Ger... more

16 Jul 2024

22 MINS

22:50

16 Jul 2024


#21

Coming up on Season 2

Coming up on Season 2

09 Jul 2024

01 MINS

01:40

09 Jul 2024