The Vanguard Podcast Network is an audio storytelling platform for and about people of the African Diaspora. At our network, all Black lives and stories matter regardless of age, politics, sexual and/or gender identities, religion, nationality, etc.

If we learned anything in the last decade - it’s how important it is to tell our own stories, in our own voices, and from our own lived experiences. By crafting and disseminating our personal narratives through audio we have discovered a freedom that will carry us into the next century.

If you’ve lived long enough to form a sentence you, have a story to tell AND it matters. Vanguard Podcast Network produces non-fiction and fiction podcasts that showcase our diverse identities, experiences, and perspectives.

At VPN we don’t subscribe to single stories or monolithic narratives and while it’s true that we have relatable stories, they are not and can never be the same. Your story is your fingerprint and deserves to be told in your own words.

Our mission is to present stories that center identity and experiences in all their forms (Who are you? What do you want people to know about your life? Why your story matters.)