Her radio show, "Reclaimed Soul" on Vocalo 91.1fm, highlights these records, as well as the stories behind them. She is also a producer for WBEZ’s Sound Opinions. Ayana was a 2014-15 University of Chicago Arts + Public Life Artist-in-Residence; and her first book, Energy Never Dies, a history of arts and culture in post-Civil Rights Era Black Chicago, is forthcoming through Northwestern University Press.