Hey hey! It's been a minute (or three). So happy to be getting a new episode out to you. This was originally recorded on Saturday, February 23rd, 2019. From here, we look forward to bringing you all new episodes every two weeks!

Gilly’s Picks

Pop Culture Happy Hour: Feb 22 - 2019 Oscars Preview (https://www.npr.org/2019/02/21/696590610/oscars-preview-we-talk-who-will-who-should-and-who-wont-win)

Pop Culture Happy Hour: Jan 16 - The Masked Singer: We Have So Many Questions (https://www.npr.org/2019/01/15/685520537/the-masked-singer-we-have-so-many-questions)

Dirtcast: Feb 13 - We’re Here For Your Honor (https://jezebel.com/dirtcast-is-here-for-your-honor-1832596642)

Who Weekly: Feb 1 - Who’s There: Maggie Rogers and Jensen Ackles? (https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/who-weekly?selected=DGT4951630545)

Also Mentioned:

Terrible, Thanks for Asking (podcast - https://www.apmpodcasts.org/ttfa/)

Alozie’s Picks

Backstory: Feb 8 - The Faces of Racism: A history of Blackface and Minstrelsy in American Culture (https://www.backstoryradio.org/shows/the-faces-of-racism)

Code Switch: Feb 13 - From Blackface to Blackfishing (https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=694149912)

Vox: Today, Explained: Feb 13 - Race Runs through It (https://art19.com/shows/today-explained/episodes/982befac-569d-4e61-a982-31c266fcf66a)

The Cracked Podcast: Feb 18 - 7 Incredible Biopics Hollywood Should’ve Made by Now (http://www.cracked.com/podcast/7-incredible-biopics-hollywood-shouldve-made-by-now/)

Behind the Bastards Series on the Anti-Vaccine Movement - Feb 19-21

• Part 1 - The Birth of the Anti-Vaccine Movement (https://www.behindthebastards.com/podcasts/part-one-the-birth-of-the-anti-vaccine-movement.htm)
• Part 2 - Andrew Wakefield, The Worst Doctor Alive (https://www.behindthebastards.com/podcasts/part-two-andrew-wakefield-the-worst-doctor-alive.htm)
• Part 3 - Dr. Bob Maybe even Worse at Being a Doctor than Andrew Wakefield (https://www.behindthebastards.com/podcasts/part-three-dr-bob-maybe-even-worse-at-being-a-doctor-than-andrew-wakefield.htm)

Hilarious World of Depression (https://makeitok.org/the-hilarious-world-of-depression-podcast/)

• Reggie Osse Puts It Together (https://makeitok.org/podcast/reggie-osse-puts-together/)
• Rachel Bloom Finds Her Voice Then Uses It to Sing about... (https://makeitok.org/podcast/rachel-bloom-finds-voice-uses-sing-stealing-pets-moving-west-covina-california/)
• Special: Mental Health First Aid and Lady Gaga's Mom (https://www.apmpodcasts.org/thwod/2018/06/special-episode-mental-health-first-aid-and-lady-gagas-mom/)

The Sample Study (https://samplestudycast.podbean.com/)

• Recent Episode: Osmar Milito, by Madlib (https://samplestudycast.podbean.com/e/s3-e2-osmar-milito-by-madlib/)

Recode - Feb 7: Spotify buys Gimlet (https://www.recode.net/2019/2/7/18214941/alex-blumberg-matt-lieber-gimlet-spotify-deal-acquisition-peter-kafka-media-podcast-audio-interview)

Also Mentioned:

The Broken Formula of Biopics from Patrick (H) Willems (https://youtu.be/K3q3LEaK7_U)

White Savior: The Movie Trailer from Late Night with Seth Meyers (https://youtu.be/T_RTnuJvg6U)

Two Killings of Sam Cooke streaming on Netflix (https://www.netflix.com/title/80191045)

Osmar Milito - “American Latina” (https://soundcloud.com/mrbongo/osmar-milito-e-quarteto-forma)

Madvillain (Madlib + MF Doom) - “Raid” (https://open.spotify.com/album/67Yc6dfTWwuPceZRK7sluD)

Crimetown on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/5C9yXrX999QNS1Q62IlXvc)

Questlove Supreme (https://www.pandora.com/station/play/3203170503950074921)

Other Mentions

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (movie - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0841046/)

Shoplifters (movie - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8075192/)

Marie Curie Biopic [yw Gilly!] - Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge (https://youtu.be/gocT_bB4WqI)

Avon Cinema - cookies! (http://www.avoncinema.com/)

Buscast: Somebody get on it!

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