We discuss religion with one of our good friends, Gabriel Moore, and tackle our own feelings about religion and spirituality. We also talk about how religion has impacted our lives and shaped our politics. This was a personal one that we hope leads to more conversations about faith and policy.

Sources:
Buried Headline: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-myths/five-myths-about-evangelicals/2021/01/22/9ff5cc44-5c29-11eb-8bcf-3877871c819d_story.html 

1. https://religioninpublic.blog/2020/08/27/for-white-evangelical-republicans-approval-of-trump-is-about-immigration-more-than-abortion/ 
2. https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/interactive/2020/exit-polls/presidential-election-exit-polls/?itid=lk_inline_manual_21 
3. https://time.com/4008060/women-strike-equality-1970/ 
4. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/10/13/white-christians-continue-to-favor-trump-over-biden-but-support-has-slipped/ 
5. More from the author of the buried headline
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HpMdbhKjFo 
6. How race is splitting the church
   https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-trump-and-race-are-splitting-evangelicals/ 
7. Higginbotham: Righteous Discontent
   https://books.google.com/books?id=8L78DwAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=evelyn+brooks+higginbotham&source=gbs_navlinks_s
8. Aldon Morris, Origins of the civil rights Movement
   https://books.google.com/books?id=7vyHY9DWcu8C&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=aldon+morris&source=gbs_navlinks_s 

We discuss fitness with one of our favorite people, Panyin Pobee, and get real about the challenges of getting and staying healthy. TRIGGER WARNING, we go deep and talk openly about eating disorders and body image issues.

Sources:
Buried Headline: https://www.essence.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/classpass-biggest-fitness-trends-2021/ 

1. Working Cures: https://uncpress.org/book/9780807853788/working-cures/
2. Medicalizing Blackness: https://uncpress.org/book/9781469632872/medicalizing-blackness/ 
3. https://www.vox.com/2017/4/29/15479488/donald-trump-michelle-obama-school-lunch-menu-labels 
4. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2013/03/11/the-new-york-city-soda-ban-explained/ 

We discuss mental health in our community during this absolutely devastating pandemic. How do we cope with all this grief? What changes must be made so we have the support we need to cope?

Sources
Buried Headlines- https://abcnews.go.com/Health/hidden-pandemic-grief-african-american-community/story?id=75613917 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/culturally-speaking/201509/the-link-between-racism-and-ptsd 

1. https://www.apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-by-race
2. Jonathan Metzl-Protest Psychosis,  https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/206267/the-protest-psychosis-by-jonathan-m-metzl/ 
3. Kenneth Clark:  https://www.amazon.com/Children-Race-Power-Kenneth-Northside-ebook/dp/B00HDE2J7S 
4. Simple Justice- http://www.richardkluger.com/simple-justice.html 
5. How US schools punish Black kids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFJ37ri-Saw 
6. https://knowledgecenter.csg.org/kc/system/files/Breaking_School_Rules.pdf 

Golden Globe nominations came out and we have some thoughts. 

Immigration has been a third rail in American politics for well over a decade, will Biden prioritize immigration reform? Did Democrats learn the right lessons from Obama's failed immigration reform plan, we talk about that and more.

Sources
Buried Headline-https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-immigration-plan/2021/01/18/f0526824-59a8-11eb-a976-bad6431e03e2_story.html

1. Separated by Jacob Soboroff
2. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/06/17/americans-broadly-support-legal-status-for-immigrants-brought-to-the-u-s-illegally-as-children/ 
3. https://www.vox.com/2018/6/11/17443198/children-immigrant-families-separated-parents 
4. https://immigrationhistory.org/lesson-plan/major-laws-policies/ 
5. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/family-separation-migrant-biden-executive-order/2021/02/01/ebb6ada8-64bf-11eb-8c64-9595888caa15_story.html 

Due to recording & editing delays our new episode WILL drop next week. We apologize for this delay, while you wait listen to an outtake from our pop culture 2020 review. NO MORE REMAKES please!

New episode next week! 

New episode coming soon, while you wait take a listen to an outtake from last week's episode. 

Follow Us 
Blk_PGrad on Twitter
blk_pgrad on Instagram

Email Us
[email protected] (yes we know it's super long)

Georgia voters save the republic and Trump voters storms the capitol, you hate to see it but let's talk about it!

Sources:
Buried Headline- https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/capitol-police/2021/01/07/fa3114b8-5114-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html

1. White Rage by Carol Anderson
2. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/27/white-supremacists-militias-infiltrate-us-police-report 
3. https://www.vox.com/2021/1/8/22221078/us-capitol-trump-riot-insurrection 
4. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/01/10/trump-election-overturn-investigated-911-457269 
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNgLNLQARSk