Double Consciousness

The demonization of black hair reaches a new low (even for 2018), John Elway tells the coldest lie, and Keith Ellison... well, we're gonna see how this plays out.

Finding community as a black nerd, and a short discussion about former white supremacist, Christian Picciolini, and his views on how to end racism.

Going to apartment showings is like going on tinder dates. You usually know if it's going to workout within the 20-seconds.

This past week was tough, and today we commiserate to smile upon the good we find in it.

Let us all reflect upon Sorry To Bother You and the romantic through-line that could have saved Ocean's 8.

Sometimes you go to the park and you're "just trying to have a good day with your friends"... and then the cops show up with guns drawn.

Joetta and Toussaint return from their respective vacations in very white towns. Toussaint went to Grand Marais, Joetta went to the Black Hills in South Dakota, and racial profiling went to the bank.

If Boal were alive today, and had the opportunity to engage police and their respective communities with Theater of the Oppressed, what would happen? Intervention-Based Theater expert, and beer cicerone, Michael Agnew, explains everything from his time teaching theater in prisons, to hosting national beer fests as a tasting judge.

"Two teachers and a paraprofessional walk into a bar..." is not the title of this podcast episode, however it could have easily been. Here, we explore the question of why teachers quit, and ask you, the listener, if there is a better way of phrasing the question as we navigate the stories of two teachers tested by school systems and the bureaucracy of education.

Which cast was more socially conscious: Roseanne, Full House, or Step by Step? Also, would white people show up for a Black Pride festival as much as they do an LGBTQ+ Pride Festival? We have the answers.