The Manic Episodes

Episode 50: Memory


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We’re FIFTY! Mary & Wyatt curl up on the sofa and discuss the power of memory—culturally, historically, and personally—and the danger of forgetting. They discuss James Loewen’s incredible book Sundown Towns, which chronicles the history of all-white towns and suburbs in the U.S.—many of which deny the fact that they excluded or forced out their Black populations. In this time of unprecedented polarization, gaslighting, and “post-truth” politics, how can we be honest in our remembering? Also on the agenda: a weirdly long Jojo Siwa discussion, Mary and Wyatt talk about their favorite words, and poems by Eve L. Ewing and John Murillo. 

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