Errthang Show!

Al and Willie wrap up the season right where they started – with each other. After 30 years of friendship, their origin story is finally revealed.

Season 2, Episode 7: John Coffey Refuses to Save the World (Part 2)

John Coffey, the character from The Green Mile, discovers he is a Magical Negro. He is told he has to play his part and if he doesn’t, the universe will fall apart. But what if John refuses? Will the world end? Are we all destined to play the roles we are cast?

Errthang is a production of Showcase, from PRX’s Radiotopia, and is funded in part by the Delores Barr Weaver Fund. Special thanks to WJCT in Jacksonville, Florida.

Season 2, Episode 6: John Coffey Refuses to Save the World (Part 1)

John Coffey, the character from The Green Mile, discovers he is a Magical Negro. He is told he has to play his part and if he doesn’t, the universe will fall apart. But what if John refuses? Will the world end? Are we all destined to play the roles we are cast?

Errthang is a production of Showcase, from PRX’s Radiotopia, and is funded in part by the Delores Barr Weaver Fund. Special thanks to WJCT in Jacksonville, Florida.

Season 2, Episode 5: How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America

This episode of Errthang features Kiese Laymon’s memoir about growing up as a young black man in the South. The piece is performed by a small group of young black men Al mentored in their youth.

Errthang is a production of Showcase, from PRX’s Radiotopia, and is funded in part by the Delores Barr Weaver Fund. Special thanks to WJCT in Jacksonville, Florida.

Season 2, Episode 5: How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America

This episode of Errthang features Kiese Laymon’s memoir about growing up as a young black man in the South. The piece is performed by a small group of young black men Al mentored in their youth.

Errthang is a production of Showcase, from PRX’s Radiotopia, and is funded in part by the Delores Barr Weaver Fund. Special thanks to WJCT in Jacksonville, Florida.

Season 2, Episode 4: The Good Guy Myth

Al goes deep exploring the "good guy’s” relationship to the #MeToo movement, through a story about his old friend, Louis. After the story, Al sits down with feminist commentator Kimberly Foster of For Harriet, to talk about the story, Rape Culture, and how to move forward.

Errthang is a production of Showcase, from PRX’s Radiotopia, and is funded in part by the Delores Barr Weaver Fund. Special thanks to WJCT in Jacksonville, Florida.

Season 2, Episode 4: The Good Guy Myth

Al goes deep exploring the "good guy’s” relationship to the #MeToo movement, through a story about his old friend, Louis. After the story, Al sits down with feminist commentator Kimberly Foster of For Harriet, to talk about the story, Rape Culture, and how to move forward.

Errthang is a production of Showcase, from PRX’s Radiotopia, and is funded in part by the Delores Barr Weaver Fund. Special thanks to WJCT in Jacksonville, Florida.

Season 2, Episode 3: No Ordinary Love

Al and Willie tell stories about fatherhood. Al’s story is about being a black father to a white kid, while Willie talks about teaching his son how to handle a bully.

Errthang is a production of Showcase, from PRX’s Radiotopia, and is funded in part by the Delores Barr Weaver Fund. Special thanks to WJCT in Jacksonville, Florida.

Season 2, Episode 3: No Ordinary Love

Al and Willie tell stories about fatherhood. Al’s story is about being a black father to a white kid, while Willie talks about teaching his son how to handle a bully.

Errthang is a production of Showcase, from PRX’s Radiotopia, and is funded in part by the Delores Barr Weaver Fund. Special thanks to WJCT in Jacksonville, Florida.

Season 2, Episode 2: What the Hell is Wrong with Al?

Al recounts when he went to a protest to report the news, but became the news. Letson saved a right-wing protester from a vicious beating by Antifa. This episode is about why he did it, how it all happened, and how he felt afterwards.

Errthang is a production of Showcase, from PRX’s Radiotopia, and is funded in part by the Delores Barr Weaver Fund. Special thanks to WJCT in Jacksonville, Florida.