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Episode Summary: 

In this week’s episode, things get real complex and complicado when Jarrett asks the question, can Black people be gentrifiers? To help answer this, and other thorny questions about gentrification, Jarrett and Tre’vell are joined by Atlanta-based commercial real estate developer and broker Robert Myrick and L.A. Times reporter Donovan X. Ramsey. It’s a thought-provoking conversation that gets into the history of this process, dissecting why Black and Brown people are the ones to lose when Karen moves into the neighborhood. 

Episode Notes:

Fill up your Thursdays with more of Tre’vell by checking out Crooked Media’s “What A Day'' or check out FANTI’s Episode 57, titled “Funky Covid-ina (ft. Nurse Alice Benjamin, Dr. Darien Sutton and Bianca Mabute-Louie).” During the Listener Feedback segment, Jarrett mentioned a thoughtful parenting social video that Destiny Bennett shared on her IG @theycallmemamabennett. Lastly, you can learn more about our guests Dr. James Simmons by following him on IG at @askthenp and our guests Donovan X. Ramsey by following him on IG or Twitter at @donovanxramsey. Robert Myrick is about that social media life. 

Pass the Popcorn

Omarion–excuse us–Omicron is taking over, and so we invited Dr. James Simmons on the show to answer all our questions: Is it time to panic? Should we cancel our holiday travel plans? What if we’re not boosted? Dr. Simmons provides us with that good, good insight and also explains why South Africa deserves a shout out for letting the world know about Omicron. If you hadn’t heard, Dr. Simmons came correct when he explained that it ain’t South Africa’s mutation, ya’ll!

DIS/Honorable Mentions 

HM: “The Great Soul Food Cook-Off” is streaming on Discovery+, and it is a Black cooking and competition show that dives into culture and history that deserves your attention. 

HM: “Harlem” is a comedy following four Black friends as they do love and work in NYC that combines what viewers loved about Insecure and Sex and the City–or Living Single if you want to keep it Black. Catch it on Amazon Prime.  

HM: Mindy Kaling’s “The Sex Lives of College Girls” is streaming on HBO Max. This aptly named show details four college roommates love adventures as they dip it and get dipped in New England’s Essex College. 

Black History Is Happening Everyday

Robert Gray was apart of one of the first Safe Sex campaigns to travel the world ran by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Read the article, “Poster Boys,” which details Gray’s story published by the Bay Area Reporter. 

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Episode Contributors: Jarrett Hill, Laura Swisher, Tre’Vell Anderson, Lorraine Wheat

Music: Cor.ece

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Episode Summary: 

Black parents don’t play when it comes to respecting elders--whether they deserve it or not--and this can be problematic. That’s why Tre’vell and Jarrett get personal about the good, the bad, and the trauma of respecting elders. They get into the differences between white and Black parenting, how slavery factors into ideas of respect, and how “respecting your elders” still shows up in their professional and personal relationships as grown ass adults. 

Episode Notes: 

Jarrett mentions Greenleaf, which is an Oprah Winfrey Network show that also streams on Netflix. The clip comparing White vs. Black Kids is from a YouTube video.  

Jarrett asked Tre’vell, “Do you wanna be accountability partners?” when they set out on their umpteenth fitness journey, which sparked this conversation that seeks to define good accountability partnerships.

Black History is Happening Every Day!

Lee Elder, the first African-American golfer to play in the Masters tournament, died over Thanksgiving weekend in Escondido, California at the age of 87, the New York Times reported. 

DIS/Honorable Mentions 

DM: Tony Humphrey, a 16-year-old baseball player, was the target of a racist coach at Iona Preparatory School in New York, Black Enterprise reported. 

HM: Brandon Kyle Goodman (they/he) is a queer, nonbinary Black Actor and Writer whose pilot got picked up to lead the spinoff of “Big Mouth.” The spinoff is titled “Human Resources,” New York Times reported. 

HM: The New York Times did a great Tuesday Daily on the Omnicron variant. Listen here. 

HM: Claude Kelly and Chuck Harmony make up the band Louis York. Check out their album, American Griots.

HM: Bilal Baig and Fab Filippo created HBO Max’s “Sort Of,” which stars Baig as Sabi Mehboob, a non-binary millennial trying to balance his multiple jobs and his Pakistani immigrant parents with finding himself. 

HM: LA’s Black on the Block is a monthly pop-up for Black-owned businesses. Follow them on IG: @blackxtheblock. 

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Episode Summary: 

Happy Thanksgiving all you wonderful people. Chef Seth Brundle joins Tre’vell and Jarrett for a HEATED convo about the best and less-than-best Thanksgiving side dishes. Friendships are tested, trust is broken, but there is one thing they can all agree on: Thanksgiving is not the time to experiment with new recipes. Period! Don’t listen to this episode on an empty stomach cause Chef Brundle describes how he cooked a turkey three ways, his black truffle mac & cheese, grandma’s dressing, okra stew, and more. Plus, Tre’Vell reveals the one dish you should never, ever serve if you invite them to your Thanksgiving . . . or any holiday.

Episode Notes:

Our guest hosts Seasoned with Seth Brundle on Buzzfeed and runs The SZNG. Check out his website here. The social clip that Tre’vell played is “Don't Experiment on Thanksgiving Auntie Carmel,” and Seth brought up the Gullah Geechee people that are from the North and South Carolinas as well as Georgia and Florida. On our IG and Twitter, we are encouraging everyone to support Black-owned businesses. Check out our feeds for any ideas. 

Black History Is Happening Every Day

Soul Food debuted in 1997 and starred Vanessa Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Nia Long, and Mekhi Phifer. It celebrated Black food and family. Now you can watch it on HBO Max.

Shop Black-Owned Businesses on Black Friday

Here are the businesses referenced by Jarrett & Tre’Vell on this week’s episode

Jarrett: MSPIRED ROOM sells candles and home decor. 

Jarrett: One'der Years has the resting baby face onesie for all those parents that need a laugh. 

Producer Lorraine:  Misha's Kind Foods creates plant-based cheeses for the lactose intolerant. 

Tre’Vell: Black Like I Never Left  creates cool coasters celebrating Black culture.

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Episode Notes:

Sometimes media's Black representation in non/monogamy be like, does it even exist? And Ev’Yan understands the problem. As a role model, they runs the “Sensual Self” podcast  to discuss they's 8-year-old, non/monogamous relationship. They also wrote a book about self-healing titled, “Sensual Self: Prompts and Practices for Getting in Touch with Your Body: A Guided Journal.” We did want to recognize society's growing recognition of non/monogamy by highlighting some of today's popular media representations on FANTI's IG. Here are a few: "Professor Marston and the Wonder Women," "Shameless" Season 7, and "Insecure" Season 2.

Black History is Happening Every Day

The Country Music Awards is finally recognizing that Black hair is it! Faith Fennidy inspired singer Mickey Guyton to write “Love My Hair” after Fennidy was sent home for wearing braids to school at age 11 in 2018. Fast forward to Nov. 2021, and Fennidy was invited to introduce Guyton at the Country Music Awards show held in Nashville, Tennessee, NBC News reported. 

DIS/Honorable Mentions 

HM: Jarrett saw an amazing performance starring Cameron Wright, Emi Seacrest and Mykal kilgore (he will be on the show next month). According to his website, Kilgore will be performing in New York on Nov. 19 and Nov. 20. 

HM: Adele did a CBS Special that included a concert and interview with Oprah.  

HM:  Lil Nas X is honored as GQ’s Musician of the Year

HM: Brian Michael Smith is the first trans individual to make People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive list.  

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Rapper Ali redefined bougie in his rap song “Boughetto (ft. Murphy Lee).” Both Jarrett and Tre’vell mentioned Patrisse Cullors, who stepped down as executive director of Black Lives Matter in May 2021. If you’re looking for more clarification, Cullors is discussed in episodes Colorism: White Supremacy’s Stank Ass Grandchild (ft. Jarrett Lucas) and Colorism Part 2 (ft. Portia Bartley). Also, check out Jarrett’s Instagram account recommendation, everyniggadeserves.

Black History is Happening Every Day!

Before there was Michelle Obama, there were these amazing patron saints of bougie: Diahann Carroll as Dominique Deveraux in “Dynasty,” Jasmine Guy as Whitley Gilbert in “A Different World,” Kim Fields as Regine Hunter in “Living Single,”  Tatyana Ali and Karyn Parsons as Ashley and Hilary Banks in “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” Jill Marie Jones as Toni Childs in “Girlfriends,” and Christopher B. Duncan as Braxton P. Hartnabrig in “The Jamie Foxx Show.” 

DIS/Honorable Mentions 

HM: Ghetto gastro, a collective of BIPOC chefs from the Bronx, have designed an amazing culinary collection titled CRUXGG for Target. 

HM: Check out the Black woman artist @snoopdoggydom on Instagram. Her work is it! 

HM: Aida Rodriguez released her first comedy special on HBO Max titled, “Aida Rodriguez: Fighting Words.” 

HM: On Nov. 12 at 8 p.m., Oxygen is premiering “Murdered and Missing in Montana,” which highlights the disappearance of three Indigenous girls.  

HM: Netflix’s “The Harder They Fall,” directed by Jeymes Samuel, AKA The Bullitts, will have you leaning closer to your TV. 

HM: For Harriet published Kimberly Foster’s YouTube video “Where Dave Chappelle Meets Donald Trump,” which parallels Chappelle’s language to Trump’s rhetoric, connecting the dots for people still struggling with why Chappelle is problematic. 

HM: Bianca Carter just celebrated her 31st birthday! Happy Birthday, plus thank you for contributing to and being a part of the FANTI Family. 

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Episode Contributors: Jarrett Hill, Laura Swisher, Tre’Vell Anderson, Lorraine Wheat

If you are looking for more episodes to listen to after this one, check out Jarrett’s guest appearance on Bullseye’s Episode Tamron Hall. Tre’vell makes a mention of Kenneth Petty, and for all those that forgot, Petty is Nicki Minaj’s husband, and he sexually assaulted Jennifer Hough. Listen to our Episode 87, Dear Old Nicki, WTF (ft. Gerrick Kennedy), and learn more.  

Pass the Popcorn

The press has been raving that Season 2 of HBO Max’s Love Life is all about Black love because it focuses on Marcus Watkins (played by William Jackson Harper), a young Black man that has grown tired of dating apps. Starting to notice a theme? Because Season 2 is so Black-love centered, we are jumping into the conversation. 

Black History Is Happening Every Day

Malcolm Kenyatta is a Democrat serving as Member of the House for Philadelphia County’s District 181 whose work inspired this little boy to dress up as him for Halloween.

DIS/Honorable Mentions 

HM: Although released in 2017, great albums stay great, so go check out Leikeli47’s Wash & Set.

HM: Fred Hammond is a part of a gospel collection titled, Sunday Morning, and Jarrett LOVES Hammond’s Way Back When. 

HM: Check out the artist Sevndeep. 

HM: Tarana Burke’s book, Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too, is a great listen for audiobook lovers. 

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Episode Contributors: Jarrett Hill, Laura Swisher, Tre’Vell Anderson, Lorraine Wheat

Music: Cor.ece

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Jarrett’s back from vacation where he got an acute case of the giggles, and passed them on to Tre’Vell. This week, they dive into the mailbag to respond to listener questions...and listener shade. Strap in, cause this episode covers A LOT of ground. Like, three whole continents worth of ground.  From the African continent, we hear from Akani who takes Jarrett & Tre’Vell to task for saying the COVID vaccine isn’t as available “in Africa”. Lucas in Brazil laments that “coming out” is extra burdensome for intersectional folks like them who are transmasculine, non binary, aro, ace and gay. Plus, lots of listeners from the U.S. 

Episode Notes:

We received a letter from an Ace/Aro-identifying fan. Don’t know what those terms mean? Well, OULGBTQ + Society wrote definitions. 

Here is a list of episodes that Jarrett and Tre’vell recommend checking out after listening:

Episode 45 - Freelancing In Beyonce’s Gig Economy

Episode 75 - Colorism: White Supremacy’s Stank Ass Grandchild (ft. Jarrett Lucas)

Episode 77 - Colorism Part 2 (ft. Portia Bartley)

Episode 78 - No Cis-sies Allowed (ft. Da’Shaun Harrison), and after you listen don’t forget to buy Da’Shaun’s book Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness.

Mentioned in the show

DIS/Honorable Mentions 

HM: Elo Vegan Lifestyle is a beauty brand that is on a mission to make sustainability sexy AF

HM: CBS News reported that a manslaughter conviction of a 21-year-old Oklahoma woman who suffered miscarriage sparked outcry 

HM: Quinton and Monroe’s engagement video is so cute

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Mentioned in the show

Dr. Jon Paul’s piece Punching Down: Why Netflix Deserves Some of the Heat for Dave Chapelle’s Transphobic Comments

iHeartRadio NextUp Fellowship Program

Netflix firing of walkout organizer

TransLash Podcast with Imara Jones

DIS/Honorable Mentions 

Tre’Vell picks

HM Unholier Than Thou w/ guest Michelle Williams

HM Transhealth Northampton

Dr. Jon Paul picks

DM - Niggas who don’t read!

HM - Ashlee Marie Preston, organizer of the Netflix walkout

HM - Colman Domingo and everyone connected to the new film “Rustin” where her will be playing Bayard Rustin.

Black History is Happening Every Day!

Monica Roberts in NABJ’s Hall of Fame

Related Episodes

Ep 49 Is Dave Chappelle Half Baked?

Ep 41 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Oh My (ft. Sharon Smith)

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Episode Notes:

Asha provided lots of resources to educate you about the racist agenda behind the religious right’s obsession with abortion laws. She suggested reading Politico Magazine’s The Real Origins of the Religious Right and watching Netflix’s Reversing Roe. Read more about California banning non-consensual condom removal. If you want to hear more of Keith, check out Episode 51: Donald Trump has Left the Building (ft. Keith Boykin). Also read his book Race Against Time: The Politics of a Darkening America. 

Pass the Popcorn

In this episode, Jarrett wants to add some perspective to the Texas SB8 abortion law and help you understand why Texas’s new law is so dangerous, impacting impoverished and people of color worse. Asha joins Jarrett to help guide the discussion. 

DIS/Honorable Mentions 

DM: Asha mentions that R. Kelly was finally convicted even though he should have gone to jail years ago, back when he first assaulted singer Aaliyah, which brings us to . . .  

HM: The brave victims that were named in the R. Kelly case. 

HM: Ted Winn and his new recording of Marvin Gaye’s classic Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler).

HM: Jarrett for taking a vacation.

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Episode Contributors: Jarrett Hill, Laura Swisher, Tre’Vell Anderson, Lorraine Wheat, Keith Boykin, Asha Dahya

Music: Cor.ece

Graphics: Ashley Nguyen

It’s National Coming Out Day on Oct. 11, and Jarrett and Tre’vell are telling their come out stories--why they loved it and why they hated it--before talking about the pressures society has placed on the LGBTQ community by even having an expectation that individuals should come out.  Plus, they are not the only ones with feelings; they share what listener Ray Love, Jr. fans and antis about the coming out experience before reading a listener letter from a survivor of sexual violence who felt compelled to write Tre’vell and Jarrett after listening to episode 87, Nicki Minaj WTF (ft. Gerrick Kennedy).

Episode Notes:

Pass the Popcorn

In this week’s Pass the Popcorn, Jarrett and Tre’vell discuss the probability of the vaxxers creating a classist society where the non-vaxxed are not welcome, especially when vaccine statuses are going beyond the realm of social media updates and becoming a part of our dinner party icebreakers and our online dating profiles. 

DIS/Honorable Mentions 

HM:  If you have not bought Tabitha Brown’s book titled, Feeding the Soul (Because It's My Business): Finding Our Way to Joy, Love, and Freedom, check it out at Reparation’s Club. 

HM: The queer show We’re Here Season Two airs on Oct. 11. 

HM: The first all-Black American expedition climbs Mount Everest.

HM: Tre’vell discovers a new love for audio books after listening to Gabrielle Union’s You Got Anything Stronger?.

Black History Is Happening Everyday

Tiffany Taylor’s performance of Here’s Where I Stand in the film CAMP was so instrumental for Jarrett, it inspired him to write a come out letter to his mom. 

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Episode Contributors: Jarrett Hill, Laura Swisher, Tre’Vell Anderson, Lorraine Wheat

Music: Cor.ece

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