Did you think we’d wrap up the show without giving The Kardashians the FANTI treatment? This week, jarrett & Tre’vell enlist the help of guests Amber Abundance and Archie Jay (Archie: The Podcast) to get into the impact that the family empire has had on the culture–beauty and femininity, media, and especially, the Black community. But first, a Pass The Popcorn segment on Flava Flav’s national anthem performance at the Milwaukee timberwolves basketball game. 

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Mentioned In This Episode

Flava Flav 

Diego La Velle Cevallos-Garzon

DIS/Honorable Mentions

jh:

HM: Jon Batiste turning Beethoven into Blues

HM: Taking On Taylor Swift (MAX Original)

HM:Jordie Rae interview on “Do I Know You?” 

hm: Cumin. Yes, the spice.. 

TA

HM: The documentaries, Silver Dollar Road and After Sherman 

HM: gOD Talk documentary

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“A Queer History of Aerospace” is a new audio miniseries from The Museum of Flight premiering October 24th, It explores the ways the LGBTQ+ community has shaped aviation and space exploration, and the ways the industry has impacted LGBTQ+ community. The ultimate goal is to encourage people who have been left off museum walls of the largest private, non-profit air and space museum in the world, to share their own histories. 

Listen at museumofflight.org/podcast or search “The Flight Deck” on your favorite podcatcher. New episode every Tuesday beginning 

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On this week’s episode, hosts jarrett hill and Tre’vell Anderson highlight Halloween with  special guests and FANTI vets, Executive Director of The Stonewall Community Foundation, Jarrett Lucas and cultural commentator, Ryan Mitchell. They discuss their experiences with Halloween through a religious lens, how the holiday is inherently queer, and inclusivity for plus size costumes. But first, a word on what’s happening in Gaza.

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Mentioned In This Episode 

Tre’vell Anderson in Out100

Okay Allies, Now Let’s Get in Formation! (ft. Jarrett Lucas)

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

Black, Queer and Visible (ft. Ryan Mitchell)

Daytime Talk Is the New Black (ft. Shar Jossell & Ryan Mitchell)

Hallelujahween!?

Hallelujaween Part Two: Black Horror (ft. Professor Tananarive Due)

DIS/Honorable Mentions 

jh:

HM: Zainab Johnson, Hijabs Off

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And to all the LA folks, you can now shop Brooklinen’s sheets, towels and more in person at their Santa Monica store.

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This week jarrett and Tre'vell welcome psychologist Dr. Dyette to the show to get into some of the downsides of representation. They discuss the impact it has on marginalized communities, the roles Black actors are offered, and how jokes online can lead to death threats. But first, A Pass The Popcorn segment on Will and Jada, followed by a very important message from our hosts you don’t want to miss.

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Mentioned on the episode 

Simone Biles 

DIS/Honorable Mentions 

HM: Laura Coates debut night on CNN

TA

HM: Black Fat Femme pod liveshow

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Museum of Flight 

“A Queer History of Aerospace” is a new audio miniseries from The Museum of Flight premiering October 24th, It explores the ways the LGBTQ+ community has shaped aviation and space exploration, and the ways the industry has impacted LGBTQ+ community. The ultimate goal is to encourage people who have been left off museum walls of the largest private, non-profit air and space museum in the world, to share their own histories. Listen at museumofflight.org/podcast or search “The Flight Deck” on your favorite podcatcher. New episode every Tuesday beginning October 24.

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This week, FANTI brings you another special installment of We See Each Other: The Podcast. We’ll be back next week to give you the usual good good! 

On this week’s episode, hosts Tre’vell Anderson and Shar Jossell speak with actor, Brian Michael Smith.The star shares how he is now able to bring all sides of himself to the table as an actor. But first, our hosts discuss masc representation in media, or rather the lack thereof. With cis women actors playing transmasculine characters as the norm back in the day, like Hilary Swank in Boys Don’t Cry, our hosts discuss how this practice creates further confusion and harm into the trans conversation. Then later, we Pass The Mic to our everyday trans siblings and get a lesson on transmasculine activist and civil rights pioneer, Pauli Murray.

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You can buy We See Each Other: A Black Trans Journey Through TV & Film the book wherever books are sold

Mentioned in the Show

Dr. Kortney Ziegler

Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen

Soldier’s Girl

Laith Ashley

Strut 

Isis King

Queen Sugar

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Music: Neverending Nina (IG @neverendingninanotes)

Producer: Palmira Muniz

Senior Producer: Laura Swisher

Laura Swisher is senior producer 

Music: Never Ending Nina

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This podcast is supported by Critical Minded, an initiative to invest in cultural critics of color co founded by The Nathan Cummings Foundation and The Ford Foundation. It’s a production of Slayzhon and Maximum Fun! 

On this week’s episode, hosts Tre’vell Anderson and jarrett hill celebrate Hip Hop’s 50th! Special guests, Purse First Podcast hosts Sesali Bowen & "Prince" Pierre Phipps, discuss the very moment they both fell in love with the genre, the journey of the queer rap world, and what is missing from the hip hop culture conversation. 

DIS/Honorable Mentions 

jh: 

DM: Love is Blind and how they treated Uche

hm: Avery Wilson, “Kiss The Sky”

hm: Dr. Anita Phillips, trauma therapist and preacher

hm: Mykal Kilgore

Plugs

Historically Black Phrases Live! @ 1010Wine on 0ct. 8th

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Brooklinen makes shifting seasons something to look forward to. Find everything you need for a home refresh, with award-winning sheets, comforters, and all the accessories in between.

And to all the LA folks, you can now shop Brooklinen’s sheets, towels and more in person at their Santa Monica store.

For a limited time, FANTI listeners will get $20 off plus free shipping on orders of $100 or more by using the code FANTI. 

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Music: Cor.ece

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On this week’s episode, hosts Tre’vell Anderson and jarrett hill discuss their mixed feelings about Usher performing at this year’s Super Bowl. The timing might be perfect but is it pandering to Black audiences considering what the community has gone through over the last few years? But first, a pass the popcorn segment on Tyler Perry’s relationship advice to Black women and other cishetero nonsense.

Mentioned In The Episode

Lester Young

DIS/Honorable Mentions 

jh:

HM: “Meet the Black Gay Partners Preserving Harriet Tubman’s Ancestral Land”, Donna Dear and Paulette Greene

TA:

HM: Fanti Fam-ers and WAD squaders who showed up in Boston, All She Wrote book store, and The Christian United Methodist Church

PLUGS:

A Word With Jason Johnson

Historically Black Phrases 

We See Each Other: The Podcast and We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

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On this week’s episode, hosts jarrett hill and Tre’vell Anderson welcome CEO of Dictionary.Com, Dara Sanderson, to discuss Black American Language. They discuss code switching, how Black culture influences language, and jarrett and Tre’vell’s new book, Historically Black Phrases (Out Now!) 

Then later, our hosts respond to a letter from a listener who shares their experience with Digital Blackface in the workplace, in response to last week’s episode about non - Black people using Black gifs and memes way too often.

Mentioned In This Episode 

Gwen Ifill 

Historically Black Phrases 

DIS/Honorable Mentions: 

TA: 

Project Runway contestant winner, Bishme

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For a limited time, FANTI listeners can get $30 off their first box, plus free croissants in every box with their subscription.

To get this offer, go to: Wildgrain.com/FANTI. FANTI listeners can also use the promo code FANTI at checkout to get the discount.

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We See Each Other: A Black Trans Journey Through TV and Film event in Boston

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On this week’s episode, hosts jarrett hill and Tre’vell Anderson discuss “Digital Blackface”, such as when white people use gifs of Nene Leakes as a form of their own self-expression. Our hosts pose the question, what, exactly, is the motivation behind a white person’s decision to express themselves using Black or non-white digital media online?

But first, a sneak peek into jarrett and Tre’vell’s newest book, Historically Black Phrases, dropping September 19th. 

Mentioned In This Episode 

Historically Black Phrases

Ann Lowe

DIS/Honorable Mentions 

Jh:

HM: Living Single 30th Anniversary

(Correction:jarrett mentions the show LIVING SINGLE being based on the show FRIENDS - he means the other way around.)

HM: Sarah Jakes Roberts, Women Evolve

TA:

DH: Delta Airlines 

Plugs

Book release event for Historically Black Phrases in Los Angles 

FANTI on Dictionary.com! 

We See Each Other: A Black Trans Journey Through TV and Film event in Boston

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Brooklinen

Brooklinen makes shifting seasons something to look forward to. Find everything you need for a home refresh, with award-winning sheets, comforters, and all the accessories in between.

And to all the LA folks, you can now shop Brooklinen’s sheets, towels and more in person at their Santa Monica store.

For a limited time, FANTI listeners will get $20 off plus free shipping on orders of $100 or more by using the code FANTI.  

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@Swish (Senior Producer Laura Swisher)

Laura Swisher is senior producer 

Music: Cor.ece

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Back from break, hosts j & t cover the hot topics they missed while they were away: Montgomery Brawl, Trump’s indictment, and Lizzo getting sued. Then later, our hosts recollect themselves after Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour in DisHonorable Mentions. But first, a sneak peek into jarrett and Tre’vell’s newest book, Historically Black Phrases, dropping September 19.

Mentioned In This Episode

Textured Waves

Historically Black Phrases

DIS/Honorable Mentions 

HM: Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour

Jh: 

HM: Nicole Liggins, Bestie who took jarrett to see Beyonce

Yolo Akili Robinson,Black Healing Remixed

Victoria Monét, Jaguar II 

Amber Abundance, The Color Purple

TA 

HM: Tennessee State is the first historically Black college and university to create a Division I hockey program 

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The long-awaiting Aquatics Episode is finally here! After much hand wringing and consternation, hosts jarrett hill and Tre'vell Anderson have FINALLY taken the plunge! Dive with them into the deep end as they take their very first swim lessons in beautiful Baldwin Hills. To prepare them for the big day, they speak with Paulana Lamonier, the founder of Black People Will Swim, and get some insight on what Paulana calls, “the only sport that can save your life.” And later, Founder of Legacy Aquatics and swim instructor, Jordan Hunter, works to help our hosts build a proper swimming foundation: breathing, kicking and floating. Will he make swimmers out of them? Find out!

This episode is for ALL our FANTI listeners - but do you wanna get into the deep end of extra footage and actually see jarrett and Tre’vell learn to swim? Become a MaximumFun member today! Go to maximumfun.org/join, select FANTI to sponsor, and get access to tons of bonus content! 

Mentioned In This Episode 

Black People Will Swim

Legacy Aquatics 

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