Go Black Boy Go

The topic for this episode is Identity. I chat with scholar, writer, and co-host of Black Brew podcast, Erin Green (@artistguy1), about the straightness of mainstream queer content and his research on OnlyFans and Twitter. Follow Black Brew on IG @blackbrewpodcast

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The topic for this episode is Resistance. I chat with writer, director, and performer John Chris Ward (IG: @john.chris.ward) about self-love as an act of Resistance.

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For the first episode for my Pride series, I chat with my friend, Leslie Anne Smith, about what perseverance means to us as queer people and we reflect on our feelings about leaving the South. Happy Corona Pride Part 2!

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In this episode, I catch up with a friend from college, J-Strong. We chat about our experiences in cross country, domming The Rock, and a year review of corona. This episode is sponsored by The Republican'ts.

CDC on the vaccine: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/keythingstoknow.html?s_cid=10493:us%20vaccine:sem.ga:p:RG:GM:gen:PTN:FY21

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Welcome to season four of Go Black Boy Go.Today is my podversary and I'm excited to get back into creating content for y'all!

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In this episode, I do a quick review of my favorite Christmas themed episodes from Black sitcoms.

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Episodes mentioned:

Amos 'N Andy "The Christmas Story" (December 25, 1952)

The Jeffersons "The Christmas Wedding" (December 22, 1976)

Living Single "Living Kringle" (December 19, 1993) & "Let's Stay Together" (January 01, 1998)

Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper "Christmas ‘95" (December 15, 1995)

In the House "Christmas Story" (December 11, 1995)

Moesha “A Class Act Christmas” (December 15, 1998)

The Parker’s “Secret Santa” (December 17, 2001)

That’s so Raven “Escape Claus” (December 5 2003)

The Bernie Mac Show - "A Christmas Story" (December 19, 2001) & "Road to Tradition" (December 14, 2003)

Girlfriends "Merry Ex-mas" (December 15, 2003) "All God's Children" (December 12, 2005) & "Deck the Halls with Bags and Folly" (December 10, 2007)

Black Jesus "A Very Special Christmas In Compton" (November 27, 2015)

The Christmas variety special is a staple on television during the holiday season, but black musicians have been historically barred from hosting their own Christmas themed specials. In this episode, discuss the evolution of the Black Christmas variety special. NOTE: This is the early stages of some research I've been doing on Black Christmas TV History. And comments or suggestions are greatly appreciated!

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Christmas Music Videos & Variety Specials

The Nat King Cole Show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiPAg7NqRZY&list=PLqpoib1cR6hwoVWh0bMEv8gHTV6aclzEG&index=37&t=13s&ab_channel=reelblack

Kurtis Blow’s Christmas Rappin’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xUFnGWWtoQ&ab_channel=ChristmasTimeTV

Run DMC’s Christmas In Hollis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR07r0ZMFb8&ab_channel=RUNDMCVEVO

This is Christmas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trFv63cMk4M&ab_channel=LutherVandrossVEVO

Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to You:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zdsBvXegt0&t=1s&ab_channel=StarlightMedia

A Legendary Christmas with John and Chrissy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRjfq6QUjGM&ab_channel=johnlegendVEVO

Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2bx3FzgJ6o&ab_channel=MariahCareyVEVO

References

- I use the phrase “the afterlives of slavery” from black feminist scholar Saidiya Hartman’s Lose Your Mother

- History of Christmas: https://www.history.com/topics/christmas/history-of-christmas

- The Slave Experience of the Holidays: https://docsouth.unc.edu/highlights/holidays.html

- How slaves celebrated Christmas in America: https://thegrio.com/2013/12/25/how-slaves-celebrated-christmas/

- Chapter 22 “Christmas Festivities” from Incidents in the Life of A Slave Girl 

- Chapter 10 from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

- Diane Werts, Christmas on Television: https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Television-Praeger-Collection/dp/0275983315

- Joanna Wilson, Christmas TV History, episode 4: Variety: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/p

In this episode, I recap on this past term, reflect on how I've been feeling on this break, and give a quick review for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Netflix) and season 4 of Fargo (FX/Hulu). Happy Holidays (corona edition)!

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Jalen catches up with his friend Erin Green, who is finishing his first semester of is PhD program, to talk about what it's like dealing with graduate school in a pandemic. 

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In this one I ramble about exams, coursework, teaching and TV. Happy Holidays!

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