Topics:
1) We are wiped out and trying to get to the finish line, just like our students!
2) What does teaching look like after COVID?  Are you eager to get back to face-to-face?
3) Misogyny in sports
4) The WNBA is 25 years old!

Topics:
- The Verdict and what it means doing forward
- Which punishment style is more likely to reduce crime
- Discussion of Black films in the Oscars

Topics we covered:
1) Is the police department redeemable?  A heartfelt discussion following all the violence against Black men recently
2) Coming 2 America - Dr. Blacksher gave it a B+ because it was a COVID movie.  Dr. Hoskins was much harsher stating that the movie tried to have a "girl power" theme but did not even focus on the women.

Although we start off talking about Ant getting his second vaccination, we spend the rest of the time talking about how both Ant and I have strong Black racial identities and racialized experiences, while being multiracial. Ant's mother is Black while his father is Mexican but was adopted by a Black family.  Bruce's father is Black but was raised almost solely by his Japanese mother.  

A student asked how have I been able to stay married for so long (24+ years) and the show took off from there!  Ant, Denise and I gave advice for the first 30 minutes ranging from keep you ring on to the 5 love languages.   We then dove deep into the current upsurge in Anti-Asian violence and why we should all be concerned.

Professor Edwina Williams and (soon to be) Dr. Lisa Covington blessed the spot as we talked about the following:
1) The winter storm in Texas and the politics of blame
2) The next Batman is Black: The difference between inclusion/integration/assimilation and revolutionary work.
3) The Miles Morales Spiderman reinforced white supremacy, but Dr. Hoskins still iked it
4) Dating advice for Dr. Hoskins 18-year-old son

We were blessed to have, soon to be doctor, Lisa Covington in the house!  Her work on Black female representation in film was an amazing perspective to add to the topics of our show:
1) How does a Black woman find herself in a Ph.D. program at the University of Iowa
2) The Hate You Give
3) Black Panther
4) Things that young people have said that make you go, hmm...
5) Research: All students prefer teacher of color over White teachers
6) Tessica Brown aka Gorilla Glue Girl
7) A school in Utah allowed parents to opt their children out of Black History Month education
8) Ant and Lisa went to a vegan restaurant in Memphis!

The topics covered in this episode:
1) Black History Month is really for White people (4:52)
2) Integration benefits White people, individual Black people, but NOT the Black Community (15:31)
3) The Super Bowl and how football is a microcosm on the United States (24:15)
4) Why we really teach (44:49)

Topics for this week:
1) The insurrection (5:00)
2) The Game Stop Revolution ( 20:00)
3) Critique on President Joe Biden ( 35:20)
4) Amanda Gorman (47:20)

Topics discussed:
(Beginning) - How strange it is to be called a doctor after earning your Ph.D.
12:21 - Are you getting vaccinated first? 
20:03 - Defining essential workers and pondering why fast-food workers were given this designation
29:30 - Nate Robinson getting knocked out by Jake Paul
33:00 - William Julius Wilson and how we talk about race as a central factor to analysis
38:20 - A discussion of the Chappelle Show leads us to conversations about the Fresh Prince of Bel Aire Reunion and the cancelation of Black Lightning
1:02:00 - The CDC has declared that racism is a public health issue
1:17:00 - Things that were surprising to learn about fatherhood