Last week, Jayme Alilaw joined Garrett to outline her journey to, away from, and back to opera. She returns this week to offer a break down of activism in opera spaces, advice on traversing tokenization, and a call to action for people not yet engaged by "classical" institutions. Garrett and Scott conclude Women's History Month with music performed by Leontyne Price and Nathalie Joachim, and the guys offer their opinions to the recent Oscar scandal.

Playlist:

Nina Simone - "To Be Young, Gifted and Black"

Beyonce - "Be Alive"

The Temptations - "My Girl"

Antonín Dvořák - "Song to the Moon" (perf. Leontyne Price: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibuMjbmNB0c)

Nathalie Joachim & Spektral Quartet - "Papa Loko"

Black Opera Alliance Gala Part I: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edkCLsu79JI

Black Opera Alliance Gala Part II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIx64SF3mqY

Maria Isa- "Lowrider Mamis"

More:

Respectability Politics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respectability_politics

Downbeat (Ted Cruz Questions Ketanji Brown Jackson): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9lxFfOgFtM

Older, Gifted and Black: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/mar/24/older-gifted-and-black-the-british-musicians-getting-better-with-age

2022 Oscar Winners: https://ew.com/awards/oscars/2022-oscars-winners-list/

Aesthetic Violence and Misogynoir Against Jada Pinkett Smith: https://htnewz.com/aesthetic-violence-and-misogynoir-against-jada-pinkett-smith/

Questlove Wins for "Summer of Soul": https://www.inquirer.com/news/ahmir-questlove-thompson-wins-best-documentary-feature-oscar-awards-2022-20220327.html