Raise A Mic

Raise A Mic

By Josh McLemore, Andy Unger, Audrey CrockerArtsPerforming Arts
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Raise A Mic episodes

  • And All He Had To Do Was Die - "The Room Where it Happens"

    This week, the Raise a Mic legacy is secure as we tangle with the roof burner “The Room Where it Happens”. Audrey gets into the stained hands of the Founding Fathers,  Josh tells us about the origins of log-rolling and Andy explains how this song is connected to the Black Eyed Peas. Hold your nose & close your eyes, but keep your ears open this week on Raise a Mic!

    1 hr 16 min
  • There's Trouble in the Air You Can Smell It - "Say No to This"

    We hope you don’t say no to this week’s episode of Raise a Mic.  There’s trouble in the air & you can smell it. This time, we let Audrey, Josh & Andy tell it as they dive deep into the entire story surrounding the Maria Reynolds affair and it. is. SCANDALOUS.  LL Cool J is almost included in the narrative of the play and they learn that infidelity is not that uncommon in musical theatre. All of this and more on Raise a Mic!

    1 hr 20 min
  • John Adams Doesn't Have a Real Job Anyway - "Take A Break"
    We’re back! We took a bit of a hiatus - - a break, if you will - - but we’ve returned to talk about Take a Break! Audrey & Andy reminisce on their French speaking skills (or lack thereof) and Josh dives into the spiciness of a single comma. Join us as we beatbox maternally on this episode of Raise a Mic!
    1 hr 10 min
  • When You Try To Tax Our Whisky - Cabinet Battle #1

    This week on Raise a mic, we jump into cabinet battle number one. Exactly How much alcohol Are colonists drinking? Does James Madison even do anything without Thomas Jefferson? What do Tyler Perry and Rachel from “Friends” have to do with this track? Audrey, Josh, and Andy discuss all this and more this week!

    1 hr 2 min
  • Now the Work at Home Begins - “What’d I Miss?”
    This week on raise a mic, we don’t miss anything going on in “What’d I Miss”. Sally Hemings looks a lot like Thomas Jefferson’s dead wife, how to pronounce complicated names, and uh…..FRANCE. Join Audrey, Josh & Andy on this “Raise a Mic”
    1 hr 3 min
  • Write Like You're Running Out Of Time - "Non-stop"
    This week on Raise A Mic, the song isn’t the only thing that’s “Non-Stop”. We close out Act 1 with Josh diving into this huge moment in American History, Audrey gets compared to Aaron Burr and Andy even tries to rap!  All of this and more this week on Raise a mic!
    1 hr 10 min
  • I Have So Much Work to Do - John Lauren's Death
    This week on raise a Mic, we’ve got a hamil-taste of a song that’s not even on the cast album or the playbill! Join Josh, Audrey & Andy as they talk about the death of Laurens and how this short reprise sets up the huge stakes within the rest of the play.
    20 min
  • When You Smile I Am Undone - "Dear Theodosia"

    We don’t need to wait for someday - Dear Theodosia is blowing us all away on this episode of “Raise a Mic”. Listen as Audrey gives us fun facts that we never knew we needed, Josh spends the whole episode trying not to cry, and Andy tries to forget “Hey There Delilah” relationship with this Hamilton track. All of this and more this week on Raise A Mic!

    1 hr 6 min
  • You Cheat With the French - "What Comes Next"
    King George is back!  Join us as we discuss how he lost the support of Parliament, how the war ended, blue urine and how the English accent and the Colonists accent were the same and maybe not how you'd think!  All of this and more this week on Raise a Mic!
    1 hr

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