Reading Rainbow

Reading Rainbow

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Reading Rainbow episodes

  • S1E8 - It's Been Fun Homies
    Episode Notes

    TW: Sexual assault of a minor, child abuse, sexual violence, torture, and literary content containing racial slurs

    It just keeps getting longer y’all! One day we’ll run out of things to say but today is not that day as we talk about The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros.

    Organizations & Individuals to Amplify / Donate To:

    • Hillside Connection

      https://www.hillsideconnection.org/

    • Authors for Black Voices

      https://www.authorsforblackvoices.org/

    • Facing History and Ourselves

      https://www.facinghistory.org/

    • Caleb Rainey (@the_negroartist)

    • Jerrelle Guy (@chocolateforbasil)
      • https://www.chocolateforbasil.com/

      Derecho Relief Resources:

      • Willis Dady

        https://www.willisdady.org/

      • HACAP

        https://www.hacap.org/

      • United Way

        https://www.uweci.org/

        Music “From the Ashes” by Gibson Rhys (https://soundcloud.com/gibson-rhys), mixed by Ellora Bultema

        We release episodes on the last Thursday of every month.

        Contact us via email at [email protected] or @ReadNotReadPod on Twitter.

        1 hr 1 min
      • S1E7 - Maya Angelou (feat. ATLA)
        Episode Notes

        TW: Sexual assault of a minor, racism, racial violence, and human trafficking

        We end the “summer” with a discussion about I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou and also a lot of Avatar… like, a lot.

        Organizations & Individuals to Amplify / Donate To:

        The National Black Disability Coalition

        http://www.blackdisability.org/

        Truth and Conciliation

        https://truthandconciliation.org/

        Elizabeth Acevedo (@acevedowrites)

        http://www.acevedowrites.com/

        Nitelyfe Pins (@nitelyfepins)

        https://nitelyfe.co/

        Music

        “From the Ashes” by Gibson Rhys (https://soundcloud.com/gibson-rhys), mixed by Ellora Bultema

        We release episodes on the last Thursday of every month.

        Contact us at [email protected]

        50 min
      • S1E6 - Always Learning
        Episode Notes

        An extra special and extra long episode were we discuss 1984 by George Orwell and lament over the current state of our country.

        Organizations & Individuals to Amplify / Donate To:

        Homeless Black Trans women fund

        www.gofundme.com/f/homeless-black…p_cp+share-sheet

        Equal Justice Initiative

        support.eji.org/give/153413/#!/donation/checkout

        Ashley Cornelius (@accpetrynow)

        www.instagram.com/accpoetrynow/

        Bernardine Evaristo (@BernardineEvari)

        twitter.com/BernardineEvari

        Music

        “From the Ashes” by Gibson Rhys (@gibson-rhys), mixed by Ellora Bultema

        We release episodes on the last Thursday of every month.

        Contact us at [email protected]

        49 min
      • S1E5 - That’s Just Me
        Episode Notes

        TW: Suicide and sexual assault.

        Join us and a special guest as we discuss The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. They’ll be mysteries to solve, characters to remember, and a whole lot more of Daniel Craig than any of us were expecting.

        Music

        “From the Ashes” by Gibson Rhys (@gibson-rhys), mixed by Ellora Bultema

        We release episodes on the last Thursday of every month.

        Contact us at [email protected]

        39 min
      • S1E4 - ROYGBIV With a Capital Rainbow
        Episode Notes

        TW: Suicide and infanticide.

        Join us as The Giver by Lois Lowry make us use our big brains and wrestle with the biggest question in the universe, free will and what it means to have it.

        Music

        “From the Ashes” by Gibson Rhys (@gibson-rhys), mixed by Ellora Bultema

        We release episodes on the last Thursday of every month.

        Contact us at [email protected]

        34 min
      • S1E3 - Always Take (the) Shots
        Episode Notes

        Audio’s a little wonky on this one guys but cut us some slack! It’s our first time doing remote recording and neither of us are audio wizards!

        This month we read The Color Purple by Alice Walker.

        Music

        “From the Ashes” by Gibson Rhys (@gibson-rhys)

        We release episodes on the last Thursday of every month.

        Contact us at [email protected]

        34 min

      About Reading Rainbow

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      Reading Rainbow, pronounced “red-ing” not “reed-ing” (please don’t sue us!), is a monthly podcast where two co-hosts read a popular book from their junior high/high school years and try to figure out…