Stuck with Damon Young

Saida Grundy, Professor of Sociology, African American Studies, and Gender Studies at Boston University, joins Damon to discuss the historical context and future implications of the Supreme Court's Affirmative Action decision. Saida sticks around for Dear Damon and helps unpack the situation surrounding Keke Palmer’s Usher experience and her semi-nameless baby’s daddy patriarchal reaction for a curious listener.

Chapters:

0:40 - Intro

1:40 - Saida Grundy Segment One Introduction

3:05 - Building A Life Through Affirmative Action 

10:15 - Race Politics at the University of Michigan in the 1990s/

14:25 - Putting the Student in “Student Athlete”

16:00 - Crew is My Favorite Sport 

20:20 - White Disillusionment/ Wonderbread vs Pancakes 

27:13 Damon Hates

29:47 Dear Damon with Saida Grundy

53:50 Outro

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Comedian and actor Sam Jay talks with Damon about the highs and lows of writing for comedy and show business, the brokest things they've ever done on the road to success, and how to balance making money with fulfilling one's passion. Then, on Dear Damon, Alzo Slade returns to the show to help Damon advise a listener who wants to unmask for the first time since the start of the pandemic this summer.

Chapters:

0:30 - Intro

1:40 - Sam Jay Introduction

5:15 - What's the Brokest thing you've ever done?

9:05 - A Conversation About Money

17:20 - No Longer Starving Artists

21:15 - How Do Road Comics Make Money?

27:42 - Damon Hates (Pittsburgh's culinary scene closes too early)

29:30 - Dear Damon with Alzo Slade

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Juanita Tolliver, MSNBC political analyst and host of Crooked Media's What A Day," joins Damon to discuss their complicated feelings about the Fourth of July and Juneteenth, and ask: what exactly are we celebrating? Then on Dear Damon, W. Kamau Bell returns to help Damon figure out at what point it's best to end a relationship in defense of one's mental health.

Chapters:

Intro- :50

Welcome Juanita Tolliver- :2:00

Damon's Relationship with Independence Day- 5:55

The Performance of Activism- 8:50

American Ambivalence- 11:55

The Magnanimity of White People- 16:00

Damon Hates: 23:00

Dear Damon: 25:30

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This week on Stuck with Damon Young, poet and author Hanif Abdurraqib joins Damon to give their takes on basketball fans' relationship with NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Nikola Jokic, as well as to speak on their own personal relationships with the game and how they've changed over time. Then on Dear Damon, Dr. Chanda Prescod Weinstein returns to help Damon advise a listener on the nuances of antisemitism and its correlations to racism against black people.

:55 - Intro 

1:55 - Introducing Hanif Abdurraqib

5:10 - Hanif’s Personal Relationship with Basketball 

9:20 - Communication on the Court & in Life

17:35 - Playing Basketball for me is a Measure of Health

20:25 - The Relationship with Morality 

24:40 - Living and Loving Well

27:40- Damon Hates

30:35 Dear Damon with Dr. Chanda Prescod Weinstein

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Description: This week on Stuck with Damon Young, cultural critic Aisha Harris, the author of the new book "Wannabe: Reckons with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me" joins Damon for a discussion on how our relationship with pop culture is affected by our relationships with ourselves and our own self images. Then on Dear Damon, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, author of the recently released "Chain Gang All Stars," helps Damon advise a straight cis male writer who struggles while writing about sex.

Chapters

00:30 Intro

01:35 Writer, Aisha Harris and Damon talk about her review of the movie, The Little Mermaid

10:25 Aisha unpacks what it’s like being critiqued as a critic

19:10 Aisha Favorite Music Artist

21:50 Aisha Favorite TV Shows

36:20 Damon Hates that everyone is off for the Juneteenth holiday

38:30 Author, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah joins Dear Damon to give advice for writers struggling to write about sex

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This week on Stuck with Damon Young, Dr. Chanda Prescod Weinstein, Theoretical Physicist and Black Feminist Science and Society joins Damon for a conversation rooted in religion, science, identity and the comprehension of the universe around us. Then in Dear Damon, author Joseph Earl Thomas and Damon consider a listener's aversion to driving while black. 

Episode chapter timestamps: 

0:33 Are We Living in a Simulation? 

5:47 Spirituality vs Astrophysics  

13:29 Unorthodox Judaism Origin Stories 

19:00 Where does the universe go when we close our eyes?

33:29 Damon Hates Small Talk

36:20 Dear Damon: Author Joseph Thomas Earl helps Damon advise a listener who's fed up with driving while Black

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Vice News reporter Alzo Slade joins Damon to discuss how and why buying — or even renting — a home can be so hard for Black people in this country. Then, political analyst Malaika Jabali makes her Dear Damon debut to help Damon break down and assess what “chivalry” actually means in 2023.

(00:40) Introduction

(01:47) Alzo Slade, correspondent for VICE News, joins Damon to discuss the barriers to getting housing in America.

(30:11) Damon Hates

(33:06) Dear Damon: Malaika Jabali, Senior News and Politics Editor at Essence Magazine, helps Damon answer a listener's question about chivalry.

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This week, comedian W. Kamau Bell joins Damon to discuss whether some of their past work would fly in today's media landscape, and the importance for artists of all varieties to constantly evolve with the changing times. Then, on Dear Damon, poet Camonghne Felix helps Damon advise a white person who wants to explore the pros and cons of using darker skinned emojis to connect with their Black coworkers.

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Rapper-turned-marijuana mogul Wiz Khalifa joins Damon in a conversation spanning parenthood, Pittsburgh, and the changing weed business. Plus, Damon and Wiz counsel a young writer about safely (and effectively) working substances into the creative process.

00:00 - introduction

1:56 - Wiz Khalifa and Damon on the role of Pittsburgh in their stories. Plus, Wiz's weed business. 

16:25 - Wiz gets into fitness, inspiration, discipline, self-worth, and more weed.

28:02 - Damon Hates 

31:40 - Dear Damon

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Poet and educator Major Jackson talks about artificial intelligence’s influence on the future of creative writing. On Dear Damon, visual artist Baseera Khan helps Damon unpack a listener’s consternation over a social poll that challenged their perception of sexual identity and relationship dynamics.

(00:00) Introduction

(01:33) Damon and poet, Major Jackson talk about whether or not A.I. can replace writers

(34:17) Damon Hates: Damon doesn't know where to seek revenge

(40:04) Dear Damon with visual artist, Baseera Khan on modern day relationship woes

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