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What if your favorite college professors were willing to talk about everything from philosophy and politics to pop culture and love with the same kind of consideration and enthusiasm? Each week C. Tra... more
FAQs about The American Age:How many episodes does The American Age have?The podcast currently has 260 episodes available.
December 09, 2019Comedy: Patrice O'Neal, Laughing Because It Hurts101 – Patrice O'Neal died in 2011, but his comedy is still hot. Stories that turn a bitter reality into laughter is this week's subject. Should there be a limit on what comedians can say for a joke?...more40minPlay
December 02, 2019100th Episode100 – The hosts reflect on the last 100 episodes. What have the learned about each other, and about the issues they've discussed?...more38minPlay
November 25, 2019Comedy: Maria Bamford, How to Maintain Mental Health099 – The cliché goes that "laughter is the best medicine," but the idea's been around for thousands of years, so it's probably best to call it "wisdom." How can comedy help us cope with trauma?...more30minPlay
November 16, 2019Comedy: Offensive Comedy and Its Virtues098 – There's laughing at yourself, and then there's laughing at others. While the former is virtuous the latter is indispensable to group cohesion. In this episode the hosts talk about Jim Jefferies and Louis C.K. What are the limits of comedy?...more38minPlay
November 11, 2019Humor: What's so funny?097 – The hosts take a personal look at what they find funny and why. Fair warning, political sensitivities aren't off-limits....more35minPlay
November 04, 20191619: What Troubles, What Remains?096 – Even though the country's racist history still troubles the present, there are reasons to look up. What can we take away from @NYTimes 1619 project?...more36minPlay
October 28, 20191619: Medical Apartheid095 – The history of racism in medical care is not surprising, but the impact it continues to have on contemporary medical treatments is shocking. How do unscientific racial biases continue to distort evidence-based medicine?...more37minPlay
October 21, 20191619: Food, Sugar, and Race094 – The hosts talk about the history of food production in the United States and its connections to poverty, race, and slavery. How is the legacy of slavery connected to the contemporary obesity epidemic? Listen and find out....more37minPlay
October 14, 20191619: Music, Blackface, and Performing Freedom093 – The hosts discuss the history of "performing blackness" in music, as well as other forms of media. What does it mean to "co-opt" another culture's music? What's fair and what's foul in artistic expression?...more34minPlay
October 07, 20191619: Music as Cultural Appropriation092 – The legacy of slavery is long, but should the criticism of it extend to musical appropriation? What exactly is musical appropriation, and what can Warren G's Regulate teach us about it?...more35minPlay
FAQs about The American Age:How many episodes does The American Age have?The podcast currently has 260 episodes available.