What's the Word?

What's the Word?

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What's the Word? episodes

  • Black Gods, Technicolor Goons
    Stephanie is joined by Kimeko of "Love, Pop Culture" and Ernie Suggs for a year-in-review discussion on Lizzo, black creators that changed the game in 2019 and the continued risk facing black lives.

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    1 hr 9 min
  • REWIND: Come and get your soul food
    Happy Thanksgiving! We're resharing our 2018 candid conversation with vegan chef Kimberly @mightbevegan on holiday horror stories, soul food and black health.

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    1 hr 20 min
  • Pastor of None
    Amber, Stephanie and guest host Kia Speaks come to the altar to pray over the state of the black church. Plus, we discuss the majesty of Robyn Crawford and Whitney and Disney movies.
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    1 hr 3 min
  • Sign a Petition, Save a Life
    Amber and Stephanie cover the alarming number of missing black girls and the injustice of Rodney Reed's pending execution. Plus, the Vs. is devoted to our fave John Witherspoon.
    Links to note:
    Sign the petition to keep Rodney from execution: https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-execution-of-rodney-reed.
    More on his story:
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2019/11/06/texas-plans-execute-man-this-month-murder-his-lawyers-say-someone-else-confessed-crime/
    Popeyes madness
    https://www.tmz.com/2019/11/06/popeyes-chicken-sandwich-staying-menu-madness-murder-security/
    56 min
  • Nightmare on Cali streets
    California is living a nightmare, and we can't with two of hip-hop's most toxic voices. Plus, Amber and Stephanie discuss black people in horror films and "Dolemite."

    Some links to review from this episode:
    Black people in horror films:
    https://www.theroot.com/whyd-they-kill-tyrone-unpacking-blackness-in-horror-fi-1839332623
    Cali is burning
    https://apple.news/Afn3jjcs0SlqnCnV2bXeH5w
    Kirk Franklin stands against Christian hypocites
    https://www.ajc.com/news/gospel-artist-kirk-franklin-says-boycotting-dove-awards/p0OU50jWohtFDrB7WtXnPL/

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    1 hr 4 min
  • Lynch Mobster
    We explore the history of lynching and why politicizing is trash. Plus, we examine the challenges of being degreed and black.

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    1 hr 2 min
  • No Justice, No Peace
    Amber and Stephanie review the week of black excellence, police coverups and unadulterated lightskinnededness. Plus, we discuss the listeners-pick topic of black maternity.

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    1 hr 20 min
  • White womanin'
    Nobody's here for Amber's crocodile tears nor showboating from the Becky's of Congress. Amber and Stephanie are here for two classic films about racial injustice in this week's versus.

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    1 hr 2 min
  • Clear and Present Danger
    Amber and Stephanie dig into the dangers of bullies, climate change and an overzealous "left."
    Some links we referred to in this week's episode:

    Climate change kid, Greta Thunberg:
    https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/23/weather/greta-thunberg-unga-climate-speech-intl/index.html
    White nationalism now “major terror threat” http://www.my9nj.com/group-content-team/white-nationalism-is-now-recognized-as-a-major-terror-threat-by-the-department-of-homeland-security
    Update on ex-Dallas cop who killed neighbor:
    https://www.foxnews.com/us/ex-dallas-cop-who-fatally-shot-neighbor-distracted-by-sexting-police-partner-prosecutors-say

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    1 hr 12 min

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What's the Word dissects the cultural and societal "isms" that are dangerously pervasive to the American experience. Each episode, we breakdown those ails - from cultural appropriation to identity…

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