Who's Gonna Be There?

By Kashif Andrew Graham & Blake MundellTV & Film Society & Culture Arts

Who's Gonna Be There? episodes

February 20 Your Favorite Civil Rights Leader Had Guns Too
In this season premiere, guns are close to home. Our hosts explore their relationship to bearing arms, and how the respect of that right changes based on who holds the gun. They explore the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense and lesser known armed Black self-defense groups. Who are these new Black Panthers defending against ICE? Was MLK a gun owner? What does it mean to be nonviolent and own a gun? The striking similarity between Freedom Summer and Minneapolis.
• This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed by Charles E. Cobb
• Freedom Summer
• Black Lion Party for International Solidarity
• Black Panther Party for Self-Defense
• Too Black on Nonviolence
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About the show:
A culture podcast by two insufferable queer introverts in the South who really need to know who’s gonna be there before they commit to anything.
Instagram: @whosgonnabetherepod
TikTok: @whosgonnabetherepod
1 hr 19 min
February 05 Wet Hypnotism & James Baldwin in Love
In this bonus episode, Blake recounts a wild experience of group hypnotism and an unexpected power differential. Kashif examines James Baldwin’s first three novels, and how, he too, was hypnotized—by love.
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About the show:
A culture podcast by two insufferable queer introverts in the South who really need to know who’s gonna be there before they commit to anything.
Instagram: @whosgonnabetherepod
TikTok: @whosgonnabetherepod
36 min
January 22 Don’t Wear Pack Hair to a Square Dance
In this bonus episode, Kashif offers a brief history of beauty supply store extensions, otherwise known as ‘pack hair’. He traces its emergence as a social marker. Moving 18th century England, he examines the parallels betweens wigs and wealth. Blake (an actual square dancing champion), walks us through the architecture and history of square dancing. From France to Henry Ford, he explores the Americanization of the iconic dance, considering more accessible and queer (of course!) models.
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About the show:
A culture podcast by two insufferable queer introverts in the South who really need to know who’s gonna be there before they commit to anything.
Instagram: @whosgonnabetherepod
TikTok: @whosgonnabetherepod
55 min
January 08 Heated Rivalry with R.K. Russell
R.K. Russell, the first openly bisexual player in the NFL, visits the pod to chat about Heated Rivalry. Russell’s live Threads posts garnered attention in the fandom for his honest, tender, and sometimes controversial takes on the Canadian series, which stars Connor Storrie and Luke Hudson. Russell came out as bisexual in 2019, playing for the Dallas Cowboys and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The trio also discusses representation in the series, and hopes for season 2.
• R.K. Russell’s socials: Instagram | Website
• R.K. Russell
• The Yards Between Us
• Prison or Passion
• Heated Rivalry
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About the show:
A culture podcast by two insufferable queer introverts in the South who really need to know who’s gonna be there before they commit to anything.
Instagram: @whosgonnabetherepod
TikTok: @whosgonnabetherepod
52 min
December 26, 2025 The Sun-Sneezers of the Mountain, The Lilies of the Valley
In this bonus episode, Blake reveals a personal connection to sun-sneezing, and how it can tie people to one another. Kashif explores the symbolism and history of the flower, Lily of the Valley.
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About the show:
A culture podcast by two insufferable queer introverts in the South who really need to know who’s gonna be there before they commit to anything.
Instagram: @whosgonnabetherepod
TikTok: @whosgonnabetherepod
33 min
December 11, 2025 SEASON FINALE: Biting into New Yams: Our Ideal Year of Holidays
Why do holidays matter? In the season finale, our hosts share their ideal year of holidays: some ancient, some sacrilegious, and some downright pornographic. Considering sociologist Amitai Etzioni’s scholarship around holidays, Blake and Kashif decide to keep, tweak, or trash celebrations that occupy the American calendar year. What the heck is up with Groundhog Day? A tough day to be ugly in Ancient Greece. TLC’s Trading Spaces–Ancient Roman Edition. DOGEing the hell out of American war holidays. They close with the last Game of the season.
• Amitai Etzioni
• Kwanzaa
• Saturnalia
• Iyanla Fix My Life Episode
• Hiring Day
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About the show:
A culture podcast by two insufferable queer introverts in the South who really need to know who’s gonna be there before they commit to anything.
Instagram: @whosgonnabetherepod
TikTok: @whosgonnabetherepod
1 hr 37 min
November 28, 2025 We Are Sounds in the Afterlife: On Ambient Music w/ JayVe Montgomery
Nashville-based ambient artist JayVe Montgomery stops by to talk about his work in this elusive genre of music.
1 hr
November 13, 2025 Welcome to Dorinda’s: On Coffee Shops as Third Spaces
A nerdy and comical exploration of coffee shops and third spaces.
1 hr 17 min
October 30, 2025 ‘Read Me, Daddy’ w/ psychic Logan Taylor
Conversation with psychic Logan Taylor of Hulu's queer paranormal series, Living for the Dead.
1 hr 12 min
October 16, 2025 Take a Look, They’re Banning Books
1982 was quite a year for books, censorship, and the freedom to read. That year, the Supreme Court heard Board of Ed v. Pico, Banned Books Week was founded, and Reading Rainbow was in development. In this episode, Blake and Kashif examine the state of books bans in the US. Kashif unpacks activist librarianship and the symbolic firing of Carla Hayden. Blake explores Reading Rainbow in light of the Butterfly in the Sky documentary. The boys talk their shared love of reading and how the show fostered imagination. They share their favorite children’s books.
• Banned Books Week Data
• Judith Krug | Carla Hayden | Virginia Lacy Jones | EJ Josey
• Report Censorship to the American Library Association
• Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School District No. 26 v. Pico
• Mychal Threets | LeVar Burton
• Reading Rainbow Docu: Butterfly in the Sky
• Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter
• Rainbow Goblins by Ul de Rico
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About the show:
A culture podcast by two insufferable queer introverts in the South who really need to know who’s gonna be there before they commit to anything.
Instagram: @whosgonnabetherepod
TikTok: @whosgonnabetherepod
1 hr 24 min