I'm joined by MSU professor, Julian Chambliss, who works in the study of American superheroes in comics, Afrofuturism, and digital humanities. In this extended episode of WiMP (or as I like to call it, the Director's Cut), Julian talks about: 

At the end of the episode we also have the long awaited debut of Beats with B, as Bryan and I look at Black Superhero, the 2nd track on Robert Glasper's 2022 album, Black Radio III. You can listen to the track in its entirety in the Beats with B - The WiMP Podcast Mixtape, available on:

This week my guest, Ben Rous, and I talk about how Jesus, Paul, Mary and other women challenge our typically held notions of gender, authority and power in the Christian church. 

For more on sprit, culture and shenanigans, check out the other podcast I do with Ben, Mystery Flight, also available on Apple, Spotify and Anchor.fm.

This week I talk about the hypocrisy of celebrating Pete Rose, a professional baseball player who was not only banned from Major League Baseball for betting on games as a player/manager for the Cincinnati Reds, but who also admitted to sleeping with a 16 year old in 1975. We also spend some time talking about the irony of the "strong white man" in American Evangelical culture. As always, you can reach out to me via the show's email address: [email protected]. I'd love to hear from you!

Welcome to Episode 1 of WiMP: White Man of Privilege with Jesse Draper. In this first episode, I briefly introduce myself and the podcast's themes and general structure. Keeping it short and sweet out of the box, I hope you'll come back for more.

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