An American Come Back or The Big Flop 🤷🏾♀️
F.D. Signifier – I Love Kendrick v Drake
FD Signifier is one of the legends of the YouTube video essay world. He recently dropped a 3.5 hour video essay about Kendrick and Drake and the history of hip-hop and it’s amazing. In this convo we talk deeply about the battle and Drake and Kendrick and what it takes to be great at making Youtube video essays.
Cracked Crab
On this episode, Aries and Andy talk about Culche, show recommendations, San Fran 591, Gilda Radner, cats & dogs, checking in, directors without bad movies, and running out of gas.
The Big Flop (Featuring Us!)
We had the absolute pleasure of joining Misha Brown on his podcast The Big Flop to bring shame upon one of cinema’s biggest disasters: the 2003 movie, Gigli. Gigli was supposed to be a gritty movie about a mobster’s mundane existence, but it ended up being reverse engineered into a corny, sloppy rom-com, all thanks to the stars of the movie: Ben Affleck and JLo. Gigli would go down in history as not only one of the biggest box office bombs… but also the reason Bennifer broke up – the first time.
Throwback Spotlight
Ghostface Killah – I Am Tony Stark
Ghostface Killah is one of the greatest MCs of all time and an old friend. Amazing convo about music, the Wu, and where he’s at in life.
The American Comeback
Professor of comparative political science and author of the book: Comeback: Routing Trumpism, Reclaiming the Nation and Restoring Democracy's Edge, Steve Fish joins Danielle and Waj on #democracyish and when we say "class is in session" on this episode we mean it!
Bloomberg Gives $600 Million to Black Medical Schools’ Endowments
What We Are Loving
Andrew Marshello
Queen Charlotte – A Bridgerton Story on Netflix
Bridgerton isn’t my speed but I enjoyed this miniseries set in the same world. The blend of historical fact with fantasy creates a fun “what if?” scenario that forms the backdrop of a compelling and romantic story between Queen Charlotte and King George.
Fun Fact
The first Summer Olympic games only had 14 participating countries.
Story From History
This week in history on August 8th, 1974, President Nixon announced he would resign.
Press
Thanks to: Podnews, Sounds Profitable and Inside Radio for highlighting our announcement of the BLACK PODCAST COALITION