Grab Him By The Wallet : Arguing About Hip Hop & The WNBA
Bomani & Mike – Arguing About Hiphop
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip hop I got two hip hop fans who I love to argue about hip hop with—Bomani Jones and Michael Smith. We’re going through everything we love and don’t love about the music.
Sophie Santos is a One-Woman Show
Sophie Santos is a comedian, writer, and actor, whose one-woman show, “Sophie Santos…is Codependent,” is now playing in Edinburgh, which finds her confronting her personified OCD after a break-up.
Are Americans Funding Oppression?
We are joined by two esteemed professors and authors: Peter Beinart and Rula Jebreal to discuss ethnonationalism, liberation, and democracy. It's a meaty episode friends!
Amanda B. Nazareno and Donald Albright
In the inaugural episode of Podcast 360, our show host, Amanda B. Nazareno interviews Donald Albright, co-founder of TenderfootTV. Donald talks about what left him wanting more in his career before podcasting, why he and his business partner set out to build a podcast-based company, and we start off with a game of two truths and a lie.
Detroit Police Changing Facial-Recognition Policy after Pregnant Woman says She was Wrongly Charged
Throwback Spotlight
Neil deGrasse Tyson – I Am More Than Science
Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of the most brilliant men alive and I think his genius runs beyond science and into how he’s able to communicate with people. Indeed, he rejects the very notion of himself as a genius—when I asked him about it he said his success is all about hard work. He just reads and writes and thinks all the time. In this conversation I wanted to talk about anything but science, I wanted to get to know a different side of him, so here’s Neil like you’ve never heard him before—on his penchant for hard work, on his father, on wine, and on racism. Also, check out his new Master Class on science and communication. This is an interview from 2020.
Grab Him by the Wallet!
Well, well, well it seems that the Teflon on "Teflon Don" has begun to disintegrate. In a win for women and sexual assault survivors everywhere journalist E. Jean Carroll had her day in court AND WON against the twice impeached, once indicted (for now), now confirmed sexual abuser, Donald Trump. Danielle and Waj get into the verdict, the Republican’s reactions, and whether we think America as we know it will ever recover.
What We Are Loving
Trice Is Watching The WNBA
Aja Wilson is going to pull off a back-to-back Championship without Candace Parker. The finals will most likely be the NY Liberty vs. The Las Vegas Aces. The WNBA is having a record-breaking year in viewership and player performance. If you love watching Black women play basketball this is a great time to tune into the WNBA.
Fun Fact
The world’s shortest tree is the Dwarf Willow, not growing more than a few inches tall.
Story From History
This week in history: On August 10, 1846, the Smithsonian Institution was created.