Comedian Sam Jay Isn’t Afraid of Getting Canceled
At least not anymore. That confidence comes from her purpose, her identities, and how comedy has evolved from the sitcoms she used to watch as a kid. Our former intern Vanessa Handy was watching rerun...
15 Jun 202319min
Billy Porter Doesn’t Need a Month to Celebrate Pride
He celebrates Pride all year long through art – and that’s been the journey of a lifetime. He’s got an Emmy, a Grammy, a Tony. But early in his career, Billy Porter was relegated to roles of comic rel...
12 Jun 202332min
Trust the Media? Yeah, Right.
According to Brooke Gladstone, host of “On The Media,” a lot of journalists think their job is to report “...fairly, accurately, and with principle.” But she also says that might be where we get in tr...
8 Jun 202318min
January 6th Was Not a Secret Attack
Micah Loewinger, a reporter for On the Media, began monitoring militia conversations in early 2020. The potential for violence was immediately clear. And so when they staged an insurrection at the Cap...
5 Jun 202332min
Padma Lakshmi’s Low-Key Subversive Food Show
Kai’s a legit fanboy of Padma. One reason why: She explores who we are …through what we eat. So Kai gets her on the mic to ask what food can tell us about the American immigrant story. You’ll hear fro...
1 Jun 202319min
No, We Can’t Stop Saying Their Names
Ask a group of highschoolers, “who was Trayvon Martin?” and you’ll see some tragically blank stares. But replace that with “George Floyd”, and you’ll see heads nod. Kai’s struggling with how we memori...
29 Mai 202333min
How the Supreme Court Got So Supreme
Our friends at More Perfect dove into Clarence Thomas’s past to make sense of his ideology today. You’ll hear from: Juan Williams — Senior Political Analyst at Fox NewsCorey Robin — Professor of Polit...
25 Mai 202358min
Clarence Thomas and his Hotep Supreme Court
The Supreme Court’s most senior member writes opinions that have an outsized impact on U.S. law. Our listeners call in to understand what really shapes Justice Thomas, and what we should expect from S...
22 Mai 202351min
