Still Processing

[smart_podcast_player url=”http://feeds.podtrac.com/LhS5ax2CPGou” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” social_linkedin=”true” social_email=”true” download=”false” ] Not all reboots deserve to exist. Lots of them aren’t even things we want. But the new “High Fidelity” on Hulu is the reboot we didn’t know we needed. Discussed this week: Barack Obama’s Twitter Cardi B’s Twitter and Instagram “Celebrity Culture is Burning” (Amanda Hess,…

[smart_podcast_player url=”http://feeds.podtrac.com/LhS5ax2CPGou” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” social_linkedin=”true” social_email=”true” download=”false” ] With Rita Ora, Janelle Monáe, Kehlani – and even fictional characters like Lando Calrissian – embracing bisexuality, pansexuality, queerness, and more, we wonder: what does it mean to publicly declare your sexual identity as something outside the gay/straight binary in 2018? And what did these declarations…

[smart_podcast_player url=”http://feeds.podtrac.com/LhS5ax2CPGou” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” social_linkedin=”true” social_email=”true” download=”false” ] This week, shortly after multi-hyphenate artist Donald Glover blew up the internet with the video for his song “This is America,” Wesley and guest host Rembert Browne (New York Magazine, Grantland) explore Glover’s career, and how he evolved from a likable comedian to a cultural provocateur and authority on blackness. We like Glover’s brain…

[smart_podcast_player url=”http://feeds.podtrac.com/LhS5ax2CPGou” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” social_linkedin=”true” social_email=”true” download=”false” ] This week we’re talking about white culture, and what it is trying to tell us about itself on TV, at the movies and in books. We’re noticing that white people are anxious–consciously and unconsciously–about their place in the world, and it’s fascinating to unpack. First, we…

[smart_podcast_player url=”http://feeds.podtrac.com/LhS5ax2CPGou” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” social_linkedin=”true” social_email=”true” download=”false” ] We were so blown away by Beyoncé’s performance at the Coachella music festival that we decided to scrap our previous plans and dedicate this week’s entire episode to it. We think her performance will go down in the annals of American pop music as one of…

[smart_podcast_player url=”http://feeds.podtrac.com/LhS5ax2CPGou” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” social_linkedin=”true” social_email=”true” download=”false” ] As a break from the onslaught of traumatic news, this week we’re talking about what makes us feel good about ourselves. Really good. We start by exploring what has been lost with the recent closure of Craiglist’s personal ads section: a unique place, so distinct from…

[smart_podcast_player url=”http://feeds.podtrac.com/LhS5ax2CPGou” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” social_linkedin=”true” social_email=”true” download=”false” ] This week, we commemorate the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s death. While MLK’s birthday is celebrated on a national level, we spend time processing why his death holds a significant importance as well. We examine the months leading up to MLK Jr.’s death, including…

[smart_podcast_player url=”http://feeds.podtrac.com/LhS5ax2CPGou” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” social_linkedin=”true” social_email=”true” download=”false” ] This week we’re talking about why we’re stressed out, why the country is stressed out, and whether anxiety has become a permanent condition. We consider the role technology has played in driving us to this point, from push alerts — so many push alerts — to…

[smart_podcast_player url=”http://feeds.podtrac.com/LhS5ax2CPGou” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” social_linkedin=”true” social_email=”true” download=”false” ] This week we pay homage to aunties, in our own lives, in politics, and in pop culture. But first we have to define what an aunty is, so we play a little game called “Aunty or Nah-nty,” naming aunty candidates from television shows and movies to…

[smart_podcast_player url=”http://feeds.podtrac.com/LhS5ax2CPGou” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” social_linkedin=”true” social_email=”true” download=”false” ] This week, we discuss “A Wrinkle in Time,” Ava DuVernay’s attempt to take the audience on a magical adventure with Meg Murray as she searches for her father through multiple universes. Our time traveling experience … wasn’t as magical as we hoped. But this is good…