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Welcome to Pushback, a social-justice-themed podcast where journalists Christopher “Flood the Drummer” Norris and Malcolm Burnley explore conversations about equality and struggle. With episodes released twice per month and produced by Philadelphia Magazine and WURD Radio 96.1 FM & 900 AM, Pushback…

Philadelphia Magazine and 900AM-WURD


    • Sep 11, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 47m AVG DURATION
    • 10 EPISODES


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    Pushback — Episode 9: Black and Blue With Rochelle Bilal

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2017 54:24


    In the Pushback season finale, former Philadelphia police officer and whistleblower Rochelle Bilal shares her views on the Thin Blue Line, the legacy of Frank […]

    Pushback — Episode 8: Former VP Candidate Cheri Honkala

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2017 45:49


    Anti-poverty advocate Cheri Honkala has been fighting more than just hunger and homelessness in North Philadelphia. She’s been battling the Democratic party machine. After being […]

    Pushback — Episode 7: Larry Krasner’s Revelations

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2017 54:11


    Larry Krasner, the Democratic nominee for district attorney of Philadelphia, has a higher profile today than he’s ever had. The New York Times, The Atlantic, […]

    Pushback — Episode 6: Message Music

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2017 38:18


    In recognition of Black Music Month, we bring you a conversation about message music — protest music, socially conscious music, whatever you want to call […]

    Pushback — Episode 5: The Politics of Pot, Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2017 44:42


    George Soros tried but failed to get Keir Bradford-Grey to run for district attorney in Philadelphia earlier this year. It turns out she had unfinished […]

    Pushback — Episode 4: The Politics of Pot, Part I

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2017 37:06


    Co-facilitators of the Temple University class “Marijuana in the News,” Chris Goldstein and Linn Washington discuss the ways in which the media fails to cover […]

    Pushback — Episode 3: The Burdens and Privileges of Being the Face of a Movement

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2017 43:02


    On any given day in Philadelphia, you’re likely to hear Black Lives Matter activist Asa Khalif — whose 26-year-old cousin, Brandon Tate-Brown, was shot and […]

    Pushback — Episode 2: Defining Black Intellectualism

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2017 40:31


    The 2017 movie “I Am Not Your Negro,” about the life and times of James Baldwin, received nationwide acclaim. But it was hardly an anomaly […]

    Pushback — Episode 1: Sightings of Solidarity: A Movement or Moment?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2017 53:40


    From safety pins to protests, acts of solidarity have been all over the news in the early days of Donald Trump’s presidency. But how exactly […]

    Pushback — Pilot: What Does It Mean to Be a White Ally?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2017 62:51


    “From Birmingham to Blacks Lives Matter: What Does It Mean to Be a White Ally?” is inspired by the lengthy letter Martin Luther King wrote while locked away in a Birmingham jail, in which he expressed disappointment in the white church and white moderates. The episode features local and national guests exploring the topic of effective white allyship.

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