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Charles Coleman Jr. is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by Rep. Jamie Raskin, Rep. Bennie Thompson, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Douglas Brinkley, Janai Nelson, Lisa Rubin, Caroline Randall Williams, and Imani Perry.

Tonight on The Last Word: Democratic governors vow to protect their states from Donald Trump. Also, Vice President Harris says we will never give up the fight for our democracy. And authoritarian world leaders praise Trump's victory. Rep.-elect Eugene Vindman, Caroline Randall Williams, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, and Michael Beschloss join Ali Velshi.

Mississippi has been withholding federal funds to repair its capital city's water problems. Majority black Jackson, Mississippi, has been at the mercy of the majority white state legislature for decades, which acts as overseer of the city's finances. Climate change has brought severe weather to the state - flood conditions and freezing weather overwhelms Jackson's ancient infrastructure and causes burst pipes, broken pumps, endless leaks, and contaminated drinking water. The impact on Jackson's 150,000 residents has been devastating - city-wide water boil notices, complete lack of service, and elevated blood-lead levels in children. And it's happening right now. If you were to ask Mississippi's legislators what caused these problems, they would tell you it was the people of Jackson who brought it upon themselves. After all, Jackson didn't have a water problem until they elected their first black mayor - their words, not mine. If you asked the legislators how the people of Jackson could fix their own water crisis, they'd tell you they'd be willing to help if Jackson made some sort of effort to fix it first. Though, spending hundreds of millions of dollars on infrastructure repairs since the mid-1990s apparently doesn't count. Maybe if Jackson sold its airport to the state, Governor Tate Reeves would be more willing to help. Oh, yeah, there's a whole thing about the airport. For this episode, author, professor, and host of HBO+'s Hungry For Answers Caroline Randall Williams joins me to discuss the intersection of race and infrastructure - and we determine once and for all whether you can be racist towards a whole-ass place (spoiler: yes, you can). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/uftp/message

“What really amazed me here was that so many of the authors who submitted stories wrote something completely outside their genre,” reflects best-selling author Douglas Preston, one of the project editors behind the dynamic new collaborative novel Fourteen Days. “This book is full of all kinds of weird stories.”  Yes, it is. And so is podcast guest Douglas Preston, co-author of dozens of New York Times best-selling thrillers written with his longtime writing partner Lincoln Child—a shining example of what it means to write in collaboration. In all, Preston has published 39 books of fiction and non-fiction. In addition to books, Preston writes about archaeology and paleontology for the New Yorker. He has worked as an editor for the American Museum of Natural History in New York City and taught nonfiction writing at Princeton University and is the recipient of numerous writing awards in the U.S. and Europe. He served as president of the Authors Guild from 2019 to 2023. Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the COVID-19 lockdowns, Fourteen Days turns on a narrative frame written by Preston, with contributions from a disparate collection of contemporary writers, headed by fellow project editor Margaret Atwood. In addition to Atwood and Preston, the novel features the “voices” of Charlie Jane Anders, Joseph Cassara, Jennine Capó Crucet, Angie Cruz, Pat Cummings, Sylvia Day, Emma Donoghue, Dave Eggers, Diana Gabaldon, Tess Gerritsen, John Grisham, Maria Hinojosa, Mira Jacob, Erica Jong, CJ Lyons, Celeste Ng, Tommy Orange, Mary Pope Osborne, Alice Randall, Ishmael Reed, Roxana Robinson, Nelly Rosario, James Shapiro, Hampton Sides, R.L. Stine, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Monique Truong, Scott Turow, Luis Alberto Urrea, Rachel Vail, Weike Wang, Caroline Randall Williams, De'Shawn Charles Winslow, and Meg Wolitzer. All proceeds from the book will be directed to the Authors Guild Foundation, the charitable and educational arm of the Authors Guild, dedicated to empowering all writers, from all backgrounds, at all stages of their careers.  Learn more about Douglas Preston: Author's Guild Author's Guild Foundation Instagram Facebook Preston & Child website The Lost Time: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder Please support the sponsors who support our show: Daniel Paisner's Balloon Dog  Daniel Paisner's SHOW: The Making and Unmaking of a Network Television Pilot Unforgiving: Lessons from the Fall by Lindsey Jacobellis Film Movement Plus (PODCAST) | 30% discount Libro.fm (ASTOLDTO) | 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 when you start your membership Film Freaks Forever! podcast, hosted by Mark Jordan Legan and Phoef Sutton A Mighty Blaze podcast The Writer's Bone Podcast Network Misfits Market (WRITERSBONE) | $15 off your first order  Film Movement Plus (PODCAST) | 30% discount Wizard Pins (WRITERSBONE) | 20% discount

For many artists, the path to financial stability while pursuing creative passions is often winding and steep. Drawing from her rich experiences as a poet, professor and public intellectual, Carl's guest Caroline Randall Williams offers unique insights into the subtle dynamics between education, wealth and social standing. She also shares her personal path to carving out space for creative fulfillment in a demanding professional environment. This conversation also reveals a valuable lesson about the relativity of wealth perception. Caroline has existed on both ends of the wealth spectrum, from working as a teacher in rural Mississippi, to attending boarding school with students who had access to vast amounts of money and privilege. She candidly shares her experiences from both perspectives, as well as addresses the age-old question: Who's the more important artist? Shakespeare or Lil Wayne? Carl Instagram: @behaviorgap Blind Nil Instagram: @blindnilaudio Please direct business inquires to: blindnilaudio@magnolia.com Music Credits:  Alexandra Woodward / Rabbit Reggae / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Cody Francis / Wherever You're Going / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nothing says "summer" like a heaping helping of Food TV! Welcome to the cookout. Come get you a plate. Your auntie made the Over-the-Counter potato salad, so you KNOW it's fire. Oh, and your uncle is over there grilling up a BOMB Second Opinion. The cousins said they're gonna make a run later for some Urgent Care. Go tell them to grab a bag of ice while they're out there, okay? We're gonna need it, because this episode is HOT!Enjoy these after-dinner mints:Sydney's omelet from The Bear:  https://www.allrecipes.com/how-to-make-the-omelet-from-the-bear-7560284  Books by TWO TIME (!) James Beard Award winner Adrian Miller:- Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine, One Plate at a Time https://adrianemiller.com/product/soul-food-paperback/- The President's Kitchen Cabinet: The Story of the African Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families from the Washingtons to the Obamas https://adrianemiller.com/product/the-presidents-kitchen-cabinet-paperback/- Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue https://adrianemiller.com/product/black-smoke-hardcover/Star Trek cookbook: https://shop.underground-books.com/book/9780671000226Star Trek Cocktails: A Stellar Compendium  https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/star-trek-cocktails-glenn-dakin/1137572000Hungry for Answers, featuring Caroline Randall Williams, produced by Viola Davis (trailer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dQV8dxOrw0Last Supper Society: https://www.lastsuppersociety.comHomegrown trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFz3OFs72Dc&t=116sFinally, if you'd like to visit the restaurants you've seen on your favorite shows, check out this website: https://www.tvfoodmaps.com 

Tonight on The Last Word: Jack Smith examines a 2020 meeting when Donald Trump was briefed on U.S. election security. Plus, new evidence shows Pres. Biden's policies are continuing to make economic gains. Also President Joe Biden designates a national monument to honor Emmett Till and his mother Mamie. And protests continue in Israel against Netanyahu. Kristy Greenberg, Harry Litman, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Caroline Randall Williams, and David Rothkopf join Lawrence O'Donnell.

Tonight on The Last Word: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg sues Rep. Jim Jordan over the Trump indictment inquiry. Also, Democratic-led state fight the Texas abortion pill ruling. Plus, Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey is seeking a fourth term in 2024. And local officials plan to meet Wednesday over whether they should reinstate expelled Democrat Justin J. Pearson. Rep. Daniel Goldman, Andrew Weissmann, Mass. Attorney General Andrea Campbell, Sen. Bob Casey and Caroline Randall Williams join Lawrence O'Donnell.

Tonight on The Last Word: Trump lawyers attempt a new delay tactic in the January 6 probe. Also, anonymous donations to a group led by Ginni Thomas raises new Supreme Court ethical concerns. Plus, Arizona is bracing for a three-way Senate battle in 2024. And Vice President Harris seeks to deepen U.S.-Africa ties. Neal Katyal, Dan Horwitz, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Rep. Ruben Gallego and Caroline Randall Williams join Lawrence O'Donnell.

Mother and daughter Alice Randall and Caroline Randall Williams tell us what studying the cooking of four generations of women in their family has taught them about the origins of soul food. Plus, we speak with international bagel consultant Beth George; Dan Pashman explores cold-weather cocktails; and we make pesto out of lemon zest, not basil. (Originally aired on February 19th, 2021.)Get this week's recipe for Spaghetti with Lemon Pesto here.We want to hear your culinary tips! Share your cooking hacks, secret ingredients or unexpected techniques with us for a chance to hear yourself on Milk Street Radio! Here's how: https://www.177milkstreet.com/radiotipsListen to Milk Street Radio on: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/milk and get on your way to being your best self.To get started with your private investing journey, head to www.linqto.com/milkstreet and create your account. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What is a monument but a standing memory? An artifact to make tangible the truth of the past. My body and blood are a tangible truth of the South and its past. The black people I come from were owned by the white people I come from. The white people I come from fought and died for their Lost Cause. And I ask you now, who dares to tell me to celebrate them? Who dares to ask me to accept their mounted pedestals?You cannot dismiss me as someone who doesn't understand. You cannot say it wasn't my family members who fought and died. My blackness does not put me on the other side of anything. It puts me squarely at the heart of the debate. I don't just come from the South. I come from Confederates. I've got rebel-gray blue blood coursing my veins. My great-grandfather Will was raised with the knowledge that Edmund Pettus was his father. Pettus, the storied Confederate general, the grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, the man for whom Selma's Bloody Sunday Bridge is named. So I am not an outsider who makes these demands. I am a great-great-granddaughter.Caroline Randall Williams "You Want a Confederate Monument? My Body Is a Confederate Monument"  NY Times Op-Ed (2020) Such is the powerful, articulate, unabashed voice of guest, Caroline Randall Williams, whose family roots display an impressive cultural richness. She is the daughter of best-selling author Alice Randall, with whom she co-wrote the award-winning Soul Food Love cookbook and Avon Williams III, a well-known former diplomat who served as acting Principal Deputy Counsel of the Department of the Army, and first cousin to former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Caroline's grandfather was a prominent civil rights lawyer and former Tennessee state senator, Avon N. WIlliams Jr.. She is also the great-granddaughter of scholar Arna W. Bontemps, the African-American poet, novelist and noted member of the Harlem Renaissance. Yet this cultural royalty is juxtaposed against her DNA verified results. She is the great-great granddaughter of Edmund Pettus, US senator of Alabama, senior officer of the Confederate States Army and grand dragon of the Klu Klux Klan. A gifted writer, Caroline is able to bridge history with current conditions, articulating it in a way that causes you to sit there shaking your head and say, those are the right words. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, Caroline is a multi-genre writer, educator, performance artist, and Writer-in-Residence at Vanderbilt University. As the host of the new Discovery+ show Hungry For Answers (produced by Viola Davis), Caroline travels the United States uncovering the fascinating, essential and often untold Black stories behind American food.Join me, your host Brad Johnson , at the corner table for an explorative conversation with Caroline discussing her heritage, accomplishments and pursuits, along with acknowledgement of privilege, self-expectation and thoughts on contemporary issues, connecting the past with the present.  * * * Instagram: Corner Table Talk  and Post and Beam Hospitality LinkedIn: Brad Johnson Medium: Corner Table Media E.Mail:  brad@postandbeamhospitality.com For more information on host Brad Johnson or to join our mailing list, please visit: https://postandbeamhospitality.com/ Theme Music: Bryce Vine Corner Table™ is a trademark of Post & Beam Hospitality LLC © Post & Beam Hospitality LLCSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Writer, educator and Harvard graduate Caroline Randall Williams reveals the staggering number of cookbooks she owns and how her personal experiences and history as a Black woman shaped her vision for her show, Hungry for Answers. Caroline talks about how the women in her life shaped her culinary perspective and what it means to be a steward of Black food and culture. She details the stories she uncovered over the course of filming, including the Black family that created the famed Nashville Hot Chicken and the reality of appreciation versus appropriation. Caroline shares the systemic lack of credit and ownership given to Black creators and what it means to course correct using the story of Nearest Green, the Black man who taught Jack Daniel's how to distill whiskey, as an example. She explores the history of sugarcane and its relationship to convict leasing and the shocking inequities that Black farmers face. Caroline talks about the delicious food she got to experience on the show and her advice for someone who has a story they need to share. Start Your Free Trial of discovery+: https://www.discoveryplus.com/foodobsessedConnect with the podcast: https://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/food-network-obsessed-the-official-podcast-of-food-networkFollow Food Network on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foodnetworkFollow Jaymee on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaymeesireFollow Caroline Randall Williams on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caroranwill/Find episode transcripts here: https://food-network-obsessed.simplecast.com/episodes/caroline-randall-williams-on-appreciation-appropriation-hungry-for-answers

Tonight on the Last Word: A Michigan Democrat destroys the GOP's poisonous playbook. Also, the GOP uses anti-democratic tactics to attack Democrats. Plus, Russia intensifies its attacks on Eastern Ukrainian cities. Republicans have no agenda going into the midterm elections. And a Ukrainian teacher shares her story of teaching during war. MI State Sen. Mallory McMorrow, Charles Blow, Caroline Randall Williams, Ali Arouzi, Abby Finkenauer and Iryna Malii join Jonathan Capehart.

Tonight on the Last Word: The Senate votes 53-47 to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Also, Sen. Mitch McConnell threatens to not confirm any more Supreme Court justices if Republicans retake the Senate. And Ukrainian President Zelenskyy warns that other areas of the country are “much worse” than Bucha. Ron Klain, Caroline Randall Williams, Charles Blow and Ali Arouzi join Lawrence O'Donnell.

Tonight on the Last Word: President Biden renews his pledge to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court. Also, the January 6 Committee now has hundreds of pages of Trump documents. And 2021 was the strongest year for the U.S. economy since 1984. Melissa Murray, Michele Bratcher Goodwin, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Jared Bernstein and Caroline Randall Williams join Lawrence O'Donnell.

Vox's Jamil Smith talks with Caroline Randall Williams, academic, poet, and co-author (with her mother, Alice Randall) of Soul Food Love. They discuss the ways in which the African American culinary tradition is interpreted, how to tell stories through cooking, and why what we cook and eat is inextricably bound up with who we are. Host: Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith), Senior Correspondent, Vox Guest: Caroline Randall Williams (@caroranwill), author; writer-in-residence of Medicine, Health, and Society, Vanderbilt University References:  "You Want a Confederate Monument? My Body Is a Confederate Monument" by Caroline Randall Williams (New York Times; June 26, 2020) Soul Food Love: Healthy Recipes Inspired by One Hundred Years of Cooking in a Black Family by Alice Randall and Caroline Randall Williams (Clarkson Potter; 2015) High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America, dir. by Roger Ross Williams, Yoruba Richen, and Jonathan Clasberry (Netflix; 2021) "Race, Ethnicity, Expressive Authenticity: Can White People Sing the Blues?" by Joel Rudinow (Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 52 (1); 1994) Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Conversations ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Conversations by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Support Vox Conversations by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts This episode was made by:  Producer: Erikk Geannikis Editor: Amy Drozdowska Engineer: Paul Robert Mounsey Vox Audio Fellow: Victoria Dominguez Deputy Editorial Director, Vox Talk: Amber Hall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ali Velshi is joined by Senator Mazie Hirono, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett, author and poet Caroline Randall Williams, science journalist Laurie Garrett, Politico's Betsy Woodruff Swan, NPR's Asma Khalid, retired police captain Sonia Pruitt, and NBC's Brandy Zadrozny. 

Tonight: A monument to an American traitor comes down as new laws to choke democracy go up. Then, just what is the Justice Department planning to stop an out of control government in Texas? Plus, as America's worst Covid outbreak grows, new reporting on the right wing backlash that led Tennessee to curb their own vaccination efforts. And the stunning new Biden plan for America to get nearly half its energy from the sun by the year 2050. Guests: Jelani Cobb, Caroline Randall Williams, Dr. Alex Jahangir, Julie Fernandes, David Roberts              

The need to find common ground for improving race relations has rarely been more urgent than it is today. In this episode, we share profound insights from an interracial couple and an African-American scholar and poet. Caroline Randall Williams wrote a widely-read opinion column for the New York Times that added fresh insight to the debate over Confederate monuments and how America remembers its past. As a Black southern woman with white ancestors, she brings an innovative and passionate first-person point of view. We also share the deeply personal story of Errol Toulon, the first African-American Sheriff of Suffolk County, New York, and his wife, Tina MacNicholl Toulon, a business development executive. She's white. He's black. Tina tells us what she's learned since their marriage in 2016 about racism, “driving while Black,” and other indignities that are often part of a Black person's daily life. This episode includes edited extracts from longer interviews that were first published in 2020.

Caroline Randall Williams is an esteemed activist, author, poet, and professor at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee. Caroline has been a featured guest on MSNBC and has penned a myriad of captivating articles on racial bias. Her New York Times essay "You Want a Confederate Monument? My Body Is a Confederate Monument" tells her story as the great-great granddaughter of the nefarious confederate hero, and KKK leader Edmund Pettus, that fathered a child with a formerly enslaved woman. On this episode Adrian and Caroline discuss the romanticism of the South, American patriotism, and how she uses her "white" or ancestral privilege to denounce the evils of America's past.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this special podcast episode Alice discusses Black Bottom Saint, Nancy Elizabeth Johnson, Ziggy's own mother. She then welcomes her own daughter Caroline Randall Williams for an intimate conversation examining the experience of becoming adults together, the myriad ways they support each other's creative processes, sharing cocktails, and seeing mothers unfold as human.

Pres. Biden used the occasion of Memorial Day to pay tribute to the nation's fallen troops and warn that the freedom and democracy they all fought to defend is currently in danger.  We discuss that and much more with Peter Baker, Neal Katyal, Abby Livingston, Caroline Randall Williams, Tim Miller, and Gen. Barry McCaffrey.

The blues can't be defined by a set of chord progressions. It's a philosophy, it is catharsis, it is taking something painful, and turning it into art. In this episode, Adia sits down with blues scholar and poet Caroline Randall Williams. Together they redefine the blues, and talk about what American culture can learn from its music. For the playlist of songs curated for this episode visit www.mixcloud.com/sonos./Music In This Week's Episode/Sippie Wallace, “Women Be Wise”Muddy Waters, “Mannish Boy”Koko Taylor, “I Am a Woman”Samantha Ege, “Fantasie Nègre No. 1 in E MinorBillie Holiday, “Solitude”Precious Bryant, “Fool Me Good”/Show Notes/ Caroline Randall Williams article that made waves in the New York Times last summer is called You Want a Confederate Monument? My Body Is a Confederate Monument.Caroline says her life sounds like the playlist of blues songs her students made for her, particularly “Where Did You Sleep Last Night?” by Leadbelly. Adia and Caroline collaborate as part of their poetry collective, the Blair House Caroline's book and ballad about Shakespeare's Dark Lady is called Lucy Negro, Redux. The song giving Caroline life right now is “No Weapon” by Fred Hammon. / Credits / Call & Response is a Sonos show produced by work x work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, Adia Victoria, Babette Thomas and Megan Lubin. Our engineers are Sam Bair and Josh Hahn of The Relic Room.

Tonight on the Last Word: George Floyd’s family meets with President Biden, Vice President Harris and congressional leaders one year after George Floyd’s murder. Also, the Manhattan district attorney convenes the grand jury to decide whether to bring charges in the Trump Organization criminal probe. Plus, Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema “implore” Republican senators to support the January 6th commission. And a new Texas law makes it easier to carry a handgun without a permit. Rep. Val Demings, Daniel Alonso, Jennifer Palmieri, Eugene Robinson, Rep. Joaquin Castro and Caroline Randall Williams join Lawrence O’Donnell. 

Rep. Matt Gaetz and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green launched a pro-Trump tour in Florida on Friday pushing Trump's "Big Lie" on the election - despite the fact Trump lost the 2020 race and tried to overturn a fair election. We discuss the future of the GOP, the latest on the Covid pandemic, and more with Peter Baker, Susan Page, Stephanie Ruhle, Dr. Kavita Patel, Caroline Randall Williams, and Jon Meacham.

Biden calls gun violence a “national embarrassment” after eight people were killed in shooting at an Indiana FedEx facility. Demonstrations continue over fatal police shootings. Pelosi calls for a special commission to investigate the January 6th Capitol riot. And far-right Republican lawmakers are forming the “America First Caucus” to protect "Anglo-Saxon political traditions." Eugene Daniels, Carol Leonnig, Cynthia Alksne, Bill Kristol, Caroline Randall Williams and Michael Beschloss join.

Our guest this week is an award-winning poet, young adult novelist, and cookbook author as well as an activist, public intellectual, performance artist, and scholar. Named by Southern Living as “One of the 50 People changing the South,” Caroline Randall Williams views her work and her identity as inextricably linked. As a truth-teller who endeavors to "have a say in how things get remembered," Caroline in this episode unpacks the jobs of being a writer, professor, and change agent in the context of serving causes that matter to our time now and will "impact the record" for years to come. Like the beautiful meals in her cookbook, Soul Food Love, our guest this week serves up the gritty and glorious experiences that have shaped her career and life journey, so that we may all learn a thing or two. Bon appetite!

The second day of testimony in the Derek Chauvin trial sees heart-wrenching testimony from witnesses who saw George Floyd's death. Plus, Rep. Matt Gaetz is alleging extortion and denying wrongdoing in the wake of a bombshell New York Times report that states he faces an inquiry involving allegations of paid travel and sex with a 17-year-old girl. We discuss that and more with Joyce Vance, Eugene Daniels, Holly Bailey, Katie Benner, Caroline Randall Williams, and Michael Steele.

Alice Randall is a New York Times best-selling and award-winning food writer, foodways educator (Vanderbilt University), food activist, and entrepreneur. Her published books include Soul Food Love, the NAACP Image Award winning cookbook co-authored with her daughter Caroline Randall Williams, Ada's Rules for which she received a personal fan letter on White House stationary from First Lady Michelle Obama, and Black Bottom Saints nominated for a 2021 NAACP Image Award. Eliza Borné served as editor-in-chief of the literary magazine, Oxford American, for the past six years and has edited essays and stories that have been honored by the Best American Series, The Pushcart Prize anthology and elsewhere. In 2016, she accepted the OA's National Magazine Award for General Excellence. Under her leadership, Alice Randall was selected as Guest Editor of the Oxford American Food Issue, Spring 2021.In this episode of Corner Table Talk, host Brad Johnson converses with Alice and Eliza, two brilliant women, on wide ranging subjects centered around the current special Oxford American Food Issue published every five years sponsored by the Julia Child Foundation. Join us! * * * Instagram Corner Table Talk and Post and Beam Hospitality LinkedIn Brad Johnson Medium Corner Table Media E.mail brad@postandbeamhospitality.com Corner Table™ is a trademark of Post & Beam Hospitality LLC © Post & Beam Hospitality LLC See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With the Senate hurdle done, the U.S. House is poised to send Biden that chamber's version of the $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill so Biden can sign it into law. Plus, Moderna and Pfizer are shipping more vaccines to increase the U.S. supply faster than expected. We discuss that and much more with Ashley Parker, A.B. Stoddard, Michael Osterholm, Nicolle Wallace, Caroline Randall Williams, and Bill Kristol.

The U.S. House is expected to vote after midnight on Pres. Biden's $1.9 trillion Covid relief legislation. But several House Republicans - who cited the pandemic - are voted remotely while also attending the start of the CPAC in Orlando. We discuss that and more with Philip Rucker, Julie Pace, Ben Rhodes, Dr. Kavita Patel, Caroline Randall Williams, and Bill Kristol.

Pres. Joe Biden gave his first remarks to a global audience assuring U.S. allies that America is reengaged in global affairs. Plus, food and water shortages persist across much of Texas even as power is restored to most of the state. We discuss that and more with Susan Page, Jonathan Lemire, Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, Judge Andy Brown, Caroline Randall Williams, and Bill Kristol.

Mother and daughter Alice Randall and Caroline Randall Williams tell us what studying the cooking of four generations of women in their family has taught them about the origins of soul food. Plus, we speak with international bagel consultant Beth George; Dan Pashman explores cold-weather cocktails; and we make pesto out of lemon zest, not basil.Get this week's recipe for Spaghetti with Lemon Pesto: https://www.177milkstreet.com/recipes/spaghetti-lemon-pestoThis week's sponsor:Get unlimited access to every MasterClass, and as a Milk Street listener, you get 15% off an annual membership! Go to masterclass.com/MILK. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Award-winning poet and activist Caroline Randall Williams talks with Stephen Henderson about her work and what gives her hope during this dark time in American history.

Saying senators should decide about Trump's impeachment fate, Biden told CBS News he does not think his predecessor should continue to receive intelligence briefings. Democrats and Biden are also signaling they're prepared to pass Covid aid without the GOP. We discuss that and more with Alexandra Jaffe, Jason Johnson, Dr. Kavita Patel, Caroline Randall Williams, Bill Kristol, and Jon Meacham.

Host Renee Shaw talks with Nashville-based writer, educator, and activist Caroline Randall Williams about race, identity, Confederate monuments, soul food, and more. Southern Living magazine named Williams “One of the 50 People Changing the South.”

The Vice Presidential debate pitted two white people against one woman of color, as the rules and chidings were not enforced equally. Pence interrupted Kamala Harris repeatedly, though not as psychotically as Trump interrupted Biden. But result was that Pence received more time to talk in the end. Caroline Randall Williams, the poet, and author of the brilliant NY Times Opinion piece 'You Want A Confederate Monument? My Body Is A Confederate Monument.' observed on the Lawrence O'Donnell show October 8, 2020 that Harris seemed to be looking ahead into the future with optimism. Talking to the youth of today who will be changing this country toward a better direction. While she thought Pence was looking backward, preserving the old establishment, the white racist establishment. The future is now. Donald Trump, Mike Pence, William Barr et al are trying to take us backwards, giving more traction to our racist ways, instead of following the demand of the public for more tolerance, and realization that by mid-century, people of color will outnumber white people. Whatever 'white people' means. When the Italians came over to this side of the Atlantic they were not considered white. Until it was politically expedient to add their numbers to increase the count of 'white people.' After they had met terrible racism in their first years in the USA. Black people and indigenous people, and Trump's 'Mexican gang' members, are still dealing with the racism of the moment. Which can be changed. Meanwhile, the Conman-in-Chief and his enablers are infecting everyone around them with their white privilege and Trump's thinking he can continue going around lying. Saying he's not infectious without showing anyone proof of a negative test. But not caring about threatening the health of his non-mask wearing followers surrounding him, who play the fool at his urging. And now are paying the price. But Mitch McConnell just said he won't go over to the White House, they're too incompetent over there dealing with the coronavirus. He confessed he actually had not been at the WH since early August. Preserve The Old Days (I'll Strangle The Golden Goose) - written in April 2016 in a flurry of foresight . . . .

"The black people I come from were owned and raped by the white people I come from," wrote author, poet and academic Caroline Randall Williams in a widely-read opinion column for The New York Times. As a Black southern woman with white ancestors, her view of the debate over how America remembers its past is deeply personal. This episode is the latest in our podcast series on racism and its painful legacy. Recent protests across the country have sparked renewed controversy over confederate statues, and the naming of military bases and public buildings that celebrate men who fought in the Civil War against the government of the United States.  Should the monuments be repurposed or removed? We discuss ways to find common ground and better our understanding of the American history. Caroline Randall Williams is a writer in residence at Vanderbilt University. She is a resident and native of Tennessee. Some of her ancestors were enslaved. Others included a prominent poet and novelist, and a civil rights leader. She is the great-great grand-daughter of Edmund Pettus, who was a grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan and U.S. Senator from Alabama. 

In Part 2 of "The Quaran-Teen Diaries," I welcome my friend Shubhra who is a witty, smart and fun guest. Link to NYT article "Talking With Your Teen About Anti-Racism? Be Ready to Listen": https://nyti.ms/31zlgnSDuring the episode, we reference a lot of things...down below is where you can check them out for yourself:• NYT article “My Body Is A Confederate Monument” by Caroline Randall Williams can be found here: https://nyti.ms/383rugG• Jacob Collier, the man whose Tiny Desk Concert we fangirl about for a solid five minutes, can be found here: https://www.npr.org/artists/675597489/jacob-collierOn a more serious note, linked down below are resources you can use to educate yourself and help support the Black Lives Matter movement:• https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/• NPR's CodeSwitch: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/code-switch/id1112190608• NYT's 1619 Project: https://nyti.ms/37JLWkZ*I incorrectly cite the ratification date of the U.S. Constitution—it's Sep. 17, 1787 NOT Sep. 17, 1789.

Caroline Randall Williams' recent essay--"My body is a Confederate Monument"--has got me thinking.

Good morning, RVA! It’s 74 °F, and today we’ve got more of the same. Expect highs in the mid 90s, sunshine, and humidity—all the things that make Richmond summers great. Stay cool, stay hydrated, and stay masked up.Water coolerSome personal news: At the end of this month, I will resign my position as Executive Director of RVA Rapid Transit (that’s my day job). I’ve had the absolute best time over the last four years working for an organization whose vision—a region packed with frequent and far-reaching public transportation—aligns so closely with my own. However, trite as it sounds, the last three months of pandemic and protests have helped bring into focus what’s important to me and what I do best.First, it’s clear to me that the advocacy for better public transportation in our region must be led by the people most impacted by our region’s past—and ongoing—racist planning decisions. That’s obviously not my lived experience, and it’s appropriate and necessary for me to step aside and make space for someone else.Second, it’s also clear to me that Good Morning, RVA is the best use of my time, talents, voice, and platform. Over the last three coronamonths (or is it four at this point??) I’ve done some of the best writing of my life and have felt incredibly fulfilled keeping Richmonders informed about what’s going on in their city during a time of crisis. But it’s not just the recent crisis-writing. I’ve absolutely loved the last couple years of helping folks work through the (failed) property tax increase, NoBro, a bunch of zoning-and-rezonings, and, of course, the non-stop work for better and safer streets. It’s deeply affirming to regularly hear from readers that what I write about each day has helped them become better citizens of the city.So, after four years, I want to dedicate more than just my (very) early mornings to GMRVA. Moving forward, I’ll now have the capacity to put more time and energy into Good Morning, RVA, and, eventually, I hope to grow it into a sustainable way to support me and my family. How will that impact you, the reader? Starting with the very next sentence you can expect me to regularly ask for your financial support. If you value my work, sign up for the GMRVA patreon and kick five or ten bucks my way each month. Your support, now very literally, helps make Good Morning, RVA possible. Other than that, I hope to invest more time in longer-form projects like the HB 1541 and the two-stage budget review explainers. I plan on crushing 2020 election coverage (now that we have a mostly-final list of candidates) and am noodling on ways to help folks get more meaningfully involved in our City’s legislative process. This project has changed a lot over the last five years (ack! look at this, the very first Good Morning, RVA email, sent way back on March 3rd, 2014), and I’m sure it will continue to evolve, but now with the attention I know it deserves.I’m incredibly excited to do this thing that I love in a more meaningful, more intentional way, and I hope you’re excited about that, too.Alright, on with the news!P.S. And, because I know I’ll get emails about it, I’m not looking for any sort of advertising or sponsorship. I’ve learned my lesson about ad-supported news and news-adjacent projects, and I’m not interested. Good Morning, RVA will be reader supported for the next foreseeable forever. You should, like, go become a supporter. Just go ahead and do it.As of this morning, the Virginia Department of Health reports 639↗️ new positive cases of the coronavirus in the Commonwealth and 4↘️ new deaths as a result of the virus. VDH reports 75↗️ new cases in and around Richmond (Chesterfield: 43, Henrico: 18, and Richmond: 14). Since this pandemic began, 240 people have died in the Richmond region. The New York Times has some upsetting dataviz around the disparate impact COVID-19 has on people of color. From the article: “Latino and African-American residents of the United States have been three times as likely to become infected as their white neighbors, according to the new data…and Black and Latino people have been nearly twice as likely to die from the virus as white people, the data shows.” The new data are only available after the NYT sued the CDC for it.Whoa: The Virginia Mercury’s Sarah Vogelsong says, “In a sharp pivot away from natural gas, Dominion Energy announced Sunday that it is canceling the controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline and selling ‘substantially all’ of its natural gas transmission and storage assets to a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate.” That’s an enormous win for environmental advocates and regular folk who didn’t want an massive natural gas pipeline running through their town. Robert Zullo, also at the Mercury, steps through some of the project’s history and how much he’s learned reporting on it over the last four years.City Council’s Organizational Development committee meets today at 5:00 PM and will talk through some interesting topics. New RPD Chief Gerald Smith will formally introduce himself to Council, and the Interim City Attorney will give a monument update—fascinated by the latter since the Mayor just went and did it despite the Interim City Attorney’s advice. They’ll also discuss how Council and the Mayor’s administration can move forward on the Civilian Review Board, Marcus Alert, the Mayor’s Reimagining Public Safety Task Force, and the community engagement strategy around all of those things. Should be a good one, and you can tune in here(just look for the “In Progress” link once the meeting begins). The Planning Commission will also meet today, and I’ve got my eye on the “Omnibus Zoning Ordinance Amendment Update and Residential Zoning District Amendments” presentation. The side deck’s not yet on legistar, but you can catch that meeting at 1:30 PM if you’d like.It seems bananas when you say it out loud, but an actual part of the Richmond 300 draft is decking over the part of I-95 between Gilpin Court and Jackson Ward and building stuff right on top of the dang highway—the same dang highway, you’ll remember, that cut through Jackson Ward in the 50s and destroyed parts of a vibrant, thriving Black neighborhood. Jonathan Spiers at Richmond BizSense has some details on what that would look like, how it would reconnect the neighborhoods, and what kind of redevelopment it could spur in and around the area.Richmond Public Libraries reopen today, which I am ambivalent about. On the one hand, the library serves an absolutely critical role in folks' lives, but on the washed-for-20-seconds other hand, anything reopening stresses me out. You can read the new procedures and health-related guidelines over on their website. Also, they are now accepting book returns either inside or in the drop boxes, which is great news for me. We’ve got a stack of books that we checked out on, like, Pandemic Day 0, and they’ve filled me with an increasing amount of guilt as the weeks have worn on. This is part of the City’s official move into Phase Three, and you can read about how that changes City services here.Free Blockbuster Richmond is Little Free Library but for videos. You’ve probably seen the blue and yellow boxes on Instagram, and they’re exactly what you think they are: Free lending libraries focused on TV and movies (and candy!). I’m not sure what folks do with a VHS of Stargate, but, still, a cool idea. Rodrigo Arriaza at Richmond Magazine has some more details including a couple quotes from the founder who, ominously, wished to remain anonymous!This morning’s longreadYou Want a Confederate Monument? My Body Is a Confederate MonumentThis is a powerful, hard-to-read piece by Caroline Randall Williams. Content warning: rape and sexual assault.According to the rule of hypodescent (the social and legal practice of assigning a genetically mixed-race person to the race with less social power) I am the daughter of two black people, the granddaughter of four black people, the great-granddaughter of eight black people. Go back one more generation and it gets less straightforward, and more sinister. As far as family history has always told, and as modern DNA testing has allowed me to confirm, I am the descendant of black women who were domestic servants and white men who raped their help. It is an extraordinary truth of my life that I am biologically more than half white, and yet I have no white people in my genealogy in living memory. No. Voluntary. Whiteness. I am more than half white, and none of it was consensual. White Southern men — my ancestors — took what they wanted from women they did not love, over whom they had extraordinary power, and then failed to claim their children.If you’d like your longread to show up here, go chip in a couple bucks on the ol’ Patreon.

On this Fourth Of July Omar Moore brings you the voices of America: James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, MLK Jr, Caroline Randall Williams, Lorraine Hansberry, Samuel L. Jackson, Langston Hughes. With select audio clips from Raoul Peck's 2016 Oscar-nominated documentary “I Am Not Your Negro”. July 4, 2020. Please check your voter registration weekly through October. Omar's film review of “Da 5 Bloods” (bit.ly/37nliju). Check your voter registration and register to vote at iwillvote.com, rockthevote.org, whenweallvote.org. MOORE THOUGHTS: moore.substack.com. Moore On Medium: medium.com/@omooresf The Politicrat YouTube page: bit.ly/3bfWk6V The Politicrat Facebook page: bit.ly/3bU1O7c The Politicrat blog: politicrat.politics.blog PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to this podcast! Follow/tweet Omar at: http://twitter.com/thepopcornreel

In recent weeks, the debate over monuments, street names and other relics of the Confederacy has intensified. A statue of Jefferson Davis was pulled down in Richmond, Virginia. In Louisville, Kentucky, a monument depicting a Confederate officer was removed from the city square. And on Tuesday, Mississippi decided to remove the Confederate symbol from the state flag.There are those who argue that tearing these statues down erases our history. And others who say they must come down if we hope to create meaningful systemic change.Caroline Randall Williams is a poet and writer in residence at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. And in a recent New York Times opinion piece she makes a different argument for why these monuments must come down.“My body is a monument,” she writes. “My skin is a monument.”Host Trymaine Lee talks with Caroline Randall Williams about the sexual violence that has left a legacy of the Confederacy in her blood, and about why it’s time for the monuments to come down.For a transcript, please visit https://www.msnbc.com/intoamerica.Further Reading and Viewing:You Want a Confederate Monument? My Body Is a Confederate MonumentStone Ghosts In The South: Confederate Monuments And America's Battle With Itself | NBC NewsVirginia has the most Confederate memorials in the country, but that might change

When Anela Malik posted an honest, fair, nuanced review of a local restaurant that departed a little bit from the narrative repeated in most outlets, I thought: “I want to hear more from this woman.” Anela makes that easy by sharing freely about her sourdough baking, her workout regimen, bright red wedding dress, cats, AND her takes on how to support marginalized populations when we go out to eat. I was fascinated by her tagline, “Food is political”, because frankly, I wasn't even sure what that meant. So, I reached out to hear from Anela about all about her dad, a resourceful and talented cook, cooking competitions with her siblings, her experiences living as an Expat in the Middle East that were the catalyst to start her blog, her “maximalist” but simple approach to cooking, and of course: this intriguing statement: “Food is political.” Thrilled to welcome Anela to the show today. Listen to Anela Now Highlights of This Episode Food blogging as a vehicle for advocacy "The best stories I've encountered have had to do with food" What does it mean: "Food is political"? A dad who shared his affection through food Food can be simple, but still flavorful A food "maximalist" The symbolism of fried chicken Staying fit as a food blogger   How to Connect with Anela Website: Feed the Malik Instagram: @FeedTheMalik Facebook: www.facebook.com/FeedtheMalik/     Other Resources Mentioned in the Podcast Michael Twitty: "The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the U.S." Alice Williams and Caroline Randall Williams: "Soul Food Love: Healthy Recipes Inspired by One Hundred Years of Cooking in a Black Family : A Cookbook"   Recipes Associated With The "Food is Political" Episode Maximalist Mushroom Toast UPDATE: Follow-Up Interview with Anela, July 2021 I caught up again with Anela more than a year after this initial interview. In this time, FeedTheMalik went viral, Anela quit her job, and National Geographic tagged her to write a book about the Black contribution to American Cuisine!! Tune in here:  

Alice Randall, a Harvard-educated novelist, professor, and songwriter, is the only African-American woman to have written a #1 country hit. She joins us to talk about her career as a songwriter and so much more EPISODE DETAILS: PART ONE  The guys chat about why Paul has been M.I.A. and announce a new contest for a personalized signed copy of Lamont Dozier's new autobiography. PART TWO - 7:13 mark Scott gets together with Alice Randall in Nashville to find out why her dad was so driven to highlight women's contributions to music; how she concluded that country lyrics are the modern day equivalent of metaphysical poetry and 17th Century Puritan sermons; the encouragement she received from Hal David; why she spent hours studying lyrics in the basement of the Country Music Hall of Fame; the reason that Steve Earle cussed her out; why it's harder to be a woman in country music than to be black; and her theory that country music should be defined as three chords and four specific truths. ABOUT ALICE RANDALL Alice Randall is a Harvard-educated African-American novelist who lives in Nashville and writes country songs. Along with Matraca Berg, Alice co-wrote Trisha Yearwood’s chart-topping single “XXX’s and OOO’s (An American Girl),” making her the first—and, so far, only—African-American woman to write a #1 country hit. Additionally, she co-wrote Mo Bandy’s Top 40 hit “Many Mansions,” as well as Judy Rodman’s “Girls Ride Horses, Too,” which was the first Top 10 written by either Alice or her co-writer, future Nashville Songwriters Hall of Famer Mark D. Sanders. After forming an early songwriting partnership with Steve Earle, Alice went on to have her songs recorded by a long list of artists, including Holly Dunn, Marie Osmond, Glen Campbell, Jo-El Sonnier, Walter Hyatt, Pat Alger, Matraca Berg, Radney Foster, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Crystal Gayle, and Hank Thompson. Along with Mark O’Connor and Harry Stinson she wrote the groundbreaking “Ballad of Sally Anne.” Alice is a New York Times Bestselling novelist who has authored The Wind Done Gone, Pushkin and the Queen of Spades, Rebel Yell, Ada's Rules, and the forthcoming Black Bottom Saints, which is partially inspired by her formative years in Detroit. In addition to her fiction writing, Alice teamed with her daughter, Caroline Randall Williams, to write Soul Food Love: Healthy Recipes Inspired by One Hundred Years of Cooking in a Black Family. She is currently a Writer-in-Residence at Vanderbilt University where she teaches a number of courses, including Country Lyric in American Culture. She was featured in Ken Burns’ acclaimed Country Music documentary spotlighting the often-overlooked contributions of African Americans to the genre’s development. Not only does she write songs, but Randall thinks deeply about, and is deeply moved by, the literary value of song lyrics.   

In today's show, Marcus sits down with the author and poet Caroline Randall Williams who is best known for her book of poetry, "Lucy Negro Redux", which was turned into a ballet by the Nashville Ballet. Caroline talks about her awe-inspiring story growing up and having clarity of her purpose.

Radio Cherry Bombe stopped in Nashville last year as part of its Future of Food tour for a live episode at Noelle. The trio behind Dirty Pages (Erin Murray, Jennifer Justus and Cindy Wall), dietician Alexandra Reed, and poet Caroline Randall Williams speak about their vision for the future of food. They are followed by a panel featuring Chef Robyn Butsko, Food Network star and Nashville restaurateur Chef Maneet Chauhan, Chef Sarah Gavigan of Otaku Ramen and Bar Otaku, and Chef Margot McCormack of Margot Cafe & Bar, and Radio Cherry Bombe host Kerry Diamond. Thank you to Kerrygold for supporting our tour. Radio Cherry Bombe is powered by Simplecast.

Alice Randall and Caroline Randall Williams discuss Soul Food Love.

This episode of Radio Cherry Bombe features special bonus content from our Jubilee conference. Erin Fairbanks of Heritage Radio Network made the rounds and spoke with some of our attendees and speakers about their roles in the food world and the importance of supporting women. Hear from Caroline Randall Williams, Jordyn Lexton, and many more in this special segment. These interviews were recorded at the Cherry Bombe Jubilee conference in March 2015.

In this episode of Radio Cherry Bombe, we hear from a panel of women, all cookbook authors and food activists, who are changing the way we eat today: Caroline Randall Williams, author of “Soul Food Love,” Michelle Tam, author of “Nom Nom Paleo,” and Danielle Walker, author of “Against All Grain.” The moderator is Michele Promaulayko, editor in chief of Yahoo Health, and the panel is introduced by Andie Mitchell, author of “It Was Me All Along.” This talk was recorded at the Cherry Bombe Jubilee conference held in March 2015. This program was brought to you by Whole Foods Market.

Martha Frankel’s guests this week are Dennis Lehane, Alice Randall, Caroline Randall Williams and George Hodgman.