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Best podcasts about people's history

Latest podcast episodes about people's history

Let Me Ruin Your Life
Episode 31: A People's History of Lindsay Lohan

Let Me Ruin Your Life

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2021 45:52


This week, renowned historian Serena is joined by writer and genius/mogul behind the blog lindsaylohanslastfan Daniel Spielberger. They discuss how this collaboration came into fruition, early 2000s pop culture, the rise and fall of Lindsay Lohan, and what she's up to today. You can find Daniel at danielspielberger.com, on Twitter at @quepaso_daniel, or on Instagram at @quepaso_daniel1993. Also, check out lindsaylohanslastfan merch on his Redbubble @liloslastfan! You can find Serena on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter at @glamdemon2004, and you can follow the podcast Instagram at @letmeruinyourlifepod - DM for questions and requests! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/let-me-ruin-your-life/support

New Books in South Asian Studies
Suchitra Vijayan, "Midnight's Borders: A People's History of Modern India" (Melville House, 2021)

New Books in South Asian Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2021 41:59


Borders are “important”: they define, in legal terms, who we are, our identity, and our rights. Except borders are rarely imposed with any thought to the people actually living there. And once a border is imposed, it can radically change the lives of those who live alongside it, dividing communities forever more. India's border, imposed by colonial authorities and disputed by successor governments, makes this clear. Midnight's Borders: A People's History of Modern India (Context / Melville House, 2021) sees author Suchitra Vijayan travel along India's vast land border to meet the people who live there, and investigates how lives have been affected by geopolitics, colonialism, state violence, ethnic strife, and corruption. In this interview, Suchitra and I talk about India's border regions: with Afghanistan, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Myanmar. We talk about the lives of those that live in these borderlands, and why she chose to call this book a “People's History”. Suchitra Vijayan is the founder and executive director of the Polis Project, a hybrid research and journalism organization. A barrister by training, she previously worked for the United Nations war crimes tribunals in Yugoslavia and Rwanda before co-founding the Resettlement Legal Aid Project in Cairo, which gives legal aid to Iraqi refugees. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, GQ, The Boston Review, The Hindu and Foreign Policy. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of Midnight's Borders. Follow on Facebook or on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an associate editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/south-asian-studies

New Books in British Studies
Suchitra Vijayan, "Midnight's Borders: A People's History of Modern India" (Melville House, 2021)

New Books in British Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2021 41:59


Borders are “important”: they define, in legal terms, who we are, our identity, and our rights. Except borders are rarely imposed with any thought to the people actually living there. And once a border is imposed, it can radically change the lives of those who live alongside it, dividing communities forever more. India's border, imposed by colonial authorities and disputed by successor governments, makes this clear. Midnight's Borders: A People's History of Modern India (Context / Melville House, 2021) sees author Suchitra Vijayan travel along India's vast land border to meet the people who live there, and investigates how lives have been affected by geopolitics, colonialism, state violence, ethnic strife, and corruption. In this interview, Suchitra and I talk about India's border regions: with Afghanistan, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Myanmar. We talk about the lives of those that live in these borderlands, and why she chose to call this book a “People's History”. Suchitra Vijayan is the founder and executive director of the Polis Project, a hybrid research and journalism organization. A barrister by training, she previously worked for the United Nations war crimes tribunals in Yugoslavia and Rwanda before co-founding the Resettlement Legal Aid Project in Cairo, which gives legal aid to Iraqi refugees. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, GQ, The Boston Review, The Hindu and Foreign Policy. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of Midnight's Borders. Follow on Facebook or on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an associate editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/british-studies

New Books in History
Suchitra Vijayan, "Midnight's Borders: A People's History of Modern India" (Melville House, 2021)

New Books in History

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2021 41:59


Borders are “important”: they define, in legal terms, who we are, our identity, and our rights. Except borders are rarely imposed with any thought to the people actually living there. And once a border is imposed, it can radically change the lives of those who live alongside it, dividing communities forever more. India's border, imposed by colonial authorities and disputed by successor governments, makes this clear. Midnight's Borders: A People's History of Modern India (Context / Melville House, 2021) sees author Suchitra Vijayan travel along India's vast land border to meet the people who live there, and investigates how lives have been affected by geopolitics, colonialism, state violence, ethnic strife, and corruption. In this interview, Suchitra and I talk about India's border regions: with Afghanistan, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Myanmar. We talk about the lives of those that live in these borderlands, and why she chose to call this book a “People's History”. Suchitra Vijayan is the founder and executive director of the Polis Project, a hybrid research and journalism organization. A barrister by training, she previously worked for the United Nations war crimes tribunals in Yugoslavia and Rwanda before co-founding the Resettlement Legal Aid Project in Cairo, which gives legal aid to Iraqi refugees. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, GQ, The Boston Review, The Hindu and Foreign Policy. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of Midnight's Borders. Follow on Facebook or on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an associate editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

New Books Network
Suchitra Vijayan, "Midnight's Borders: A People's History of Modern India" (Melville House, 2021)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2021 41:59


Borders are “important”: they define, in legal terms, who we are, our identity, and our rights. Except borders are rarely imposed with any thought to the people actually living there. And once a border is imposed, it can radically change the lives of those who live alongside it, dividing communities forever more. India's border, imposed by colonial authorities and disputed by successor governments, makes this clear. Midnight's Borders: A People's History of Modern India (Context / Melville House, 2021) sees author Suchitra Vijayan travel along India's vast land border to meet the people who live there, and investigates how lives have been affected by geopolitics, colonialism, state violence, ethnic strife, and corruption. In this interview, Suchitra and I talk about India's border regions: with Afghanistan, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Myanmar. We talk about the lives of those that live in these borderlands, and why she chose to call this book a “People's History”. Suchitra Vijayan is the founder and executive director of the Polis Project, a hybrid research and journalism organization. A barrister by training, she previously worked for the United Nations war crimes tribunals in Yugoslavia and Rwanda before co-founding the Resettlement Legal Aid Project in Cairo, which gives legal aid to Iraqi refugees. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, GQ, The Boston Review, The Hindu and Foreign Policy. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of Midnight's Borders. Follow on Facebook or on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an associate editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

The Journal.
To The Moon, Part 3: A People's History of Investing

The Journal.

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2021 28:02


Decades ago, trading was the domain of the wealthy elite, but two innovators would change that. The first made investing accessible to the masses. The second made it fun. On episode three of To The Moon, we meet the disruptors who made the markets ready for the GameStop moment. You can find episodes 1 and 2 of this series in The Journal feed, published last Sunday.

Vaguebooking
Teaser: A People's History of the Internet

Vaguebooking

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2021 6:30


We're back! A People's History of the Internet, debuting soon.

NEW PROBLEMS (the spiritual gift of encouragement)
WHY THIS WASTE? (a people's history of the kingdom of God)

NEW PROBLEMS (the spiritual gift of encouragement)

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2021 33:27


Church-planting in New York City is a case-study of blood, sweet, and flowcharts all pointing to lost friends, lost dreams, and unfulfilled futures. I've watched this cycle my whole life. Being in this work and back in this world is dejavu all over again. Let's get honest about our history in the Kingdom of God, and consider what we have to show. And keep pouring.

New Books in Intellectual History
Daniel Jose Gaztambide, "A People's History of Psychoanalysis: From Freud to Liberation Psychology" (Lexington Books, 2021)

New Books in Intellectual History

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2021 70:20


In this episode, host J.J. Mull interviews Daniel José Gaztambide about his book, A People’s History of Psychoanalysis: From Freud to Liberation Psychology (Lexington Books, 2021). The project traces a global intellectual lineage spanning from the first generation of analysts in Europe to Harlem, the Caribbean, and finally, to Latin America. Challenging a broader cultural narrative that conceives of psychoanalysis as somehow fundamentally “white” or euro-centric, Gaztambide presents a radical and politicized version of psychoanalytic thought inherited and expanded by thinkers like Frantz Fanon, Paulo Freire and Ignacio Martín-Baró. J.J. Mull is a poet, training clinician, and graduate student at Smith College School for Social Work living in Northampton, MA. He can be reached at jmull@smith.edu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history

New Books Network
Daniel Jose Gaztambide, "A People's History of Psychoanalysis: From Freud to Liberation Psychology" (Lexington Books, 2021)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2021 70:20


In this episode, host J.J. Mull interviews Daniel José Gaztambide about his book, A People’s History of Psychoanalysis: From Freud to Liberation Psychology (Lexington Books, 2021). The project traces a global intellectual lineage spanning from the first generation of analysts in Europe to Harlem, the Caribbean, and finally, to Latin America. Challenging a broader cultural narrative that conceives of psychoanalysis as somehow fundamentally “white” or euro-centric, Gaztambide presents a radical and politicized version of psychoanalytic thought inherited and expanded by thinkers like Frantz Fanon, Paulo Freire and Ignacio Martín-Baró. J.J. Mull is a poet, training clinician, and graduate student at Smith College School for Social Work living in Northampton, MA. He can be reached at jmull@smith.edu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

New Books in History
Daniel Jose Gaztambide, "A People's History of Psychoanalysis: From Freud to Liberation Psychology" (Lexington Books, 2021)

New Books in History

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2021 70:20


In this episode, host J.J. Mull interviews Daniel José Gaztambide about his book, A People’s History of Psychoanalysis: From Freud to Liberation Psychology (Lexington Books, 2021). The project traces a global intellectual lineage spanning from the first generation of analysts in Europe to Harlem, the Caribbean, and finally, to Latin America. Challenging a broader cultural narrative that conceives of psychoanalysis as somehow fundamentally “white” or euro-centric, Gaztambide presents a radical and politicized version of psychoanalytic thought inherited and expanded by thinkers like Frantz Fanon, Paulo Freire and Ignacio Martín-Baró. J.J. Mull is a poet, training clinician, and graduate student at Smith College School for Social Work living in Northampton, MA. He can be reached at jmull@smith.edu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

New Books in Psychoanalysis
Daniel Jose Gaztambide, "A People's History of Psychoanalysis: From Freud to Liberation Psychology" (Lexington Books, 2021)

New Books in Psychoanalysis

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2021 70:20


In this episode, host J.J. Mull interviews Daniel José Gaztambide about his book, A People's History of Psychoanalysis: From Freud to Liberation Psychology (Lexington Books, 2021). The project traces a global intellectual lineage spanning from the first generation of analysts in Europe to Harlem, the Caribbean, and finally, to Latin America. Challenging a broader cultural narrative that conceives of psychoanalysis as somehow fundamentally “white” or euro-centric, Gaztambide presents a radical and politicized version of psychoanalytic thought inherited and expanded by thinkers like Frantz Fanon, Paulo Freire and Ignacio Martín-Baró. J.J. Mull is a poet, training clinician, and graduate student at Smith College School for Social Work living in Northampton, MA. He can be reached at jmull@smith.edu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/psychoanalysis

New Books in Critical Theory
Daniel Jose Gaztambide, "A People's History of Psychoanalysis: From Freud to Liberation Psychology" (Lexington Books, 2021)

New Books in Critical Theory

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2021 70:20


In this episode, host J.J. Mull interviews Daniel José Gaztambide about his book, A People’s History of Psychoanalysis: From Freud to Liberation Psychology (Lexington Books, 2021). The project traces a global intellectual lineage spanning from the first generation of analysts in Europe to Harlem, the Caribbean, and finally, to Latin America. Challenging a broader cultural narrative that conceives of psychoanalysis as somehow fundamentally “white” or euro-centric, Gaztambide presents a radical and politicized version of psychoanalytic thought inherited and expanded by thinkers like Frantz Fanon, Paulo Freire and Ignacio Martín-Baró. J.J. Mull is a poet, training clinician, and graduate student at Smith College School for Social Work living in Northampton, MA. He can be reached at jmull@smith.edu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

New Books in Psychology
Daniel Jose Gaztambide, "A People's History of Psychoanalysis: From Freud to Liberation Psychology" (Lexington Books, 2021)

New Books in Psychology

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2021 70:20


In this episode, host J.J. Mull interviews Daniel José Gaztambide about his book, A People's History of Psychoanalysis: From Freud to Liberation Psychology (Lexington Books, 2021). The project traces a global intellectual lineage spanning from the first generation of analysts in Europe to Harlem, the Caribbean, and finally, to Latin America. Challenging a broader cultural narrative that conceives of psychoanalysis as somehow fundamentally “white” or euro-centric, Gaztambide presents a radical and politicized version of psychoanalytic thought inherited and expanded by thinkers like Frantz Fanon, Paulo Freire and Ignacio Martín-Baró. J.J. Mull is a poet, training clinician, and graduate student at Smith College School for Social Work living in Northampton, MA. He can be reached at jmull@smith.edu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/psychology

Church of the River Sermons
A People's History of the Moon

Church of the River Sermons

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2021


The first part of our "Cosmos" series, this week's sermon will focus on The Moon and the people who know and love it.

You Can’t Disappoint a Podcast
Bonus - Patreon Preview: You Can't Diss a Pre-Show #8 - The People's History of Milli Vanilli, Vol. 1 (feat. Mary Baker-Boudissa)

You Can’t Disappoint a Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2021 31:40


Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/cantdisappointpodcast for our live You Can't Diss a Pre-Show every week along with exclusive podcasts, livestream events, postcards and many ways to influence our show on a weekly basis!   We were very excited to be joined again by Stephen's mother Mary for this week's pre-show, where we discuss many things including this week's episode of Community, Asian Population Studies, but mostly Milli Vanilli!  

RT
On Contact: People's history of West Virginia

RT

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2021 26:55


On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to filmmaker and journalist, Eleanor Goldfield about her documentary, "Hard Road of Hope". Goldfield’s documentary, "Hard Road of Hope", revisits West Virginia’s long tradition of radicalism and militant unionism, including the famed 1921 armed uprising, the largest since the Civil War, by some 10,000 coal miners at Blair Mountain who fought the repressive coal owners and their hired coal company gun thugs and militias. In 2018, the state’s 20,000 public school teachers and employees carried out a strike over low pay and high health-care costs, shutting down every public school in West Virginia until their demands were met. The strike inspired similar teacher strikes in Oklahoma, Colorado and Arizona. These contradictions, and what they mean for a nation fragmenting into antagonistic tribes, are explored in the documentary.

Horror Vanguard
125 - A People's History of Chopping Mall

Horror Vanguard

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2021 56:06


Are malls prisons? Do we already have Killbots? Where do the giant space crabs fit in? Find out on today's episode of Horror Vanguard! Get trapped in a mall with us on Twitter at: twitter.com/HorrorVanguard You can support the show for less than the cost of buying stock in Kllbt, a new startup disrupting the commercial security industry on our Patreon page: www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard

Spoken Word Diaries
entry 010: tech illiterate, student stories and a people's history of their US history classes

Spoken Word Diaries

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2021 51:35


This week's episode the girls bring on a special guest...their favorite AP government teacher! Mr Mooney talks about what it is like being a teacher with virtual classes. Shares some funny stories of teaching boisterous middle schoolers. As well as what needs to change within history classes for more empathetic individuals in today's politically divided times. Hang on till the end of the episode for random rapid fire questions the girls present Mr Mooney with. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spoken-word-diaries/support

Michael and Us
PREVIEW - #204 - A Cutthroat War of Memes: Arthur Chu, a People's History (w/ Alex Ross)

Michael and Us

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2021 5:39


PATREON EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/46613211 In 2014, Arthur Chu launched a winning streak on Jeopardy that made him one of the show's most famous (and hated) contestants. He then worked to parlay his newfound celebrity into a career as a writer/speaker on politics and nerd culture. There's a very good chance you are blocked by him on Twitter. We were joined our old pal Alex Ross to watch the surprisingly depressing documentary WHO IS ARTHUR CHU? (2017), discover where it all went wrong for Arthur, and diagnose a root problem in liberal online discourse. PLUS: thoughts on Joe Biden's inauguration and Bernie Sanders' coat/mittens.

Just Like the Moon (we go through phases)
Mary Coughlin - On the value of trauma informed care, on how intertwined physical and mental health are, and becoming more compassionate and kind by understanding people's history.

Just Like the Moon (we go through phases)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2021 61:09


Mary Coughlin is a leader in the field of neonatal nursing and internationally recognised expert in the field of trauma-informed, age-appropriate care in the Neonatal intensive care unit, a published author and the President and Founder of Caring Essentials Collaborative, based in Boston. She started her career in the United States Air Force Nurses Core. After almost 7 years of service, in 1989 she left the Air Force to become a civilian nurse, specialising in neonatal work at the Brigham And Women's Hospital in Boston. For a short period she worked in an adolescent psychiatric inpatient unit, where she was first introduced to the notion of trauma informed care, a very grounded theory that originates within behavioural/mental health. In our chat Mary talks about the amazing practice of trauma informed care whilst also sharing fascinating research surrounding this methodology, and around mental health - she discusses the importance of understanding the impact mental health can have on our biology, and our physical health, and the value of being kind and compassionate to yourself, to others and the importance of understanding people's story and history.If you want to find out more about Mary's work check out her website: www.caringessentials.net or you can find her on Instagram (@caring.essentials), Facebook (@caringessentials) and Twitter(@meccares).For Show Notes: www.ljsprojects.uk/blog/mary-coughlin-show-notes

We Happen To Be Trans ...A Pop Culture Podcast
A People's History of the United Sex

We Happen To Be Trans ...A Pop Culture Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2021 14:14


Today we teach the history of sex and the sex of history.

The Tight Rope
Fred Hampton Assassination: A People's History with #BlackPantherParty Lawyer Flint Taylor

The Tight Rope

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2020 58:43


We commemorate the assassination of Black Panther Party leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark, 51 years ago this week, with one of their lawyers, Flint Taylor. He tells Tricia Rose and Cornel West how he successfully sued the F.B.I. for orchestrating the massacre on Chicago's west side as part of COINTELPRO. Taylor is co-founder of the People's Law Office and author of "The Torture Machine: Racism and Police Violence in Chicago", now available via paperback, hardcover, or digital from your local independent bookstore.Learn more at https://www.thetightropepodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetightropepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetightropepod Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thetightropepod Creator/EP: Jeremy BerryEP/Hosts: Tricia Rose and Cornel WestProducers: Allie Hembrough, Ceyanna Dent, Evan Seymour, Linda Blake, Christian Ware, Lindsey Schultz, and James ArtisBeats x Butter (IG: @Butter_Records)#TheTightRope #CornelWest #TriciaRose #BlackLivesMatter #DefundPolice

Creating Wealth Real Estate Investing with Jason Hartman
1604 FBF: GRATEFUL, The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks, A People's History of Christianity

Creating Wealth Real Estate Investing with Jason Hartman

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2020 36:03


This episode of Flashback Friday was originally published on: November 21, 2018 Jason Hartman starts today from his Aunt Joanie's house discussing a recent trend among her renters: lease breaking. Joanie has noticed that several of her tenants seem to be jumping in to the buy side after they had given up over the summer. Jason and Joanie discuss why this might be and the correlation between rents and home prices. Then Jason talks with Diana Butler Bass, Ph.D. in religious studies and award-winning author of 10 books including her newest, Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks. The two dive in to why being grateful is important, both for the community and the individual. Diana explains the 4 dispositions of gratitude and the health benefits that come from being grateful. PLUS, don't forget to take advantage of Jason's massive Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sale! Key Takeaways: [4:01] People are starting to break leases more often [7:02] Fear of loss is more powerful than desire for gain [9:26] Rents and prices are inversely correlated [11:23] Why Aunt Joanie got into real estate Diana Butler Bass Interview: [16:15] Gratitude actually makes you healthier [21:34] Gratitude functions out of our higher brain, whereas fear functions out of our primal brain. It also helps things in you physically like blood pressure [24:39] The world has changed and we need to stop acting solely from our fear instincts [25:37] The 4 dispositions of gratitude [30:06] Play isn't just about competition, it's about appreciation, movement, and celebration. Ritual celebrations of thanksgiving are important parts of our culture Website: www.HartmanEducation.com www.DianaButlerBass.com www.Twitter.com/DianaButlerBass

Imitating Art with Don & Chuck
The Trial of the Chicago 7 - A People's History

Imitating Art with Don & Chuck

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2020 79:28


Don and Chuck get political, y'all! In Netflix's new film, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Aaron Sorkin weaves a well-plotted, true-life story to show how the cards stacked against well-intentioned protesters made doing the right thing nearly impossible. Don and Chuck use this as a springboard to talk about the war against ideas, the ideals of America as an institution, and how the struggles faced by those who would do the right thing haven't changed in the over fifty years since. Also, hear some thoughts on audiobooks. It's a real rollercoaster! Music by Nathan Terry nterrymusic.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting
296 - A People's History of BJJ, with Robert Drysdale

The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2020 80:40


Multiple time world champion Robert Drysdale comes onto the podcast to share his discoveries about the history of BJJ. Here's just some of what we talked about... 00:52 - Opening Closed Guard, the Book 06:16 - The first japanese martial artists in Brazil 16:51 - Who was Mitsyuo Maeda? 19:27 - The role of the circus in the development of BJJ 23:20 - Early lineages of jiu-jitsu in Brazil 31:02 - The development and role of Vale Tudo fighting 33:08 - Why jiu-jitsu became so ground oriented 43:41 - George Gracie 45:47 - Helio's early fights 47:58 - The period of decline in jiu-jitsu 52:36 - BJJ andmarks between the 1950's and 1990's 1:02:26 - The role of jiu-jitsu federations 1:09:07 - Effects of legalizing heel hooks 1:15:16 - BJJ in the Olympics  

Bowie Book Club Podcast
A People's History of the United States

Bowie Book Club Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2020 36:27


Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club* where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn, who's not really down with the SYSTEM, MAAAAAAN.

Rugby Reloaded
128. Rugby League - A People's History

Rugby Reloaded

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2020 42:27


This week's special edition marks the 125th anniversary of the founding of rugby league, with guest presenter Dr Kevin Moore interviewing me about my new book 'Rugby League: A People's History' which is published this week by scratchingshedpublishing.com. We talk about the origins of the sport, the strengths and weaknesses of its culture, and its prospects in the 21st Century. In 13 questions, we dissect rugby league's past, present and future. For more on the history of rugby and the other football codes, take a look at www.rugbyreloaded.com (which also has show notes and links for this episode) and follow me on Twitter at @collinstony.

American Conservative University
The Cultural Revolution: A People's History, 1962―1976 by Frank Dikötter

American Conservative University

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2020 61:44


The Cultural Revolution: A People's History, 1962―1976 by Frank DikötterThe concluding volume--following Mao's Great Famine and The Tragedy of Liberation--in Frank Dikötter's award-winning trilogy chronicling the Communist revolution in China.After the economic disaster of the Great Leap Forward that claimed tens of millions of lives from 1958–1962, an aging Mao Zedong launched an ambitious scheme to shore up his reputation and eliminate those he viewed as a threat to his legacy. The Cultural Revolution's goal was to purge the country of bourgeois, capitalistic elements he claimed were threatening genuine communist ideology. Young students formed the Red Guards, vowing to defend the Chairman to the death, but soon rival factions started fighting each other in the streets with semiautomatic weapons in the name of revolutionary purity. As the country descended into chaos, the military intervened, turning China into a garrison state marked by bloody purges that crushed as many as one in fifty people.The Cultural Revolution: A People's History, 1962–1976 draws for the first time on hundreds of previously classified party documents, from secret police reports to unexpurgated versions of leadership speeches. After the army itself fell victim to the Cultural Revolution, ordinary people used the political chaos to resurrect the market and hollow out the party's ideology. By showing how economic reform from below was an unintended consequence of a decade of violent purges and entrenched fear, The Cultural Revolution casts China's most tumultuous era in a wholly new light.

Lighthouse Writers Workshop
From "A People's History of Heaven" by Mathangi Subramanian

Lighthouse Writers Workshop

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2020 2:24


Listen to new Lighthouse faculty member Mathangi Subramanian read from her novel, "A People's History of Heaven." To learn more about Mathangi, her recent book recommendations, and what courses she's teaching, visit The Lookout: https://www.lighthousewriters.org/blog/new-faculty-spotlight-book-mathangi-subramanian

Rink's Room
Christopher Columbus from Zinn's A People's History of the United States

Rink's Room

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2020 27:24


This is a reading from the first few pages of Zinn's book where he focuses on Christopher Columbus and his journey to the Americas and the treatment of the Arawaks (Taino) Indians. It helps to understand the less than heroic side of the Columbus tale as told to us by Bartoleme de las Casas.

Pluto Press: Radicals in Conversation
A People's History of Tennis

Pluto Press: Radicals in Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2020 34:52


Pristine lawns, tennis whites, strawberries and cream - tennis is synonymous with the upper echelons of society, but scratch beneath the surface and you'll quickly discover a different history, one of untold struggles on and off the courts. From the birth of modern tennis in Victorian Britain to the present day, A People's History of Tennis lays bear struggles around sexuality, gender, race and class that have transformed the nature of tennis and sport itself. In this episode of Radicals in Conversation, we speak to David Berry, author of A People's History of Tennis; Emily Bootle, Editorial Assistant at the New Statesman; David Cohen, Investigations and Campaigns Editor at the London Evening Standard; and Niek van der Spek from Smashing Pink Tennis Club in Amsterdam, Europe’s largest LGBTQ+ tennis club. --- Podcast listeners can buy A People's History of Tennis with 50% off, via plutobooks.com/podcastreading. Use the coupon 'PODCAST' at the checkout. The full, unabridged version of this episode is available exclusively to Pluto Patreon members. Join today and support independent, radical publishing. 

Faith And Capital
045 | American Exceptionalism and Innocence with Danny Haiphong

Faith And Capital

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2020 70:56


Much of U.S. Christianity assumes that the United States is a force for good in the world. Danny Haiphong, co-author of American Innocence and American Exceptionalism: a People's History of Fake News--From the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror, joins me discuss these two ideologies and the ways in which they have long served to reproduce both the exploitation and oppression of others and that of our own. Pick up a copy of the book here: https://www.amazon.com/American-Exceptionalism-Innocence-News_From-Revolutionary/dp/1510742360 ~ Find more of Danny's work and twitter here: https://blackagendareport.com/taxonomy/term/217 and https://twitter.com/SpiritofHo ~ Subscribe to the Working Class Christianity substack: https://workingclasschristianity.substack.com/ ~ Support Faith and Capital at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/faithandcapital ~ Faith and Capital is on twitter, instagram, facebook! ~ Email: faithandcapital@gmail.com ~ Music by Cotter KoopmanSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/faithandcapital)

Unfilter
315: The Cult of Information

Unfilter

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2020 54:38


By any means necessary. Masked as a voice for the people, the media is creating a dangerous new type of information cult. Links: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) | Tulsa Health Department (https://www.tulsa-health.org/COVID19) COVID-19: Oklahoma numbers continue to spike, with 450 new cases, 2 more Oklahomans' deaths announced Thursday | News | tulsaworld.com (https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/covid-19-oklahoma-numbers-continue-to-spike-with-450-new-cases-2-more-oklahomans-deaths/article_c7bd2ce0-292f-5c3c-bb12-2e4c4efe11b5.html) jason n. peters on Twitter: "“We just want permenant housing” - Ronald Story, a leaser among the Unhoused at #CampMaroon #phillyprotests https://t.co/zxge2ANPki" / Twitter (https://twitter.com/JPeters2100/status/1271881754752712705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1272143661149548544&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vox.com%2Fidentities%2F2020%2F6%2F16%2F21292723%2Fchaz-seattle-police-free-neighborhood) 'Massive' cyber attack on Australian Govt - NZ Herald (https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12341271) Do hospitals get money for patients who die from COVID-19? | cbs8.com (https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/verify/do-hospitals-get-paid-more-for-covid-19-cases/509-977c448f-d9a6-42f8-a443-968e9b610cac) I have 2 FREE tickets to the TRUMP rally - tickets - by owner -... (https://archive.is/Say7Z) California orders people to wear masks in most indoor spaces - ABC News (https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/california-orders-people-wear-masks-indoor-spaces-71327757) Judge Napolitano: 'Too little, too late' for government to block John Bolton's book | Fox News (https://www.foxnews.com/media/judge-napolitano-doj-block-john-bolton-book) New stimulus package could include $4,000 vacation credit | FOX 5 New York (https://www.fox5ny.com/news/new-stimulus-package-could-include-4000-vacation-credit) Judge Napolitano: 'Too little, too late' for government to block John Bolton's book | Fox News (https://www.foxnews.com/media/judge-napolitano-doj-block-john-bolton-book) New stimulus package could include $4,000 vacation credit | FOX 5 New York (https://www.fox5ny.com/news/new-stimulus-package-could-include-4000-vacation-credit) Trump whacked from within by John Bolton - Axios (https://www.axios.com/john-bolton-book-trump-reaction-8692a895-be79-4277-89a9-d01401827130.html) UK virus-tracing app switches to Apple-Google model - BBC News (https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53095336) Atlanta police shortages continue for second day - KRDO (https://krdo.com/news/national-world/2020/06/18/atlanta-police-officers-not-answering-some-911-calls-after-former-cop-charged-with-murder-sources-say/) Ex-Atlanta Police officer who killed Rayshard Brooks charged with felony murder - KRDO (https://krdo.com/news/national-world/2020/06/17/some-law-enforcement-officials-say-rayshard-brooks-shooting-by-police-was-justified/) Sen. Hawley's 'Section 230' Bill Is Toothless (https://gizmodo.com/senator-hawleys-new-section-230-bill-isnt-going-to-make-1844067513?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4) Justice Department reveals proposals to curb platforms' protections - Axios (https://www.axios.com/justice-department-reveals-proposals-to-curb-platforms-protections-a1a536f9-501a-4797-9815-7383d478f798.html) ‘Something’s wrong with Donald Trump’: New ad from Republican group that drove president into a fury questions his health | The Independent (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-lincoln-project-new-video-ill-2020-election-a9570966.html) 6 states report record-high jumps in coronavirus cases as reopening plans weighed - CBS News (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-cases-6-states-report-record-highs/) CIA cyber weapons stolen in historic breach due to 'lax security', internal report says - CNNPolitics (https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/16/politics/cia-wikileaks-vault-7-leak-report/index.html) Berlin authorities placed children with pedophiles for 30 years | Germany| News and in-depth reporting from Berlin and beyond | DW | 15.06.2020 (https://www.dw.com/en/berlin-authorities-placed-children-with-pedophiles-for-30-years/a-53814208) Tucker Carlson assures his viewers they "are not crazy" for watching his show | Media Matters for America (https://www.mediamatters.org/tucker-carlson/tucker-carlson-assures-his-viewers-they-are-not-crazy-watching-his-show) Judge denies Oklahoma residents’ bid to block Trump’s rally because of coronavirus fears - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/oklahoma-lawsuit-tries-to-block-trumps-rally-because-of-coronavirus-fears/2020/06/16/175bbf30-b01f-11ea-a567-6172530208bd_story.html) New ad by anti-Trump GOP group uses clip of president's slow walk at West Point | Fox News (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-ad-anti-trump-gop-group-clip-slow-walk-west-point) Mike Pence’s abrupt Covid shift - POLITICO (https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-nightly-coronavirus-special-edition/2020/06/16/mike-pences-abrupt-covid-shift-489544) Mike Pence Claims There is No Second Wave of Coronavirus (https://www.mediaite.com/news/mike-pence-claims-there-is-no-second-wave-in-new-op-ed-rejecting-media-coverage-of-coronavirus/) There Isn’t a Coronavirus ‘Second Wave’ - WSJ (https://www.wsj.com/articles/there-isnt-a-coronavirus-second-wave-11592327890?mod=djemalertNEWS) Dr. Fauci: No Need for a Second COVID Lockdown (https://www.thedailybeast.com/dr-fauci-no-need-for-a-second-covid-lockdown?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4) NBC News under fire for apparently pushing Google to remove conservative sites from ad platform | Fox News (https://www.foxnews.com/media/nbc-news-google-federalist-zerohedge-ads) Google bans website ZeroHedge from its ad platform over comments on protest articles (https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/google-bans-two-websites-its-ad-platform-over-protest-articles-n1231176) Shawn Whiting on Twitter: "I was streaming when the incident happened at CHAZ last night in Seattle. An auto shop near the zone was broken into (Car Tender), property stolen, and a fire started. The owners called the police and fire dept but they were told they would not show up. Full THREAD with clips ↓ https://t.co/zmPS3EBmxm" / Twitter (https://twitter.com/ShawnGui_/status/1272507245591269377) Suspect arrested after man is shot at Albuquerque protest - StamfordAdvocate (https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Police-detain-armed-militia-members-after-man-is-15342993.php) Chinese capital and provinces impose travel curbs as ... (https://news.trust.org/item/20200616094459-q9o7s) Native Americans want to be included in race talks - Washington Times (https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jun/6/native-americans-want-to-be-included-in-race-talks/) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5Xpwyd4aMM&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop) N.Y.P.D. Disbands Plainclothes Units Involved in Many Shootings - The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/nyregion/nypd-plainclothes-cops.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage) Jon Stewart: Police are a 'border patrol' that perpetuates segregation - Business Insider (https://www.businessinsider.com/jon-stewart-police-are-a-border-patrol-who-perpetuate-segregation-2020-6) The Fed says it is going to start buying individual corporate bonds (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/15/the-fed-says-it-is-going-to-start-buying-individual-corporate-bonds.html) How loneliness could be changing your brain and body - CNET (https://www.cnet.com/news/how-loneliness-could-be-changing-your-brain-and-body/) Police Officers All Over America Are Quitting Their Jobs Because Of The George Floyd Protests – End Of The American Dream (http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/police-officers-all-over-america-are-quitting-their-jobs-because-of-the-george-floyd-protests) Pentagon surplus handouts stoke the militarization of US police (https://news.yahoo.com/pentagon-surplus-handouts-stoke-militarization-us-police-014234957.html) Facebook, Instagram, Fortnite, T-Mobile and Comcast users ‘hit by massive cyber attack sparking outages across the US’ – The US Sun (https://www.the-sun.com/news/987168/ddos-attack-t-mobile-outage-facebook-instagram-us/)

Michael and Us
#158 - Dinesh D'Souza: A People's History

Michael and Us

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2020 39:04


We venture back into the oeuvre of conservative firebrand Dinesh D'Souza and watch AMERICA: IMAGINE THE WORLD WITHOUT HER (2014). Seeking to offer a counter-narrative to Howard Zinn's counter-narrative, D'Souza dusts off his trademark thesis that, actually, America is NOT racist - although if it is, it's the Democrats who are REALLY racist. This was a rough one, folks. We suffer for you, the listener.

Cartoon Tonic
The Amazing World of Gumball

Cartoon Tonic

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2020 63:15


Our newest episode of Cartoon Tonic Podcast is live now! Available everywhere you get your podcasts! This week we visit The Amazing World of Gumball - what a trip! Join the cast while we watch Gumball enlist the help of the internet police, have a platypus inspired existential crisis and ultimately take on the internet. Who wins? Who loses? Tune in to find out! This week's promoted cause is extremely important and we hope you take the time to check it out as well. Just follow the link below! https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/nbfn-directory In addition to the Community Justice Exchange we want to take a moment to support and promote the book "A People's History of the United States" by author Howard Zinn. Like, comment, share and review ♥️ #gumball #theamazingworldofgumball #theinternet #afacefullofundercarriage #cartoonmemories #cartoontonic #catoontonicpodcast Sent from my iPhone

Harry Potter and the Half-Drunk Podcast
Chapter 94: Diversity In Harry Potter

Harry Potter and the Half-Drunk Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2020 60:11


Sam & Emily are back after a week of muting in order to uplift the Black Lives Matter movement. In an effort to keep the important conversation of diversity and race going, this week HP Half-Drunk is joined by the creators of Gray Matters. The four girls discuss how race is portrayed in the series and beyond, and also what steps we can take in the future to be better.  Check out some of these helpful resources to continue your education on these matters.  1) A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn 2) White Rage by Carol Anderson  3) Colonize This (new edition) Edited by Daisy Hernandez and Bushra Rehman 4) George Washington University "Harry Potter" librarian Tolonda Henderson  5) Spoken Word Video About Cho Chang   Cheers! 

Dear Life with Christina Rasmussen
Ep. 53 - Courtney Broussard: Why Having Uncomfortable Conversations About Race Can Change the World

Dear Life with Christina Rasmussen

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2020 65:09


In today’s episode, I am happy to introduce you to Courtney Broussard.  She is an amazing freelance writer, editor and podcaster. She lives in Las Vegas, Nevada right now, but she was raised in San Diego, California.   Courtney was raised by a black father and a white mother. And I've wanted to ask her a few questions about her life, from that point of view. I have to be honest with you, I struggled asking these questions at first because I'm not used to looking at the world or looking at anyone's world from the point of view of their color. But our world right now is trying to understand the spectrum of racism. What does it sound like? What does it look like when someone is being racist? And like Courtney said in our interview, there's this subtext that we all access and communicate from. We have to learn how to spot it, and call it out. In this conversation, Courtney mentions that she was raised without seeing color or ethnicity, but as she got older, the people around her started to look at her differently.  We also talk about the discomfort of these kinds of discussions and that we have to have them, so we can learn and grow and understand the full spectrum of racism and our response to it.    More About Courtney    Her self-titled blog focuses mostly on self-awareness and relationships and her podcast, “We’re All Human” is an honest place where she gets to know people from all walks of life to learn more about the insecurities, struggles, and experiences that we all have in common. You can connect with her on her website: https://courtneydiamond.com.   Twitter and Instagram: @courtneydiamond  Facebook: https://facebook.com/courtneydiamondblog Twitch:https://twitch.tv/courtneydiamond   Things we mention on the episode: "A People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn

Therapy Chat
232: Confronting Structural Inequality & White Supremacy

Therapy Chat

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2020 50:54


Thank you to this episode's sponsor, TherapyNotes. Get a 2-month free trial of TherapyNotes by going to www.TherapyNotes.com and using the promo code TherapyChat.  Episode 232: Confronting Structural Inequality & White Supremacy  I. I am a white person, and I have my own internalized biases, including racism. I am continually working to confront my own biases and to do better, and I do my best to challenge racism when I see it.  I am not an expert in anti-racism work but as a social worker and activist, I do have a lot of education and experience in social justice work. I cannot and won't pretend to have the lived experience of a Black or Brown person living in America and I will give a long list of resources at the end of this episode, that is not an exhaustive list by any means. As I posted on social media earlier in the week, we have two Americas. One that works for white people and one that works against Black people. After the recent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, protests have taken place in cities all over the US and around the world. There are many people who are speaking out against racism and doing boots on the ground work in this area, and I will provide many resources to help you learn more about what they are doing. Since I have a platform that reaches a number of people, I want to take the opportunity to address those who listen to this podcast in hopes that if you feel lost on how to make a difference on the issue of racism, you might have more clarity after listening to today's show.  II. Why am I talking about this? I am a social worker. We follow the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics. One of the primary ethical principles that we follow states "Social workers challenge social injustice."  Read below:  Ethical Principle: Social workers challenge social injustice.  Social workers pursue social change, particularly with and on behalf of vulnerable and oppressed individuals and groups of people. Social workers' social change efforts are focused primarily on issues of poverty, unemployment, discrimination, and other forms of social injustice. These activities seek to promote sensitivity to and knowledge about oppression and cultural and ethnic diversity. Social workers strive to ensure access to needed information, services, and resources; equality of opportunity; and meaningful participation in decision making for all people.  In addition, part of being a trauma informed therapist is understanding the power differential inherent in therapy. And my clients have experienced the trauma of abuse, which is rooted in patriarchal beliefs - for example that children must obey their parents and that beating them will make them obey. Most of my clients have experienced sexual violence in some form, which is again rooted in patriarchy. So even when I am not directly talking about racism, awareness of the impact of systemic inequality which support white supremacy is inherent in the work I do every day. If I fail to understand that I am part of the problem. As I have already acknowledged, my white privilege is a part of me that I was born with, just as being oppressed is something that every black person born in America is born with. It is not fair that I have privilege any more than it is fair that a black person is born with a disadvantage that our country assigns to them based on the color of their skin. That is why I am talking about this today.  III.  this brings us to what happened to Christian Cooper in Central Park last week. And what could have happened had he not filmed his encounter with Amy Cooper, to whom he is not related. In case you somehow missed that story, Mr. Cooper was birdwatching in Central Park in New York City when he came upon Amy Cooper, who had her dog off leash in an area where dogs are required to be leashed. Mr. Cooper politely asked Amy Cooper to put her dog on a leash and she argued basically that she didn't have to, so he started recording her. She then said that she was going to "call the police and tell them that an African American man is threatening my life". Which he wasn't. She called 911 while being video recorded and on her end of the call it sounded as if someone was attacking her, as her voice rose and became more panicked and hysterical sounding. Maybe she did that on purpose, as some have said, or maybe she really was scared. Mr. Cooper was simply existing, birdwatching, and asked her to follow the park's rules and leash her dog. After the video was viewed millions of time and she lost her dog and her job, she apologized, stating, according to CNN, "I'm not a racist. I did not mean to harm that man in any way."  In the same week that this happened in Central Park, protests took place over the deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Breonna Taylor in Louisville, and Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia. As  you should know, George Floyd and Breonna Taylor were killed by police, and Ahmaud Arbery was killed by two white vigilantes while jogging. The Baltimore Sun published an op-ed calling these events lynchings.    Their names are added to a long list of others who have been killed because of the color of their skin. Including, in recent years: Philando Castile. Eric Harris. Corey Jones. Walter Scott. Yvonne Smallwood. Freddie Gray. Tamir Rice. Sandra Bland. Trayvon Martin. Tony McDade. Eric Garner. Randolph Evans. Alton Sterling. Michael Brown. Sean Reed. John Crawford, III.   Now this is what I want to talk about. To all of us white people who do not want to think of ourselves as racists. What I am about to share may bring up some cognitive dissonance for you. For anyone who doesn't know, this is when your identity, the way you want to see yourself, clashes with information that makes you think about yourself in a different way. It is uncomfortable, and I challenge you to be brave enough to sit with your discomfort and don't turn away.    This list comes from a graphic I found on social media. I don't know its origin but I found it through @theconsciouskid.   There is the overt type of racism that most of us consider to be loathsome. This includes:  Lynching, hate crimes, blackface, swastikas, racist jokes, racist slurs, burning crosses, the N word, Neo-Nazis, KKK for example. I think most of us know those behaviors and hate groups are racist. Then there is covert racism, which is more insidious because it is embedded in our society. Examples include: calling the police on black people, white silence, colorblindness, white parents self segregating neighborhoods & schools, white savior complex, eurocentric school curriculums, education funding from property taxes, tone policing, racist mascots, not believing experiences of BlPOC, paternalism/patriarchy, victim blaming, "don't blame me, I never owned slaves," higher infant & maternal mortality rates for BlPOC, discriminatory lending, spiritual bypassing, racial profiling, "All Lives Matter," bootstrap theory, denial of racism, claiming reverse racism, expecting black people to teach white people about racism, housing discrimination, attributing more maturity and responsibility to black children than you would to white children, housing and employment discrimination...the list goes on and on.   As a white person, whether or not you identify as racist, you benefit from the structures that support white supremacy. For example, property inheritance. Many white people have had the opportunity for property to be passed down for generations, giving white people a better start than most black people have had available, particularly because for many years black people were not allowed to own property. So white people have, in general, had hundreds of years of head start on accumulation of wealth that was not available to black people. That is just one simple example. This country was built on white supremacy - just consider the Declaration of Independence, written by a group of wealthy white men who were "owned" enslaved people. Like Thomas Jefferson, who had several children by an enslaved girl, Sally Hemings, beginning when she was only 14 years old. Those children, who were also enslaved, had no inheritance rights despite being biological children of this powerful landowner. The Declaration of Independence states : "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness." Clearly they did not see blacks as "men," since they had no right to life or liberty and the rights in the Constitution did not apply to them (or to women either, there's that patriarchy again).   So - back to the present day - Amy Cooper, in Central Park, just did what any white woman might do if she was alone and did not have a white man to give her power. Since women are disempowered in the US, we get our power from our association with men. At least, white women do. We are born and raised to understand that first our fathers will protect us, and then when we are adults our husbands will protect us. And if our fathers and our husbands aren't around, then we can call the police who will come and protect us. Why do we women need so much protection? Because our culture with its hypermasculinity says that we are sexual objects for men to compete for, and it is not until we are married that we are safely off limits to men other than our husbands. This is one of the ways that women unconsciously perpetuate white supremacy and the patriarchy. We have seen this happening so often on video now, thanks to social media, which is shining a light on how things really are for those who are living outside of our bubbles. There is even a meme that describes how Karens - white women who are indignant when they feel black people are stepping out of line - demand to speak to the manager or call 911 when they see black people picnicking in a park or drinking water in Starbucks.   IV. so what we are talking about here is structural racism. I found a great definition of structural racism on the Racial Equity Tools website, where they quoted an organization called Solid Ground, which is based in Seattle. It says " “the systematic distribution of resources, power and opportunity in our society to the benefit of people who are white and the exclusion of people of color. Present-day racism was built on a long history of racially distributed resources and ideas that shape our view of ourselves and others. It is a hierarchical system that comes with a broad range of policies and institutions that keep it in place. In the United States, institutional racism has been responsible for slavery, settlement, Indian reservations, segregation, residential schools (for American Indians), and internment camps. While most of these institutions no longer exist, they have had long-term impacts on our society. As a result of institutional racism, racial stratification and disparities have occurred in employment, housing, education, healthcare, government and other sectors. While many laws were passed in the mid-20th century to make discrimination illegal, major inequalities still exist." So if you think having our first black President resolved all the problems of our country's racism, think again. STOP  If you are a white person, ask yourself whether you would choose to be black if you could. Black people are beautiful, wonderful, gifted contributors to American society. We love black culture but our society does not love black people. If you are being honest with yourself, I don't think anyone would choose to be black in America, because we all know that black people in this country are not treated fairly. I respect the role of law enforcement, but I would not be afraid to look a police officer in the eye and explain why I was speeding or to argue if I was accused of running a red light that I know wasn't red. I don't have to worry about being killed when I get pulled over. Even though that could happen, it is so unlikely that it doesn't cross my mind. And if I were killed after being pulled over for speeding, there would be outrage in the community because people would think it was wrong that I, a white woman, was killed in a traffic stop. That is why the Black Lives Matter movement exists. Because when a black person is killed during a traffic stop, white people tend to say, "well, you don't know what happened before the video started." or "he should have followed the police officer's orders." "He was resisting." "he tried to run away." We don't ask why a gun was pulled on someone who was pulled over for a broken taillight or running a red light. There needs to be a movement called "Black Lives Matter," because to white Americans, when a black person is murdered there is little reaction.   Philando Castile was in lawful possession of a gun, which he disclosed to the officer, and he was killed anyway. I feel that the Second Amendment rights that are so important to many Americans are only valid for white people, one of the many ways that our laws are enforced unequally. Why do white people need so much protection? We have the most power yet we are still so afraid. Maybe we are so afraid because we know that we as a country are mistreating an entire group of people and have been for the entirety of the colonization of this land that we took from the indigenous peoples who lived here prior to the 1600s. If we had an egalitarian society where everyone enjoyed the great American dream, maybe we would have less to fear from our fellow citizens. If you don't understand what I'm talking about, please start out by reading Howard Zinn's book, A People's History of the United States, which tells our country's origin story from the point of view of the indigenous peoples who experienced genocide in the name of colonialism.  I saw a great satirical article that talked about how the current situation in the US could be written about if it was happening in another country. I will read a couple of quotes from that article.  " In recent years, the international community has sounded the alarm on the deteriorating political and human rights situation in the United States under the regime of Donald Trump. Now, as the country marks 100,000 deaths from the coronavirus pandemic, the former British colony finds itself in a downward spiral of ethnic violence. The fatigue and paralysis of the international community are evident in its silence, America experts say.  The country has been rocked by several viral videos depicting extrajudicial executions of black ethnic minorities by state security forces. Uprisings erupted in the northern city of Minneapolis after a video circulated online of the killing of a black man, George Floyd, after being attacked by a security force agent   “Sure, we get it that black people are angry about decades of abuse and impunity,” said G. Scott Fitz, a Minnesotan and member of the white ethnic majority. “But going after a Target crosses the line. Can’t they find a more peaceful way, like kneeling in silence?”  Ethnic violence has plagued the country for generations, and decades ago it captured the attention of the world, but recently the news coverage and concern are waning as there seems to be no end in sight to the oppression."    V. So what can you and I do about these issues?  Concrete things. Confront your own internalized racism. This will bring up the shame of privilege. Don't get swallowed up by shame, and take a break if you need to take a break (a privilege that black people don't get) and then get back to it as soon as you can. Don't ask black people to expend their emotional labor for free to teach you and absolve you of responsibility. Pay black people who are teaching about anti-racism work and learn from them.   How to do that? I am going to give you a bunch of resources, by no means an exhaustive list, of people you can learn from. After this I am going to step back because I am not the expert here. But I hope that by using my voice to educate white members of my audience on racism, I may make a difference in some way.   Resources: Leave me a message via Speakpipe by going to https://therapychatpodcast.com and clicking on the green Speakpipe button. Thank you for listening to Therapy Chat! Please be sure to go to iTunes and leave a rating and review, subscribe and download episodes. You can also download the Therapy Chat app on iTunes by clicking here. Podcast produced by Pete Bailey - https://petebailey.net/audio

Like I'm A Six-Year-Old
185 - Dave Anthony

Like I'm A Six-Year-Old

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2020 58:54


Dave Anthony is a stand up comedian, writer, activist and co-host of the history comedy podcast The Dollop. In May 2016 he correctly predicted that Hillary Clinton was going to lose to Trump in the presidential election. So yeah - he knows stuff.  Dave joined me from LA in the GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD to talk about the death of American empire, what he's learned from history, his journey to socialism, the right-wing Democratic Party and why Joe Biden is really really bad. We laugh and also talk about the end of hope. If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you You can see me on Stan Australia’s Australia Lockdown Comedy Festival – episode one is streaming right now! I'll be performing comedy to an empty room this Saturday night for Delivered Live and you can stream it if you like @daveanthony daveanthonycomedy.com dolloppodcast.com The Dollop episode on the Clarence Thomas hearings A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn ARTICLE: Biden And Sanders Announce Task Forces To Find Party Unity Over Policy Cause of the Week: Extinction Rebellion (rebellion.earth)

Arts & Ideas
Revisit: Shakespeare's Bookshelf

Arts & Ideas

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2020 43:41


Rana Mitter is joined by Edith Hall, Nandini Das and Beatrice Groves to explore the books which inspired Shakespeare from the Bible and classical stories to the writing of some of Shakespeare's contemporaries. Edith Hall is Professor in the Classics Department and Centre for Hellenic Studies at King's College London. Her books include Introducing The Ancient Greeks and has co-written A People's History of Classics with Henry Stead. Nandini Das is Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford. She is also a New Generation Thinker on the scheme run by BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Beatrice Groves is Research Lecturer in Renaissance Literature at the University of Oxford and her books include Texts and Traditions: Religion in Shakespeare 1592-1604 The programme was recorded in front of an audience in BBC Radio 3's pop-up studio as part of Radio 3's Stratford residency at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Producer: Torquil MacLeod You can find a playlist of programmes exploring different aspects of Shakespeare on the Free Thinking programme website including interviews with the actors Antony Sher & Janet Suzman, writers including Jo Nesbo & Mark Ravenhill and detailed explorations of The Tempest and the Winter's Tale https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06406hm

Literary Friction
Literary Friction - Obligatory Note Of Hope With Jenny Offill

Literary Friction

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2020 70:08


How do you hold onto hope in the dark? This question feels more pertinent than ever right now, and we couldn't think of anyone we'd rather ask than author Jenny Offill, who we spoke to from our various quarantine locations this month. Her new novel Weather is a sharp, insightful meditation on how regular humans process catastrophe, and while it's particularly about the climate crisis, as you might imagine it’s become weirdly relevant in our current situation too. But listen, rather than bring you a show about catastrophe, we also wanted to make a show about hope. ‘Obligatory note of hope’ is an expression a character uses in Weather, and it’s also a website that Jenny set up with resources she found during her research (https://www.obligatorynoteofhope.com/). So, as well as talking to Jenny and giving all the usual recommendations, we’ll be thinking about what it means for a book to be hopeful, and talking about which books and authors have personally given us hope over the years. So, Pandora: shut that box just in time, and join us for the next hour on Literary Friction. List of books mentioned that give us hope: Octavia: The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson; Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid; Just Kids by Patti Smith; Octavia Butler and Ursula K Le Guin's writing; The Examined Life by Stephen Grosz Carrie: Middlemarch by George Eliot; Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf; Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson; When I Was a Child I Read Books by Marilynne Robinson; Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout; Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo; The People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn; Ways of Seeing by John Berger General Recommendations: Octavia: Wrechedness by Andrzej Tichý https://www.andotherstories.org/wretchedness/ Jenny: Fever Dream by Samantha Schweblin https://oneworld-publications.com/fever-dream.html Carrie: Bad Behaviour by Mary Gaitskill https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/312/312616/bad-behavior/9780241383100.html Email us: litfriction@gmail.com Tweet us & find us on Instagram: @litfriction This episode is sponsored by Picador https://www.panmacmillan.com/picador

Due South by South East
DSBSE -49.5- Hockey: A People's History - Part 1 - Live at SuperPod 2020

Due South by South East

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2020


Squee & Nicola head to the Social bar in Southampton for a special live edition of Due South by South East. We talk about the first 5 parts of Hockey: A People's History, narrated by Paul Gross as part of Southampton Super Pod 2020, raising money for Sport's Relief. How did this sport help found a nation? How many died per hockey game in the early days? And how is Rugby so important to the history of the sport? As we enjoy Gross' velvety tones, we answer these questions and more over some rum! Let’s just hope they don't cut the feed before we are done! Email: DueSouthBSE@gmail.com Twitter: @DueSouthBSE Facebook group: Due South by South East Network: www.WonkySpanner.com Theme Tune: Performed & Arranged by Matt Lees Music Lyrics by Squee

Unfilter
Episode 296: $2.2T Coronavirus Rescue

Unfilter

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2020 44:06


Trump signs a historic $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill into law. I'll explain why I think it's not a stimulus package at all. And how likely it is things will be back on track by April, the latest Coronavirus news, and more. Join the Unfilter Discord (https://discord.gg/3xxPjAa) Links: Episode 985: Where Do We Get $2,000,000,000,000? : Planet Money : NPR (https://www.npr.org/2020/03/26/821787090/episode-985-where-do-we-get-2-000-000-000-000) Trump signs $2.2T stimulus after swift congressional votes (https://apnews.com/2099a53bb8adf2def7ee7329ea322f9d) Trump signs $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-gives-final-passage-2-trillion-coronavirus-stimulus-bill-n1170281) Boeing to Emerge as Big Stimulus Winner - WSJ (https://www.wsj.com/articles/boeing-to-emerge-as-big-stimulus-winner-11585331293) Factbox: 'Mr. No': Meet the U.S. congressman who requested a formal vote to delay the coronavirus bill - Reuters (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-massie-factbox/mr-no-meet-the-u-s-congressman-who-might-delay-the-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN21E26K) Trump signs $2.2tn coronavirus stimulus package into law | US news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/27/washington-coronavirus-stimulus-bill-vote) $2 trillion (Congress)+$4 trillion (Fed & Treasury)——————————— $6 trillion stimulus$6 trillion divided by 350 million citizens = $17,000 per citizentimes a family of 4=$68,000 per family of new national debt and dollar devaluation in this stimulus.not a good deal— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) March 26, 2020 U.S. Vice President Mike Pence: Previous modeling on coronavirus spread seems to be 'really wrong' - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNd8tM8UOkE) Coronavirus could kill 81,000 in U.S., subside in June -... (https://news.trust.org/item/20200326232240-2yx1f) Weekly mortgage applications tank 29% as coronavirus stops homebuyers (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/25/weekly-mortgage-applications-tank-29percent-as-coronavirus-stops-homebuyers.html) U.S. auto sales in states with coronavirus lockdown orders to drop 80%: analysts - Reuters (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-autos-idUSKBN21C38N) Why the Fed’s Bazooka Will Not Stop a Wave of Corporate Defaults | Council on Foreign Relations (https://www.cfr.org/blog/why-feds-bazooka-will-not-stop-wave-corporate-defaults) Wall Street Cheat Sheet: Psychology of a Market Cycle (https://www.onemint.com/2010/opinion/wall-street-cheat-sheet-psychology-of-a-market-cycle/) US virus deaths may top 80,000 despite confinement: study (https://news.yahoo.com/us-virus-deaths-may-top-80-000-despite-161924116.html) Coronavirus stimulus bill: When $2 trillion is not enough - Axios (https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-stimulus-bill-what-it-does-b4fa6c4d-6e45-4d15-8089-d51c655bc1c9.html) 3.3 million seek US jobless aid, nearly 5 times earlier high (https://apnews.com/1bae3794481cc9d02fc670480cfcb800) Excerpt: Joe Biden's accuser finally tells her full story by Katie Halper (https://soundcloud.com/katie-halper/joe-bidens-accuser-finally-tells-her-full-story) Mayor Garcetti announces water and power will be shut off for nonessential L.A. businesses that don’t close | KTLA (https://ktla.com/news/coronavirus/mayor-garcetti-expected-to-hold-daily-briefing-on-l-a-s-covid-19-response/) Senators threaten to delay coronavirus relief bill with last-minute objections - Axios (https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-relief-bill-lindsey-graham-bernie-sanders-619d2d7e-fea5-4884-ae48-a80fcb029e40.html) Trump's businesses barred from bailout money in Senate coronavirus bill (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-s-business-barred-bailout-money-senate-coronavirus-bill-schumer-n1168466) Jerome Powell: Fed Weighing Costs, Benefits and Trade-offs of Digital Currency - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmN6rs6VtoQ) This was the fastest 30% stock market decline ever (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/23/this-was-the-fastest-30percent-stock-market-decline-ever.html) Fed announces unlimited QE and sets up several new lending programs - MarketWatch (https://www.marketwatch.com/story/fed-announces-unlimited-qe-and-sets-up-several-new-lending-programs-2020-03-23)

Central Standard
Seg. 1: Sick Leave + Viruses | Seg. 2: A People's History

Central Standard

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2020 51:12


Segment 1: Can we really expect people to stay home from work when they're sick if they don't get paid sick leave? In Missouri and Kansas, employers are not required to provide sick leave. What does that mean as we watch the coronavirus spread and workers are told to self-quarantine? Christopher Ingraham, data reporter for The Washington Post, Our lack of paid sick leave will make the coronavirus worse Wade Conyers, local sous chef Segment 2, beginning at 25:04: Season 1, Episode 5, A People's History of Kansas City. We continue sharing installments of this new podcast from KCUR exploring the everyday heroes, renegades and visionaries who shaped Kansas City. In this episode, the story of a guy who changed the story of booze in Kansas.

Jacobin Radio
People's History Podcast: "False Hope" (S1E6)

Jacobin Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2020


Columbia Point tenants face new management and a private police force. This is the final episode of the first season of People's History Podcast! "The Point: Rebellion and Resistance in Boston Public Housing" traces a social history of Boston from the urban rebellions of the 1960s, through busing in the 70s, into the Clinton era. We investigate these events from the lens of one community: Columbia Point, the largest public housing project in New England. Built on an isolated landfill site next to the Boston city dump, it was the site of major organizing, from welfare rights to a Free Breakfast for Children program. It was also the first public housing project to be sold off and redeveloped as private "mixed-income" development (and was a model for the federal policy "HOPE VI"). Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/peopleshistorypod

Very Ape Podcast
Church Of Chill: A People's History

Very Ape Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2020 75:59


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Midwesternish
Introducing A People's History Of Kansas City

Midwesternish

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2020 1:57


Midwesternish listeners, we have a new podcast for you! KCUR's Suzanne Hogan brings you tales of the everyday heroes, renegades and visionaries who shaped Kansas City and the region. If these stories aren't told, they're in danger of fading into the past. The first episode drops February 6. Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Jacobin Radio
People's History Podcast: "Carson Beach" (S1E5)

Jacobin Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2020


In the turmoil of busing, Betty Ann Jones advocates armed defense. Betty Washington and Dorothy Haskins lead a "wade-in" to protest segregation. This is the penultimate episode of the first season of People's History Podcast! "The Point: Rebellion and Resistance in Boston Public Housing" traces a social history of Boston from the urban rebellions of the 1960s, through busing in the 70s, into the Clinton era. We investigate these events from the lens of one community: Columbia Point, the largest public housing project in New England. Built on an isolated landfill site next to the Boston city dump, it was the site of major organizing, from welfare rights to a Free Breakfast for Children program. It was also the first public housing project to be sold off and redeveloped as private "mixed-income" development (and was a model for the federal policy "HOPE VI"). Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/peopleshistorypod

Books are Good, Actually
A People's History of the United States

Books are Good, Actually

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2019 114:55


The re-re-record of A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn! It was a little late but we got through this tome of a book. Audio is also very loud for this recording.