The Process with Alex Beightol Alex Beightol
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Stories build our society. Stories can change them. Looking at the books, ideas, and the people that made them that have changed everything. Conversations about the facts and fictions of our ideas of religion, gender, race, and selves in America.
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They Were Her Property: an Intro to (White) Girl Power
What power is vested to our White girlies? Where did it come from? We can understand this better by looking at the original, economic relationship between women deemed White and Black through the first three chapters of Professor Stephanie Jones Roger’s book “They Were Her Property”. In this episode we introduce our listeners to this thoughtful and award winning research.
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They Cloned Tyrone: Processing Juel Taylor’s 2023 film
An introduction to the themes and ideas in the hilarious, sharp film They Cloned Tyrone from writer and director Juel Taylor and co writer Tony Rettenmaier,
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Getting Out: How To Tackle “Reverse Racism” conversations
In this episode we’re attacking the Big Question: Reverse Racism by looking at the work of Dr. Beverly Tatum, Jordan Peele’s Get Out, and the 1975 film Stepford Wives. Change your conversations about race for good and don’t get trapped in endless cycles of nonsense.
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Getting Out: Revisiting A Theme in Jordan Peele’s Nightmare
When I first watched Get Out, I assumed it was about a horror we couldn’t really run from. Looking back seven years later, there’s a warning and a message in it for today.
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The Fight You Can Win
Introducing the mental shift that can change how you see the systemic challenges we all face and why sitting down and resting is critical.
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Ease In This Economy? Nara Smith and the True Trad Wives
Why does Nara Smith baking in designer gowns irritate people? What’s with the need to police Black women’s time and energy? In this episode we introduce the context that helps us understand why women’s time and energy is a resource politically fought over.