16 episodes
Unpopular iHeartPodcasts
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4.0 • 10 Ratings
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At times when people accepted the status quo without question, some rebels have dared to resist. When a cause is noble, it often pays to be unpopular.
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Introducing The Women
Every week, host Rose Reid interviews changemakers, disruptors, and trailblazers from all over the world and across the aisle. The Women is now available wherever you get your podcasts. Listen here.
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BONUS: Anticolonial Resistance with Dr. Priyamvada Gopal
Stay tuned for season 2 of Unpopular! In the meantime, enjoy this episode with Dr. Priyamvada Gopal, author of the book "Insurgent Empire: Anticolonial Resistance and British Dissent," stops by the show to discuss how enslaved people and people who lived in the British colonies were not just passive subjects of British oppression. Dissenters at home in the U.K. and abroad rejected the tyranny of imperialism and actively rebelled against the empire, uniting different oppressed groups and insurgents along the way. Find Dr. Priyamvada Gopal on Twitter @PriyamvadaGopal
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BONUS: Women in Slave Revolts with Dr. Rebecca Hall
Enslaved women were involved in uprisings, even though prominent narratives of revolts focus on the actions of men. In this bonus episode, Yves speaks with Dr. Rebecca Hall about the reasons why women have not been widely recognized in the history of slave revolts and about some of the enslaved women who participated in rebellions.
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Richard Wright: Hurling Words Into Darkness
“I knew that I lived in a country in which the aspirations of black people were limited, marked-off. Yet I felt that I had to go somewhere and do something to redeem my being alive.” – Richard Wright, from “Black Boy.” Richard Wright’s writing was controversial. His work was both praised as improving race relations and criticized as perpetuating dangerous stereotypes of Black people in the United States. James Baldwin took issue with Wright’s novel “Native Son” and protest fiction’s reductionist approach to race relations and Black humanity. Wright’s work ignited conversations about race and about the treatment and perspective of Black Americans. But the role of this literary protest in bettering Black lives and futures was disputable. Today’s episode wraps up season one of Unpopular. We’ll be back in October. But in the meantime, be on the lookout for bonus episodes. And don’t forget to share, rate, and review the show.
Customer Reviews
An Excellently Crafted Podcast
I have long been a fan of How Stuff Works Podcasts. Host Yves Jeffcoat continues this tradition but also takes things up a notch with this podcast. The writing is excellent with great introductory hooks and the production values with use of sound and music are used to great effect. Highly recommend to anyone who wants to delve deeply into historical stories of those who made significant changes in the face of great obstacles.
Shows great promise
I love the premise! There are only two episodes thus far, but I’m hooked already. Well researched and very interesting, especially for us rebels! 💪🏽 Keep up the great work!
A lot of cherrypicking
Listened to the first episode about Sitting Bull. I get the argument they're making with the Native American resistance against American advancement into the West, but her arguments are also propped up by conveniently leaving out details about his encounters with Annie Oakley and his time with the Wild West Rodeo Show.
The script consistently does this across the other episodes, including the Galileo episode. Cherrypicking and political bias go very poorly in any healthy communication.