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CS 143: The Revolution Will Not Be Sexualized Pt. 1 feat. Yasmin Nair (1/10/2019)

January 15, 2019Episodes, Full Show Noteschampagnesharks

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Today we’re joined by Yasmin Nair (https://twitter.com/NairYasmin). Dr. Yasmin Nair is a freelance writer, activist, academic, and commentator. The bastard child of queer theory and deconstruction, Nair has numerous critical essays, book reviews, investigative journalism, op-eds, and photography to her credit. She has appeared in publications like Current Affairs, where she is also an editor at large, The Baffler, Evergreen Review, In These Times, and Maximum Rock’n’Roll. Yasmin’s website can be found at http://www.yasminnair.net .

Discussed in this episode:

Yasmin Nair’s articles “Your Sex is Not Radical” http://yasminnair.net/content/your-sex-not-radicaland “Your Trauma Is Your Passport” http://www.yasminnair.net/content/your-trauma-your-passport-hannah-gadsby-nanette-and-global-citizenship
“Meet The Dominatrix Who Requires The Men Who Hire Her To Read Black Feminist Theory” by Amanda Duberman https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mistress-velvet_us_5a822b50e4b00ecc923d4eba
“#BREAKING: Journal Documents How Wealthy Democratic Donor Hooked Young Black Gay Man on Meth Before His Death” by Jasmyne Cannick http://www.jasmyneacannick.com/breaking-journal-documents-how-wealthy-democratic-donor-hooked-young-black-gay-man-on-meth-before-his-death/

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Preview of CS 141: Carl Jung and Lee Chang-dong’s Burning (Double Episode feat. Teen Sheng) (12/21/2018)

January 9, 2019Uncategorizedchampagnesharks

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This is a double episode that we are counting as two episodes, and it’s a little bit different than usual. Today we have Teen Sheng (http://twitter.com/Mont_Jiang) joining me from the podcast Escape from Plan A (https://planamag.com/podcast/home) to discuss a new Korean movie we recently saw, Lee Chang-dong’s Burning. After the movie, we had a pretty intense conversation about it and tied it into Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell, Fight Club, Star Wars, Karen Horney, and Jordan Peterson. It’s quite a departure, but we hope you like it.

Discussed in this episode:

The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 7: Two Essays on Analytical Psychology by Carl Jung https://amzn.to/2GGhNL5
Haruki Murakami’s original “Barn Burning” short story https://www.mrflamm.com/uploads/2/2/0/0/2200902/barnburningbyharukimurakami.pdf
The Symbolic Life: Miscellaneous Writings (The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Volume 18) by Carl Jung https://amzn.to/2BJ0N17
“Carl Jung discussing Anima Projection” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIYvz4LuEYA
“How Burning Captures the Toll of Extreme Inequality in South Korea” https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/11/burning-movie-imagines-working-class-anxiety-south-korea-lee-chang-dong/575773/
A Closer Look at Carl Jung’s Individuation Process: A Map for Psychic Wholeness https://scottjeffrey.com/individuation-process-jungian-psychology/
“The 4 Major Jungian Archetypes” https://www.verywellmind.com/what-are-jungs-4-major-archetypes-2795439
Analytical Psychology on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical_psychology
Karen Horney Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Horney
“Karen Horney’s Vision of the Self” https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/a3e8/84090e1ab763bab0ead9a243247003196e54.pdf
“Fight Club and Owning Your Shadow” https://www.thecrucibleproject.org/fight-club-owning-shadow/
“Fight Club Characters: Analysis of the Shadow Archetype and Its Impact on the Protagonist in Fight Club” https://donguselsaptamalar.wordpress.com/2015/08/03/analysis-of-the-shadow-archetype-and-its-impact-on-the-protagonist-in-fight-club/
“Jordan Peterson, Masculinity, Jung and the Alt-Right.” by Jacques Legault https://medium.com/@jacquesrlegault/jordan-peterson-masculinity-jung-and-the-alt-right-c8f07168901
“AI, Jordan Peterson’s Fight Club and the Alt-Right.” by Jacques Legault https://hackernoon.com/ai-jordan-petersons-fight-club-and-the-alt-right-ff366fa736e8
The Beginner’s Guide to Jungian Psychology by Robin Robertson https://amzn.to/2CD1MS4
Owning Your Own Shadow by Robert Johnson https://amzn.to/2SqjGgn
The Shadow’s Gift: Find Out Who You Really Are by Robin Robertson https://amzn.to/2SpvO1t
Neurosis and Human Growth by Karen Horney https://amzn.to/2QWbdoA
The Writer’s Journey by Chrstopher Vogler https://amzn.to/2Cgr4UK
7 Basic Plots by Christopher Booker https://amzn.to/2M1DRin
On Bullshit by Harry Frankfurt https://amzn.to/2SNWNDW
Regarding the movie “Taxi Driver” and the screenwriter’s shadow’s role in the creation of it: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/jul/06/features.geoffreymacnab
Stanton Peele’s Love and Addiction https://amzn.to/2SQGI0s
Dunning-Kruger Effect https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Dunning-Kruger_effect
Beyond Culture by Edward T. Hall https://amzn.to/2RM98LP
“Decompensation of a Narcissist” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHoyQd8JhiE

CS Throwback 1: Episode 26, Plantation Sex

January 1, 2019Uncategorizedchampagnesharks

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This is the start of a new feature we are going to have called Champagne Sharks Throwbacks where we put up clips from old shows that we think are worth revisiting for different reasons. The recent controversy and episodes regarding Slave Play reminded us of an earlier episode we had, “CS 026: Plantation Sex”

CS 139: Slave Play Discussion, Part 2 (12/18/2018)

December 23, 2018Episodes, Full Show Noteschampagnesharks

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Today we discuss the new upcoming play “Slave Play” and try to place it into the larger context of white liberals and the black creators they enlist to provide them with trauma porn.DIscussed in this episode:

“Decolonizing My Desire How I came to grips with my attraction to white men.“ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8qgm9g/decolonizing-my-desire
“Meet Jeremy O. Harris: The Queer Black Savior the Theater World Needs” https://www.out.com/out-exclusives/2018/11/08/meet-jeremy-oharris-queer-black-savior-theater-world-needs
“Introducing Jeremy O. Harris: The Theater World’s Vital New Voice” https://www.gq.com/story
Soraya McDonald’s positive review: https://theundefeated.com/features/slave-play-theater-off-broadway-racism-peels-back-veneer-of-racial-innocence-in-northern-whites/
Soraya McDonald writing about Black men, comparing them to potential Elliot Rodger and painting them as the next major mass terror threat to look out for: “How Do You Solve a Problem Like Hoteps?” https://theundefeated.com/whhw/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-hoteps/ My thread characterizing her article and the harm it attempted to do to a specific Black man and Black men in general: https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/991428444545306624
Soraya McDonald tweeting about therapy: https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=from%3Asorayamcdonald%20theraoy&src=typd ; Soraya McDonald’s article about how she had to learn to love being a Black woman and discovered her blackness in college: “How I learned to love myself as a black woman” https://theundefeated.com/features/learned-to-love-myself-as-a-black-woman/
“I Have Feared White Men and I Have Loved Him” by Roxane Gay https://www.newstatesman.com/2014/10/roxane-gay-i-have-feared-white-men-and-i-have-loved-them; Roxane Gay history of tweeting about therapy: https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=from%3Argay%20therapy&src=typd
Description of “Slave Play” on New York Theater Workshop’s webpage: https://www.nytw.org/show/slave-play/
THR Review: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/slave-play-theater-1167768?utm_source=twitter&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral
“What Makes Jeremy O. Harris’ ‘Slave Play’ Such a Powerful Play About Racism https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-makes-jeremy-o-harris-slave-play-such-a-powerful-play-about-racism
Asian Blue Check Writer’s tweet about Slave Play https://twitter.com/diepthought/status/1068556290975240193

Intro song: “Deep End” by BenjiFlow. You can find playlist of songs used in episodes on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/user/tbilzie/playlist/5emXF3iqhZLU6IuszSRvun?si=xpTnnAbSSVKv3jTXg86XCg.Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com)

CS 138: Slave Play Discussion, Part 1 (12/18/2018)

December 22, 2018Uncategorizedchampagnesharks

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Today we discuss the new upcoming play “Slave Play” and try to place it into the larger context of white liberals and the black creators they enlist to provide them with trauma porn.

DIscussed in this episode:

Our previous premium episode that we refer to often in this episode and gives more context, “CS 137: Race Play, Racialized BDSM (Prologue to Slave Play discussion) (12/13/2018)” https://www.patreon.com/posts/cs-137-race-play-23451541
Interview with Jeremy O. Harris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJoWH736PnE&t=1077s
NYTW describes the art that inspired “Slave Play.” Note how often Kara Walker pops up. Part 1: Art that inspired Slave Play: http://briefnytw.tumblr.com/post/179554655972/beyond-the-page-art-that-inspired-slave-play; Part 2: http://briefnytw.tumblr.com/post/179554718812/beyond-the-page-art-that-inspired-slave-play
The black woman who attended “Slave Play” and struck back against people trying to lecture her about why she should enjoy it: https://twitter.com/smashley_iona/status/1074540015730991110?s=21
Blavity Blacks and their obsession with slavery porn, from Insecure to Scandal to Dear White People https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/1074714024519053312
UN’s report on the terrible state of Black people in the US South including hookworm, “UN shocked by level of poverty in Alabama: ‘We haven’t seen this in the first world'” https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/alabama-black-belt-un-poverty-expert-extreme-developed-country-sewage-crisis-roy-moore-philip-alston-a8105886.html
A Twitter thread showing my research into Kara Walker https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/1075163687621668866
Articles about Kara Walker, (1) http://karawalkerexposed.blogspot.com/2007/10/i-recently-posted-some-quotes-by-other.html; (2) https://abagond.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/kara-walker/; (3) “Hype and Hypersexuality: Kara Walker, Her Work and Controversy” https://fac.umass.edu/ArticleMedia/Files/HypeandHypersexuality.pdf
Reviews of “Slave Play” and profiles of Jeremy O. Harris (1) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/09/theater/slave-play-review-jeremy-o-harris.html; (2) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/28/theater/jeremy-o-harris-slave-play.html; (3) https://www.out.com/out-exclusives/2018/11/08/meet-jeremy-oharris-queer-black-savior-theater-world-needs
The Black woman (retweeted byt Jeremy O. Harris) who made a thread demanding white ticket holders give their place to black theatergoers since this play is “for them” https://twitter.com/peacheslechat/status/1073365539014279168

Intro song: “Stop Shammin'” by Big Daddy Kane. You can find playlist of songs used in episodes on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/user/tbilzie/playlist/5emXF3iqhZLU6IuszSRvun?si=xpTnnAbSSVKv3jTXg86XCg.

Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com)

CS 135: From the River to the CNN (12/04/2018)

December 6, 2018Episodes, Full Show Noteschampagnesharks

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Today we discuss various topics from beefing with Talib Kweli on Twitter to Marc Lamont Hill getting fired from CNN. Unfortunately we have to end the episode on a somber note as well.

Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com)

CS 134: Homeless Epidemic in LA (11/26/2018)

December 3, 2018Episodes, Full Show Noteschampagnesharks

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Today is a D. Mills solo episode discussing homeless epidemic in LA.

Patient Dumping: The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights chose to focus on Enforcement of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act for its annual 2014 Statutory Enforcement Report. This report examined compliance with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), a federal law that requires Medicare-participating hospitals to treat emergency medical conditions of any person regardless of capacity to pay, and makes unlawful the discharge of patients prior to stabilizing any medical condition. The purpose of EMTALA is to prevent hospitals, states and/or localities from prematurely discharging indigent people in need of emergency care and transporting them to other entities, a practice colloquially called “patient dumping.” Specifically, the Commission’s report focused on disabled individuals with a psychiatric medical condition. The examination resulted in five observations:

• Hospitals are not keeping adequate data on such patients

• There is insufficient regulatory oversight

• There should be non-punitive methods of obtaining accurate treatment reports on patients

• Hospitals do not have sufficient funds to comply with EMTALA in treatment of patients

• Hospitals and their staffs need more training and education in this area

Mentioned this episode:

“Are LA area Hospitals really dumping homeless on the streets?” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/04/los-angeles-hospitals-homeless-patients-skid-row
Patient dumping settlement in LA Silver lake area https://www.latimes.com/business/la-me-patient-dumping-20180702-story.html
San Francisco and Nevada reach a settlement in homeless dumping dispute https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-Nevada-reach-tentative-settlement-in-6552026.php
Orange County is making the same hapless mistakes on homelessness that L.A. did a decade ago https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-oc-homeless-housing-20180410-story.html
San Jose “Hope city” homeless camp https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Sweep-of-Homeless-Encampment-Near-San-Jose-Airport-Delayed-493170281.html
Link to United States Commission on civil rights statement regarding “Patient Dumping” http://www.eusccr.com/2014PATDUMPOSD%209282014-2.pdf

UNLOCKED CS 131: Orchestrated Infighting, Pt. 1 (11/27/2018)

December 1, 2018Uncategorizedchampagnesharks

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Over the course of a three-part episode (this is part 1), D. and I discuss how the Black Men Are Trash narrative trend is recently escalated into two high-profile Washington Post articles, and try to figure out what is happening in the bigger picture that’s leading to this and where it’s intended to go from here. Lots of Neely Fuller, Jr. clips appear throughout.

Mentioned in this episode:

“Man imprisoned for 28 YEARS after woman dreamed that he raped her to be freed after another man confesses” https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3363227/New-trial-ordered-Denver-man-imprisoned-28-years.html
“Where are black men in the fight for black women?” https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/where-are-black-men-in-the-fight-for-black-women/2018/11/13/63030e0c-e771-11e8-a939-9469f1166f9d_story.html?utm_term=.b5c27fe411e5
“What’s up with all those black men who voted for the Republican in the Georgia governor’s race?” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/23/whats-up-with-all-those-black-men-who-voted-republican-georgia-governors-race/?utm_term=.3bbd2fc1861a

Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com)

CS 130: Black Portland and Slave Privilege feat. Kenny (@BlackSportsNW) (11/16/2018)

November 19, 2018Episodes, Full Show Noteschampagnesharks

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Today Kenny (http://twitter.com/BlackSportsNW) joins us to talk about Portland and one of the weirdest Twitter takes we’ve seen in a while.

Mentioned in this episode:

A thread summarizing the slave privilege conversation: https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/1062845621000921089

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Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com)Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

Teaser for CS 129: Charleston vs. Pittsburgh (11/13/2018)

November 17, 2018Episodes, Full Show Noteschampagnesharks

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This is the first solo episode I’ve done in a while. I discuss various things about the Charleston, SC Black church shooting by Dylann Roof and the Pittsburgh, PA Jewish synagogue shooting by Robert Bowers.

Discussed in this episode:

Synagogue families refuse to meet with Trump https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/413825-family-of-synagogue-shooting-victim-declines-meeting-with-trump
“Pittsburgh Rabbi Hailed a Hero for Saving Congregants Amid Gunfire” https://www.insideedition.com/pittsburgh-rabbi-hailed-hero-saving-congregants-amid-gunfire-47990
“Anguished by ‘Spiral of Hate,’ Charleston Pastor and Pittsburgh Rabbi Grieve as One” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/us/pittsburgh-synagogue-charleston-emanuel.html
“Jewish Staffers Among First to Treat Accused Synagogue Gunman” https://www.kaaltv.com/national/synagogue-massacre-suspect-robert-bowers-court-latest/5126658/
“Safety in churches: faith community responds to shooting” https://www.lagrandeobserver.com/news/local/6643535-151/safety-in-churches-faith-community-responds-to-shooting
Story behind Amazing Grace: https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200149085/
Transcript of Obama speech: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/06/26/transcript-obama-delivers-eulogy-for-charleston-pastor-the-rev-clementa-pinckney/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.051aedc1a604
Video of Obama’s Charleston Eulogy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9IGyidtfGI

Intro music is “Sun Scope” by Maricopa. All songs that have been or eventually will be used on this show can be found in our monster Champagne Sharks Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5emXF3iqhZLU6IuszSRvun