CS 454: Hollywood Shuffle preview

April 17, 2022Uncategorizedchampagnesharks

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Today Vida and Ken use the movie Hollywood Shuffle as a jumping-off point to discuss what it means to be Black in Hollywood. Hollywood Shuffle is a 1987 American satirical comedy film about the racial stereotypes of African Americans in film and television. The film tracks the attempts of Bobby Taylor to become a successful actor and the mental and external roadblocks he encounters, represented through a series of interspersed vignettes and fantasies. Produced, directed, and co-written by Robert Townsend, the film is semi-autobiographical, reflecting Townsend’s experiences as a black actor when he was told he was not “black enough” for certain roles.

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

CS 452: Protection Politics pt 1

April 10, 2022Uncategorizedchampagnesharks

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Today the West Coast Sharks, Vida, Mario and Ken, gather together to discuss the politics of protection. It took just one slap to shake up a national dialog that has as many arms as a consortium of octopi. From what it means to protect Black women, the cult of personality and the religion of celebrity… It’s so much to parse out it takes 3 great brains combined to even break the surface of the situation at hand. Lucky for us, those 3 brains just happen to be guiding the conversation you hear today.

DISCLAIMER: Due to issues with the recording platform used for this episode and a desire to get new content out as soon as possible Vida had to record her audio remotely. There will be moments where she is hard to hear, or the audio will have background artifacts distorting the image. We tried to remove as much as possible without removing the context of the conversation, but unfortunately, we were not able to remove it all.

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

CS 446: Whack History Month pt 2

April 3, 2022Uncategorizedchampagnesharks

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UNLOCKED PT 2

In this episode Vida and Trevor chop it up and play a little bingo. Trying to understand why recent Black articles seem to always be about assimilation or authenticity anxiety, Trevor and Vida read through and analyze multiple articles looking for answers.

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CS 451: Master, For None preview

March 27, 2022Uncategorizedchampagnesharks

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WARNING THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE MOVIE “MASTER”

Today Vida, Ken and Trevor sit down to discuss the Amazon Original movie Master. Master is the story of three women who strive to find their place at a prestigious New England university that may disguise something sinister. Diving into the parallels of the writer’s own experience as well as past works, the Sharks bite into this fresh meat only to find it might have spoiled on arrival.

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CS 450: Critical Race Theory pt 2

March 20, 2022Uncategorizedchampagnesharks

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Today we are very honored to have Dr Timothy Golden on the show to talk about Critical Race Theory. Timothy Golden has earned a Ph.D. in philosophy and has more than twenty years of experience as a lawyer. His areas of scholarly research include African American philosophy and critical race theory. Golden is currently editing a book titled Racism and Resistance: Essays on Derrick Bell’s Racial Realism. He has also published philosophical essays and teaches African American philosophy and critical race theory at Walla Walla University.

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CS 449: Critical Race Theory pt 1

March 13, 2022Uncategorizedchampagnesharks

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Today we are very honored to have Timpthoy Golden on the show to talk about Critical Race Theory. Timothy Golden has earned a Ph.D. in philosophy and has more than twenty years of experience as a lawyer. His areas of scholarly research include African American philosophy and critical race theory. Golden is currently editing a book titled Racism and Resistance: Essays on Derrick Bell’s Racial Realism. He has also published philosophical essays and teaches African American philosophy and critical race theory at Walla Walla University.

This is Part 1 of a two-part episode. Part 2 is free to all paid subscribers over at www.patreon.com/posts/63550405. Become a paid subscriber for $5/month over at patreon.com/champagnesharks and get access to the entire archive of subscriber-only episodes, the Discord voice and chat server for patrons, detailed show notes for certain episodes, and our newsletter.

CS 447: Dating Games pt 1

March 6, 2022Uncategorizedchampagnesharks

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Today the West Coast Sharks reunite! Vida, Ken, and Mario all jump on to talk about the birds and the bees, the flowers and the trees. The times and the ways of dating have changed since the old days and the Sharks are here to guide you on the Do’s and the Dont’s in this modern Twitter dating era.

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Champagne Sharks Book Club: Essay Night 4

March 1, 2022Episodeschampagnesharks

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UNLOCKED AND NOW FREE:

We’ve been doing book club night where we read the book and then do the subsequent discussion over at the Discord voice and chat server. If you are a patron but haven’t figured out how to use the Discord server yet, you simply have to follow these instructions: https://www.patreon.com/posts/instructions-for-31613305. Participation in the movie and book club night discussions is available to all patrons.

Book Club is on Sunday nights.

This is the fourth installment of our Essay Night series. In between books, we have aninstallment of the Book Club where we read essays. This is the fourth installment of that essay series.

This episode’s essays are:

– Pulp Affliction by Ray Carney https://thebaffler.com/salvos/pulp-affliction

– Wake Up Geek Culture, Time to Die by Patton Oswalt https://www.wired.com/2010/12/ff-angrynerd-geekculture/

– Excerpt from Great Comic Book Heroes by Jules Feiffer https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-EzsFn8vQkBi7ky-9jyeEbizzu10Yyk7/view?usp=sharing

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CS 445: Whack History Month pt 1

February 23, 2022Uncategorizedchampagnesharks

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In todays episode, Vida and Trevor chop it up and play a little bingo. Trying to understand why recent Black articles seem to always be about assimilation or authenticity anxiety, Trevor and Vida read through and analyze multiple articles looking for answers.

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CS 444: A Conversation w/ Zakiya Sankara-Jabar preview

February 20, 2022Uncategorizedchampagnesharks

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Today we have special guest Zakiya Sankara-Jabar. Zakiya is a Parent Organizer/Advocate and Director of Racial Justice NOW! which is a community-based organization led by Black parents organizing to lift up their voice and agency in the educational outcomes of their children. Through her advocacy at RJN! Zakiya trains and acts as an advocate on behalf of other parents at suspension and expulsion hearings and at IEP meetings. In addition, Zakiya does policy work at the local and state level pushing for systemic changes in school discipline codes of conduct and state law changes around “zero-tolerance”. Zakiya is also a member of the Dayton Public Schools Student Code of Conduct Committee, the Miami Valley Black Health Coalition, and the Kinship Care Coalition of Dayton Center for Healthy Communities. Zakiya is also on the steering committee for the Ohio Juvenile Justice Alliance. Nationally, Zakiya is a Co-Chair of the Dignity in Schools in Campaign which is a national coalition of youth, parents, educators, lawyers, and advocates working to ensure children are treated with dignity and fairness in schools.

Zakiya studied Organizational Leadership at Wittenberg University and worked as a Human Resource Professional for the State of Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities for nearly 11 years before co-founding Racial Justice NOW! in 2012.

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