We recently hosted an event on The Power and Pleasure of Podcasting at USC, and we have the live recording to share with you . The lineup included performances by Chenjerai Kumanyika (Uncivil), Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva (The Kitchen Sisters), Melinna Bobadilla and Brenda Gonzalez (Tamarindo), and Taz Ahmed and Zahra Noorbakhsh (#GoodMuslimBadMuslim). We had the privilege of having each of these podcasters share snippets of their episodes, to show us how the alternative storytelling of podcasting can add to larger narratives. We cover the present repercussions of the Civil War; and look at Keepers of cultures, putting the spotlight on librarians and archivists as the heroes of holding down the fort on facts. The hosts of Tamarindo, a podcast that focuses on the Latinx community in LA, do a Minicast from our event; and the #GoodMuslimBadMuslim hosts also do a live episode, where they issue a fatwa to the Muslim ban.
Here are some more of the things mentioned in this episode, for those who want to dig a little deeper:
UnCivil:
Listen to the Trailer
Peabody Award
Episode 1: The Raid
Co-host Jack Hitt (Twitter)
Remembrances of the Civil War in Charleston, SC
Clemson University – former plantation for John C. Calhoun
Walter Scott Shooting
Charleston Massacres
Charlesville Rally
Nikole Hannah Jones
Rachel Swarns
Banks who accepted slaves as collateral: JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo
Justin Robinson of the Carolina Chocolate Drops
Episode: The Song (“Dixie”)
Boone Hall plantation in Charleston
The Kitchen Sisters:
Hidden Kitchens
Hidden World of Girls
Lost & Found Sound
Sonic Memorial
The Keepers
Archiving the Underground:The Hip-Hop Archive at Harvard:
Marcyliena Morgan – Professor of African and African American Studies / Executive Director of the HipHop Archive and Research Institute
Henry Louis Cage Jr. – Alphonse Fletcher, Jr. University Professor / Director, Hutchins Center for African & African American Research
The Pack Horse Librarians of Eastern Kentucky:
Depression era – Appalachians hit very hard and coal mines shut down
Eleanor Roosevelt created projects for women
Heather Hensen, author – “That Book Woman”
Eleanor Roosevelt Speech Urging Women to Volunteer
Kathi Appelt, author – “Down Cut Shin Creek: The Pack Horse Librarians of Kentucky”
Collecting the Work of Lenny Bruce:
Lenny Bruce
Lenny Bruce Archive at Brandeis University
Kitty Bruce, daughter of Lenny Bruce
Steve Krief – first to write a PhD dissertation about Lenny Bruce
Steven Whittfield – Professor of American Studies at Brandeis University
Hugh Heffner purchased Lenny Bruce archive
Tamarindo:
Unidos US – LA Regional Office (known as NCLR)
Zoot Suit – Mark Taper Forum
Tamarindo Twitter + IG
#educatedpelioneras
USC Southern California Symposium
Center for American Progress
Hola Code
#hackerswithoutborders (started by Marcela Torres)
Selena – Bidi Bidi Bom Bom
#BidiBidiBomBom
Good Muslim, Bad Muslim:
What is a Fatwa?
Muslim Ban – Executive Order 13769
Rep. Judy Chu – CA-27
Sen. Chris Murphy – (D-CT)
Legislation that would defund Muslim ban from happening
Mohanad Elshieky – Comedian
Situation where he was forced to present documents while riding the Greyhound bus
What is Shar’ia?
Trump commented on prayer rugs at the border
Rachel Maddow commented – Similar to Sicario
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