Champagne Sharks

This episode has D., Kenny and T. This is the first of four parts.  We discuss a variety of topics including the passing of our dear friend Mike. The first two episodes will be free, the third and fourth will be available to premium subscribers who subscribe at the $5/month level over at https://www.patreon.com/champagnesharks.

This episode has D., Kenny and T. This is the first of four parts.  We discuss a variety of topics including the passing of our dear friend Mike. The first two episodes will be free, the third and fourth will be available to premium subscribers who subscribe at the $5/month level over at https://www.patreon.com/champagnesharks.

This is part 1 of a 2-part episode where we welcome Michael R. Jackson (https://twitter.com/TheLivingMJ), creator of the play "Strange Loop." https://www.playwrightshorizons.org/shows/plays/strange-loop/. Part 2 is available to paid $5/month subscribers here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/28529611

This is part 1 of a 2-part episode where we welcome Jack Allison (https://twitter.com/jackallisonLOL), comedy writer and podcaster extraordinare, a cohost on the podcast Struggle Session (https://www.patreon.com/strugglesession/posts). The first episode is free, the second one is available to premium subscribers who subscribe at the $5/month level over at https://www.patreon.com/posts/28254499. We discuss the state of Hollywood and entertainment, the declining expectation of being able to maintain one's integrity in the corporate world, and Jack's recent running beef with Michael Che from Saturday Night Live. The Michael Che stuff is mainly in part 2, episode 188, found here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/28254499. This is the article about how slavery influence management theory, including the diagmam I describe: https://www.marketplace.org/2018/08/14/disturbing-parallels-between-modern-accounting-business-slavery/

This episode is hosted D., Kenny, and T. We're joined by Jaya Sundaresh, who tells us about her 10 years knee deep into Tumblr and what that immersion did to her brain. Check out Jaya's recent article on Social Services and child removal policies in New York, "New York Child Welfare Advocates Want Parents to Have Representation When Their Children Removed" https://youthtoday.org/2019/06/new-york-child-welfare-advocates-want-parents-to-have-representation-when-their-children-removed/

Today I have on Leron Barton, Millicent Cho, and Mtume Gant to discuss the movie "Last Black Man in San Francisco." Part 2 of 2.

Today I have on Leron Barton, Millicent Cho, and Mtume Gant to discuss the movie "Last Black Man in San Francisco." Part 1 of 2.

Go to http://patreon.com/champagnesharks to become a Patreon subscriber for $5/month and get early access to free episodes and access to over 90 archived subscriber-only episodes not available on the main, free feed. On this episode we have T. and Ken. In the past we had an episode about millenials that ruffled some feathers, so this time we deliver our long-promised episode where we criticize our generation, Gen X.

To become a Patreon subscriber for $5/month and get early access to over 80 archived past subscriber-only episodes, go to patreon.com/champagnesharks. In Part 2 of a 5-part series, D. Mills discusses with guest Malika Bee how the educational system affects Black students and families specifcially, but families in general. Part 1 can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/champagnesharks/cs-127-walking-the-plank-pt-1-feat-malika-bee-10232018

To become a Patreon subscriber for $5/month and get early access to over 80 archived past subscriber-only episodes, go to patreon.com/champagnesharks. In Part 2 of a 5-part series, D. Mills discusses with guest Malika Bee how the educational system affects Black students and families specifcially, but families in general. Part 1 can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/champagnesharks/cs-127-walking-the-plank-pt-1-feat-malika-bee-10232018

Today we welcome Oxford Kondo (http://twitter.com/oxford_kondo) to discuss whether it's racist for Game of Thrones to be so white, and on the flipside the trend of casting minorities to play white characters, including racebending (changing traditionally white characters to black,  or even using nonwhite actors to play white historical figures in biopics). Escape from Plan A magazine and podcast can be supported here: https://www.patreon.com/join/planamag This is Part 1 of a two part episode. Part 2 is available here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/26758735 Mentioned in this article: * Oxford’s article “Where Are All The Black People In Game of Thrones?” https://www.okayafrica.com/where-black-people-game-thrones/ * “There Are No Black People in Game of Thrones': Why Is Fantasy TV So White?” https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/apr/06/there-are-no-black-people-on-game-of-thrones-why-is-fantasy-tv-so-white * “Yes, There's Only One Black Woman In Game of Thrones. I Love It Anyway” https://www.shondaland.com/live/a27133225/one-black-woman-games-of-thrones-love-anyway/ * “Netflix's Recent Film Featuring A Non-White Leading Lady Will Do More For Diversity Than Crazy Rich Asians” https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/netflix-to-all-the-boys-ive-loved-before-crazy-rich-asians-race-hollywood-diversity-a8509921.html * “It's Time To Stop White-Casting Period Pieces” https://medium.com/mujeres-problem%C3%A1ticas/its-time-to-stop-white-casting-period-pieces-1d29169f80dc * “Angry Asian Man tweets that Henry Golding should be in Pride & Prejudice” https://twitter.com/angryasianman/status/1099893760790429696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1099893760790429696&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fplanamag.com%2Fmedia%2Ff8d1b64d2d019fab29b07b634fe24e71%3FpostId%3D3b44ca16fc0 * Information on Tyroc: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyroc; The Tyroc covers we were discussing: https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Superboy_Vol_1_216 and also https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Superboy_and_the_Legion_of_Super-Heroes_Vol_1_222 * The Story Behind the Green Book movie: https://shadowandact.com/green-book-is-full-of-lies-dr-don-shirleys-...

Today we welcome Ruban Nielson AKA the musical act Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Check out his music anywhere music is sold or streamed. Background music is Ruban's newest release SB-06. Pt. 2 is here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/26633807

Today we have on filmmaker and film professor Mtume Gant (http://twitter.com/SirCoreGant). This is the Harden flop we mentioned https://twitter.com/MustBeCharm/status/1119730396575539202. Some of the movies that were mentioned: Chameleon Street (Wendell B. Harris, Jr.) Dutchman (Anthony Harvey, Amiri Baraka) The Spook Who Sat by the Door (Ivan Dixon) The Landlord (Hal Ashby) Blue Collar(Paul Schrader) Scratch (Documentary) Killer of Sheep (Charles Burnett) Ganja and Hess (Bill Gunn) Oscar Micheaux movies on Netflix, under the title "Pioneers of African-American Cinema": https://www.netflix.com/title/80161851?s=i&trkid=13747225

Go to http://patreon.com/champagnesharks to become a Patreon subscriber for $5/month and get early access to free episodes and access to over 70 archived subscriber-only episodes not available on the main, free feed. Not gonna lie, there's no reason for the title. I've just always wanted to use that reference.

This is an outtake from a recent premium episode available in full only to Patreon subscribers at the $5 per month level. Click over to https://www.patreon.com/posts/26218472 and subcribe to become a Champagne Sharks premium member to access this full episode as well as 70+ bonus episodes not available to non-subscribers. Today we talk with returning guest Benny Halevi (http://twitter.com/Benny_Carefully) about various topics in the news, including Bernie Sanders on Open Borders, and branch into some more general topics on racial and social politics. Go over to https://www.patreon.com/posts/26218472 to subscribe and hear the episode.