Champagne Sharks

Today we're joined by Tana Ganeva to discuss the case of Alice Johnson, the nonviolent drug offender Kim Kardashian got Donald Trump to pardon. Tana Ganeva is a reporter covering criminal justice, drugs, politics and gun violence. Her work has been featured in the the Washington Post, Intercept, Glamour, Rolling Stone, and Gothamist. She's also a Senior editor at the Raw Story and can be reached at tganeva@gmail.com Discussed in this episode: * Tana’s story on Alice Johnson's pardon: https://theintercept.com/2018/06/06/alice-johnson-im-looking-forward-to-holding-and-rocking-my-twin-grandchildren/ * Tana’s previous stories on Alice Johnson: https://www.rawstory.com/2018/05/meet-62-year-old-woman-kim-kardashian-wants-save-dying-prison-nonviolent-drug-offense/ and https://www.rawstory.com/2018/05/continue-fight-desperate-prisoner-prays-pity-trump-kim-kardashian-lobbies-white-house-prison-reform/ * Tana's NRA story: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/american-gun-culture-solutions-w519710 * Alice Johnson in her own words: https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/03/opinions/clemency-for-alice-johnson-kim-kardashian-to-trump-opinion/index.html * Van Jones interviewing Kim Kardashian about the pardon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiUTCLL4_ng * Van Jones a few weeks ago already announced he is working with the White House on Prison Reform himself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J6nXrhCheA Support the show and get double the episodes by subscribing to bonus episodes for $5/month at patreon.com/champagnesharks.  If you can’t subscribe right now for whatever reason, do the next best thing and tell as many people as you know about the show. Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co Seattle WA piercedearsmusic@gmail.com

Today we have on Nathaniel Friedman to discuss the topic of NBA's poor track record on social issues including race in the area of state violence and class in the form of the labor movement. Nathaniel Friedman is a columnist at GQ and a co-founder of the long-defunct blog FreeDarko. Mentioned in this episode: * "Superstar Power" by Nathaniel Friedman https://thebaffler.com/latest/superstar-power-friedman-einhorn * The Mainstreaming of Colin Kaepernick's Protest Was Its Destruction by Trevor Beaulieu https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/apr/20/craig-hodges-michael-jordan-nba-chicago-bulls * "Craig Hodges: 'Jordan didn't speak out because he didn't know what to say'" https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/apr/20/craig-hodges-michael-jordan-nba-chicago-bulls * Michael Jordan bad fashion blog http://wtfismikewearing.tumblr.com/ Support the show and get double the episodes by subscribing to bonus episodes for $5/month at patreon.com/champagnesharks.  If you can’t subscribe right now for whatever reason, do the next best thing and tell as many people as you know about the show. Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co Seattle WA piercedearsmusic@gmail.com

This is a preview of a premium bonus episode. To get access to this episode subscribe for $5/month at patreon.com/champagnesharks.  This will not only give you access to this current premium episode you’re previewing, but also all the back premium episodes you may have missed as well and all future bonus premium episodes. Today we talk about the implications of Drake doing blackface and wearing a blackface line of clothing to boot. Also we end up descending into pure gossip for a large chunk of the show. Mentioned in this episode: * My twitter thread about Drake's blackface: https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/1002201972190208000 * Robert Littal of Black Sports Online reporting on Drake's scandal, "Is The Porn Star’s Baby Really Drake’s Kid? How are James Harden & Iman Shumpert Involved; Who Snitched & Gave The Info to Pusha T? You Have Questions, I Have The Answers.." http://blacksportsonline.com/home/2018/06/asap-rocky-is-big-mad-on-twitter-after-being-exposed-for-allegedly-leaking-drakes-baby-info-to-pusha-t-being-one-of-the-5-potential-fathers-of-the-porn-stars-son-photos/ * The photo accompanying the story http://blacksportsonline.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Drake-sad-800x445.jpg * Robert Littal's followup story "ASAP Rocky is BIG MAD on Twitter After Being Exposed For Allegedly Leaking Drake’s Baby Info to Pusha T & Being One of The 5 Potential Fathers of The Porn Star’s Son (Photos)" http://blacksportsonline.com/home/2018/06/asap-rocky-is-big-mad-on-twitter-after-being-exposed-for-allegedly-leaking-drakes-baby-info-to-pusha-t-being-one-of-the-5-potential-fathers-of-the-porn-stars-son-photos/ * Drake's statement claiming the blackface act was a type of social commentary about racism he was experiencing in Canada: https://twitter.com/search?q=drake%20statement&src=typd * Drake claiming in an earlier story that he never experienced racism in Canada: "Drake Says He Only Experienced Racism After Coming to America After Fame: ‘I Never Really Notice Color’" http://atlantablackstar.com/2017/02/21/drake-says-grammy-wins-rap-categories-make-feel-alienated/ * The creator of Too Black Guys, the makers of the Jim Crow Couture line, explaining his upbringing, including being the only black kid in a white area of Canada and having a Jamaican single mother. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tpVmevX278 * Jamie Foxx and Karrine Steffans on Foxxhole Radio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjULVJOkqsg

Today I answer a bunch of questions that I have been asked over the past few months. If interested in asking questions, go to https://curiouscat.me/champagnesharks, email us at champagnesharks (at) gmail (d0t) com, or hit us up on twitter @champagnesharks. Questions answered this episode: * I answer follow-up questions about my episode critiquing integration-focused antiracism * I play this related video by Ash Sankar a listener sent along https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zA58S8-2oA * A question about whether I'm aware of the Swirling Movement and related figures and movements like "black women divest," "bwgtow," "Breukelen Bleu," and "leaving blackistan." * I read a great comment about the white LGTBQ movement and why they increasingly use black lesbians and trans women as the current face of it, in response to my episode about the 4 Black lesbians who were murdered. * My opinion on Shonda Rimes * My opinion on the idea that every black kid will be supposedly inspired to do great things by the Black Panther movie. * To what extent do I think the idea of Black women's superiority to back men is rooted in an idea that Black women can become white, while Black men can't? * Support the show and get double the episodes by subscribing to bonus episodes for $5/month at patreon.com/champagnesharks.  If you can’t subscribe right now for whatever reason, do the next best thing and tell as many people as you know about the show.

This is a preview of a premium bonus episode. To get access to this episode subscribe for $5/month at patreon.com/champagnesharks.  This will not only give you access to this current premium episode you’re previewing, but also all the back premium episodes you may have missed as well and all future bonus premium episodes. Also, remember you do not need an Apple product to rate and review the show; just click here to create the AppleID needed to rate and review: https://appleid.apple.com/account#!&page=create. Then click here to review and rate the podcast in Itunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/champ…d1242690393?mt=2. Also don’t forget to check out the Champagne Sharks reddit at http://reddit.com/r/champagnesharks and the Champagne Sharks Twitter account at http://twitter.com/champagnesharks. In this episode we discuss a variety of topics, starting with the Drake and Pusha T diss track war and Roseanne's final twitter mistake tht resulted in the cancellation of her show.

Support the show and get double the episodes by subscribing to bonus episodes for $5/month at patreon.com/champagnesharks.  If you can’t subscribe right now for whatever reason, do the next best thing and tell as many people as you know about the show. Also, remember to review and rate the podcast in Itunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/champ…d1242690393?mt=2. You do not need an Apple product to rate and review the show, just click here to create the AppleID needed to rate and review: https://appleid.apple.com/account#!&page=create. Also, check out the Champagne Sharks reddit at http://reddit.com/r/champagnesharks. Also check out Champagne Sharks on Twitter at http://twitter.com/champagnesharks. This episode we welcome Joe Virgillito to discuss the new NFL national anthem rules and also the woman who threw water at Tomi Lahren. Joe Virgillito is a staff writer for BTRtoday and host of The Daily Beat podcast. You can follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/joevirgillito. BTR Today podcast can be found at http://www.btrtoday.com/listen/thedailybeat/. Mentioned in this episode: * My recent two-part appearance on The Daily Beat podcast to discuss the phenomenon of what I call "Basquiat Rappers." Pt. 1: http://www.btrtoday.com/listen/thedailybeat/kanye-west-basquiat-rappers-part-i-with-trevor-beaulieu/. Pt. 2: http://www.btrtoday.com/listen/thedailybeat/the-bargain-for-access-part-ii-with-trevor-beaulieu/ * "Scared NFL Makes Epic Mistake with Anthem Policy" by Mike Freeman https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2777523-scared-nfl-makes-epic-mistake-with-anthem-policy * "NFL Anthem Policy: Why Owners Decided on the New Rule" https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/05/24/national-anthem-policy-owners-meetings-roger-goodell-kirk-cousins-vikings-johnny-manziel-cfl

This is a preview of a premium bonus episode. To get access to this episode subscribe for $5/month at patreon.com/champagnesharks.  This will not only give you access to this current premium episode you’re previewing, but also all the back premium episodes you may have missed as well and all future bonus premium episodes. Also, remember you do not need an Apple product to rate and review the show; just click here to create the AppleID needed to rate and review: https://appleid.apple.com/account#!&page=create. Then click here to review and rate the podcast in Itunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/champ…d1242690393?mt=2. Also don’t forget to check out the Champagne Sharks reddit at http://reddit.com/r/champagnesharks and the Champagne Sharks Twitter account at http://twitter.com/champagnesharks. In this episode we discuss a recent article from Huffington Post about Lando Calrissian being revealed to be pansexual "‘Star Wars’ Writer Confirms Donald Glover’s Character Is Pansexual In ‘Solo’": https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lando-calrissian-sexual-fluidity-solo-star-wars_us_5af77d59e4b00d7e4c1b37a9 Mentioned in this episode: * A supercut of all of Billy D. Williams's scenes as Lando Calrissian from the original trilogy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=og9tIQtmxko * The Root article on the topic, "Star Wars Writer Confirms Lando Calrissian Is Pansexual " https://thegrapevine.theroot.com/star-wars-writer-confirms-lando-calrissian-is-pansexual-1826131844 * "Chloe Melas blasted after sexual harassment claim against Morgan Freeman" https://rollingout.com/2018/05/26/chloe-melas-blasted-after-sexual-harassment-claim-against-morgan-freeman/ * Full CNN interview with Chloe Melas about Morgan Freeman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOWWLeVcZoA

Support the show and get double the episodes by subscribing to bonus episodes for $5/month at patreon.com/champagnesharks.  If you can’t subscribe right now for whatever reason, do the next best thing and tell as many people as you know about the show. Also, remember to review and rate the podcast in Itunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/champ…d1242690393?mt=2. You do not need an Apple product to rate and review the show, just click here to create the AppleID needed to rate and review: https://appleid.apple.com/account#!&page=create. Also, check out the Champagne Sharks reddit at http://reddit.com/r/champagnesharks. Also check out Champagne Sharks on Twitter at http://twitter.com/champagnesharks. Today Brandon Sutton, host of The Discourse podcast, joins us to talk about the new Karate Kid sequel series "Cobra Kai."  Brandon is a PhD candidate in Anthropology and also the hose The Discourse (On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/expandthediscourse, on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/ExpandTheDiscourse). Mentioned in this episode: * Post from Incels message board "So whites are only 30% of the userbase." https://incels.me/threads/so-whites-are-only-30-of-the-userbase.38926/ * "Hope, cope and rope. The sad truth behind the incels movement." by Joel Hillhttps://medium.com/@joelhill/hope-cope-and-rope-the-sad-truth-behind-the-incels-movement-a7dc8955ceaf * "The Karate Kid: Daniel is the REAL Bully [J. Matthew Movies, Ep 3]" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Gz_iTuRMM

This is a preview of a premium bonus episode. To get access to this episode subscribe for $5/month at patreon.com/champagnesharks.  This will not only give you access to this current premium episode you’re previewing, but also all the back premium episodes you may have missed as well and all future bonus premium episodes. Also, remember you do not need an Apple product to rate and review the show; just click here to create the AppleID needed to rate and review: https://appleid.apple.com/account#!&page=create. Then click here to review and rate the podcast in Itunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/champ…d1242690393?mt=2. Also don’t forget to check out the Champagne Sharks reddit at http://reddit.com/r/champagnesharks and the Champagne Sharks Twitter account at http://twitter.com/champagnesharks. In this episode we discuss a recent article from the Shea butter black feminist website Madame Noire entitled “Why I Stopped Dating Black American Men When I Decided I Was Ready For Marriage” by Arah Iloabugichukwu http://madamenoire.com/1022349/why-i-stopped-dating-black-american-men-when-i-decided-i-was-ready-for-marriage/ More from the same author: Reader Submission: Black Americans, It’s Time We Recognize Our Privilege…Our American Privilege http://madamenoire.com/1019443/reader-submission-black-americans-its-time-we-recognize-our-privilege-our-american-privilege/ Being A Single Mother Does Not Make Me A Father And I Refuse To Raise My Son To Believe So http://madamenoire.com/1023286/being-a-single-mother-does-not-make-me-a-father-and-i-refuse-to-raise-my-son-to-believe-so/

Support the show and get double the episodes by subscribing to bonus episodes for $5/month at patreon.com/champagnesharks.  If you can’t subscribe right now for whatever reason, do the next best thing and tell as many people as you know about the show. Also, remember to review and rate the podcast in Itunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/champ…d1242690393?mt=2. You do not need an Apple product to rate and review the show, just click here to create the AppleID needed to rate and review: https://appleid.apple.com/account#!&page=create. Also, check out the Champagne Sharks reddit at http://reddit.com/r/champagnesharks. Also check out Champagne Sharks on Twitter at http://twitter.com/champagnesharks. This episode Mike and I talk about therapy, both my personal experiences with it and the general racial experiences with it in society.

Support the show and get double the episodes by subscribing to bonus episodes for $5/month at patreon.com/champagnesharks.  If you can’t subscribe right now for whatever reason, do the next best thing and tell as many people as you know about the show. Also, remember to review and rate the podcast in Itunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/champ…d1242690393?mt=2. You do not need an Apple product to rate and review the show, just click here to create the AppleID needed to rate and review: https://appleid.apple.com/account#!&page=create. Also, check out the Champagne Sharks reddit at http://reddit.com/r/champagnesharks. Also check out Champagne Sharks on Twitter at http://twitter.com/champagnesharks. Mentioned in the episode: * The movie "Goodbye, Uncle Tom" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVFik44ay0I * The movie "Black Like Me" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww0q4XhxPAA&t=4759s * Relevant articles on all the Jeffrey Dahmer information discussed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Anderson#Killing_of_his_wife; https://nypost.com/2015/05/04/why-dahmers-killer-murdered-second-racist-inmate/; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Balcerzak; https://www.ranker.com/list/story-of-boy-police-gave-back-to-jeffrey-dahmer/amandatullos; https://blackbutterfly7.wordpress.com/2015/08/08/the-jeffrey-dahmer-victim-who-did-not-have-to-die/  

This is a preview of a premium bonus episode. To get access to this episode subscribe for $5/month at patreon.com/champagnesharks. This will not only give you access to this current premium episode you’re previewing, but also all the back premium episodes you may have missed as well and all future bonus premium episodes. Also, remember to review and rate the podcast in Itunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/champ…d1242690393?mt=2.ou do not need an Apple product to rate and review the show, just click here to create the AppleID needed to rate and review: https://appleid.apple.com/account#!&page=create. Also don’t forget to check out the Champagne Sharks reddit at http://reddit.com/r/champagnesharks and the Champagne Sharks Twitter account at http://twitter.com/champagnesharks. Discussed in this episode: * Clip from Mandingo where the slaveowner finds out his wife has a sensual past and sensual desires: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WC0F0_57LQ * Clip from Mandingo where the slaveowner starts falling for his black bed wench: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRq_ue2I7u0 * This thread describes how the Nazis used this idea of intellectual refined visuals as a celebration of whiteness and white beauty to advance white supremacist ideals: https://twitter.com/NowIsNotGood/status/899339804441272323 * Tyler the Creator's interview with Larry King https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC3y_9PNaoM * 'No Rice, No Curry And No Blacks' - The sexual racism running rampant within the LGBT community https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/sexuality/agenda/article/2016/08/25/no-rice-no-curry-and-no-blacks-sexual-racism-running-rampant-within-lgbt * Orality and Literacy by Walter Ong https://amzn.to/2KTOraa * Voodoo Doughnuts coverage: "Voodoo Doughnuts Have People Under A Sweet Spell" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob1yxoGK_cQ * Swedish racist cake controversy https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/9210826/Swedish-bomb-threat-after-racist-cake-controversy.html * The battle over the traditional Swedish pastry "Negro Balls". Removed from the Swedish dictionary: https://www.thelocal.se/20150323/swedish-dictionary-to-advise-against-racist-words; The Battle of the Swedish Chocolate Ball https://watchingtheswedes.com/2014/05/12/the-battle-of-the-swedish-chocolate-ball/

Remember to check out the “Killmonger Was Right” and other assorted Team Killmonger gear at http://killmongerwasright.com which also helps to support the show. Support the show and get double the episodes by subscribing to bonus episodes for $5/month at patreon.com/champagnesharks.  If you can’t subscribe right now for whatever reason, do the next best thing and tell as many people as you know about the show. Also, remember to review and rate the podcast in Itunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/champ…d1242690393?mt=2. You do not need an Apple product to rate and review the show, just click here to create the AppleID needed to rate and review: https://appleid.apple.com/account#!&page=create. Also, check out the Champagne Sharks reddit at http://reddit.com/r/champagnesharks. Also check out Champagne Sharks on Twitter at http://twitter.com/champagnesharks. Mentioned in the episode: * "Employees Claim Upscale NYC Bistro Used Racist Code, Seated Black Patrons at Back of Restaurant" http://atlantablackstar.com/2017/01/03/employees-claim-upscale-nyc-bistro-used-racist-code-seated-black-patrons-at-back-of-restaurant/ * “United Nations Troops (Literally) Rape Black Men, Women, and Children with Impunity. And Its Time We Exposed It.“ https://medium.com/@PanAfricanUnity/united-nations-troops-literally-rape-black-men-women-and-children-with-impunity-c83e68e5dc5c * "Can Oxfam recover from scandal?" http://www.thewhig.com/2018/03/08/can-oxfam-recover-from-scandal * "Sex abuse underreported in NGOs" http://www.thewhig.com/2018/03/16/sex-abuse-underreported-in-ngos * “UN aid worker suspended for leaking report on child abuse by French troops” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/29/un-aid-worker-suspended-leaking-report-child-abuse-french-troops-car; Anders Kompass's Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Kompass * "Sex abuse plagues United Nations" http://www.thewhig.com/2018/03/22/sex-abuse-plagues-united-nations * “The Theft of Innocence: Voluntourism and Child Sexual Abuse”https://mediadiversified.org/2016/03/10/the-theft-of-innocence-voluntourism-and-child-sex-abuse/ * Matthew Durham, 21 year old white missionary in course of 33 days in Kenya raped three underage girls eight times and molested one boy twice: https://www.cnn.com/2016/03/07/us/missionary-sexual-assault-kenya-children/index.html * James Arbaugh, a missionary who “groomed Haitian boys for sex” 

Check out killmongerwasright.com for the Team Killmonger t-shirts you can buy to support the show. This is a preview of part of a two-part bonus premium episode, split across episodes 82 and 84. Support the show and get double the episodes by subscribing to bonus episodes for $5/month at patreon.com/champagnesharks. This will not only give you access to this current premium episode you’re previewing, but also all the back premium episodes you may have missed as well and all future bonus premium episodes. Also, check out the Champagne Sharks reddit at http://reddit.com/r/champagnesharks. Also don’t forget to check out the Champagne Sharks reddit at http://reddit.com/r/champagnesharks and the Champagne Sharks Twitter account at http://twitter.com/champagnesharks. Introduction Song: "When I'm Gone" by The Jones Girls Discussed in the episode: * Gary Owen Wife Kenya Duke Calls Michael Blackson The N Word https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MULaK62MNTU * Chyna Fox commentary on Black men and Stephon Clark aka; the bedwench perspective…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LByEY4RpPY0 * MTO exposes Chyna as a bedwench https://mtonews.com/stephon-clarkebed-wench-caught

Remember to check out the “Killmonger Was Right” and other assorted Team Killmonger gear at http://killmongerwasright.com which also helps to support the show. Support the show and get double the episodes by subscribing to bonus episodes for $5/month at patreon.com/champagnesharks.  If you can’t subscribe right now for whatever reason, do the next best thing and tell as many people as you know about the show. Also, remember to review and rate the podcast in Itunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/champ…d1242690393?mt=2. You do not need an Apple product to rate and review the show, just click here to create the AppleID needed to rate and review: https://appleid.apple.com/account#!&page=create. Also, check out the Champagne Sharks reddit at http://reddit.com/r/champagnesharks. Also check out Champagne Sharks on Twitter at http://twitter.com/champagnesharks. Mentioned in the episode: * Update on whether Devonte Hart was intentional murder-suicide: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-hart-family-crash-intentional-report-20180401-story.html * "Allison Williams Reveals What White People Ask Her About Get Out" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AE0tMvL-aM * Story describing how the Hart parents made Devonte and his siblings dance on camera in their underwear to put on social media: http://www.crimeonline.com/2018/03/30/devonte-hart-and-siblings-appeared-in-unusual-youtube-videos-before-fatal-suv-plunge-that-may-have-killed-the-entire-family/ * Stories that updated the Devonte Hart abuse history that came out after we recorded this episode: http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2018/04/devonte_hart_family_crash_dece.html; https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2018/04/devonte_harts_biological_mom_t.html; http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2018/04/other_new_developments_in_the.html * 3 disturbing tweets by Tariq Nasheed about Devonte Hart https://twitter.com/tariqnasheed/status/979542114974425088; https://twitter.com/tariqnasheed/status/979564656367779840; https://twitter.com/tariqnasheed/status/979566402729209856 * Open Secret Documentary, available free online: https://vimeo.com/142444429 * Jerry Sandusky's Black victims: http://blackyouthproject.com/jerry-sandusky-penn-state-black-victims/ * Ohio teacher molested her black foster son a...