In the 1980s, there were only 63 Black films by, for, or about Black Americans. But in the 1990s, that number quadrupled, with 220 Black films making their way to cinema screens nationwide. What sparked this “Black New Wave?” Who blazed this path for contemporaries like Ava DuVernay, Kasi Lemmons and Jordan Peele? And how did these films transform American culture as a whole? Presenting The Class of 1989, a new limited-run series from pop culture critics Len Webb and Vincent Williams, hosts ...
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#57 - Cooked: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Food But Never Occur to You to Ask
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This week, we sat down with Chris Stroud, the proprietor of Bread and Roses Books, to talk about Netflix Original documentary series Cooked, based on the book of the same name by Michael Pollan. The series takes us on a journey through the human relationship with all sorts of foods, from meat to plants, from bread to cheese. In our conversation, you will hear us talk about the things we learned and how the series made us feel. We also talk about the areas where the series may fall short of creating real, sustainable social change and whether or not its spiritual tone adds or detracts from the rest of its message. References: -A past conversation with Stephen Szucs from SustainableJoes about another documentary, Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret -You can find Bread and Roses Books on alibris, Biblio, and Etsy -And yes, the man whose name I forgot was marketing food researcher Harry Balzer
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This week, we sat down with Chris Stroud, the proprietor of Bread and Roses Books, to talk about Netflix Original documentary series Cooked, based on the book of the same name by Michael Pollan. The series takes us on a journey through the human relationship with all sorts of foods, from meat to plants, from bread to cheese. In our conversation, you will hear us talk about the things we learned and how the series made us feel. We also talk about the areas where the series may fall short of creating real, sustainable social change and whether or not its spiritual tone adds or detracts from the rest of its message. References: -A past conversation with Stephen Szucs from SustainableJoes about another documentary, Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret -You can find Bread and Roses Books on alibris, Biblio, and Etsy -And yes, the man whose name I forgot was marketing food researcher Harry Balzer
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