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Lorraine DeGraffenreidt is a black person! Sarah Isaacson is a Jewish person! As it turns out, there's a lot of black and Jewish stuff that they don't know anything about -- and that makes them feel guilty! So now, they're getting learnt up. Join Lorraine and Sarah as they discover classic movies everyone's already seen (Schindler's List anyone???), conquer basic ethnic foods (chicken and waffles!!!) and generally improve as adult people, all while making their black and Jewish dads proud.Read more »
Lorraine DeGraffenreidt is a black person! Sarah Isaacson is a Jewish person! As it turns out, there's a lot of black and Jewish stuff that they don't know anything about -- and that makes them feel guilty! So now, they're getting learnt up. Join Lorraine and Sarah as they discover classic movies everyone's already seen (Schindler's List anyone???), conquer basic ethnic foods (chicken and waffles!!!) and generally improve as adult people, all while making their black and Jewish dads proud.Read Less
Most Recent Episode
Ciao for now / Afrofuturism and Rosalind Franklin
Jul 10
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74 minutes
Get ready for a super-special yet bittersweet ep that will leave you yearning for answers. Is Lorraine really going away to military school? Has Sarah really not peeped the Drake album yet? If a British Jew falls in a science lab and nobody else is there, does it make a sound? (No; British Jews don’t exist.) For today’s homework, Sarah and Lorraine decided to revisit old recommendations from guests and listeners. Lorraine got learnt up on Afrofuturism -- shoutout to Katelyn Hempstead for planting this seed of shame that has now blossomed into a beautiful knowledge flower! Everybody go read some Octavia Butler and listen to Sun Ra (and old Janelle Monae -- not that new poppy shit). Sarah took a listener’s advice and got to know Rosalind Franklin, a Jewish chemist whose work led to big scientific breakthroughs (but whose death -- and potentially some foul play from shady dudes -- prevented her from getting credit). This may be the last ep Sarah and Lorraine record together as co-hosts -- at least for now -- but they’ve got a full summer reading list and truly a lifetime of learnting ahead of them. Meanwhile, it’s really freakin’ hot outside, so please practice safe podcast-listening -- go somewhere with AC, or plug us into a speaker and jump in a pool. And stay tuned for more learnty news comin’ down the waterslide!Read more »
Get ready for a super-special yet bittersweet ep that will leave you yearning for answers. Is Lorraine really going away to military school? Has Sarah really not peeped the Drake album yet? If a British Jew falls in a science lab and nobody else is there, does it make a sound? (No; British Jews don’t exist.) For today’s homework, Sarah and Lorraine decided to revisit old recommendations from guests and listeners. Lorraine got learnt up on Afrofuturism -- shoutout to Katelyn Hempstead for planting this seed of shame that has now blossomed into a beautiful knowledge flower! Everybody go read some Octavia Butler and listen to Sun Ra (and old Janelle Monae -- not that new poppy shit). Sarah took a listener’s advice and got to know Rosalind Franklin, a Jewish chemist whose work led to big scientific breakthroughs (but whose death -- and potentially some foul play from shady dudes -- prevented her from getting credit). This may be the last ep Sarah and Lorraine record together as co-hosts -- at least for now -- but they’ve got a full summer reading list and truly a lifetime of learnting ahead of them. Meanwhile, it’s really freakin’ hot outside, so please practice safe podcast-listening -- go somewhere with AC, or plug us into a speaker and jump in a pool. And stay tuned for more learnty news comin’ down the waterslide!Read Less
