In this episode we spend time discussing the genocide in Gaza. We explore the questions: Why do we personally talk about and take action for Gaza and a free Palestine? Why should Black Americans care about what is happening in Gaza? How do we get out of this timeline?

Book Recommendation:

Side by Side: Parallel Histories of Israel-Palestine edited by Sami Adwan, Dan Bar-On, and Eyal Naveh

Places to Donate:

World Central Kitchen: https://donate.wck.org/give/525879/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=reliefpage-header

World Food Programme: https://www.wfp.org/emergencies/palestine-emergency

WFP has a list of countries facing crisis where you can donate

Spoiler Alert! We're diving deeper into Ryan Coogler's Sinners on today's episode of the podcast. Join us as we connect the film to the religious lives of people who were enslaved and afropessimist theory. We also talk about "Alligator Alcatraz," the big beautiful bill *rolls eyes* and Trump being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Episode Citations:

Frank B. Wilderson III, Red, White & Black: Cinema and the Structure of U.S. Antagonisms (Durham: Duke University Press, 2010), 58-59.

Jared Sexton, “The Social Life of Social Death: On Afro-Pessimism and Black Optimism,” InTensions Journal 5 (2011): 31.

Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh., “The Souls of Womenfolk : The Religious Cultures of Enslaved Women in the Lower South,” 2021, 214.

Rachelle R. Green, “Learning to Live: Prisons, Pedagogy, and Theological Education,” 2024

Rabbi Ariana Katz & Rabbi Jessica Rosenberg, For Times Such As These: A Radical's Guide to the Jewish Year (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2024)

Music:

Episode One:

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Welcome to the very first episode of Real Hot Blerd Pod. On this episode, we dive right in and ask: will the revolution be televised...or nah? Join us as we talk about Beyoncé, Kendrick, Sinners, Evangelicals, and debates around whether or not the revolution will/can be televised.

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