Episode 36 - Tall Grass Food Box and A More Just Food System

Brian and Marion are back with a Thanksgiving episode! Note: This episode was recorded in August 2020. Brian sits down with our friends Derrick Beasley, Gabrielle E.W. Carter, and Gerald Harris, the co-founders of Tall Grass Food Box, a CSA that distributes fresh produce from North Carolina's Black farmers to residents and restaurants around the Triangle. They talk through what inspired Tall Grass's creation, food justice, and of course, how they want their reparations. Find them at www.tallgrassfoodbox.com, and follow them on Instagram at @tallgrassfoodbox!

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Episode 35 - Gene Demby and the Anti-Blackness of Black Exceptionalism

Brian & Marion chop it up with Code Switch co-host and Philly boy Gene Demby about how Black people in predominantly white institutions metabolize white supremacy and anti-Blackness, and why so many "exceptional" Black people hold on to the idea that other Black people don't like them. They also get into how Kamala Harris's career won't save us, how LLC Twitter and Passport Twitter can't even save themselves, and - of course - how Gene wants his reparations. Click here to listen!

Episode 34 - Food Politics: You Are How You Eat

Brian & Marion bring you a king-sized episode to talk all things food -- what cooking means to them, how access to food gets determined, policed, and stigmatized, and how Americans bring other cultures' food into their comfort zone. They also share their own cooking hashtags - #teniadetreats and #eatpangea - and favorite cooking tv shows. Click here to listen!

Episode 31 - Jessamyn Stanley and Black Body Positivity

Brian & Marion talk to yoga practitioner, author, and podcaster Jessamyn Stanley about body positivity and the aggressive policing of Black bodies. They also discuss how hard--and crucial--it is to build an inclusive yoga community without falling back into the consumerist, capitalist, and colonialist tropes that dominate so much of American yoga culture. And don't worry, they find time to discuss Adidas x Ivy Park as well. Click here to listen, or download the mp3 below!

Find Jessamyn's new podcast, Dear Jessamyn, at www.dearjessamyn.com or just about wherever you're getting this podcast from!

Episode 30 - Burnout Hits Different When You're Black

To ring in the new year, Brian & Marion get personal about their own experiences with that most millennial of conditions -- burnout. But oddly enough, most conversations about millennials and burnout have a very narrow, very white perspective on it...They also talk about how mental health can literally be life or death, and how policy can actually help our society take mental health as seriously as it needs to. CONTENT WARNING: suicide, self-harm. Click here to listen, or download the mp3 below!

Episode 28 - The Evolution of Voter Suppression

Brian & Marion are back from their unscheduled hiatus with something light and frothy for the summer: voter suppression! They delve into the history of gerrymandering, current disenfranchisement, and the swindling of a Supreme Court seat. They also go on a hella tangent about hanging chads, so enjoy that angry jaunt down memory lane. Click here to listen, or get the mp3 below!

Episode 27 - Dr. Ciara Zachary and Black Maternal Health

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Brian & Marion talk to public health expert Dr. Ciara Zachary about how systemic racism is killing Black mothers at an alarming rate. (They also go on a semi-relevant tangent about facial recognition software, so look forward to that coming up again in a future episode.) Brian also talks to his wife Brianna about her own experience being a Black mother in America. Click here to listen, or find the mp3 below!


Episode 26 - Gentrification, or Revitalization?

Brian & Marion discuss the hottest trend that's showing up in cities from D.C. to Brooklyn to Durham, NC -- gentrification! They get into the difference between gentrification and revitalization, what your responsibility is as an individual to fight gentrification, and whether there are any communities out there who are actually getting it right. Marion also gets profane talking about The Sims, which is shockingly relevant; and Brian takes us on a history detour to 9th-century Ethiopia.  Click here to listen, or find the mp3 below!

Episode 25 - From Punchline to Protagonists: Blackness in Horror

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Brian & Marion dive into the surprisingly rich and complicated history of Black representation in horror movies, starting with The Birth of a Nation and ending (for now) with Us. Marion has a LOT to say about Dr. Robin R. Means Coleman's new Shudder documentary Horror Noire, and Brian surprises everyone by giving a world-class history lesson. They also answer that eternal question - what's your favorite scary movie?

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Episode 23 - The Reparations Episode

Brian & Marion finally dedicate a whole episode to reparations. They talk historical context, cultural opposition, and how reparations has gone from a throwaway to a presidential litmus test in ten years. They also discuss how each presidential candidate so far has answered the reparations question; and discover that right now, Marion doesn’t particularly care for any presidential candidates or perennial almost-candidate Joe Biden. Click here for the episode, or find the mp3 below!

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Episode 22 - Talila Lewis and Disability Justice

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Marion talks to disability justice activist Talila A. Lewis about the often erased or ignored intersections of disability and other marginalized identities. They also talk about the myth of productivity as a value, and a deeper form of reparations. Click here to listen, or find the mp3 below!

Transcript available here, and find more about Talila's work here.

Episode 21 - Legacy, Opportunity, and the Green New Deal

Brian & Marion dive into the historical and cultural context of the Green New Deal, America's latest stimulus proposal triggered by a specific crisis - in this case, climate change. They also refuse to check any acronyms before or during the episode, so fact check them at your leisure. Also also, this is their one-year anniversary episode! Click here to listen, or find the mp3 below!

Nominate us for Best Local Podcast!

Nominate At The Intersection for Best Local Podcast in Indy Week's Best of the Triangle ballot!

Top nominees in each category advance to the final round of voting in April. So for now, we just need y'all to show us some love in the Out and About section for Best Local Podcast. And don't forget to nominate other dope Black-owned businesses in other sections as well!

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