Champagne Sharks

This was a premium episode previously only available only to $5/month Patreon subscribers at https://www.patreon.com/posts/cs-228-end-of-11-31930028. It is now unlocked and free to everyone. Show notes to this episode are available to Patreon subscribers at https://www.patreon.com/posts/show-notes-for-32013027. This episode was hosted by T. (http://twitter.com/rickyrawls), Andray Domise (https://twitter.com/andraydomise), Daniel Bessner (https://twitter.com/dbessner) and Courtney Rawlings (https://twitter.com/__acadame). We discuss Daniel's recent papers on the state of the job market for history phDs and how it relates to the precarious state of knowledge work in general in America under neoliberalism. You can find a prologue to this episode as well here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/31929590. Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/u

As is now the norm for our free episodes, this episode was available only to $5/month subscribers for the first 24 hours, and is now unlocked to the general public. Show notes to this episode, if we decide to do any, will eventually be available to Patreon subscribers at patreon.com/champagnesharks. This episode was hosted by T. The guest is Courtney Kaye Rawlings (https://twitter.com/__acadame), a phD candidate in Art History at Emory University. We discuss an episode of the show, episode 228, which we recorded together with Andray Domise and Daniel Bessner and can be found here https://www.patreon.com/posts/31930028. The link Courtney mentions at the end where she wants people to flood the National Labor Relations Board with their comments is here http://seiufacultyforward.org/graduate-workers-attack/. The site also explains the background of the conflict. Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulie

This is a preview of a Patreon-only episode. This episode is hosted by Kenny and Mario, continuing their conversation from part 1.

This episode will be available only to $5 subscribers for the first 24 hours, after which time it will be unlocked to the general public. Show notes to this episode, if we decide to do any, will eventually be available to Patreon subscribers at patreon.com/champagnesharks. Subscribing not only gets you access to our archive of over 100 subscriber -only episodes,  but also access to our Discord server, which allows you to do voice and chat with the podcast hosts and other premium subscribers to the podcast. This episode is hosted by Ken alone. You can find Ken at http://twitter.com/503305podcast Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com). 

This is a teaser for part 2 of a two-part episode. Part 1 is free and Part 2 is available only to premium Patreon subscribers who subscribe at a rate of $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/posts/cs222-harriet-pt-31378616.  Show notes to this episode will eventually be available to Patreon subscribers at patreon.com/champagnesharks. This episode has Kenny, Mario and Trevor as hosts, and Andray Domise (http://twitter.com/andraydomise) as a guest host. We review the new movie "Harriet" starring Cynthia Erivo and directed by Kasi Lemmons. Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

This is part 1 of a two-part episode. Part 1 is free and Part 2 is available only to premium Patreon subscribers who subscribe at a rate of $5/month.  This episode will be available only to $5 subscribers for the first 24 hours, after which time it will be unlocked to the general public. However part 2 will remain paywalled at https://www.patreon.com/posts/31378616. Show notes to this episode will eventually be available to Patreon subscribers at patreon.com/champagnesharks. This episode has Kenny, Mario and Trevor as hosts, and Andray Domise (http://twitter.com/andraydomise) as a guest host. We review the new movie "Harriet" starring Cynthia Erivo and directed by Kasi Lemmons. Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

This is a teaser for part 2 of a two-part episode. Part 1 is free and the full version of Part 2 is available only to premium Patreon subscribers who subscribe at a rate of $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/posts/cs-219-tin-foil-31150918.  Show notes to this episode are also eventually be available to Patreon subscribers at https://www.patreon.com/posts/episodes-218-and-31152505. This episode has Kenny, Mario and Trevor as hosts. We talk about an attempt to be woke online about the topic of continual consent that backfired for an online activist as well as the topic of how a lot of the people who make hating straight Black men a core part of their online identity are actually mad about an idea they hold about straight Black men being more popular with the white kids in high school than they were, and how much of their "ideology" is just residual jealousy that originates in that notion. Then in part 2, T. breaks out a psychological theory about Mandingoism and Mapplethorpism that grosses out the other shar

This is part 1 of a two-part episode. Part 1 is free and Part 2 is available only to premium Patreon subscribers who subscribe at a rate of $5/month.  This episode will be available only to $5 subscribers for the first 24 hours, after which time it will be unlocked to the general public. However part 2 will remain paywalled at https://www.patreon.com/posts/cs-219-tin-foil-31150918. Show notes to this episode are available to Patreon subscribers at https://www.patreon.com/posts/episodes-218-and-31152505. This episode has Kenny, Mario and Trevor as hosts. We talk about an attempt to be woke online about the topic of continual consent that backfired for an online activist as well as the topic of how a lot of the people who make hating straight Black men a core part of their online identity are actually mad about an idea they hold about straight Black men being more popular with the white kids in high school than they were, and how much of their "ideology" is just residual jealousy that originates in that notio

This is part 1 of a two-part episode. Part 1 is free and Part 2 is available only to premium Patreon subscribers who subscribe at a rate of $5/month.  This episode will be available only to $5 subscribers for the first 24 hours, after which time it will be unlocked to the general public. However part 2 will remain paywalled. Show notes to this episode are also eventually be available to Patreon subscribers at https://www.patreon.com/posts/31014838. This episode has Mario and Trevor as hosts. We talk about a variety of issues in the news in this one including Black capitalists vs. Black socialists and how toxic social media is, as well as a disgusting rapist of Black girls and women who recently came to light named Jason Roger Pope AKA DJ Kidd. Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

This is a teaser for part 2 of a two-part episode. Part 1 is free and the full version of Part 2 is available only to premium Patreon subscribers who subscribe at a rate of $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/posts/30917213.  Show notes to this episode are also eventually be available to Patreon subscribers at https://www.patreon.com/posts/30918362. Professor Heidi Matthews researches and teaches in the areas of international criminal law, the law of war, international legal history and political theory. Her work theorizes contemporary shifts in the practice and discourse of the global legal regulation of political violence, with particular attention to history and gender, as well as political, critical and aesthetic theory. Today Heidi and I talk about two of her articles, one about whether #MeToo can be deemed a modern sex panic and the other about the concept of creeps and the ways in which being deemed a creep fits into the presumption of being a sexual threat and pariah. Co-produced & edited by Aaron

This is part 1 of a two-part episode. Part 1 is free and Part 2 is available only to premium Patreon subscribers who subscribe at a rate of $5/month.  Show notes to this episode are also eventually be available to Patreon subscribers at https://www.patreon.com/posts/30918362. Professor Heidi Matthews researches and teaches in the areas of international criminal law, the law of war, international legal history and political theory. Her work theorizes contemporary shifts in the practice and discourse of the global legal regulation of political violence, with particular attention to history and gender, as well as political, critical and aesthetic theory. Today Heidi and I talk about two of her articles, one about whether #MeToo can be deemed a modern sex panic and the other about the concept of creeps and the ways in which being deemed a creep fits into the presumption of being a sexual threat and pariah. Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmai

This is the teaser to part 2 of a 2-part episode. The first episode is free, the second one is available to premium subscribers at at patreon.com/champagnesharks, specifically https://www.patreon.com/posts/cs-213-shit-show-30576345. This episode is hosted by Ken, Mario and T. This is part 2 of a 2-part episode. The first episode is free, the second one is available to premium subscribers who subscribe at the $5/month level over at patreon.com/champagnesharks. This episode has a couple of firsts and was originally going to be called "Shooting the Shit" but then we realized we already titled another episode that, so we gave it this title instead. Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

This episode is hosted by Ken, Mario and T. This is part 1 of a 2-part episode. The first episode is free, the second one is available to premium subscribers who subscribe at the $5/month level over at patreon.com/champagnesharks. This episode has a couple of firsts and was originally going to be called "Shooting the Shit" but then we realized we already titled another episode that, so we gave it this title instead. Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

This is the teaser to part 2 of a 2-part episode. The first episode is free, the second one is available to premium subscribers at at patreon.com/champagnesharks, specifically https://www.patreon.com/posts/30528266. This episode is hosted by T. and Mtume as guest co-host. Professor Dominic Taylor is a scholar of African-American theater and a writer-director whose work has been seen across the country. He is the former associate artistic director of Penumbra Theatre Company in St. Paul, Minn., one of the premiere African-American theaters in the country and currently teaches and is a vice-chair at UCLA. Today we discuss Professor Taylor's recent article "Don’t Call African-American Theatre Black Theatre: It’s Like Calling a Dog a Cat" https://www.massreview.org/node/7537 Mentioned in this episode: "Decolonizing my Desire" by Jeremy O. Harris, author of Slave Play. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8qgm9g/decolonizing-my-desire Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Se

This episode is hosted by T. and Mtume as guest co-host.   This is part 1 of a 2-part episode. The first episode is free, the second one is available to premium subscribers who subscribe at the $5/month level over at patreon.com/champagnesharks, specifically https://www.patreon.com/posts/30528266. Professor Dominic Taylor is a scholar of African-American theater and a writer-director whose work has been seen across the country. He is the former associate artistic director of Penumbra Theatre Company in St. Paul, Minn., one of the premiere African-American theaters in the country and currently teaches and is a vice-chair at UCLA. Today we discuss Professor Taylor's recent article "Don’t Call African-American Theatre Black Theatre: It’s Like Calling a Dog a Cat" https://www.massreview.org/node/7537 Mentioned in this episode: "Decolonizing my Desire" by Jeremy O. Harris, author of Slave Play. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8qgm9g/decolonizing-my-desire Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pier

This is an unlocking of an episode that was previously only available to Patreon subscribers. In light of the recent Amber Guyger sentencing yesterday and the spectacle of apologies by the victim's family members since, along with the performative hugging and hair-combing of Amber Guyger by the Black judge and the Black deputy in the courtroom, we decided to unlock the episode due to it being especially relevant again. Click over to https://www.patreon.com/posts/23590464and subscribe to become a Champagne Sharks premium member$5 a month for full access to over 100 bonus episodes not available to non-subscribers. This is the first solo episode I've done in a while. I discuss various things about the Charleston, SC Black church shooting by Dylann Roof and the Pittsburgh, PA Jewish synagogue shooting by Robert Bowers. Discussed in this episode: Synagogue families refuse to meet with Trump https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/413825-family-of-synagogue-shooting-victim-declines-meeting-with-trump “Pi

This is a teaser for a recent premium episode available in full only to Patreon subscribers at the $5 per month level. Click over to https://www.patreon.com/posts/23590464 and subcribe to become a Champagne Sharks premium member for full access to this episode as well as 100+ bonus episodes not available to non-subscribers. This episode is hosted by Ken and T. with no guests. We discuss political theater in general and the problems with Black political punditry specifically, using the recent Revolt Media panel with Killer Mike, Candace Owens, and T.I. as our starting point. Sign up at this link for the Champagne Sharks Youtube channel; if we hit 1000 subscribers we can start doing livestreams: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu_kgnaXckBTwCdmQNyq2rw  

What do you guys enjoy about this show or want more of? Let us know at champagnesharks (at) gmail (dot) com. This is part 1 of a 2 part episode. Part 2 is available only to $5/month premium subscribers here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/cs-208-ny-and-pt-30225451. Sign up for $5/month at patreon.com/champagnesharks to instantly access this and over 100 other premium subscriber-only episodes. Also sign up at this link for the Champagne Sharks Youtube channel; if we hit 1000 subscribers we can start doing livestreams: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu_kgnaXckBTwCdmQNyq2rw This episode is hosted by Ken and T. with no guests. We use the trial and testimony of Tekashi 69 to discuss the decline of NY in general and NY hip-hop specifically and as usual we use it to spin off into a variety of related topics. Mentioned in this episode: East coast Bloods and Crips vs. their west coast equivalents. Daylyt's take on the Tekashi debacle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VkWmzfOIzo The Stro/Ebro beef about Hot 9

Go to http://patreon.com/champagnesharks to become a Patreon subscriber for $5/month and get access to over 90 archived subscriber-only episodes not available on the main, free feed as well as access to the voice and chat Discord server, only for show patrons. This episode is hosted by T. alone, with guest Adrian E. Miller (http://twitter.com/soulfoodscholar). Adrian E. Miller is a recovering lawyer and politico who turned into a food writer interested in the following topics: African heritage food (especially soul food), barbecue, the intersection of faith and food, and presidential foodways. His website can be found over at http://adrianemiller.com/