Maybe you’ve laid awake and imagined how it could have been, how it might yet be, but the moment to act was never right. Well, the moment is here and the podcast making it happen is Heavyweight. Join Jonathan Goldstein for road trips, thorny reunions, and difficult conversations as he backpedals his way into the past like a therapist with a time machine. From Spotify Studios.
https://gimletmedia.com/show/heavyweight/
Heavyweight Check In 7
During these times of uncertainty and sadness, we bring you two stories of two women seeking the comfort of childhood. Amber and Eva are in search of their first grade teachers.
Mix by Bobby Lord. Music by Christine Fellows, John K Samson , Bobby Lord, and Blue Dot Sessions.
Further Reading:
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/becoming-a-parent-in-the-age-of-black-lives-matter/612448/
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a23960/james-baldwin-cool-it/
https://www.mpd150.com/report/overview/
https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/george-floyd-houstons-protests-and-the-privilege-of-the-benefit-of-the-doubt
https://newrepublic.com/article/157949/fascism-america-trump-anti-police-george-floyd-protests
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/
And you can find Amber’s memoir about leaving the Jehovah’s Witnesses here:
https://bookshop.org/books/leaving-the-witness-exiting-a-religion-and-finding-a-life/9780735222540
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