Strange Fruit
Jaison Gardner and Dr. Kaila Story talk race, gender, and LGBTQ issues, from politics to pop culture. A new episode every week, from Louisville Public Media.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 350
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2020
Bonus Fruit: Jaison and Kaila Get in Formation!
We had three brilliant scholars on our show this week. In fact, they were so brilliant, we didn't have any time left for our own analysis and response. So here it is!
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Fri 12 Feb 2016
Strange Fruit #158: Happy Black History Month!
It's Black History Month, and we're kicking things off with a show about some of our favorite figures in black history - especially those in the LGBT community. Our guests this week are making space …
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Fri 05 Feb 2016
Strange Fruit #157: Why Aren't There More Latino and Asian-American Elected Officials?
What percentage of your state's population is Latino, or Asian-American? Do Latinos and Asian-Americans make up that same percentage of your state's government? We can tell you, without knowing your …
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Sat 30 Jan 2016
Strange Fruit #156: The Conversations We Remember from 2015
We're halfway through the first month of 2015, an there's been so much going on, we haven't yet had time to bring you a look back at the conversation we loved in 2015! On this week's show we listen b…
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Fri 22 Jan 2016
Strange Fruit #155: How Do Doctors Treat Transgender Kids?
We're lucky enough to live in a time when more and more parents of transgender kids are accepting, loving, and trying to help their children be their authentic selves. And the medical community is de…
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Fri 15 Jan 2016
Strange Fruit #154: Movers & Shakers Who Make Our LGBT Scene Brighter
Louisville's Fairness Ordinance is one of the oldest comprehensive LGBT protections in the nation. Since early 1999, it's been illegal to discriminate based on sexual orientation or gender identity i…
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Fri 08 Jan 2016
Strange Fruit: Critical Media Consumption and the Mall St. Matthews Incident
The day after Christmas is always busy at shopping malls. The holiday blockbusters are in the movie theaters, and gift cards are burning holes in pockets. But this year on Dec. 26, security at the Ma…
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Sun 03 Jan 2016
Strange Fruit #152: 2015 Words of the Year Help Us #StayWoke
As 2015 draws to a close, we have our annual chat with Grant Barrett, an officer with the American Dialect Society, about the words and phrases that were on everyone's lips (and texts, and tweets, an…
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Sun 27 Dec 2015
Strange Fruit #151: Lea DeLaria on Queer Representation & her Proud Butch Identity
Lea DeLaria became the first openly gay comic ever to appear on American television, when she appeared on the Arsenio Hall Show in 1994. She chalks it up to hard work and the fact that "lesbian chic"…
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Sun 20 Dec 2015
Coming Up on Strange Fruit: Lea DeLaria!
She was the first openly-gay comic ever to appear on American television, and now she plays Big Boo on the Netflix hit, Orange Is the New Black. Triple threat Lea DeLaria joins us this week to talk a…
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Thu 17 Dec 2015
Coming up on Strange Fruit: Soul Legend Jill Scott!
Coming up this week on our 150th episode: Jill Scott!
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Fri 11 Dec 2015
Strange Fruit #150: Soul Legend Jill Scott's Philosophy on Music and Life
It's our 150th episode! And who better to celebrate with than legendary soul singer Jill Scott? Scott performed in Louisville this week, and she took some time out of a busy touring schedule to visit…
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Fri 11 Dec 2015
Strange Fruit #149: How Is Louisville Investing in the Success of Black Men & Boys?
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Fri 04 Dec 2015
Strange Fruit #148: Voting Rights Restored for Kentucky Felons
This week, outgoing Governor Steve Beshear announced he would restore voting rights for Kentuckians convicted of most non-violent felonies. "The right to vote is one of the most intrinsically America…
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Wed 25 Nov 2015
Strange Fruit #147: I Said Bang! Upcoming Book Looks at Louisville's Dirt Bowl
In an interview with Matt Lauer, Charlie Sheen revealed earlier this week that he's HIV positive. But in the days leading up to that, media outlets were already reporting his status. And according to…
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Fri 20 Nov 2015
Strange Fruit #146: The Line Between Safety & Free Speech on University Campuses
Since we spoke last week about University of Louisville President James Ramsey's poor treatment of Latino students on campus, racial tension has come to a head on other campuses across the country - …
00:29:38 |
Fri 13 Nov 2015
Strange Fruit #145: Latino UofL Students Met with More Disrespect at Meeting with Ramsey
The fallout continues from Halloween, when UofL President Dr. James Ramsey and his staff dressed up in stereotypical "Mexican" costumes for a luncheon. The photo went viral, and a few written apologi…
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Fri 06 Nov 2015
Coming Up on Strange Fruit
Coming up on this week's episode of Strange Fruit: More disrespect from UofL President James Ramsey, who agreed to meet with students of color but didn't let them speak, then accused them of being po…
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Wed 04 Nov 2015
Strange Fruit #144: A Very Halloween Episode
It's Halloween, so to open this week's episode, Kaila recounts a ghost story she read about in local author David Dominé's book, "True Ghost Stories and Eerie Legends from America’s Most Haunted Neig…
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Fri 30 Oct 2015
Strange Fruit #143: Jose Antonio Vargas on "I AM a Kentuckian" Tour
When Jose Antonio Vargas was 12 years old, his mom put him on a plane in the Philippines and sent him to the United States to live with his grandparents. It wasn't until he tried to get his driver's …
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Fri 23 Oct 2015
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