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: Why It's Hard to Talk about Ferguson
After our first show on Ferguson, we heard from a listener who said he "wanted to spend more time with you two hearing how you both felt and were dealing with the events of the week." In this bonus f…
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Thu 28 Aug 2014
Strange Fruit #81: Freedom Rides and Food Banks in Ferguson, Plus Throwing Shade at the Dictionary
It's been two weeks now since a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri shot and killed an unarmed 18-year-old named Michael Brown, and the community is still experiencing the aftermath. The school year…
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Fri 22 Aug 2014
Promo: Strange Fruit #81
This week on Strange Fruit, UofL student Brina Joiner traveled to Ferguson, and stops by our studio to tell us what she saw there that we aren't seeing on the news. We also speak with Patrisse Cullor…
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Fri 22 Aug 2014
Strange Fruit #80: Hands Up Don't Shoot: Fear in Ferguson, and at Home
Last Saturday, Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson shot an unarmed black teenager named Michael Brown, multiple times, killing him. Since then, the situation in Ferguson has been ever cha…
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Fri 15 Aug 2014
Promo: Strange Fruit #80
This week on Strange Fruit, we speak with Rachel Lippmann of St. Louis Public Radio, and Bridjes O'Neill of the St. Louis American, about the shooting of Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer—an…
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Thu 14 Aug 2014
Strange Fruit #79: Trans Women's Wisdom in "Letters for My Sisters"
"If you could write just one letter to someone beginning transition or your younger pre-transition self, what would you say?" That's the question at the heart of a new book called "Letters for My Sis…
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Mon 11 Aug 2014
Keith Brooks Describes Being the Target of Anti-Gay Attack in Norway
Keith Brooks was waiting for a bus while on traveling in Oslo, Norway, when he was approached by two men who asked if he is gay. When he said yes, the men began to beat him, and a third man hit him w…
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Mon 11 Aug 2014
Tony Award Winner Kenny Leon on His Work & the Importance of Preserving African American Classics
Atlanta native Kenny Leon already had an impressive resume—and after Sunday night, he can add [Tony Award winner](http://www.accessatlanta.com/weblogs/atlanta-music-scene/2014/jun/08/atlantas-kenny-l…
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Tue 10 Jun 2014
Strange Fruit #78: "The New Black" film looks at Maryland's fight for marriage equality
Last week we were invited by the [Muhammad Ali Center](http://www.alicenter.org/) to host a talkback panel after a screening of The New Black, a film looking at how LGBTQ activism, the black church, …
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Mon 02 Jun 2014
Strange Fruit #77: Rob Smith on Being Gay & Black in the Army During Don't Ask Don't Tell
Our feature interview this week was with [Rob Smith](http://www.robsmithonline.com/), whose new book, [Closets, Combat, and Coming Out](http://www.amazon.com/Closets-Combat-Coming-Out-Dont-ebook/dp/B…
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Mon 19 May 2014
Strange Fruit #76: Who is an American? Jose Antonio Vargas on the Undocumented Experience
On this week's show, we talked to journalist and filmmaker Jose Antonio Vargas about his latest film, [Documented](http://documentedthefilm.com/), his organization, [Define American](http://www.defin…
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Mon 12 May 2014
Strange Fruit #75: Donald Sterling's Plantation Mentality; PornHub Gives Wood
Donald Sterling's racism and punishment were all anyone was talking about last week - so we did too! And to supplement our, shall we say, spotty familiarity with athletic endeavors, we enlisted the h…
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Tue 06 May 2014
Strange Fruit #73: Violinist Tona Brown Will Be First Trans Woman of Color at Carnegie Hall
This Summer during New York's Pride celebration, [violinist and opera singer Tona Brown](http://youtu.be/JF96xrEEDa4) will become the first trans woman of color ever to perform at Carnegie Hall - hea…
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Mon 21 Apr 2014
Strange Fruit #72: Cirque du Soleil Takes Michael Jackson's Work on World Tour
For most of us, Michael Jackson's death is one of those where-were-you moments. "When I found out MJ died, Jai was with me in the car, and I pulled the car over at a gas station and I started bawling…
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Mon 14 Apr 2014
Strange Fruit #71: Jalin Roze on Hip Hop & Social Change; Fly Young Red Brings Exposure to Queer Rap
This week we spoke with local hip hop artist [Jalin Roze](http://jalinroze.com/), who was recently announced as part of the lineup for this year's [Forecastle Festival](http://forecastlefest.com/). W…
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Mon 07 Apr 2014
Strange Fruit #70: Former Miss Kentucky Djuan Trent on Coming Out; Violence in Downtown Louisville
Out of town Fruitcakes may not have heard, but a large group of teenagers [committed multiple assaults and robberies](http://wfpl.org/post/how-did-so-much-violence-happen-saturday-downtown-louisville…
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Mon 31 Mar 2014
Strange Fruit #69: "Good Luck with That" Filmmaker Chuck Deuce; the Gentrification Dilemma
[Chuck MF Deuce](https://twitter.com/chuckmfdeuce) is a fixture on our Louisville hip hop scene, writing, performing and producing with [Skyscraper Stereo](https://www.facebook.com/Skyscraperstereo).…
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Wed 19 Mar 2014
Strange Fruit #68: Politini on theGriot Hosts Aisha & Danielle Moodie-Mills
To say [Aisha and Danielle Moodie-Mills](http://www.moodiemills.com/) are busy would be like Jaison calling Michael Sams okay-looking. They're the founders of a a policy initiative called [Fighting I…
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Mon 10 Mar 2014
Strange Fruit #67: Longtime LGBTQ and Feminist Activist Urvashi Vaid to Speak in Louisville
LGBTQ and feminist activist [Urvashi Vaid](http://urvashivaid.net/wp/) will deliver the [Minx Auerbach Lecture](http://events.louisville.edu/event/minx_auerbach_lecture#.UxYb1vldV8E) Tuesday night at…
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Tue 04 Mar 2014
Strange Fruit #66: Meet the Attorneys on KY's Same-Sex Marriage Case; Jordan Davis Murder Trial
This week on Strange Fruit, we're joined in the studio by Dan Canon and Laura Landenwich, two of the attorneys who litigated Kentucky's [recent marriage equality case](http://wfpl.org/post/kentucky-m…
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Mon 24 Feb 2014
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