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
Strange Fruit #193: Policing Gender Performance
Is it ok for a woman to cry in public? What about a man? What about an NBA player on the bench before a playoff game? According to former player Charles Barkley, it's "not a good look" — even if the …
00:29:58 |
Sat 22 Apr 2017
Strange Fruit #192: A Strange News Round-Up
The news has been full of stories in the past few weeks relevant to what we cover here on Strange Fruit. So rather than put them into a Juicy Fruit segment, we decided to do a whole news round-up sho…
00:27:50 |
Mon 17 Apr 2017
Strange Fruit #191: Pepsi Solved Racism!
This just in, Fruitcakes! Racism is over. Kendall Jenner solved it by giving a cop a soft drink in a commercial. We're talking, of course, about the commercial Pepsi released (and has since pulled) w…
00:32:02 |
Fri 07 Apr 2017
Strange Fruit #190: Maxine Waters Take The Wheel
Almost as soon as the new Dave Chappelle comedy specials hit Netflix, we could tell there were problems. Our twitter timelines lit up with people talking about homophobia, transphobia, and jokes abou…
00:26:50 |
Sat 01 Apr 2017
Strange Fruit #189: What It Means To Be Black, Gay, and Christian
Gospel singer Kim Burrell performed on the song "I See Victory" on the soundtrack to the award-winning film "Hidden Figures." She was scheduled to perform the song, along with Pharrell Williams, on t…
00:36:24 |
Fri 24 Mar 2017
Strange Fruit #188: Leak Your Own Nudes?
Now that smartphones all have cameras and photo editing software, sending sexy pictures has become an every day part of a lot of folks' sex lives. But with the normalization of sending nudes there's …
00:19:10 |
Fri 17 Mar 2017
Strange Fruit #187: Moonlight's Janelle Monáe and Tarell McCraney
You saw them on stage at the Oscars, looking stunning and accepting awards for their phenomenal work on the film "Moonlight." But did you know that before they were Academy Award winners, Janelle Mon…
00:31:48 |
Sat 11 Mar 2017
Strange Fruit #186: A Conversation With Bravo's Andy Cohen
You can't be as prominent and opinionated as Bravo TV's Andy Cohen without making a few mistakes along the way. But the way celebrities respond to being called out for their mistakes says the most ab…
00:28:16 |
Fri 03 Mar 2017
Strange Fruit #185: What It Means To Be A Professional Black Girl
“We are professional code-switchers, hair-flippers, hip-shakers, and go-getters. We hold Ph.Ds and listen to trap music; we twerk and we work. We hold it down while lifting each other up, and we don’…
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Fri 24 Feb 2017
COMING SOON: Yaba Blay on Being a #ProfessionalBlackGirl
Coming up on Saturday's show, we talk with Dr. Yaba Blay about her new video series, "Professional Black Girl." Learn more here & listen this Saturday at strangefruitpod.org: http://yabablay.com/prof…
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Wed 22 Feb 2017
Strange Fruit #184: Beyoncé, the Grammys, and Adele's Black Friends
What was the best, biggest, most important album released in 2016? Last weekend at the Grammy Awards, that honor went not to Beyoncé's "Lemonade," but to Adele's "25," leading many of us to wonder wh…
00:26:46 |
Fri 17 Feb 2017
This Week On Strange Fruit: Adele's Black Friends
Dr. Brittney Cooper joins us this week to talk about Adele's Grammy Awards mention of her "black friends," and why we should look deeper than our initial irritation at her comments. Here's Dr. Cooper…
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Fri 17 Feb 2017
Strange Fruit #183: What Just Happened???
Strange Fruit returns this week after a 5-month hiatus! A few things have happened since our last episode, which was produced shortly after the Republican National Convention. Back then, we were stil…
00:28:14 |
Fri 10 Feb 2017
Strange Fruit #182: Celebrating Anne Braden's Birthday
This week marked what would have been the 92nd birthday of Louisville civil rights legend Anne Braden. She began as a labor activist, but soon turned her attention to housing equality - or the lack t…
00:26:50 |
Fri 29 Jul 2016
Strange Fruit #181: "You Can't Swim!" Paddle Boarding While Black
Summer is in full swing, and it's the time of year when most of us head outside to enjoy the fresh air. Maybe you take to the hiking trail with just what you can carry on your back. Or maybe your ide…
00:28:02 |
Fri 22 Jul 2016
Strange Fruit #180: Reflections On Three Summers Of Black Lives Matter
Three years ago this week, a Florida jury found George Zimmerman not guilty of the murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Like many people across the country, we were stunned, and saddened at the loss…
00:29:49 |
Fri 15 Jul 2016
Strange Fruit #179: The Same Conversation
When we sat down in the studio to record this week's show, it was Wednesday evening, and our hearts were heavy with the news of Alton Sterling's death. Sterling was shot and killed by police in Baton…
00:29:30 |
Sat 09 Jul 2016
Strange Fruit #178: Violence Against LGBTQ People Of Color Is Part Of U.S. Makeup
Americans seemed stunned by the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. Commenters on TV and online blamed easy access to guns. Some blamed lack of mental health care. Or radical Islam. Or homoph…
00:29:48 |
Fri 01 Jul 2016
Strange Fruit #177: Governor Matt Bevin... Can he do that?
Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin continues to do things his own way. He's been using executive orders to make changes with far-reaching implications — and getting sued for it. This week, we check in with…
00:29:30 |
Sat 25 Jun 2016
Strange Fruit #176: Faith After Violence
When we on #TeamStrangeFruit heard about the shooting at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando last Sunday morning, we reached out to each other. Throughout that day, we reached out to our community, our fr…
00:29:30 |
Sun 19 Jun 2016
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