Brian & Marion speak at UNC’s 42nd Minority Health Conference Body & Soul: The Past, Present, and Future of Health Activism, hosted by the Gillings School of Public Health’s Minority Health Caucus. They get into it with public health students about what the last year of COVID-19 and quarantine has revealed to us about our sense of collective responsibility, and how we can redefine public health as an essential public good and health access as a right. (This episode was recorded on February 26, 2021).  Don't forget to nominate At The Intersection for Best Local Podcast here: https://vote.indyweek.com/out-and-about/best-local-podcast  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/at-the-intersection/support

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Redefining Health as a Public Good (live)

Brian & Marion kick off season 4 with some visioning: what do we want to see in 2021? Put another way, what do we need to leave in 2020? Brian instantaneously breaks his off-mic promise to not talk about history, while Marion manages to keep herself from going on a thirst rant about the men of One Night in Miami.  What we're reading: www.at-the-intersection.com/further-reading/2021/2/7/what-were-reading-our-eyes-on-the-future --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/at-the-intersection/support

2021: Our Eyes on the Future, History's Eyes on Us

Brian and Marion are back with a Thanksgiving episode! Note: This episode was recorded in August 2020. Brian sits down with our friends Derrick Beasley, Gabrielle E.W. Carter, and Gerald Harris, the co-founders of Tall Grass Food Box, a CSA that distributes fresh produce from North Carolina's Black farmers to residents and restaurants around the Triangle. They talk through what inspired Tall Grass's creation, food justice, and of course, how they want their reparations. Find them at www.tallgrassfoodbox.com, and follow them on Instagram at @tallgrassfoodbox!  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/at-the-intersection/support

Tall Grass Food Box and a More Just Food System

Brian & Marion chop it up with Code Switch co-host and Philly boy Gene Demby about how Black people in predominantly white institutions metabolize white supremacy and anti-Blackness, and why so many "exceptional" Black people hold on to the idea that other Black people don't like them. They also get into how Kamala Harris's career won't save us, how LLC Twitter and Passport Twitter can't even save themselves, and - of course - how Gene wants his reparations.  What we're reading: https://www.at-the-intersection.com/further-reading/2020/8/23/what-were-reading-exceptional-negroes --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/at-the-intersection/support

Gene Demby and the Anti-Blackness of Black Exceptionalism

Brian & Marion bring you a king-sized episode to talk all things food -- what cooking means to them, how access to food gets determined, policed, and stigmatized, and how Americans bring other cultures' food into their comfort zone. They also share their own cooking hashtags - #teniadetreats and #eatpangea - and favorite cooking tv shows.  What we're reading: https://www.at-the-intersection.com/further-reading/2020/8/9/what-were-reading-food-politics --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/at-the-intersection/support

Food Politics: You Are How You Eat

Brian & Marion get into the history of American's violent policing of Black people, and how Hollywood has happily served as law enforcement's PR firm for 70 years. They also talk through why defunding, not reform, is the only real solution.  What we're reading: https://www.at-the-intersection.com/further-reading/what-were-reading-militarized-police --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/at-the-intersection/support

The Normalization of America's Police State

Brian & Marion get back in the (Zoom) studio to catch up on life since they began quarantining. They talk murder hornets, The Last Dance, and the new Instagram club scene. There's also new merch - reparations hoodies!  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/at-the-intersection/support

Quarantine Check-in: How We're Livin

Brian & Marion talk to yoga practitioner, author, and podcaster Jessamyn Stanley about body positivity and the aggressive policing of Black bodies. They also discuss how hard--and crucial--it is to build an inclusive yoga community without falling back into the consumerist, capitalist, and colonialist tropes that dominate so much of American yoga culture. And don't worry, they find time to discuss Adidas x Ivy Park as well.  Find Jessamyn's new podcast, Dear Jessamyn, at www.dearjessamyn.com or just about wherever you're getting this podcast from! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/at-the-intersection/support

Jessamyn Stanley and Black Body Positivity

To ring in the new year, Brian & Marion get personal about their own experiences with that most millennial of conditions -- burnout. But oddly enough, most conversations about millennials and burnout have a very narrow, very white perspective on it...They also talk about how mental health can literally be life or death, and how policy can actually help our society take mental health as seriously as it needs to. CONTENT WARNING: suicide, self-harm.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/at-the-intersection/support

Burnout Hits Different When You're Black

Brian & Marion are BACK in the studio to talk about the already interminable 2020 election season and how primaries work. They also dive into the concept of "electability," which has come to mean "appealing to imaginary but somehow very important white folks."  Also, the merch has dropped! Head to www.attheintersection.bigcartel.com to get a "how do you want your reparations?" t-shirt or mug! Wear responsibly.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/at-the-intersection/support

Primaries, Electability, and Self-Fulfilling Prophecies

Brian & Marion are back from their unscheduled hiatus with something light and frothy for the summer: voter suppression! They delve into the history of gerrymandering, current disenfranchisement, and the swindling of a Supreme Court seat. They also go on a hella tangent about hanging chads, so enjoy that angry jaunt down memory lane.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/at-the-intersection/support

The Evolution of Voter Suppression

Brian & Marion talk to public health expert Dr. Ciara Zachary about how systemic racism is killing Black mothers at an alarming rate. (They also go on a semi-relevant tangent about facial recognition software, so look forward to that coming up again in a future episode.) Brian also talks to his wife Brianna about her own experience being a Black mother in America.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/at-the-intersection/support

Dr. Ciara Zachary and Black Maternal Health

Brian & Marion discuss the hottest trend that's showing up in cities from D.C. to Brooklyn to Durham, NC -- gentrification! They get into the difference between gentrification and revitalization, what your responsibility is as an individual to fight gentrification, and whether there are any communities out there who are actually getting it right. Marion also gets profane talking about The Sims, which is shockingly relevant; and Brian takes us on a history detour to 9th-century Ethiopia.   --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/at-the-intersection/support

Gentrification, or Revitalization?

Brian & Marion dive into the surprisingly rich and complicated history of Black representation in horror movies, starting with The Birth of a Nation and ending (for now) with Us. Marion has a LOT to say about Dr. Robin R. Means Coleman's new Shudder documentary Horror Noire, and Brian surprises everyone by giving a world-class history lesson. They also answer that eternal question - what's your favorite scary movie? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/at-the-intersection/support

From Punchline to Protagonists: Blackness in Horror

Brian and Marion answer your questions! Well, technically *answered* - this episode was recorded in December, so the takes aren't as piping hot as they could be; but they're still pretty hot so what is your damage? Be sure to vote us in as Best Local Podcast at www.indyweek.com!  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/at-the-intersection/support

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