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EPISODE 2

May 1, 2006

The Evolution of Revolution

Neela Banerjee interviews Boots Riley, frontman for the uncompromising Oakland-based hip hop group, The Coup, about the band's new album, the evolution of his own revolutionary politics, and about the need to find effective cures.... for ass breath. The musical transitions and audio snippets in this episode are taken from the new Coup album, Pick a Bigger Weapon (Epitaph).

EPISODE 1

March 1, 2006

Race, Humor & the New Black / Non-Black Breakdown

Hosted by LiP Magazine editor Brian Awehali, this premiere show features guests Tim Wise (author of White Like Me: Reflections on Race From a Privileged Son) and damali ayo (author of How to Rent a Negro), two of the more interesting—and frequently funny—authors and critics talking about race in America today.

TOPICS OF POSSIBLE INTEREST IN THIS SHOW: New Orleans Mayor Nagin's "chocolate city" comments and the problem with "color blind racism"; why some Nazis are laughable; what makes an effective ally to people of color?; why black/non-black is replacing white/non-white in these changing United States; and an oh-so-serious look at the prevalance of cannibalism, serial killings, and school shootings among... white folks.

• Sex & Commerce: Frank conversations with the editors of $pread magazine and the owners of feminist sex toy business, the Smitten Kitten.
  
• An interview with Craig Newmark, founder of the seemingly ubiquitous Craigslist. With special audio performance by SF-based comedy troupe, Killing My Lobster.
  
• "If Women Ruled the World, Nothing Would Be Different" - Lisa Jervis explores the pitfalls of gender essentialist feminism
  
• Additional audio smatterings of probable interest