Chidi and The Good Place

The Nod

Gimlet

Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Arts

4.8 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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This week Eric talks with Cord Jefferson, a writer for NBC’s The Good Place, about how Blackness is depicted in the afterlife (Eric’s Chidi Anagonye standom is also discussed). Later, Eric tells Brittany the legendary story of a little-known Black cowboy that’s better than any tall tale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From Gimert Media, this is The Knob, a show about black culture from Blackness's biggest
0:08.0	fans.
0:09.0	I'm Brittany Loose.
0:10.0	And I'm Eric Gettys.
0:13.0	If you know me, you know I watch an obscene amount of TV.
0:20.4	I watch and generally enjoy it most shows.
0:23.4	And my absolute favorite show on TV right now is NBC's The Good Place.
0:29.2	It's set in the afterlife, which looks like a very clean, affluent, small town.
0:34.9	It was designed by this architect named Michael, who's sort of in charge of the place.
0:40.1	And the show follows the story of four people who've died and are now set to spend eternity
0:45.8	together in The Good Place.
0:49.4	There's Tahani, the bougie British socialite.
0:52.0	I haven't been in this upset since my good friend Taylor was rudely upstage by my other
0:55.1	friend Kanye.
0:56.1	He was defending my best friend, Beyonce.
0:57.8	Jason, the lovably dim-witted dancer.
1:00.6	You're so smart.
1:03.2	Every day you teach me something new about art and history and why I shouldn't eat everything
1:09.0	that smells good because sometimes it's candles.
1:13.0	Eleanor, who's selfish, but deep down she has her reasons.
1:16.2	Hi there.
1:17.2	Do you have a second to talk about the environment?
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