'Damage Control': Two Black Thinkers, Two White Agitators (Ep. 402)

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4.4 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2017

⏱️ 34 minutes

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The Ringer’s Justin Charity and K. Austin Collins unpack the tension between prominent black intellectuals Ta-Nehisi Coates and Cornel West (1:00) and then critique Eminem’s lackluster new album ‘Revival’ and one-sided feud with President Trump (15:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's episode of Damage Control is brought to you by the Ringer's YouTube channel.
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0:40.3	Alright, now on to Damage Control.
0:42.7	I'm Justin Charity, and I'm Cameron Collins.
0:59.3	Welcome to Damage Control on the channel 33 Network, a podcast where we unpack what upsets,
1:04.3	excites, and divides us in popular culture.
1:07.5	This week we're going to talk about M&M, who's released a new album, a frankly rather
1:11.9	frustrating album as he tries to launch a public feud with Donald Trump.
1:16.6	But first, we're going to talk about a different feud between two prominent black thinkers,
1:21.3	the journalist Tanasi Coats, and the leftist intellectual Cornell West.
1:27.9	Alright, first camp, do you want to explain briefly, who is Tanasi Coats and who is Cornell
1:38.8	West?
1:39.8	And why are these two black men fighting?
1:42.5	Ooh, that's a lot.
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