Ep 361 - A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry

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Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2019

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Lorraine Hansberry's classic play A Raisin in the Sun endures for its insightful portrait of a black family in Chicago fighting for a better life. Inspired by her own family's experience with racial housing discrimination, it's a complex piece about who gets to get ahead, how, and why.

And of course, we had to balance the gravity of this gem from Hansberry's brief but momentous career with a deep dive on where raisins come from.

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0:00.0	This is a headgun podcast.
0:06.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told
0:10.3	tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:16.5	Plus these are books you should have read by now.
0:30.0	This is a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read.
0:46.0	Oh, what is overdue?
0:48.3	You nailed it!
0:50.4	I picked up what you were putting down.
0:52.0	Craig, what's it feel like to be part of trivia game show history?
0:56.0	It feels awesome!
0:58.0	We are associated with the giant killer of recent Jeopardy fame.
1:06.2	Andrew, tell our listeners what happened.
1:08.2	Do you know how to pronounce her last name?
1:09.9	I realized that I should have looked it up, but I didn't.
1:12.1	It is Betcher.
1:13.1	Emma Betcher.
1:14.9	So you know that guy who was winning a lot of Jeopardy, but everyone hated him.
1:18.6	He was fine.
1:19.6	Because apparently knowing how the game works and then coming on and taking advantage of
1:25.8	how the game works to win the game is something we're not supposed to do.
1:28.9	I don't understand how this is not how every person plays Jeopardy, but apparently he
1:33.3	did that too much and so we hated him.
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