Episode 333: Ron Stallworth, BlackkKlansman

Sinisterhood

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True Crime, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.8 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2025

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

The first Black officer on the Colorado Springs force got himself into a pickle when he went undercover with a notorious racial terrorist group. After recruiting a white doppelganger to help, the pair shed a light on the inner workings of one of America’s most shameful institutions. This week’s episode is Ron Stallworth, BlackkKlansman.

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0:00.0	The first black officer on the Colorado Springs Force got himself into a pickle when he went undercover with a notorious racial terrorist group.
0:07.6	After recruiting a white doppelganger to help, the pair shed a light on the inner workings of one of America's most shameful institutions.
0:14.9	This week's episode is Ron Stallworth, Black Klansmen.
0:23.7	Uh... John Stallworth, Black Klansman. A bump in the night, your heart fills with dread, probably a murder of who wants you dead.
0:32.4	It could be a ghost, a demon or worse, perhaps you're the victim of a witch's curse. It's hopeless, you're
0:40.6	doomed, you'd call a priest if you could. You'd rather just listen to who, sinisterhood.
0:55.5	I'm gonna kill you.
1:01.7	Well, not only is this a great book, but this is an excellent film as well by Spike Lee.
1:03.7	Spike Lee rarely misses.
1:04.7	Yeah, right?
1:05.4	Absolutely.
1:07.2	This one is no exception.
1:12.6	And taking, having read the, I read the book back in 2018, you know, as when the Charlottesville and all that kind of happened and it became more relevant when the film came
1:17.3	out. And I loved it. And I'm so glad we're finally covering it. I cannot recommend it enough.
1:22.1	He's a, Ron Stallworth is a funny dry writer and just very matter of fact.
1:30.4	Sometimes like the situational irony, you know, you have to be funny.
1:31.7	It's just a funny situation.
1:34.6	I don't want to call what this is funny. No, no, no, no, no.
1:35.5	I know what you mean by the fact that like, it takes a certain individual to be like,
1:40.2	fuck it, let's do it.
1:41.7	Yeah.
1:42.1	And just dry and like, whatever.
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