“#Free Against the Music” (with Baratunde Thurston)

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4.6 • 10K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2021

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Ira, Louis, and Aida discuss The NY Times documentary Framing Britney Spears, Christopher Plummer, Golden Globe noms, The Weeknd’s Super Bowl performance, Debra Messing’s worst tweet, Morgan Wallen’s racism scandal, Cracker Barrel’s etymology and more. Plus, Baratunde Thurston joins to discuss his podcast How to Citizen and how Black and white America moves forward post Trump. Aida's recs: Aja Monet -- The Black Unicorn Sings Mikki Kendall -- Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot t’ai freedom ford -- how to get over Buy them from your local black owned bookstore Poppy + Rose Bed-Stuy Fish Fry @tierrwhack Baratunde's recs: Black-owned publishing company called A Kids Book About. They make empowering, challenging and important books for kids on everything from racism to depression to creativity. Reverence, a Black-owned restaurant on historic Striver’s Row in Harlem created by Chef Russell Jackson (@chefrjackson on IG). He’s adapted the chef’s table-only dining experience to amazing to go food compatible with a global pandemic’s restrictions. Find Reverence on IG @reverencenyc or online at reverence.nyc

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0:00.0	[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:10.2	And we're black with an all new episode of Keep It.
0:13.7	I have gamut.
0:14.6	I'm Ira Madison III.
0:16.0	I don't know if I get to introduce myself now, but all right.
0:19.6	I'm Louis Fertile.
0:21.2	I'm Aida Osman.
0:22.8	Hello.
0:23.6	We are black.
0:24.4	Thank you, Ira.
0:25.2	Yeah.
0:25.9	Four letters, three syllables.
0:27.2	Do we trust the name Aida?
0:28.4	I don't know.
0:29.0	Honestly, I don't know.
0:30.4	Everybody always asks me to reiterate how
0:32.6	to pronounce the first name.
0:34.0	And I'm like, I don't know.
0:35.0	You're going to talk to my mother.
0:36.1	I believe it's Aida.
0:37.6	She thinks it's Aida.
0:39.2	My friends at home think it's Aida.
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