Mayim Bialik - "S*** Got Deep with Me and Cornel West"

The Tight Rope

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Society & Culture

5 • 605 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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In this episode of The Tight Rope, the Professors welcome acclaimed actor Mayim Bialik to join them in conversation. Together they engage in a nuanced discussion of Mayim’s positionality as both a female in Hollywood and as a devout, proud member of the Jewish faith. Delving into the long history of solidarity amongst the Jewish people and Black Americans, Mayim details her dismay at the state of racism in America, her upbringing as a staunch advocate for social justice, and her perspective on the apparent contradictions between her faith and her political ideologies. With openness and laughter, Mayim, Dr. West, and Professor Rose hold space for critical discussion around complex ideas on feminism, zionism, and anti-racism while remaining rooted in one another’s deep humanity. Mayim Bialik is an acclaimed actor known for her work in Blossom and The Big Bang Theory, a Doctor of Neuroscience, a New York Times bestselling author, a Producer, a Director, a Podcast host of Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown, and a practicing member of Judaism. She lives in Los Angeles with her two sons and three cats. Become a member of our Patreon family for BTS access and more exclusive content! You can join at https://www.patreon.com/thetightropepod Full video versions at https://youtube.com/therealnews Previous episodes at https://youtube.com/thetightropepod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetightropepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetightrop... Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thetightropepod Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and making a small donation: Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-yt Sign up for our newsletter: hhttps://therealnews.com/sign-up-yt Like us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews Credits: Creator/EP: Jeremy Berry EP/Host: Cornel West EP/Host: Tricia Rose Producers: Allie Hembrough, Ceyanna Dent Beats x Butter (IG: @Butter_Records) #TheTightRope, #CornelWest, #TriciaRose, #SpkerBoxMedia

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0:00.0	I'm Myambiolic and I'm on the tightrope.
0:04.0	We are witnessing America as a failed social experiment.
0:11.5	How do we tell this story in a way that builds the kind of emotional momentum, the colorblind ideology built?
0:18.4	So many young brothers and sisters of the younger generation find themselves so far removed
0:24.4	the best of their past.
0:26.3	What are we going to make out of the nothing we've been given?
0:30.4	How do you envision possibilities?
0:35.6	Hey everyone.
0:36.9	Thanks for joining us on the tightrope where we engage in a love and justice-infused dialogue and we try desperately to keep our balance on tough issues. I'm Tricia Rose and I'm here with my co-host and dear friend, Dr. Cornell West. Before we get started in this episode, and we have a really interesting, creative,
0:55.6	wonderful guest today. But before we get started, I want to remind everyone about our new Patreon
1:00.9	account. And we want people to join us there for all kinds of interesting outtakes, longer
1:06.5	discussions. Sometimes we break into song because we like music. And we want you to hang out with us there when you can. So come to patreon.com backslash the tightrope pod. And you'll find all sorts of cool extras and we'd love to see you there. So come on and join us. All right, Cornell, how are you doing? Let's get on this tightrope today. What's going on? I tell you, anytime I'm in dialogue
1:27.8	with you, I know I can be a force for good if I can get my heart, mind, and soul together.
1:32.3	We've got such a magnificent guest coming in just a few minutes as well. So we both have
1:39.0	smiles on our faces. We do. We do. And you know, it is much, much 2021's turning a corner, I think,
1:46.7	you know, I have a little bit more hope that things might start moving toward a reasonable
1:53.1	direction. So I'm, you know, I'm cautiously hopeful. So I'm feeling a little bit better,
1:58.7	actually, just a little bit. How are you feeling?
2:01.3	Well, you know, I've been reading some Isaac Bacheva singer and all of that deep, dark wisdom.
2:09.0	Love is there, but the unflinching engagement with evil in its various forms are there as well.
2:20.8	And so in that sense, again, it's a matter of being fortified as opposed to being simply projected in a certain line. You just don't know what's coming
2:26.9	your way, but whatever comes your way, you've got your family, you got your tradition, you've got
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