Presenting 'Code Switch': The glittering neon universe of 'P-Valley' with Katori Hall

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🗓️ 23 August 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The Starz hit series P-Valley takes audiences to a strip club in a fictional town in the Mississippi Delta. Part soap opera, part Southern Gothic, the show focuses on the interior lives of the Black women who work at the club — and the complex social dynamics that shape their lives. On this episode from our friends at Code Switch, co-hosts Gene Demby and B.A. Parker speak with series creator and Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Katori Hall.

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0:00.0	You're listening to It's Been a Minute from MPR.
0:06.9	I'm Andrea Guterres, a producer on the show.
0:09.3	And I'm Elise Hugh.
0:10.3	You've heard me here on It's Been a Minute before.
0:12.6	Well Andrea and I, we are your guest hosts for the next couple of weeks.
0:17.2	And we're hard at work baking up some fresh stories for you, so while those babies are
0:21.4	proving in the oven, we thought we'd share a conversation from our good friends over
0:25.2	at CodeSwitch.
0:26.6	It takes us into the glittering neon universe of a fictional strip club called The Feet.
0:32.0	And just a heads up, this episode contains explicit language about sex and sex work, so it
0:37.0	might not be appropriate for young ears.
0:39.7	So with that, let's go!
0:41.5	Enjoy!
0:42.5	Hey everyone, you're listening to CodeSwitch from MPR, I'm BA Parker.
0:49.8	And I'm Gene Demby.
0:51.1	Now Gene.
0:52.1	I want to talk to you today about a show that I'm absolutely obsessed with.
1:01.1	Have you ever watched P-Valley?
1:03.2	You know, Parker has been on my list for a long time, but I actually have not gotten a chance
1:08.0	to see it yet.
1:09.0	Oh my gosh, you've got to.
1:10.6	You've got to.
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