Roots of Cultural Expression

In The Thick

Futuro Media

News, Politics

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Maria and Julio discuss the latest with former President Donald Trump’s indictment, and Hunter Biden’s plea deal on tax-related crimes. In our roundtable, we’re sharing an episode from 2021, where Maria and Julio talk with fiber artist Bisa Butler about her quilted portraits that celebrate Black life. They also get into the history of Juneteenth and the push by Republican lawmakers to take critical race theory out of classrooms.

ITT Staff Picks:

Solomon Jones analyzes how Trump’s indictment has widened disparities within the justice system and equates Trump’s desire to live by a different set of rights to that of a tyrant, in this piece for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Ayanna Dozier likens Bisa Butler’s quilted portraits to the art created by a DJ, sampling culture to create their own unique work of art and celebrate Black life, in this article for Artsy.
“It is impossible to celebrate a national holiday that marks the emancipation of Black people in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, without confronting the history of slavery and the role of education in freedom,” writes Kellie Carter Jackson in this piece for the Los Angeles Times.

Photo credit: Courtesy of Bisa Butler

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0:00.0	Funtura.
0:07.0	1, 2, 3!
0:09.0	Hey, what's up, fam?
0:11.0	From Funtura Media and PRX, it's in the thick of podcasts.
0:14.0	Yes, about politics, about race.
0:16.0	And yes, we talk about culture too.
0:18.0	I'm Maria Inohosa.
0:19.0	And I'm Julio Riccalo-Varela.
0:21.0	And welcome back.
0:23.0	I know.
0:25.0	I was out of here.
0:27.0	Yeah, you were.
0:28.0	You really were.
0:29.0	Very, very far away.
0:31.0	In South Africa, I went, you know, for a conference.
0:34.0	And then, as you know, if you follow me on Instagram,
0:37.0	I was hanging out with the animals.
0:40.0	Or you were like, Dr. Dulittle.
0:42.0	Oh, my God, I was having such a good time.
0:43.0	And I was having such a good time.
0:45.0	You know what?
0:46.0	Having such a good time not talking to anyone
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