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Radio Diaries

The Green Book

Radio Diaries

Radio Diaries & Radiotopia

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2018

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

The 1950s were the golden age of the American road trip. But of course freedom of movement didn’t apply to all Americans. Jim Crow was the law in the South. Traveling while Black wasn’t easy.

Today on the podcast we’re bringing you a story about how Black travelers made a secret road map so they could get around safely. It’s told by our friends and fellow Radiotopians at 99% Invisible.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to Radio Diaries and this is Nellie Gillis with producers

0:05.2

Elisa Scarsay and Micah Hazel.

0:07.0

Hi.

0:08.0

Hey, this is our producer takeover.

0:10.0

Sorry Joe.

0:11.0

Sorry Joe. Before we start today's show, we wanted to let you know that right now is Radio Topia's annual fundraiser.

0:16.0

And for the occasion, our team wanted to come and tell you a few of the favorite things that we've heard from the network recently.

0:22.0

Micah, you go first.

0:24.0

So I recently listened to the Stoop episode,

0:27.0

Don't Call Me Ante, which is basically breaking down

0:30.0

like the word Ante, I use it all the time,

0:32.0

a lot of people of color use it all the time it's like a very endearing term and

0:37.6

This episode really just kind of broke down the ways in which it's actually pretty problematic.

0:45.0

I think something the show just really does well is it takes these just everyday things

0:49.3

in my life or everyday things in black culture and it kind of like flips them on the head a little

0:53.7

bit while also just feeling like a very casual like conversation between friends.

0:58.8

Awesome. How many people in your life do you call auntie. Oh my God like pretty much anyone who's

1:05.0

nice to me. How about you, Elisa? So I recently loved this episode. It was a

1:11.7

collaboration between two of my favorite

1:13.6

radiotopious shows, Articles of Interest and Wait for it. They did this story

1:17.6

about plus-size clothes that was the perfect combo of personal stories and

1:22.0

really fascinating fashion history that I had never thought

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