array(6) { [0]=> array(6) { ["title"]=> string(122) "Should 'Hamilton' Be Celebrated Today? Why Is Netflix Supporting Black Banks? How Racism Still Controls The Music Industry" ["datetime"]=> string(13) "July 06, 2020" ["description"]=> string(1506) "This week Mike and Jack examine why Netflix is depositing $100 million dollars into Black banks; Lin-Manuel Miranda's revered Broadway musical 'Hamilton' has been released on Disney+ and is receiving backlash from historians for glorifying slave-owners. Has art become more significant than historical facts? And in 1983, artist David Bowie challenged MTV VJ Mark Goodman on why MTV didn't play Black music in primetime. Chuck Creekmur, co-founder and co-CEO of AllHipHop.com joins the show to explain how racism still oppresses black and brown music in the music industry today. References: David Bowie Criticizes MTV for Not Playing Videos by Black Artists https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZGiVzIr8Qg "The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap" by Mehrsa Baradaran https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674237476 Correcting ‘Hamilton’ (Historian Annette Gordon-Reed Interviewed) https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/10/correcting-hamilton/ "What Is Owed" by Nikole Hannah-Jones https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/24/magazine/reparations-slavery.html Marianne Williamson Speech on Reparations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmu9hXtnbvo&feature=emb_title Reach out to us: Follow us on Twitter @brownblackpod Follow us on Instagram @brownblackpodcast Follow us on YouTube @brownblackpodcast Follow Jack Rico on Twitter @jackricofficial Follow Mike Sargent Twitter @mikeonscreen Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers" ["episode_id"]=> string(13) "HSW4462397070" ["show_id"]=> NULL ["episode_audio"]=> string(68) "https://chtbl.com/track/5899E/traffic.megaphone.fm/HSW4462397070.mp3" } [1]=> array(6) { ["title"]=> string(121) "Will The Tik-Tok Generation Elect The New President?, Should White Storytellers Still Be Allowed To Tell Diverse Stories?" ["datetime"]=> string(13) "June 29, 2020" ["description"]=> string(509) "This week, Jack and Mike discuss how social media has created a visible and actionable generation of young, multicultural American political activists (Trump never saw it coming in Tulsa) that will become of voting age in the next 2-4 years; Also, after watching Damon Lindeloff's 'Watchmen' on HBO, Mike and Jack debate whether white storytellers should still be allowed to tell Black, Latinx or diverse stories moving forward. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers" ["episode_id"]=> string(13) "HSW4835484470" ["show_id"]=> NULL ["episode_audio"]=> string(68) "https://chtbl.com/track/5899E/traffic.megaphone.fm/HSW4835484470.mp3" } [2]=> array(6) { ["title"]=> string(64) "The Conundrum Of Afro-Latinos In The Black Lives Matter Movement" ["datetime"]=> string(13) "June 21, 2020" ["description"]=> string(466) "Mike and Jack interview Afro-Latino children’s book author and illustrator, Eric Velasquez, about the power and context of Afro-Latino images in media. They also tackle the age-old question: is he more Black than Latino or more Latino than Black? If both, how? Follow Mike Sargent Twitter @mikeonscreen Follow Jack Rico on Twitter @jackricofficial Follow us on Twitter @brownblackpod Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers" ["episode_id"]=> string(13) "HSW6595704645" ["show_id"]=> NULL ["episode_audio"]=> string(68) "https://chtbl.com/track/5899E/traffic.megaphone.fm/HSW6595704645.mp3" } [3]=> array(6) { ["title"]=> string(74) "White Media Is Understanding The Hard Way Why Image Representation Matters" ["datetime"]=> string(13) "June 14, 2020" ["description"]=> string(425) "White media has taken a beating this week after many of its magazine and digital platforms have seen their main figureheads toppled by accusation of racism and bias. But will all the remorseful apologies last and create true industry change of equality ? Jack and Mike get into why image representation matters more than federal policy changes. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers" ["episode_id"]=> string(13) "HSW8094030957" ["show_id"]=> NULL ["episode_audio"]=> string(68) "https://chtbl.com/track/5899E/traffic.megaphone.fm/HSW8094030957.mp3" } [4]=> array(6) { ["title"]=> string(48) "Bonus: Brown And Black Living In A White Culture" ["datetime"]=> string(13) "June 04, 2020" ["description"]=> string(328) "On this fourth episode, Jack and Mike get real about being Black in a Latino group and being Latino in a Black group. They also discuss Afro-Latino identity and if they're black enough to feel they have enough skin in the BlackLivesMatter cause.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers" ["episode_id"]=> string(13) "HSW1364115557" ["show_id"]=> NULL ["episode_audio"]=> string(68) "https://chtbl.com/track/5899E/traffic.megaphone.fm/HSW1364115557.mp3" } [5]=> array(6) { ["title"]=> string(50) "The Virus Of Consumerism And Its Post-Covid Future" ["datetime"]=> string(12) "May 29, 2020" ["description"]=> string(974) "On this first episode of our new series on the future of America’s cultural and entertainment industry post covid-19, Mike Sargent and Jack Rico explore what our world will look like after we re-open our cities and communities. To answer that, we first take a look at the history of consumerism and how, like a virus, it has spread its disease in our environment and our American worth. The mission of this podcast is to unite the two most powerful and influential cultural demographics in the United States - Latinx and Black - to fill a colossal void in mainstream journalism. Statistics show there are barely any Black or Latinx food, film, television or music critics who work at major American news institutions. Why? Captive by the perspectives of one dominant culture, two film and culture critics, Jack Rico and Mike Sargent set-off on a quest to let our voices and stories be heard. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers" ["episode_id"]=> string(13) "HSW5326885983" ["show_id"]=> NULL ["episode_audio"]=> string(68) "https://chtbl.com/track/5899E/traffic.megaphone.fm/HSW5326885983.mp3" } }