Displaying 21 - 40 of 52 in total
Aunt Jemima
Dave and Mickey pay tribute to Rider University alumnus Eugene Marsh, who died of Covid-19 complications on January 29, 2021. They discuss the planned name change for ...
Prince Markie Dee and Fat Boys
Dave and Mickey pay tribute to Prince Markie Dee of the Fat Boys, who died February 18, 2021.
A Tribute to MF DOOM
The masked supervillain MC known as MF DOOM aka Zev Love X, King Geedorah and Viktor Vaughn died on October 31, 2020. David asks Mickey, who years ago published the f...
Everyday Ally
Our hosts consider what a white person can do when confronted with everyday racism. Mickey remembers a white neighbor who shrugged off a peeping tom by suggesting he p...
Patriots or Hateriots?
David and Mickey reflect on the January 6, 2021 Capitol breach and discuss the issues surrounding it: the history and motivations of the violent protesters, the impact...
2020 In the Rearview
Our hosts look back on their first year of the podcast and reflect on the issues that 2020 gave us to deal with. They pay tribute to the victims of Covid-19 and celebr...
Diversity Hire
This episode opens up with Dave asking for Mickey's thoughts on The Notorious BIG and transitions into a discussion on diversity and inclusion in curriculum and facult...
Worthy
After releasing a new track, “Worthy,” David reflects on his career as Traum Diggs and the changes he’s seen in how music gets recorded and distributed. He takes us fr...
The Truth vs. “Da Troof” feat. Steve Sachs - Part Two
Dave, Mickey, and guest Steve Sachs continue their conversation on "weirdo rap" and Mickey's blind spot for mainstream hip-hop. The conversation then shifts to politic...
The Truth vs. “Da Troof” feat. Steve Sachs - Part One
After discussing their mainstream vs. underground tastes in hip-hop, Mickey and David challenged each other to listen to an album they’d never heard before. Mickey cho...
Pandemic Music
Dave and Mickey talk music: the latest releases from Sa-Roc, Westside Gunn and Slick Rick, Locksmith, Denzel Curry, Recognize Ali, Bobby Sessions, Bill Collector, and ...
Make Education Great Again?
Dave and Mickey discuss the recent backlash to Nikole Hannah-Jones and the New York Times’ 1619 Project and President Donald Trump’s announcing of a Patriotic Educatio...
Theory and Practice
David and Mickey talk theory and practice, education and action, and the distinctions between supporting Black empowerment and going through the motions, making a self...
Peace, Love and Black Power
David and Mickey talk NBA and WNBA wildcat strikes, the love America has for Black athletes and entertainers, and how that love can fade when the attention turns to an...
Atonement in America
David and Mickey start a conversation about corporate response to the recent BLM movement that opens up a deep dialogue about America's "original sin", atonement, revi...
Perspectives on Perspective
Mickey and Dave catch up on quarantine happenings from Verzuz battles to corporate statements of solidarity with Black Lives Matter. After a tribute to Philly's Malik ...
Beasties
On the heels of the 2020 release of the documentary, Beastie Boys Story, Dave and Mickey dive into some history of the band and it's place and impact in Hip-hop histo...
Ropeadope Records: Louis Marks and Fabian Brown
In this episode, Dave and Mickey welcome Ropeadope Records CEO, Louis Marks, and publicity director, Fabian Brown.
A Discussion with Soren Baker
Mickey and Dave speak with Soren Baker, author of The History Of Gangster Rap, and host of YouTube channel, Unique Access Ent.
20 for 20
After acknowledging of the spate of untimely and notable deaths that occurred around the first week of May, Dave and Mickey turn back to the thing they know best: musi...