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podcast friday
May. 12th, 2023 07:13 am I have such a sad backlog of posts that I mean to make, but y'all are stuck with me posting about media twice a week because I have a backlog of everything.
Anyway.
Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff. Josephine Baker. I knew a little about her because of the Harlem Renaissance connection, though arguably she may have fucked off to Paris before having much of an influence, and I actually did know that she was a spy, but "Josephine Baker: The Actor and Spy Who Mighta Saved the World" is an amazing deep-dive into her life and many heroic deeds. She was a Black, bisexual, multitalented performer who used sheer audacity to fight the Nazis, save a bunch of people's lives, and look amazing doing it. Also she had a cheetah named Chiquita.
Laurie Penny is the guest on it, so—that's awesome, obviously—with Robert taking over Sophie's usual role as snarky interjector/producer. Spoiler for events that happened a long time ago, but this story has a relatively happy ending and the episode is overall fun and entertaining. Also I had no idea what Penny's accent sounded like and it was not how I expected.
Part I | Part 2
Anyway.
Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff. Josephine Baker. I knew a little about her because of the Harlem Renaissance connection, though arguably she may have fucked off to Paris before having much of an influence, and I actually did know that she was a spy, but "Josephine Baker: The Actor and Spy Who Mighta Saved the World" is an amazing deep-dive into her life and many heroic deeds. She was a Black, bisexual, multitalented performer who used sheer audacity to fight the Nazis, save a bunch of people's lives, and look amazing doing it. Also she had a cheetah named Chiquita.
Laurie Penny is the guest on it, so—that's awesome, obviously—with Robert taking over Sophie's usual role as snarky interjector/producer. Spoiler for events that happened a long time ago, but this story has a relatively happy ending and the episode is overall fun and entertaining. Also I had no idea what Penny's accent sounded like and it was not how I expected.
Part I | Part 2
