27 August, 2017

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Nico & Vinz: Am I Wrong Eric Foner: Reconstruction, America's Unfinished Revolution

“We deny magnificence because the self-concept of being a failure or selfish etc makes it easier for us to stay in a small version of what it means to be human.”
–Unknown

20 August, 2017

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Nina Simone: I Put A Spell On You Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales

“Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.”
–C
esar Chavez

5 August, 2017

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Reggie Rock Bythewood and Gina Prince-Bythewood: Shots Fired Douglas S. Massey and Nancy A. Denton: American Apartheid

“The fight is never about grapes or lettuce, it’s always about people.”
–Cesar Chavez

29 July, 2017

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Netflix, Tina Fey and Robert Carlock: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Aeschylus: Aeschylus II, The Oresteia

“I grew up not knowing I could have a dream and if I did, that I could actually achieve it. You grew up thinking the sky is the limit.”
–A Togolese colleague, having a heart to heart at work

8 July, 2017

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Nate Silver: FiveThirtyEight Podcast Aaron Sorkin: A Few Good Men

“Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.”
–Alan Watts

2 July, 2017

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Vox: The Weeds Podcast Stephen Adly Guirgis: The Motherfucker with the Hat

“The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless.”
Alan Watts

24 June, 2017

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Slate: Trumpcast Podcast August Wilson: Fences

“Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.”
Alan Watts