Episode 101: Queen, Slim, Lizzo & Oprah
For this episode, Ty and Daphne discuss recent news, politics, and entertainment. After catching up on life (00:30), the hosts discuss “Oh Lawd” news (3:14), including an Amazon porch pirate (3:42), in-home video system hacking (5:35), the dangers of online child grooming (9:15), and a happy ending for a wrongly-convicted man who spent five years on death row (13:45). They then turn their attention to politics and discuss the broader implications of the 2019 U.K. general election (16:20), Democratic voter purging in Wisconsin (20:30), and Tom Steyer’s HBCU plan (26:10). Ty and Daphne then have a conversation about the latest news in entertainment, including Oprah Winfrey’s latest documentaries about sexual misconduct in the music industry (31:45), Lizzo’s twerking controversy (44:10), and TLC’s Hot and Heavy(51:10). They close by having an in-depth discussion about their thoughts on and interpretations of Lena Waite’s Queen and Slim (55:10).
Resources
A porch pirate stole a package from a home, then threw shade with a snarky thank-you note - https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/15/us/porch-pirate-leaves-thank-you-note/index.html
Somebody’s Watching: Hackers Breach Ring Home Security Cameras - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/15/us/Hacked-ring-home-security-cameras.html
I’m a 37-Year-Old Mom & I Spent Seven Days Online as an 11-Year-Old Girl. Here’s What I Learned - https://medium.com/@sloane_ryan/im-a-37-year-old-mom-i-spent-seven-days-online-as-an-11-year-old-girl-here-s-what-i-learned-9825e81c8e7d
Wrongly-convicted man who spent 5 years on death row graduates from Texas college - https://abc7.com/society/man-who-spent-5-years-on-death-row-graduates-from-college/5755247/
Steyer rolls out $125B plan to invest in historically black colleges - https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/473841-steyer-rolls-out-125b-plan-to-invest-in-historically-black-colleges
Wisconsin Judge Says State Must Purge 200,000 Voter Registrations - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/13/us/wisconsin-voter-rolls-purge.html
Russell Simmons confronts Oprah Winfrey over documentary featuring one of his accusers -https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-ent-russell-simmons-sexual-assault-allegations-oprah-20191216-svjsxrnvjjesdkbwiuwbfswlgm-story.html
TLC's new 'Hot & Heavy' series faces backlash - https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/12/entertainment/hot-heavy-tlc-backlash/index.html