Episodes
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(guest) Episode 18: White Pondering & White Parenting with Joe Smith
**In a break from tradition, Emma Nelson is off our airwaves this week (though if you miss her voice, head on over to Below The Dot: A Degrassi Podcast). Emma will be back for Sounds About White episodes 19 & 20, to wrap-up season one right! (or white?)** Maria is joined by her white, cis-het, 33...
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Episode 17: Racism on TV and IRL ft. Carolyn Bryant Donham
This week's episode starts and ends with what's streaming on our screens... WHAT'S OUT: The Cricket's Dance (2020, book + film) A League Of Their Own (1992, film) Black trauma on TV, a la Queen & Slim (2019) Carolyn Bryant Donham + Courtney Tailor of TikTok (2022) WHAT'S IN: Issa Rae's Rap Sh!t...
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Episode 16: F*ck Capitalism ft. White People Excusing Foul Things
In this episode, Emma shares about unfortunate on-going experiences with a white woman perpetually in her inbox. Emma and Maria talk all things awful about capitalism, including its impact on service delivery and having basic needs met. The topics of abortion, the white moderate, vacation...
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Episode 15: Pride & Juneteenth ft. White Women with Curly Hair
Emma begins the episode with a special shout out to white women with curly hair who dare to compare themselves to Black women with natural hair. Maria brings in a question from a white listener about their potential participation in a Juneteenth Celebration, before launching into the intersect of...
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Episode 14: Mandated Reporting & Wealth Hoarding with Hilary Swank
In this episode, Hilary Swank (Freedom Writers) is not mentioned, but her presence is implied during a discussion about a likely white teacher blogging about her student’s trauma. Emma & Maria proceed to talk about the interpersonal impacts of white wealth hoarding, along with a slew of other...
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Episode 13: Shame, Blame & White Centering with Amy Schumer
Trigger Warning: discussion of Buffalo Massacre; and many a monologue by Maria, so remember: #ABlackPersonSaidItFirst So... #YouHeardItHereSecond. Recorded May 20, 2022. In this episode, Emma & Maria discuss the ways shame & blame are used by white people across the political spectrum to deflect...
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Episode 12: Transracial Adoption, #NoWhiteSaviors & Catholicism with Rebecca Pearson
Maria & Emma explore the harms of self-whiteousness and transracial adoptive parents' transgressions in This Is Us. The recent @NoWhiteSaviors white woman scandal is discussed, with an acknowledgement that all white people have the capacity to cause harm. We close the episode by highlighting just...
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Episode 11: White Scams & Boot Straps with Jessica Pressler
Jessica Pressler (a.k.a. "Vivian Kent" from Shonda Rhimes' Inventing Anna) joins the show to sing (privileged) Anna Delvey's praises. Maria & Emma talk scams, "nobody wanting to work anymore" and the bullshit behind boot straps and authoritative adults. **Episode recorded back in March but Maria...
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Episode 10: White Entitlement with AnnaLynne McCord
Maria is joined by the embarrassing AnnaLynne McCord a.k.a. "Putin, if I was your mother..." poet. This week's episode includes unpacking anti-Blackness worldwide and a deep dive into white entitlement of parents and "pro-life" Christians alike. ⚠️ episode trigger warning: mention of enslaved…
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Episode 9: Racist Double Standards & Reality TV with Katy Perry
Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, known professionally as Katy Perry, joins the show to talk about her racist, culturally inappropriate hit "This Is How We Do" (2013). (alias) Emma and (actually) Black Alter Ego Jessica join (really) white Maria to discuss all things racism, reality TV, and ways to...
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Episode 8: White Supremacy, Capitalism & Community with Hillary Clinton
Maria is joined by Hillary Clinton, before she swiftly steps back to watch Emma Nelson work. Emma and Maria talk all things white supremacy culture, capitalism and community. [After-Show] Let It Be Known: Black people need no reason to rest. White folks need to rest to sustainably engage in the...
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Episode 7: Affirmative Action & That Knapsack with Peggy McIntosh
Peggy McIntosh joins Maria to talk all things Knapsack. Emma Nelson returns, along with her Black alter ego, Jessica, to discuss racist misconceptions about Affirmative Action and make one small but mighty request this Black History Month.
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Episode 6: The Failings of White Feminism with Susan B. Anthony
[Trigger Warning: sexual assault, rape, slavery] Maria is joined by a hurtful Susan B. Anthony to discuss misogynoir and white violence, past and present. Susan sits back after one too many violent white feminist attacks. Emma Nelson returns to weigh in on the racial wealth gap, white woman…
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Episode 5: White Sensitivity About Critical Race Theory with Scarlett Johansson
It’s Five and Dive! White people are super sensitive about reverse racism; hence why Scarlett Johansson fights for her right to play every race on the big screen. Maria shares some of her harmful history with white saviorism, while Black Scarlett talks about the importance of Black-only, white...
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Episode 4: Systemic Racism in Education with Emily in Paris
Systemic Racism in Education Is A Hot Ass Mess. Don't Be Emily in Paris. Do Watch I May Destroy You.
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Episode 3: Racism in Schools & White Womanhood with Taylor Swift
Maria is joined by a temporary Taylor Swift to discuss the racial trauma of student loans, the delicacy of white womanhood, and actively racist pieces of sh*t.
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Episode 2: White Privilege with Sandra Bullock
Forever White Woman Maria and Today's Temporary Sandra Bullock a.k.a. Emma Nelson a.k.a. of last episode discuss the levels to privilege, whiteness, and transracial adoption.
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Episode 1: Welcome to Sounds About White ft. Emma Nelson
In this episode, we introduce ourselves and dive into a recent episode of white nonsense in the land known as the United States.