Tag: Racism
106: “…And Start Getting Real” – MTV’s The Real World Part 2
https://media.blubrry.com/when_we_were_young/www.themfp.org/audio/WWWY106.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:12:37 — 81.2MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | RSSIn Part 1 of our look back at MTV’s The Real World, we were impressed with how quickly the show defined the tone, format, and style that reality television would use for the next thirty years (and counting). But…
75: “Sal’s Famous Pizzeria is Here to Stay” – Do The Right Thing
https://media.blubrry.com/when_we_were_young/themfp.org/audio/WWWY75.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:02:39 — 105.8MB)Subscribe: RSSRiots. Fires. Police violence. Ruinous bigotry. A cacophony of voices calling for justice for Black Americans. These are all very present in today’s newspaper headlines and social media feeds, and also set the scene for Spike Lee’s seminal modern classic DO THE RIGHT THING,…