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A Citations Needed Live Show Beg-a-Thon: The Politics of Star Trek + Pro Wrestling

Added 2022-10-26 15:15:26 +0000 UTC

In this Live Show Beg-a-Thon, recorded 10/20, we discuss the morality politics of Star Trek and Pro Wrestling with guests are Robert Greene II and Brandi Collins-Dexter.

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Guests

Dr. Robert Greene II (@RobGreeneII) is assistant professor of history at Claflin University. He is publications chair for the Society of U.S. Intellectual Historians and lead associate editor for Black Perspectives.

Brandi Collins-Dexter (@BrandingBrandi) is associate director of research at the Technology and Social Change Project (TaSC), housed in Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. A former senior campaign director at Color Of Change, where she oversaw the media, culture, and economic justice departments, Brandi is the author of the new book, Black Skinhead: Reflections on Blackness and Our Political Future (Celadon, 2022).

Show Notes

Revisiting Star Trek’s Most Political Episode

Robert Green II | October 8, 2017 | The Atlantic

How Ben Sisko Wrestled With American History

Robert Green II | February 11, 2022 | StarTrek.com

Dusty Rhodes’s “Hard Times” Promo Still Rings The Bell

Brandi Collins-Dexter | September 30, 2022 | Defector

The Art of the Heel

Mike Edison | September 2017 | The Baffler

In the WWE, Wrestlers Say Labor Abuses Are Everywhere

Tim Gill | October 13, 2022 | Jacobin

Kanye West Was Right(ish)

Brandi Collins-Dexter | September 20, 2022 | WIRED

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Transcript

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