Sounds About White Podcast
1) (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 episo...Show More
2) 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, ...Show More
3) 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 ...Show More
4) 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 ...Show More
5) 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...Show More
6) 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 & M...Show More
7) 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...Show More
8) 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 ...Show More
9) 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 entitlem...Show More
10) 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...Show More