The 19th and Wonder Media Network (Wmn) are pleased to announce their new weekly podcast The Amendment. The 19th’s debut audio series will premiere on February 14, 2024. Hosted by award-winning journalist and The 19th’s Editor-at-Large Errin Haines, The Amendment will cut past punditry and give a voice to the new electorate, most specifically the marginalized folks who depend on a functioning democracy.
Each episode will feature a conversation between Haines and a prominent guest to discuss the state of American democracy and power structures through the lens of race and gender; initial episodes feature Nikole Hannah-Jones of the 1619 Project and writer Tressie McMillan Cottom.
The Amendment will represent a crucial extension of The 19th’s work as it captures untold parts of the American story. “Every day The 19th aims to explore democracy’s unfinished business. We want to center and empower women and LGBTQ+ Americans, especially those...
Each episode will feature a conversation between Haines and a prominent guest to discuss the state of American democracy and power structures through the lens of race and gender; initial episodes feature Nikole Hannah-Jones of the 1619 Project and writer Tressie McMillan Cottom.
The Amendment will represent a crucial extension of The 19th’s work as it captures untold parts of the American story. “Every day The 19th aims to explore democracy’s unfinished business. We want to center and empower women and LGBTQ+ Americans, especially those...
- 2/16/2024
- Podnews.net
Trevor Noah is saying goodbye to The Daily Show after seven years.
The comedian gave a tearful goodbye to his fans in his final address at the desk, thanking everyone who has ever watched the Comedy Central show and giving particular praise to Black women for their support.
“I’m grateful to you every single one of you. I remember when we started the show, we couldn’t get enough people to fill an audience,” he said, noting that’s how comedy has always worked.
“Then I look at this now and I don’t take it for granted ever. Every seat that has ever been filled to watch something I’m doing is always appreciated because I know the empty seat that sits behind it,” he added. “Thank you to people who watch, the people who share the clips, everyone who’s had an opinion, everyone who’s been kind enough and gracious enough,...
The comedian gave a tearful goodbye to his fans in his final address at the desk, thanking everyone who has ever watched the Comedy Central show and giving particular praise to Black women for their support.
“I’m grateful to you every single one of you. I remember when we started the show, we couldn’t get enough people to fill an audience,” he said, noting that’s how comedy has always worked.
“Then I look at this now and I don’t take it for granted ever. Every seat that has ever been filled to watch something I’m doing is always appreciated because I know the empty seat that sits behind it,” he added. “Thank you to people who watch, the people who share the clips, everyone who’s had an opinion, everyone who’s been kind enough and gracious enough,...
- 12/9/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Anita Hill, who was thrust into the national spotlight when she accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment, is launching her own podcast.
The author, lawyer and feminist icon has teamed up with Malcolm Gladwell’s Pushkin Industries to launch Getting Even with Anita Hill.
The weekly audio series, which launches on February 28, will feature conversations between Hill and a range of guests revealing their own stories of vulnerability and accountability while carving unconventional pathways to equality.
The first episode will see Hill weigh in on the upcoming Scotus pick and what it means for the country. She will examine the 1991 Senate Judiciary Committee hearings and what would have happened if the Senate had taken the issue of sexual harassment and its role in evaluating character and fitness for judges more seriously.
Guests will include civil rights activist Kimberlé Crenshaw, author and professor Tressie McMillan Cottom,...
The author, lawyer and feminist icon has teamed up with Malcolm Gladwell’s Pushkin Industries to launch Getting Even with Anita Hill.
The weekly audio series, which launches on February 28, will feature conversations between Hill and a range of guests revealing their own stories of vulnerability and accountability while carving unconventional pathways to equality.
The first episode will see Hill weigh in on the upcoming Scotus pick and what it means for the country. She will examine the 1991 Senate Judiciary Committee hearings and what would have happened if the Senate had taken the issue of sexual harassment and its role in evaluating character and fitness for judges more seriously.
Guests will include civil rights activist Kimberlé Crenshaw, author and professor Tressie McMillan Cottom,...
- 2/22/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Roxane Gay, the author of Bad Feminist, is back with a new podcast.
The writer has teamed up with subscription podcast network Luminary to launch The Roxane Gay Agenda.
The series, which premieres on January 25 in partnership with iHeartMedia, will feature conversations with Gay, who also offers uncommonly incisive reads of the politics that shape the world and popular culture.
It will be produced by Gay and Curtis Fox, a veteran podcast producer who is story editor for Radiotopia’s Ear Hustle and has worked on podcasts for The New Yorkers and Esquire Magazine.
The Roxane Gay Agenda is Gay’s latest audio series with Luminary; she previously hosted Hear to Slay with Tressie McMillan Cottom, which featured interviews with the likes of Stacey Abrams, Gabrielle Union and Ava DuVernay.
Episodes will be released weekly with listeners able to listen early and ad-free on the Luminary app or its...
The writer has teamed up with subscription podcast network Luminary to launch The Roxane Gay Agenda.
The series, which premieres on January 25 in partnership with iHeartMedia, will feature conversations with Gay, who also offers uncommonly incisive reads of the politics that shape the world and popular culture.
It will be produced by Gay and Curtis Fox, a veteran podcast producer who is story editor for Radiotopia’s Ear Hustle and has worked on podcasts for The New Yorkers and Esquire Magazine.
The Roxane Gay Agenda is Gay’s latest audio series with Luminary; she previously hosted Hear to Slay with Tressie McMillan Cottom, which featured interviews with the likes of Stacey Abrams, Gabrielle Union and Ava DuVernay.
Episodes will be released weekly with listeners able to listen early and ad-free on the Luminary app or its...
- 1/6/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Lil Nas X celebrated the release of his debut album Montero by re-inventing Dolly Parton’s signature song “Jolene” during a recent performance for BBC Radio One’s Live Lounge. Singing in a deep baritone over a sparse rock arrangement, Lil Nas X delivered an intense, gender-flipping rendition of Parton’s 1973 hit about a woman with “flaming locks of auburn hair” who can steal men with ease.
It’s been clear for some time that the two artists are mutual fans. After Lil Nas X openly solicited Parton’s participation...
It’s been clear for some time that the two artists are mutual fans. After Lil Nas X openly solicited Parton’s participation...
- 9/21/2021
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: The Black List Podcast will debut on the new premium podcast subscription service Luminary in March of this year. Co-hosted by Black List founder Franklin Leonard and Kate Hagen, the podcast will feature unproduced scripts as contemporary radio plays, as well as thoughtful, in-depth conversations with filmmakers, producers, and creators of all kinds.
The Black List Podcast will join the Luminary’s current slate that includes On Second Thought: The Trevor Noah Podcast, Metaphysical Milkshake with Rainn Wilson and Reza Aslan, Vocal Point with Martina McBride, The C-Word with Lena Dunham, Under The Skin with Russell Brand, I Am Rapaport with Michael Rapaport, and Hear To Slay with Roxane Gay and Tressie McMillan Cottom.
The podcast will be executive produced by Jimmy Miller and Hans Sahni for Ninth Planet Audio, the podcast production arm of Mosaic Media.
The Black List, an annual survey of Hollywood executives’ top selections of unproduced screenplays,...
The Black List Podcast will join the Luminary’s current slate that includes On Second Thought: The Trevor Noah Podcast, Metaphysical Milkshake with Rainn Wilson and Reza Aslan, Vocal Point with Martina McBride, The C-Word with Lena Dunham, Under The Skin with Russell Brand, I Am Rapaport with Michael Rapaport, and Hear To Slay with Roxane Gay and Tressie McMillan Cottom.
The podcast will be executive produced by Jimmy Miller and Hans Sahni for Ninth Planet Audio, the podcast production arm of Mosaic Media.
The Black List, an annual survey of Hollywood executives’ top selections of unproduced screenplays,...
- 1/7/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
SXSW is ramping up for its 2020 conference and has announced their first wave of keynote and featured speakers. Former President and COO of Nintendo of America Reggie Fils-Aimé and artist and musician Kim Gordon have been set as keynote speakers while a huge roster of artists, musicians, tech leaders and storytellers have been added as featured speakers. The 34th edition of the South by Southwest Conference and Festival is slated for March 13-22, 2020.
The initial lineup of featured speakers includes a conversation between Sin City and Alita Battle Angel director Robert Rodriguez and iconic actor and comedian Cheech Marin, Fixer Upper‘s Chip & Joanna Gaines, IMDb Founder and CEO Col Needham, writer Roxane Gay, legendary musician Nile Rogers and more.
“We’re kicking off the 2020 season with a captivating group of speakers. From Keynotes Reggie Fils-Aimé, who oversaw Nintendo of America during its most successful era, and Kim Gordon, a...
The initial lineup of featured speakers includes a conversation between Sin City and Alita Battle Angel director Robert Rodriguez and iconic actor and comedian Cheech Marin, Fixer Upper‘s Chip & Joanna Gaines, IMDb Founder and CEO Col Needham, writer Roxane Gay, legendary musician Nile Rogers and more.
“We’re kicking off the 2020 season with a captivating group of speakers. From Keynotes Reggie Fils-Aimé, who oversaw Nintendo of America during its most successful era, and Kim Gordon, a...
- 9/10/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
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