Burst Your Bubble

A podcast about -isms and -phobias in pop culture.

Filtering by Category: radio

EP37 - MTV's Questionable History

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EP37 - MTV's Questionable History

What do you think of when you think of MTV? Reality TV? TRL? Beavis and Butt-head? Because depending on when you started watching MTV you might remember it for what it truly was: a music channel that tried to only play white rock artists.

Art by Jeremy Ferris.

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EP32 - Ugh, The Rolling Stones

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EP32 - Ugh, The Rolling Stones

Let's talk about the Rolling Stones and their sexist ad campaign for their 1976 album Black and Blue.

Art by Jeremy Ferris.

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EP28 - Flipping (Racist) Pancakes

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EP28 - Flipping (Racist) Pancakes

So I might just ruin breakfast for you. Let's talk about the racist history of Aunt Jemima pancakes.

Art by Jeremy Ferris.

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EP24 - Jews, Radio, and the 1930s

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EP24 - Jews, Radio, and the 1930s

Another time when I get to say that I love radio, but I don't have to love its history. Let's talk about Jews on the radio in the 1930s - from sounding Jewish to anti-semitism to assimilation.

Art by Jeremy Ferris.

New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.

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EP12 - Blackface, Sounding Black, and Beulah

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EP12 - Blackface, Sounding Black, and Beulah

I love radio, but I don't have to love its history. Let's talk about how minstrelsy, blackface, and stereotypes shaped radio and helped frame the first sitcom to star a black star.

Art by Jeremy Ferris.

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