Do The Kids Know?

Transcript available here Should we be cancelling people? Is cancel culture toxic? Does it even really exist? In our season’s penultimate episode, we answer these questions and more. We talk alternative models of justice, tools of the powerless, and sprinkle on some communication theory for good measure. Before we get the chance to be cancelled, we're asking do the kids know about cancel cult...

Transcript available here . On today’s episode we talk about the climate catastrophe from various angles, KKKanada’s appalling responses, and how racialized people face the brunt of consequences resulting from climate change. This week we’re asking, Do the kids know about environmental racism?  ------ References & Further Reading: Scientific American: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article...

Transcript available here. This week we talk about how KKKanada is implicit in the continued domination and exploitation of so-called post-colonial nations. We discuss the scams that are the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and capitalism in general. This episode we’re asking, Do the kids know about economic colonialism?  ------ References & Further Reading: Video - IMF, World Bank...

Transcript available here. Heads up, this episode’s topic is dense and heavy with mentions of traumatic experiences, death, and suicide. But it is a topic that is extremely important to give voice to that is intentionally kept under the radar. This week we discuss the intricacies, the difficulties, and the atrocities that are the refugee and asylum claimant processes as well as the state of immigr...

Transcript available here. This week we rant a bit on a topic that can unknowingly be the source of annoyance, pain, and frustration for many racialized people. We highlight the ways white women, along with the rest of us who hold power and privilege over others, can be better at being uncomfortable when faced with the ways that we unintentionally oppress others. This week we ask, Do the Kids Know...

Transcript available here. We all carry biases we inherit from the societies in which we live. In the context of the white supremacist nation -state that is KKKanada, often the biases tie in with race. Despite our best efforts, we are all exposed to and internalize racial prejudice. What does this mean and what does this look like? Let’s unpack it together.   Books mentioned on race and fatness: F...

Transcript available here. What’s your sign? This episode, Prakash and Kristen talk about why their circles have adopted more mysticism into their lives - namely astrology and tarot - and how these practices are really impactful for migrant and queer communities.  Things we mentioned: The Marigold Tarot Deck Chani Nicholas, You Were Born For This   Co-Star - @prakris and @kristane   Do The Kids Kn...

Transcript available here. If you’ve been reading the news, it real bad for racialized people in KKKanada… emphasis on the white supremacist capitalism. We try our best to do a rapid coast-to-coast overview of some of the ongoing issues and battles Indigenous, Black, and POC communities are facing that are on our radar. Note that this episode was recorded on October 22nd and there may be new updat...

Transcript available here. Have you ever seen this bullsh*t on a dating app: “no Blacks, no Asians, no rice, no spice”? -  Putting it bluntly, racial preferences when it comes to dating is RACIST. This episode, Prakash and Kristen break it down for the kids (y’all). Included in this convo is the problematic hypersexualization of Blackness, pornography and why y’all should stop frequenting free por...

Transcript available here. This week we're bringing back an interview from our “archives” in which we spoke to our friend Ornella about the Black and brown musical divas that dominate our playlists. Let us know, who are your musical faves?  Find Ornella at Noor MTL Listen to:  Beyoncé  Cartel Madras CupcakKe Navz-47 Raveena Aurora Raja Kumari Vivek Shraya Too Attached Yuna Miriam Makeba Amber...

Transcript available here. This week we're releasing a short episode we recorded based on topic suggestions from y’all, the kids, who wanted to hear us talk more about how we came to live in and get set up in a new city and all that fun stuff about how do you make friends as adults… spoiler, its another Prakash-heavy episode.  Do The Kids Know? is a series of conversations between friends, Pr...

Transcript available here. We talk about the importance of having diversity within the science fiction genre and then offer some recommendations of things to read, watch, and listen to that we cosign as bringing the much desired representation we crave.  Recommendations:  To Read Black Girl Unlimited - Echo Brown Akata Witch - Nnedi Okorafor Lilith's Brood - Octavia Butler Queen of the Conque...

Transcript available here. In our first interview episode of the season, we chat with our friend Bhan about our experiences as Third Culture Kids - people who grew up in a culture both different than our parents and simultaneously different from our white Canadian peers. A longer (and funnier) version of this episode is available on https://patreon.com/dothekidsknow Resources: Daughter Podcast Dec...

Transcript available here. We take you through the prison system in Canada by highlighting a couple institutions and how copaganda has successfully altered the perceptions of many in relation to crime, justice, and prison. Episode makes mention to sexual violence. Resources:  CBC Article about Okimaw Ochi Healing Lodge More Information on Healing Lodges Everything you were never taught about Canad...

Transcript available here. We discuss the situation involving the exploitation and striking of Seasonal Agricultural Workers and other temporary foreign workers in Canada and how COVID-19 has made already deplorable conditions even worse for these precarious workers.  Resources and calls to action:  Canadian Council for Refugees - https://ccrweb.ca/en/migrant-workers Migrant Workers Alliance for C...

Transcript available here. We review the events of #OscarsSoWhite and talk about how/if the entertainment and journalistic media landscape has adapted and how pervasive whiteness seeps into our own personal and professional lives.  Resources we mentioned: Oscars so White | Variety Article 4 years after Oscars so White (video) Desmond Cole | Black Canadian writer and journalist Do The Kids Know? is...

Transcript available here. In part 2 of 2, we break down some of the vocab we've been using to talk about different experiences of gender including cis and trans, womxn, femme, Two Spirit and others. Visit dothekidsknow.ca for an easily sharable and referenceable summarized glossary of terms which we will be updating periodically. Do The Kids Know? is a series of conversations between friends...

Transcript available here. In part 1 of 2, we break down some of the vocab we've been using to talk about different experiences of race including BIPOC, QTBIPOC, racialized, marginalized, and KKKanada/AmeriKKKa. Visit dothekidsknow.ca for an easily sharable and referenceable summarized glossary of terms which we will be updating periodically.  Do The Kids Know? is a series of conversations be...

Transcript available here. This week, Prakash and Kristen offer some media recommendations of things created by BIPOC artists to read, watch, and listen.  Books to read: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, Ocean Vuong The Gilded Wolves, Roshani Chokshi The Rise of IO and The Fall of IO , Wesley Chu Fever Dream , Samantha Schweblin  The Subtweet, Vivek Shraya Moon of the Crusted Snow, Waubgeshig Rice...

Transcript available here. Have y'all heard of the body positivity movement? There's a lot of (racialized) history behind the movement and we break it down in this episode. Resource List: What is Body Positivity, Essence - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xMvkdBcnPg Stephanie Yeboah’s work - https://www.nerdabouttown.com/abou Wear Your Voice Mag #BodyPositivityinColour - https://wearyour...

Transcript available here. You probably already know that the term "BIPOC" is an acronym for Black, Indigenous, and people of colour. But did you know that this is a contested term among BIPOCs ? This week, Prakash and Kristen dive deep into where this term comes from, why its gotten so popular, and why exactly it conjures so much controversy.  Resource List: Article: "Where did BIP...

Transcript available here . This week, we talk about social movements you've probably heard of - but did you know they were started by Black women? Topics of discussion include #MeToo, Girls Like Us, and Why I Stayed. This episode contains a content note for discussions on domestic and sexual violence.  Resource List: Me Too   Girls Like Us Why I Stayed “ Why abolishing the police and turning...

Transcript available here . In this conversation, brought to you from our archives, PK and Kristen talk about the trials and tribulations that racialized and first-generation students often encounter in their pursuit of higher education. We will be back next week with a regular episode. Resource List: Navigating Racism: Black Graduate Students Need Support by Anita Jack-Davies.  The Equity Myth by...

A transcript of this episode is available here .  In this week's episode, we ask ourselves if the kids know how to critique the media they consume? What makes guilty pleasure "guilty" in 2020. What happens when our faves are revealed to be problematic? We talk murder reality tv, J. "K. for Karen" Rowling, and Brooklyn Nine Nine.  Episode Resources: Witch Please - http://oh...

Transcription of this episode available here . In this episode we talk about how A.C.A.B. -  all cops are bad. We breakdown the history of policing in Canada,  outrageous police budgets, and actions we need to take and demand to defund the police and support vulnerable communities. Episode Resources:  Policing black lives - https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/policing-black-lives Intersectionality...