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Aisha Harris and Slate’s chief political correspondent Jamelle Bouie have a spoiler-filled discussion of Get Out, the directorial debut of Jordan Peele. And Valerie Woodward Srinivasan, Panoply Software Engineer shares her “Pre-Woke Watching” story. For links on what we discuss check out our show page. Join Slate Plus to unlock full, ad-free access to Represent and the rest of your favorite Slate...

Aisha Harris and producer Veralyn Williams recap everything that went down at the Oscars last night. Join Slate Plus to unlock full, ad-free access to Represent and the rest of your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe directly from the Represent show page on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/representplus to get access wherever you listen. Email: represent@slate.com Facebook: Slate Rep...

Aisha Harris is joined by comedians and writers W. Kamau Bell and Kevin Avery, hosts of the Denzel Washington is the Greatest Actor of All Time Period podcast, to look back on the historic Oscars night when Halle Berry, Denzel Washington, and Sidney Poitier all won. Check out: -Reports of Russell Crowe after his 2002 Bafta speech was cut short -Comedian W. Kamau Bell reflecting on the 2002 Oscars...

Aisha Harris talks to Moonlight co-editor Joi McMillon about her path to becoming the first black woman to be nominated for an Oscar in her field—and only the second black person ever nominated in the Best Film Editing category. But first, on this week’s segment of “Guess Who’s Coming to Oscar,” we talk West Side Story with Turner Classic Movies host Tiffany Vazquez. Check out: -Turner Classic Mov...

Slate culture writer Aisha Harris talks to filmmaker, educator, and former Black Panther Jamal Joseph about his new film, Chapter and Verse. And this week in, Guess Who’s Coming to Oscar, we talk the 1957 Oscar-winning film Sayonara with Phil Yu of the Angry Asian Man blog, and Yoko Kawaguchi, author of Butterfly's Sisters: The Geisha in Western Culture. Check out: -Truman Capote New Yorker profil...

Slate culture writer Aisha Harris talks to filmmaker and activist Raoul Peck about his Oscar-nominated James Baldwin documentary I Am Not Your Negro. We also kick off our monthlong series, Guess Who’s Coming to Oscar, and revisit Dances With Wolves with writer/professor Adrienne Keene. Join our Guess Who’s Coming to Oscar conversation by using #OscarsRepresent. Check out: -Adrienne’s post: “I’m a...

Slate culture writer, Aisha Harris talks to April Reign about how she inadvertently started the #OscarsSoWhite movement and what work still needs to be done. Also, Slate Double X writer, Christina Cauterucci comes on to chat about Hidden Figures and the Women's March. Check out: -Slate: Hidden Figures Is a Powerful Statement Against Bathroom Discrimination -Represent producer Veralyn Williams disc...

Slate culture writer, Aisha Harris talks to David Jay and Angela Tucker, the star and director, respectively, of the 2011 documentary (A)sexual; as well as three members of the Asexual community. Check out: -Slate: Asexuality and Intersex Conditions Are Television’s New Frontier -USA’s Sirens: Brian and Voodoo on S2:E1 -Netflix’s BoJack Horseman: Todd Chavez comes out as asexual on S3:E12 -Fox’s H...

Slate culture writer, Aisha Harris talks to Rita Moreno about her new Netflix show, One Day at a Time, overcoming depression, and being a Latina woman in Hollywood. Check out: -Rita Moreno performances schedule: A series of lectures and cabaret -Popular Rita Moreno & The Electric Company videos -Slate’s Norman Lear Sitcoms All in the Family, The Jeffersons, and More May Be Due for a Reboot Join Sl...

Aisha Harris talks to Ruth E. Carter about  designing costumes for Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing, Joss Whedon’s Serenity, and more. And A.C. Valdez, Panoply Senior Producer shares his “Pre-Woke Watching” story. For links on what we discuss check out our show page. Join Slate Plus to unlock full, ad-free access to Represent and the rest of your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe directly from the...

Slate culture writer, Aisha Harris is joined by guest co-hosts Alex Jung (Vulture writer), Antonia Cereijido (Latino USA producer), and Tiffany Vazquez (Turner Classic Movies host) to look back on the Pluses and Deltas on 2016 with a quiz, laughs, and tears. Join Slate Plus to unlock full, ad-free access to Represent and the rest of your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe directly from the Represe...

More from our conversation on Moana, Disney’s new musical film inspired by Polynesian mythology, with New York Times and Jazz Times music writer, Nate Chinen. Check out: -Represent’s Moana episode: Disney and Representation -Slate: A Whole New World by Dan Kois. -Disney casting Auli'i Cravalho as Moana. -Hawaiian renaissance artist Dennis Kamakahi and David Kamakahi -Lin-Manuel Miranda, Opetaia Fo...

Slate culture writer, Aisha Harris dives into the new TBS series Search Party, with show creators Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers. And talks Issa Rae’s long-awaited HBO series, Insecure with Jezebel staff writer, Kara Brown. Check out: -Aisha talks “Insecure” on the DoubleX Gabfest -Damon Young on Insecure’s revolutionary (and real) depictions of young black people having sex -Golden Globes...

Slate culture writer, Aisha Harris talks to Pamela Adlon about her career and semi-autobiographical FX series, Better Things. And we share our second edition of our “Pre-Woke Watching” segment. Check out: -Slate: Pamela Adlon’s new show is like a brasher, more confident, female-driven Louie. -Slate Represent episode with our inaugural “Pre-Woke Watching” segment. Join Slate Plus to unlock full, ad...

Slate culture writer, Aisha Harris digs into Moana, Disney’s new musical film inspired by Polynesian mythology, with New York Times and Jazz Times music writer, Nate Chinen. Then we talk to Disney’s first black animator, Floyd Norman about working for the studio in the 40’s and 50’s and the documentary that tells his story⁠. Check out: -Disney's Moana Soundtrack -Nate Chinen’s Moana article: Consi...

Join Slate Plus to unlock full, ad-free access to Represent and the rest of your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe directly from the Represent show page on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/representplus to get access wherever you listen. Email: represent@slate.com Facebook: Slate Represent Twitter: @SlateRepresent, @craftingmystyle Production by Veralyn Williams Learn more about you...

Slate culture writer, Aisha Harris talks to Comedian and Actress Kathy Griffin about her start, how she handles rejection and criticism in an industry that’s especially harsh to women, and her new book, Kathy Griffin’s Celebrity Run-Ins: My A-Z index⁠. Check out: -Kathy Griffin’s New Bravo Special Sets Guinness World Record -From Johnny to Jimmy: The History of Politics in Late Night TV -Aisha’s c...

Slate culture writer, Aisha Harris talks to industry vet Nisha Ganatra about her directing career, and her work on a slew of TV shows, including Transparent, Mr. Robot, and the new FX series, Better Things. And guest co-host John Raphael Oliveira, comes on to discuss the new film, Loving. Check out: -Labor of Loving: A Conversation with Jeff Nichols and Joel Edgerton -'Loving' Director Jeff Nichol...

Slate culture writer, Aisha Harris talks to actress Joy Bryant about her role as the groundbreaking attorney Eleanor Holmes Norton, in the new Amazon series, Good Girls Revolt. Check out: Slate’s The Good Girls Revolt Trailer Shows the Dangers of Sexism and Sort-of-True Stories Joy Bryant in Refinery29: Girl, You Beautiful Joy Bryant’s Lenny Letter: Stop Telling Me I Should Have Kids Aisha’s conve...

Slate culture writer, Aisha Harris talks to filmmaker Barry Jenkins about his much buzzed about new film, Moonlight. And Latino USA producer Antonia Cereijido returns to talk season 3 of Jane the Virgin. Check out: AV Club’s Jane The Virgin gets used to the new normal with another powerful chapter Aisha’s How Barry Jenkins’ Medicine for Melancholy Laid the Groundwork for His Gorgeous, Haunting Moo...

Slate culture writer, Aisha Harris talks to film/tv writer, Patricia Resnick, about working in Hollywood in the 70s and 80s, ageism and sexism in the industry, and the legacy of one of the most celebrated feminist comedies of all time, 9 to 5. Check out: -Patricia Resnick in the Hollywood Reporter, weighing in on the #OscarsSoWhite controversy -Aisha’s interview with Lily Tomlin on the art of main...

Slate’s culture writer Aisha Harris and chief political correspondent Jamelle Bouie discuss the very controversial awards season contender, Nate Parker’s the Birth of a Nation. Check out what we mentioned: -Aisha’s piece in Slate, “In the Birth of a Nation, Women Don’t Participate in Nat Turner’s Rebellion. History Tells Us Otherwise.” -Former President George W. Bush at the opening of the Nationa...

Slate culture writer Aisha Harris talks to former Gawker editor–turned–TV writer Cord Jefferson, writer for the dearly departed the Nightly Show and upcoming Season 2 of Master of None. Check out: -Cord Jefferson on NBC: “When will moderate whites condemn dangerous White Culture?” -“The Racism Beat: What it’s like to write about hate over and over and over” -Will Smith’s best performance in The Fr...

Slate culture writer, Aisha Harris talks to actor Joe Seo about his new film, Spa Night, and Vulture writer Alex Jung comes on to chat race and class in Season 3 of Transparent. Check out: -Radio Raheem’s “love, hate” monologue in Do the Right Thing -Will & Grace scene about the 2016 election -Fences teaser trailer -Alex Jung’s interview with Fleabag’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge Join Slate Plus to unloc...

Slate Culture Writer, Aisha Harris talks to writer/director Justin Tipping about his new movie, Kicks which tells the story of 15 year old Brandon, who goes on a dangerous mission through Oakland to retrieve his “fresh to death” pair of Air Jordans, after they were stolen. Join Slate Plus to unlock full, ad-free access to Represent and the rest of your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe directly f...