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Represent | 2016 in Review Dec 30, 2016

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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.

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Represent | More on Disney’s Moana with Nate Chinen Dec 23, 2016

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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.

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-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 Foa'i: We Know The Way

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Represent | Search Party’s Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers Dec 16, 2016

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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.

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-Aisha talks “Insecure” on the DoubleX Gabfest

-Damon Young on Insecure’s revolutionary (and real) depictions of young black people having sex

-Golden Globes 2017: The Complete List of Nominations

-Very Smart Brothas: Charlamagne is Basically Every Ciara-Hating Twitter Nigga

-Jamilah Lemieux & Amber Phillips talk discuss race, gender and media representation on The Breakfast Club

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Represent | Better Things' Pamela Adlon Dec 09, 2016

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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.

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-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.

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Represent | Disney and Representation: Moana and Floyd Norman Dec 02, 2016

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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.

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-Disney's Moana Soundtrack

-Nate Chinen’s Moana article: Consider the Coconut

-The last time Nate write about Hawaiian representation on screen

-Aisha’s Moana Makes It Official: Disney Has Entered a Progressive, Inclusive Third Golden Age

-LA Times: Our national parks can also be reminders of America’s history of race and civil rights

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-Native America Calling conversation from 5/10/16 (starts at 6:00)

-Another Round’s Heben talks with Dr. Adrienne Keene about Standing Rock

-Newsweek: Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Standing Rock Sioux

-Slate: Police Clashed With Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters Sunday Night

-Donate: Sacred Stone Legal Defense Fund

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Represent | Thanksgiving Message Nov 25, 2016

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Represent | Comedian and Actress Kathy Griffin Nov 18, 2016

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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.

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-Kathy Griffin’s New Bravo Special Sets Guinness World Record

-From Johnny to Jimmy: The History of Politics in Late Night TV

-Aisha’s conversation with writer-director Paul Haggis about Crash.

-Soul food on the boondocks

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Represent | TV/Filmmaker Nisha Ganatra Nov 11, 2016

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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.

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-Labor of Loving: A Conversation with Jeff Nichols and Joel Edgerton

-'Loving' Director Jeff Nichols Has Great Affection for the Deep South

-Mila Kunis On Sexism In Film And The Workplace

-Wesley Morris’ Last Taboo: Why Pop Culture Just Can’t Deal With Black Male Sexuality

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Represent | Good Girls Revolt's Joy Bryant Nov 04, 2016

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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.

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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 conversation with Moonlight Filmmaker Barry Jenkins

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Represent | “Moonlight” filmmaker Barry Jenkins Oct 28, 2016

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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.

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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 Moonlight

A.O. Scott’s Review: ‘Moonlight’: Is This the Year’s Best Movie?

Master P on his contribution to Solange's new album, "A Seat at the Table"

Indiewire’s Naomie Harris On ‘Moonlight,’ The One Role She Never Thought She Could Handle

The Black Film Canon: The 50 greatest movies by black directors

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