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Trailer: The Roxane Gay Agenda Jan 06, 2022

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New year, new show. The Agenda kicks off January 25.

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Best of Hear to Slay: Chopped and Screwed (with Isabel Wilkerson) Aug 31, 2021

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Isabel Wilkerson reframes race and racism in her book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. Here she talks about what inspired the book and about the craft behind her complex, big narratives. Spoiler: it doesn’t involve outlines. Plus, Tressie and Roxane on why you need to read more than one book about racism.

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Caste: The Origins Of Our Discontents

Hear To Slay theme music by Taka Yasuzawa and Alex Sugiura. Curtis Fox is the senior producer. Sarah Wyman and Catherine Fenollosa are the producers. Production help from Lauren Garcia and Kaityln Adams. Ali McPherson and Isoke Samuel are the interns.

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Best of Hear to Slay: Taking Up Space (with Amber J. Phillips, Brittany Gibson) Aug 24, 2021

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Activist and storyteller Amber J. Phillips on the importance of being who you are, politically and publicly. Also, journalist Brittany Gibson on the breathtaking scope of new Republican voter suppression efforts.

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Best of Hear to Slay: Freedom to Breathe (with Senator Elizabeth Warren) Aug 17, 2021

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Senator Elizabeth Warren on the moral and political imperative of forgiving student loan debt. Plus Roxane and Tressie respond to listener voicemails about what they would do if their student loan debt was forgiven.

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Best of Hear to Slay: Fat is Not a Feeling (with Julia Turshen) Aug 10, 2021

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Tressie is hungry, and Roxane is into cookbooks. Cookbook author Julia Turshen talks about making healthy comfort food, and her own struggles with body image.

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Best of Hear to Slay: Adults Ain't It (with Jason Reynolds) Aug 03, 2021

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YA (aka the Young Adult genre) author Jason Reynolds on his love for teens and why he writes specifically for them. Plus Roxane and Tressie x-ray Meghan and the Royal Family, and we hear from publisher Chris Jackson on why 2020 was such a big year for Black writers. [Editor's note: this episode originally aired March, 2021, but we think it's worth a relisten. Enjoy.]

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Best of Hear to Slay: The Fat Tax (with Sabrina Strings and Sonya Renee Taylor) Jul 29, 2021

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An episode so good it deserves to be heard again. Sabrina Strings joins Roxane and Tressie to discuss the racist historical roots of fat phobia and what it means for health care today . Plus, Sonya Renee Taylor coaches Roxane and Tressie on how to accept their bodies, and why self-love is a contagious political act.

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Hear to Slay: I See You (with Esther Perel) Jul 20, 2021

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Therapist Esther Perel on what happened to us during COVID, and how to reconnect with friends and lovers after a year of isolation and grief. Plus, Roxane and Tressie look back on some highlights of Season 2.

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Esther Perel’s website: https://www.estherperel.com/

Credits: Curtis Fox is the senior producer. Catherine Fenollosa is the producer. Ali McPherson and Isoke Samuel are the associate producers. Production help from Lauren Garcia and Kaityln Adams. Hear To Slay theme music by Taka Yasuzawa and Alex Sugiura.

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Hear to Slay: Swipe Right for The Climate (with Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson) Jul 19, 2021

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Climate change is coming for us all, especially black and brown people. What can we do about it? Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, marine biologist and co-host of the podcast “How to Save a Planet,” talks about her solutions-oriented approach. Plus listeners explain how the climate is changing their lives.

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The Green New Deal text:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/332/text

All We Can Save

https://www.allwecansave.earth/anthology

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https://gimletmedia.com/shows/howtosaveaplanet/episodes

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Hear to Slay: The Hot Vax Relationship Podcast (with Kiaundra Jackson) Jul 06, 2021

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How to reconnect with friends and lovers, with Kiaundra Jackson, a marriage and family therapist. Also, Tressie and Roxane tell how they met, and we hear from listeners about what changed in their relationships in COVID times.

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