The Tight Rope

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The Tight Rope - Courage Jan 07, 2021

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Become a member of our Patreon family for BTS access and more exclusive content! You can sign up here at https://www.patreon.com/thetightropepod. Learn more at https://www.thetightropepodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetightropepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetightropepod Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thetightropepod Creator/EP: Jeremy Berry EP/Host: Cornel West EP/Host: Tricia Rose Producer: Allie Hembrough Producer: Ceyanna Dent Producer: James Artis Beats x Butter (IG: @Butter_Records) #TheTightRope #CornelWest #TriciaRose

The Tight Rope: 2020 Reflections Dec 31, 2020

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Thank you for joining us for the launch of The Tight Rope! For those of you who are just now stepping out on The Tight Rope with us, here is a look back at some very powerful moments on the program. We hope that you enjoy! Become a member of our Patreon family for BTS access and more exclusive content! You can sign up here at https://www.patreon.com/thetightropepod. Learn more at... https://www.thetightropepodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetightropepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetightropepod Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thetightropepod Creator/EP: Jeremy Berry EP/Host: Cornel West EP/Host: Tricia Rose Producer: Allie Hembrough Producer: James Artis Producer: Ceyanna Dent Beats x Butter (IG: @Butter_Records) #TheTightRope #CornelWest #TriciaRose

Common - A Beautiful Revolution (Pt 1) Dec 17, 2020

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In the final conversation of 2020, Dr. Cornel West and Professor Tricia Rose invite award-winning recording artist, actor, and activist Common to step out on The Tight Rope to talk about his new album, A Beautiful Revolution (Pt 1), and the power of allowing love to have the last word. Become a member of our Patreon family for BTS access and more exclusive content! You can sign up here at https://www.patreon.com/thetightropepod Learn more at https://www.thetightropepodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetightropepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetightropepod Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thetightropepod Creator/EP: Jeremy Berry EP/Host: Cornel West EP/Host: Tricia Rose Producer: Allie Hembrough Producer: Ceyanna Dent Producer: James Artis Booking: Evan Seymour #TheTightRope #CornelWest #TriciaRose #Common

Fred Hampton Assassination: A People's History with #BlackPantherParty Lawyer Flint Taylor Nov 30, 2020

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We commemorate the assassination of Black Panther Party leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark, 51 years ago this week, with one of their lawyers, Flint Taylor. He tells Tricia Rose and Cornel West how he successfully sued the F.B.I. for orchestrating the massacre on Chicago's west side as part of COINTELPRO. Taylor is co-founder of the People's Law Office and author of "The Torture Machine: Racism and Police Violence in Chicago", now available via paperback, hardcover, or digital from your local independent bookstore. Learn more at https://www.thetightropepodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetightropepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetightropepod Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thetightropepod Creator/EP: Jeremy Berry EP/Hosts: Tricia Rose and Cornel West Producers: Allie Hembrough, Ceyanna Dent, Evan Seymour, Linda Blake, Christian Ware, Lindsey Schultz, and James Artis Beats x Butter (IG: @Butter_Records) #TheTightRope #CornelWest #TriciaRose #BlackLivesMatter #DefundPolice

Rashad Robinson from Color Of Change on Joe Biden, Barack Obama, and Cancel Culture Nov 24, 2020

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Rashad Robinson, the fearless leader of Color Of Change, takes Tricia Rose and Cornel West inside his White House meeting with former President Barack Obama, reveals whether or not President-elect Joe Biden has thanked his organization for helping him win, and delivers a hopeful message for racial justice activists. Learn more at https://www.thetightropepodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetightropepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetightropepod Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thetightropepod Creator/EP: Jeremy Berry EP/Hosts: Tricia Rose and Cornel West Producers: Allie Hembrough, Ceyanna Dent, Evan Seymour, Linda Blake, Christian Ware, Lindsey Schultz, and James Artis Beats x Butter (IG: @Butter_Records) #TheTightRope #CornelWest #TriciaRose #Biden #Trump #Obama #BlackLivesMatter #Election2020 @Peppermint247 @RashadRobinson @ColorOfChange

Peppermint: I Live at the Intersection of Trans, Black, and Female #TDOR Nov 20, 2020

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To commemorate the Transgender Day of Remembrance, Peppermint takes us behind the scenes of her activism, "RuPaul's Drag Race", and how her maternal grandmother shaped her political identity. Plus, Tricia Rose and Cornel West ponder the Biden-Bernie paradox for Black voters in this week's Office Hours session. Black Queer Town Hall Peppermint on Twitter Peppermint on Facebook Miss Peppermint on YouTube The Tight Rope website The Tight Rope on Facebook The Tight Rope on Instagram The Tight Rope on Twitter Creator/EP: Jeremy Berry EP/Hosts: Tricia Rose and Cornel West Producers: Allie Hembrough, Ceyanna Dent, Evan Seymour, Linda Blake, Christian Ware, Lindsey Schultz, and James Artis Beats x Butter (IG: @Butter_Records) #TheTightRope #CornelWest #TriciaRose #TransRights #TDOR #Biden #Bernie #Trump #BlackLivesMatter #Election2020

Office Hours XL: Healing is Not the Next Darn Step Nov 12, 2020

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For the first time since the #Election2020 Watch Party, Tricia Rose and Cornel West share their thoughts, feelings, and formulations on where we are, where we might be going, and where we should be going, in this special extended Office Hours episode featuring questions from our Patreon peeps. Join our Patreon family at https://www.patreon.com/thetightropepod Learn more at https://www.thetightropepodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetightropepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetightropepod Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thetightropepod Creator/EP: Jeremy Berry EP/Host: Cornel West EP/Host: Tricia Rose Producer: Allie Hembrough Producer: James Artis Beats x Butter (IG: @Butter_Records) #TheTightRope #CornelWest #TriciaRose #KamalaHarris #Kamala #Biden #Trump #Socialism #BlackLivesMatter #Election2020

Tracee Ellis Ross: I Don't Think I'm Funny, I'm Silly and Sewn to Joy and Light Nov 05, 2020

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Tracee Ellis Ross joins Tricia Rose and Cornel West on The Tight Rope for a deep dialogue about her experiences as a Black actress and the daughter of Diana Ross. Between a lot of laughter, Ms. Ross shares the sources of her inspirations as an entertainer and as the CEO and Founder of PATTERN, a haircare brand she created “for the curly, coily and tight-textured masses.” The three also discuss the importance and implications of joy and rest within marginalized groups, particularly Black communities. Ms. Ross can currently be seen starring in Season 6 of ABC’s Emmy, SAG, NAACP, Critics Choice, Golden Globe-nominated and Peabody-winning comedy series Black-ish. She recently signed a multi-year overall deal with ABC Signature under her production company, Joy Mill Entertainment. Insight from this episode: ● Discussion of different forms of Black futurism. ● Perspective on the entertainment industry’s relationship with Black beauty. ● Perspective on the politics of Black joy. ● Acknowledgment of the artistry of comedy. Quotes from the show: ● “Hearing each other's voices and developing a collective vocabulary, that's an important part of creating an alternative consciousness to the madness that we're facing.” –Tricia Rose The Tight Rope ● “As I started to embrace my own hair, like I could probably Chronicle my journey of self acceptance through my journey with my hair. As I started to meet my hair, greet my hair except my hair and on some really strange days love my hair. I started to understand who I was and also connect myself to a larger legacy of what my hair was a part of.” –Tracee Ellis Ross The Tight Rope ● “Our identity doesn't have to be designed in relation to trying to get out of the trauma, and out of that supremacy and all of that. Instead, if you were to imagine oneself, one's blackness, one's beauty, one sense of home from that space, what do you become, what liberation is, is available to you?” –Tracee Ellis Ross The Tight Rope ● “That's part of how I guide myself through my work is that it's not really about creating something that I want you to see a certain way, but that I want you to feel a certain way.” –Tracee Ellis Ross The Tight Rope ● “[Comics] have this over-sensitivity to other people's pain. And therefore, they they choose to be wounded healers and bruised uplifters to others.” –Cornel West The Tight Rope ● “Me being alive fully, freely, all of that is resistance; and particularly the self care, and the ability to rest: to rest your heart, to rest your soul, to rest your body, to give your body the honor that it deserves, to listen to your body.” –Tracee Ellis Ross The Tight Rope ● “In this world that we have with social media and all that your brain never gets a chance to wander. It never gets a chance to ponder things, or to just be, and those to me, are the spaces where change actually occurs.” –Tracee Ellis Ross The Tight Rope ● “The young people say all the time, ‘stay woke, stay woke.’ I say you’re going to suffer from insomnia. You can’t just stay “woke” all the time, you want to stay fortified. You stay fortified so you know when to rest you know how to get your armor in place, you know how to recast yourself so you know how to be the kind of love warrior and spiritual soldier that you need with love and justice at the center of it.” –Cornel West The Tight Rope Learn more at: https://www.thetightropepodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/thetightropepod https://www.instagram.com/thetightropepod https://www.twitter.com/thetightropepod Creator/EP: Jeremy Berry EP/Host: Cornel West EP/Host: Tricia Rose Producers: Allie Hembrough, Ceyanna Dent, Evan Seymour, Lindsey Schultz, and James Artis Editor: Linda Blake Beats x Butter (IG: @Butter_Records) #TheTightRope #CornelWest #TriciaRose #TraceeEllisRoss #Blackish #BlackBeauty This episode was produced and managed by Spkerbox Media.

Don't Let Trump Steal This Election: Kshama Sawant and Connie Rice Nov 04, 2020

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Seattle Councilmember Kshama Sawant, a member of Socialist Alternative, and leading civil rights lawyer Connie Rice are organizing protests and sharpening their legal strategies, just in case President Donald Trump tries to steal this election rather than peacefully transferring power to former Vice President Joe Biden. They joined Tricia Rose and Cornel West for the final hour of our live #Election2020 Watch Party, produced in cooperation with The Real News Network. Learn more at https://www.thetightropepodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetightropepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetightropepod Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thetightropepod Creator/EP: Jeremy Berry EP/Host: Cornel West EP/Host: Tricia Rose Producers: Allie Hembrough, Ceyanna Dent, Evan Seymour, Lindsey Schultz, and James Artis Beats x Butter (IG: @Butter_Records) #TheTightRope #CornelWest #TriciaRose #Trump #blacklivesmatter #Biden #Socialism #Seattle #CivilRights

Jacobin's Bhaskar Sunkara and Highlander Center's Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson Nov 04, 2020

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Socialism became a wedge issue on the campaign trail and may have helped President Donald Trump win Florida. But those who call themselves socialists will keep fighting, including Jacobin Magazine editor Bhaskar Sunkara and Highlander Center co-executive director Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson. They joined Cornel West and Tricia Rose during their live #Election2020 Watch Party in cooperation with The Real News Network. Learn more at https://www.thetightropepodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetightropepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetightropepod Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thetightropepod Creator/EP: Jeremy Berry EP/Host: Cornel West EP/Host: Tricia Rose Producers: Allie Hembrough, Ceyanna Dent, Evan Seymour, Lindsey Schultz, and James Artis Beats x Butter (IG: @Butter_Records) #TheTightRope #CornelWest #TriciaRose #Trump #blacklivesmatter #biden #love #election2020 #socialism #communism #Appalachia

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