Formerly known as ”Less Stupid with Thomas Hiura,” this show now sounds more serious and academic, or something. Join community leaders and creators to discuss current events, music, controversial opinions, and solutions to brokenness. Based in Eugene/Springfield, Oregon.
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Formerly known as ”Less Stupid with Thomas Hiura,” this show now sounds more serious and academic, or something. Join community leaders and creators to discuss current events, music, controversial opinions, and solutions to brokenness. Based in Eugene/Springfield, Oregon.
189: with Ayisha Elliott, Black Girl From Eugene podcast host
Broken Class
1 hour 22 minutes 27 seconds
3 years ago
189: with Ayisha Elliott, Black Girl From Eugene podcast host
Ayisha Elliott is a mother, non-profit founder of Kids for the Culture, and the host of the multimedia podcast "Black Girl From Eugene." On her show and all over this episode, she dishes relentlessly thoughtful opinions and nuggets of knowledge on various issues of social importance.
We discuss the slap heard 'round the white world (0:44), understanding anti-blackness and policy (8:54), Oregon schools and teaching history (13:16), Demographics (whiteness) of Oregon (18:45), Fragility and Robbin' DiAngelo (21:34), lack of Black ownership and community in Eugene (23:56), strategies for writing your narrative (27:35), Black Girl from Eugene: the origin (33:18), separating professional and podcast vibes (37:43), entry point into her show (39:42), Ayisha's family's impact on Eugene (45:10), jazz music, Cardi B and Beyonce (52:23), greatness of Jay-Z and Rihanna (57:35), cognitive "genius" or maturity (1:00:54), who should be President? (1:04:04), Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson (1:09:18), Broken: work culture and balance (1:13:10), and we end with a live performance of the unreleased song "Meal Prep" by Gradient. (1:20:19).
The discussion is on video at https://youtu.be/-1G0txJHkls.
Check out Ayisha's work: http://blackgirlfromeugene.org
Broken Class
Formerly known as ”Less Stupid with Thomas Hiura,” this show now sounds more serious and academic, or something. Join community leaders and creators to discuss current events, music, controversial opinions, and solutions to brokenness. Based in Eugene/Springfield, Oregon.
