MODERN MINORITIES is about minority voices for ALL OUR majority ears. That's right, solving racism with a podcast. Since 2019, we've been uncovering the stories, perspectives, and often unspoken truths about how all of us uniquely experience the world. It doesn’t matter where you’re from, the color of your skin, or who you love - this is a show about all of you, for all of us. Created by Raman Sehgal and Sharon Lee Thony, with lots of love and support from our many FrieMMds of the Pod - himom@modmypod.com
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MODERN MINORITIES is about minority voices for ALL OUR majority ears. That's right, solving racism with a podcast. Since 2019, we've been uncovering the stories, perspectives, and often unspoken truths about how all of us uniquely experience the world. It doesn’t matter where you’re from, the color of your skin, or who you love - this is a show about all of you, for all of us. Created by Raman Sehgal and Sharon Lee Thony, with lots of love and support from our many FrieMMds of the Pod - himom@modmypod.com
Clobberin’ Time (for Apathy): Superman & Fantastic Four, with Stefan & Karl
Modern Minorities
1 hour 11 minutes
3 months ago
Clobberin’ Time (for Apathy): Superman & Fantastic Four, with Stefan & Karl
“What's funny is, people are talking about these movies being woke, but it's literally just what superheroes are supposed to be about — kindness, empathy, and protecting people that can't be protected. ”
“These are times where we are told that you can't afford to look out for more than yourself — And to stand amidst that — to care about somebody even if it doesn't have some immediate benefit to me? Yeah, that's punk rock.”
In a world spinning faster than a speeding bullet — where doomscrolls rain like cosmic rays, truth is stretched, accountability is turning invisible, everything is on fire, and our foundation is becoming rocky — maybe what we need isn’t just another (super)hero — but a reminder of what everyday, real heroism looks like.
This week we're talking about SUPERMAN + THE FANTASTIC FOUR - not one, but two summer movies appropriate for the time we're living in. At first glance, it might feel like another studio cash grab — but these movies arrived right on time, reminding us of the power of hope, kindness, and the audacity to care in a world that tells us not to. “It’s clobberin’ time!” is more than just a tagline; it’s a call to stand together and fight the good fight, together.
So we gathered a couple of our favorite superhero sons of Cincinnati — Stefan K. James and Karl Preissner — longtime friends, early podcast guests (#11 + #12). Karl Preissner a longtime friend, allyship expert, and person who dances like no one is watching. And Stefan James is arguably my favorite Jamaican- Chinese- midwestern- Floridian father and business dude to nerd out on all things fiction and non-fiction. Both are gents who i don’t spend enough time talking to. They both joined to talk through their thoughts, feelings, and anxieties of the moment we’re in, and reflect on how these films can show us a better way forward. After all punk rock, and rebellions, are built on hope.
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EGOT:.wikipedia.org/wiki/EGOT
COMIC: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (Ryan North, Erica Henderson) goodreads.com/book/show/23732096-the-unbeatable-squirrel-girl-vol-1
FILM: Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow):.imdb.com/title/tt1790885
FILM: A Hidden Life (Terence Malik) -.imdb.com/title/tt5827916
SHOW: Andor (Tony Gilroy, Disney+):.imdb.com/title/tt9253284
COMIC: Invincible (Robert Kirkman) -.goodreads.com/series/66423-invincible
BOOK: The Ministry for the Future (Kim Stanley Robinson) -.goodreads.com/book/show/50998056-the-ministry-for-the-future
KIDS BOOK: Why? (Adam Rex, Claire Keane) - .goodreads.com/book/show/42453554-why
PERSON: Zohran Mamdani - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zohran_Mamdani
SHOW: Young Justice (HBO Max):.imdb.com/title/tt1641384
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Modern Minorities
MODERN MINORITIES is about minority voices for ALL OUR majority ears. That's right, solving racism with a podcast. Since 2019, we've been uncovering the stories, perspectives, and often unspoken truths about how all of us uniquely experience the world. It doesn’t matter where you’re from, the color of your skin, or who you love - this is a show about all of you, for all of us. Created by Raman Sehgal and Sharon Lee Thony, with lots of love and support from our many FrieMMds of the Pod - himom@modmypod.com
