PostBourgie

PostBourgie

PostBourgie is a long-running, semi-orderly blog about race and gender and class and politics and media and whatever else we can think of. The PostBourgie podcast is the talk-y version of that. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

#41: New World Water.

April 3, 2016 • 42 mins
We wanted to get to some of the larger questions raised by the story of the ongoing water crisis in Flint. So we got some context from some people who follow this stuff for a living: Brentin Mock of CityLab and Talia Buford of the Center for Public Integrity.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark as Played

#40: Dating While Black Excellent.

February 8, 2016 • 37 mins
Our second annual Valentine's Day episode! Ko and Gene hear stories of a woman who survives a disastrous Tinder date with a superstar athlete, a young man whose shoe fails him at inopportune time, and woman who finds exactly the man of her dreams, thanks to a fortune teller. (Sorta.) Some salty language. Thanks to Morgan Jerkins, Decker Ngongang and Bee Quammie for telling us about their dating stories. Shouts to the people who agr...

Mark as Played

#39: Angela Flournoy's Big-Ass Year.

November 13, 2015 • 33 mins
When Angela's sprawling, keenly observed debut novel, "The Turner House," dropped last spring, it won rave reviews in big, important outlets like The New York Times. The novel picks up in 2008, with the housing market in full swoon. The many siblings of the huge Turner family in Detroit are fighting over what to do with the home in which they grew up: their matriarch is elderly and fading; the house is practically worthless. The n...

Mark as Played

Loosie #1: Trina, Spike Lee, and the Power of the Pussy.

November 11, 2015 • 13 mins
Spike Lee's forthcoming flick, "Chi-Raq." is a satire about a woman who rallies the other women in her neighborhood to stop having sex with their male lovers in order to use it as leverage and get them to Stop The Violence™ . Oddly enough, that happens to the very same plot of a low-budget 2003 movie called "A Miami Tail" starring Trina. (Actual tagline: "Until they lay down their guns, this gang ain't banging!") In this mini-episo...

Mark as Played

#38: Race Is Always The Issue. (November 1, 2015)

October 28, 2015 • 27 mins
#38: Race Is Always The Issue. (November 1, 2015) by PostBourgie

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark as Played

#37: "This is the Last Thing I'm Going to Say About Jason Whitlock." (October 18 2015)

October 18, 2015 • 53 mins
We were originally planning to have Deadspin’s Greg Howard on the podcast to talk about race and sports journalism — with our peg being the series of articles he wrote about the woes of The Undefeated, the troubled, much-delayed race, culture and sports site from ESPN helmed by Jason Whitlock. Whitlock had been one of the most famous and controversial sportswriters in America, having built his polarizing career on his essays conne...

Mark as Played

#36: What It Means To Lose A School. (September 20 2015)

September 20, 2015 • 46 mins
G.D. and Terryn talk to Jelani Cobb of the New Yorker, who went back to his former high school in Queens, which was recently closed down. Jelani was trying to figure out how the diverse, highly regarded school quickly deteriorated quickly after he graduated in the 1980s and soon became, to many, an example of why big, neighborhood schools can't work. (Hint: HOUSING SEGREGATION.) And Eve Ewing of Seven Scribes talks to G.D. about th...

Mark as Played

Digging In The Crates: #20: Losing Football And A Language. (May 28 2012)

September 12, 2015 • 63 mins
It's the beginning of football season, so we decided to re-up a favorite old episode of ours where we spoke to Ta-Nehisi Coates of The Atlantic about his decision to stop watching the NFL after the evidence of the effects of football-related brain injuries became too hard to ignore.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

Mark as Played

#35: 'Straight Outta Compton' And the Unkillable Biopic Genre. (August 23 2015)

August 23, 2015 • 23 mins
The N.W.A. movie "Straight Outta Compton" is the latest entrant into the anemic hip-hop biopic genre. It's crushing at the box office even as controversies around who was cast in it and which details were left out of it. (Namely: all of the women, ever.) Jalen Coats (@jvcoats), a writer and DJ from LA, joins GD to figure out what it all means, and argue over which great female MCs should get a biopic of their own, and also why biop...

Mark as Played

#34: 'How The $%*!& Is That Good Enough?' (August 15 2015)

August 14, 2015 • 33 mins
On a recent two-part story on This American Life, Nikole Hannah-Jones of The New York Times Magazine went to Normandy High School — the struggling St. Louis County school from which Michael Brown graduated just weeks before he was killed last year in Ferguson. Normandy is the lowest-ranked high school in Missouri and nearly entirely black, and when a series of events opened the door for hundreds of Normandy kids to be bussed to F...

Mark as Played

#33: Detroit vs. Everybody. (July 26 2015)

July 25, 2015 • 37 mins
Terryn is packing up and moving to the D for a new gig! To help get her ready, we convened some folks who have Big Thoughts about the state of the Motor City. Angela Flournoy, the author of the critically acclaimed new novel, "The Turner House," set her book there, the city where her father grew up. And Siwatu Moore, a writer in Brooklyn, is a Detroit native. Will Detroit have to morph into something unrecognizable in order to sur...

Mark as Played

#32: #GrowingUpSouthern. (July 15 2015)

July 14, 2015 • 34 mins
Gene and Terryn discuss Gene's recent reporting for NPR on those Southerners, black and white, for whom the Confederate flag is a genuine signifier of identity. Terryn breaks down what well-meaning Northerners don't get about the South; she also references Walker, Texas Ranger at least once.

Hosted on Acast. See acast...

Mark as Played

#31: Attica Locke, from this little show 'Empire.' (May 11 2015)

May 10, 2015 • 38 mins
The novelist and screenwriter Attica Locke joins Gene and Terryn to explain why she left Hollywood to write novels — her third, "Pleasantville," is out now — and how she got bit by the showbiz bug again to become a writer and producer for Fox's mega-hit "Empire." Drip drippety drop.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

Mark as Played

#30: Dyson Vs. West. (May 8 2015)

May 9, 2015 • 45 mins
Jamil Smith, senior editor at the New Republic, joins Gene, Terryn and Jamelle to discuss That Michael Eric Dyson Article About Cornel West. As the article's editor (!), he dishes some inside dirt on the politics behind the politics, on wrangling Dyson down to 10,000 words, and on taking over at a publication best known for its defenses of racism.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...

Mark as Played

#29: Ben Carson At The Barbershop. (March 20 2015)

March 20, 2015 • 44 mins
Joel Anderson (BuzzFeed) and Jenée Desmond-Harris (Vox) join Gene and Terryn to discuss their recent reporting on Dr. Ben Carson, professional inspirational figure-turned-Republican presidential hopeful. Related reads:"How Ben Carson went from black hero to Tea Party darling without changing one bit," by Jenée Desmond-Harris (http://www.vox.com/2015/2/20/8069151/ben-carson-dr)"Could Running For President Destroy Ben Carson’s Legac...

Mark as Played

#28: Little Known Black History Facts. (February 28 2015)

February 28, 2015 • 39 mins
On the last day of Black History Month™, we talk to Tracy Clayton (aka Brokey McPoverty), a staff writer at BuzzFeed and the creator of all those viral, satirical Little Known Black History Facts. She joins Jamelle, Terryn and G.D. to talk about #LKBHF the reaction to it, and the touchiness around Black History Month writ large.

Mark as Played

#27: Bad Romance. (February 14 2015)

February 14, 2015 • 43 mins
It’s everyone’s least-favorite Hallmark holiday, so Terryn and Gene called up some folks who tweeted us their worst date stories. (Big thanks to Genie, Tamara, Ko and Tracy for baring their souls.)

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark as Played

#26: Selma. (January 24 2015)

January 24, 2015 • 37 mins
NPR's Bilal Qureshi and the writer Joshunda Sanders join G.D. to chop it up about "Selma," the much-discussed historical drama by the director Ava Duvernay. (Alas, we recorded this a week before the Academy Award nominations were announced, so we don't get into the film's perceived Oscar snubbing here.) Also, Bilal stumps hard for "Beyond The Lights," a movie that like "Selma," boasted a black woman at the helm. "Lights" tanked at ...

Mark as Played

#25: The Two Michael Sams. (December 11 2014)

December 5, 2014 • 45 mins
Michael Sam made history this year when he became the first openly gay player drafted into the NFL — or any of America's major pro sports, for that matter. In the sports media, his estrangement from his family was characterized as simple homophobia. But when Joel went down to Texas to track down the Sam family for BuzzFeed, he found out that the picture was much more complicated.

Mark as Played

#24: #Ferguson. (September 17 2014)

September 16, 2014 • 20 mins
Joel, Jamelle and Gene were all in Ferguson covering the aftermath of the Michael Brown shooting for their respective jobs. In this episode, they compare notes on what they saw and heard and what, if anything, happens next.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark as Played

Popular Podcasts

    On Purpose with Jay Shetty

    On Purpose with Jay Shetty

    I’m Jay Shetty host of On Purpose the worlds #1 Mental Health podcast and I’m so grateful you found us. I started this podcast 5 years ago to invite you into conversations and workshops that are designed to help make you happier, healthier and more healed. I believe that when you (yes you) feel seen, heard and understood you’re able to deal with relationship struggles, work challenges and life’s ups and downs with more ease and grace. I interview experts, celebrities, thought leaders and athletes so that we can grow our mindset, build better habits and uncover a side of them we’ve never seen before. New episodes every Monday and Friday. Your support means the world to me and I don’t take it for granted — click the follow button and leave a review to help us spread the love with On Purpose. I can’t wait for you to listen to your first or 500th episode!

    NFL Daily with Gregg Rosenthal

    NFL Daily with Gregg Rosenthal

    Gregg Rosenthal and a rotating crew of elite NFL Media co-hosts, including Patrick Claybon, Colleen Wolfe, Steve Wyche, Nick Shook and Jourdan Rodrigue of The Athletic get you caught up daily on all the NFL news and analysis you need to be smarter and funnier than your friends.

    The Joe Rogan Experience

    The Joe Rogan Experience

    The official podcast of comedian Joe Rogan.

    New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce

    New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce

    Football’s funniest family duo — Jason Kelce of the Philadelphia Eagles and Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs — team up to provide next-level access to life in the league as it unfolds. The two brothers and Super Bowl champions drop weekly insights about the weekly slate of games and share their INSIDE perspectives on trending NFL news and sports headlines. They also endlessly rag on each other as brothers do, chat the latest in pop culture and welcome some very popular and well-known friends to chat with them. Check out new episodes every Wednesday. Follow New Heights on the Wondery App, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. You can listen to new episodes early and ad-free, and get exclusive content on Wondery+. Join Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. And join our new membership for a unique fan experience by going to the New Heights YouTube channel now!

    The Bobby Bones Show

    The Bobby Bones Show

    Listen to 'The Bobby Bones Show' by downloading the daily full replay.

Advertise With Us
Music, radio and podcasts, all free. Listen online or download the iHeart App.

Connect

Explore

iHeart

Live Radio

Podcasts

Artist Radio

Exclusives

News

Features

Events

Contests

Photos

Information

About

Advertise

Blog

Brand Guidelines

Contest Guidelines

Subscription Offers

Jobs

Get the App

Automotive

Home

Mobile

Wearables

© 2025 iHeartMedia, Inc.