On today's episode, Teen (Escape From Plan A, @mont_jiang on Twitter) and Chris (Escape from Plan A, @JesuInToast) join Trevor to discuss the life and death of "The Great Awokeness". The basic idea of this episode is that the economy was good for a while, so people had money to waste and also wanted to talk about a lot of hot-button issues involving marginalized groups thanks to events in the news that were kept in the forefront via social media and protests. Now money is tight and people are out of patience for a lot of these social issues, but many in academia, politics, and media didn't get the memo and are in for a rude awakening.

Links to the two Twitter threads discussed:

https://twitter.com/ChampagneSharks/status/15344065473837670422

https://twitter.com/champagnesharks/status/1538189516682436612?s=21&t=01TCki9I0alQg27tNDEzKg

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Champagne Sharks

CS 469: RIP The Great Awakening, 2014-2020 pt 1

This series was previously paywalled, but by popular demand has been released on the free feed.

This is a special 5-part series discussing the evolution of Critical Race Theory from its conception by Derrick Bell to its current, arguably diluted forms as seen by Kimberle Crenshaw and her work on intersectionality or the anti-racist publishing industry spearheaded by thinkers such as Ibram X Kendi. 

Trevor talks to our guest Dr. Patrick D. Anderson about the three-part article series he wrote for the website Black Agenda Report about Critical Race Theory, and how it gets weaponized and misrepresented by people on all sides of the political spectrum, including those left of center, and why. We discuss what CRT is, what it isn’t, why the CRT as originally conceived by Derrick Bell is still too dangerous decades later to be promoted in earnest, and why neoliberal dilutions of CRT like Intersectionality as conceived by Kimberle Crenshaw are promoted by the powers-that-be instead.  

Patrick D. Anderson is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Central State University.His research focuses on the Anticolonial Tradition of Black Radical Thought and theconnections between technology, ethics, and imperialism. He is editor-in-chief at theWikiLeaks Bibliography, and the author of the 2022 book Cypherpunk Ethics: RadicalEthics for the Digital Age (Routledge Focus on Digital Media and Culture).

His three-part article series on Critical Race Theory:

“The Conspicuous Absence of Derrick Bell—Rethinking the CRT Debate, Part 1”:
https://www.blackagendareport.com/conspicuous-absence-derrick-bell-rethinking-crt-debate-part-1

“Realism, Idealism, and the Deradicalization of Critical Race Theory—Rethinking the CRT Debate, Part 2”:
https://www.blackagendareport.com/realism-idealism-and-deradicalization-critical-race-theory-rethinking-crt-debate-part-2-0

“The Theory of Intersectionality Emerges out of Racist, Colonialist Ideology, Not Radical Politics—Rethinking the CRT Debate Part 3”:
https://www.blackagendareport.com/theory-intersectionality-emerges-out-racist-colonialist-ideology-not-radical-politics-rethinking

Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (www.piercedearsrec.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

UNLOCKED: CS 487: The Misuses and Abuses of Critical Race Theory from the Right and the Left pt 1

This week, Trevor, Mario, and Ken sit down to talk about the series Snowfall in comparison to The Wire and Power. Relating parts of the series to real-life experiences, this is a deep dive into the accuracy, originality, and accessibility of a show that has put many opinions on the fence.

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CS 526: Snowfall on The Wire of Power pt 1

Today Trevor sits down for a solo show to talk thru his current views of the writer's strike as well as its possible outcomes.  With a semi-deep dive into wall street to show how it is itself a Panzi scheme to help illustrate the rationale of the executives of studios and streamers and then in part 2 goes all in on how he believes the strike will end and who will benefit and who will be cast aside.

Links mentioned in this episode are:

Age of Easy Money (full documentary) | FRONTLINE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpMLAQbSYAw&ab_channel=FRONTLINEPBS%7COfficial

Not Vice: https://notvice.com/

SBA Potentially Lost $200 Billion In Covid Pandemic Relief To Fraud And Abuse, Government Watchdog Finds: https://www.forbes.com/sites/anafaguy/2023/06/27/sba-lost-200-billion-in-covid-pandemic-relief-to-fraud-and-abuse-government-watchdog-finds/?sh=7060614275eb

How the Paycheck Protection Program went from good intentions to a huge free-for-all: https://www.npr.org/2023/01/09/1145040599/ppp-loan-forgiveness

'Biggest fraud in a generation': The looting of the Covid relief plan known as PPP: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/biggest-fraud-generation-looting-covid-relief-program-known-ppp-n1279664

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CS 537: ZILCH and the Writer's Strike pt 1

Today Trevor Vida and Kenny sit down to give their reviews of the movie 'They Cloned Tyrone'. A pulpy, sci-fi mystery caper in which an unlikely trio investigates a series of eerie events, alerting them to a nefarious conspiracy lurking directly beneath their hood. Fontaine, a neighborhood drug dealer, is shot dead by rival Isaac and then is very shocked to wake up in his bed the next morning unharmed. He and Slick Charles and Yo-Yo begin looking into the incident, and their search eventually leads them to a vast underground complex where a government backed lab is performing experiments on the local Black population. Realizing that he is an artificial clone controlled by Nixon, Fontaine initially feels despair, but decides he needs to stand up to these White institutional overlords for the sake of his neighborhood.


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CS 539: They Cloned Tyrone pt 1

Today Trevor sits solo in this episode dedicated to everyones favorite subject… MONEY!  Covering the new and old investment schemes, radio DJs and real estate heists; it all sounds like a possible GTA VI story line.  We are living in a 'get rich quick' society and all bets are off on how it will end.  Get your spreadsheet open and your stock market speculations in check, because it's time to hit a lick.

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CS 558: Stall Spend and Wait to Hit a Lick

Today, Trevor and Kenny get together to talk about the new CNN documentary “Blindsided”, and how the Hollywood movie “The Blindside” exploited the story to paint a wholly different picture.  The conversation then carries over into the complicated reality of what it means to be an athlete in college football and the politics on the professional level.  Then the Sharks take the episode out with some light hearted conversation about Babe Ruth.

Links mentioned in this episode can be found at:

	•	Blind Side Movie Clip, Michael Oher in the Traphouse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExXPFsvKowg
	•	Sandra Bullock Scaring the Stereotypical Gangsters in The Blind Side https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn5uFqDScE4
	•	Michael Lewis Shit Talking Michael Oher https://twitter.com/NancyAFrench/status/1691546479897272320 
	•	Babe Ruth Makes 1st Kid Walk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJGdalOFylA
	•	Babe Ruth Cures 2nd Kid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASu7IfDekTM
	•	Phil Rizzuto Money Store #1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDQHQkuv9l0
	•	Phil Rizzuto Money Store #2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5BLGL2Wm3M

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CS 559: CNNs 'Blindsided' Review

This week Trevor is addicted to YouTube drama and so he and Ken go in on a recent call-in rant from the FreshandFit show.  And you know you cant get these 2 together without some hip hop talk, and this week we get some feels for Andre 3000s new flute music.

The FreshandFit clip in this episode can be found at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2iJfYi8Sl8&ab_channel=BACKTOTHEROOTS

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CS 560: Andre 3000's Flute Album and Black Manosphere Audience Revolt pt 1

Today, Trevor, Mario and Ken take a different approach when analyzing Shannon Sharpes interview with Katt Williams. If you've been paying attention, then you are probably familiar with Katts stand up style and talking points, and his most recent interview on Club Shay Shay made sure that if you didnt know his name before, you most certainly do now. In this episode the Sharks look at how social media has affected our world views and consequently how people have reacted to many of Katts' more infamous moments from the interview.

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CS 562: When Katts Attack pt 1

Today, Vida and Ken sit down to continue the conversation surrounding Katt Williams but now with a broader scope, zooming out to look at how Hollywood utilizes its Black actors, and WHY certain Black actors tend to land more roles than others.

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CS 564: Attack On Hollywood pt 1

On todays episode Trevor is joined by Jessa Crispin and Chris Jesu Lee.  Jessais the editor-in-chief of the publication The Culture We Deserve, and author of My Three Dads and The Dead Ladies Project, both published by The University of Chicago Press, The Creative Tarot, published by Touchstone, and Why I Am Not a Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto.  Chris Jesu Lee is a writer at Current Affairs and Plan A Magazine as well as on his own substack at https://substack.com/@chrisjesulee

WARNING: PART 1 OF THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE MOVIES BARBIE AND AMERICAN FICTION

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Links for this episode can be found at:
Some Like it Hot Review: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/11/theater/some-like-it-hot-review.html

Barbie segment on The Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3BAGqgdjdwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuTjgjv-xew

CS 566: Keep It Simple, Stupid pt 1

Today Trevor, Ken and Mario are joined by Adam Thomas to talk about the period from 2014 to 2022 known as ‘The Great Awokening’ how we are now pivoting into a new period aka ’The Great Correction’;  as well the Sharks discuss 'Rap Shit', a show that ran for 2 seasons about a female rap group from outside of Miami trying to make it in the music industry, but was cancelled in January.

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CS 568: Rap Sh!t pt 1

Today Trevor is joined by Michael R Jackson, Mtume Gant, Jason England and Richard Purcell to discuss the new movie 'American Fiction’ and how it compares to the book it was based off, Erasure, a 2001 novel by Percival Everett.  WARNING:  This episode contains spoilers for the movie 'American Fiction’.

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CS 570: American Fiction pt 1

Today Trevor and Ken do a media round up covering the state of NBA analysis and the “hot take” culture that has taken over the conversation, how old shows are hitting higher streaming numbers than new hollywood projects but todays creators continue to pander to social media, plus the slow death rattle of Vice.com, Elons burner twitter account, and whats to come for journalism in the future and more!

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CS 572: The State Of The Media pt 1

Today Trevor is joined by Briahna Joy Gray to talk politics.  Its Biden v Trump in this episode and how the DNC and GOP handle their contenders is yet to be seen.  Briahna Joy Gray is an American political commentator, lawyer, and political consultant who served as the National Press Secretary for the Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign. Gray is a contributing editor for Current Affairs. and was a senior politics editor for The Intercept.  She hosts her own podcast, Bad Faith, and co-hosts The Hill's web series Rising.

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CS 574: Political Landscape 2024 pt 1

This week, Trevor, Ken and Mario use the recent rise to fame of TikTok creator, Reesa Teesa as a launching point to discuss subjects ranging from the traps we fall in when starting new relationships all the way to the differences in LA and New York traffic, and how best to navigate both love and life.

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CS 576: Reesa Teesa pt 1

This week Trevor and Ken chop it up on doordash, unionizing, and a new article from Fortune that tries to answer the question, “are we in a recession or vibe session?”.  Using that article as a launch off point, the Sharks discuss how todays media outlets guise tweets  as headlines, with no substance behind the title.

Fortune article can be found here: 

https://fortune.com/2024/03/13/we-analyzed-46-years-consumer-sentiment-vibecession-men-feel-as-bad-about-the-economy-as-women-historically-have/

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CS 578: Doordash and Vibe pt 1

This week Trevor and Ken are joined by comedians Phil Hunt and Adam Thomas to talk about todays standards of what constitutes comedy. With the recent trailer for the new cartoon Good Times causing a stir on social media, the Sharks dive in to discuss the state of affairs in Black Entertainment, and the exploitation of Black Culture.

disco godfather - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufT9zdtZyEA&ab_channel=BlackCurrent

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CS 580: Karate Time Comedy Hour pt 1

This week Trevor, Ken and MArio circle up to talk hip-hop. Kicking it off w/ J Cole response to Kendrick, the insanity of the 90s remix and the constant repurposing of beats, bootlegs and mix tapes, and selling records out of your trunk. then the Sharks switch gears to talk about Charlamagne and D.E.I. and this issues there with-in.

Charlamagne Tha God Has An Issue With DEI:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjHBidy5oDI&ab_channel=TheDailyShow

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CS 582: D.E.I. is D.E.D. pt 1

My episode all about why I hate Hamilton the Musical. This is a double sized episode clocking in at over two hours, but we'll be back to 1 hour episodes from this point forward. Since I didn't post any episodes last week consider this making up for last week's missed episode.

Update: This is an edited version to fix sound issues that were there previously.

Link to the full notes at: http://champagnesharks.blubrry.net/003-full-show-notes/

Champagne In Seashells EP

CS 003: Why I Hate Hamilton the Musical

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Today we discuss the work of Franz Fanon with Dr. Lewis Gordon (@lewgord on Twitter), Professor of Philosophy and Africana Studies, with affiliations in Judaic Studies and Caribbean, Latino/a, and Latin American Studies, at the University of Connecticut at Storrs. His bio can be found at http://www.lewisrgordon.com/biography/.

He is the author of What Fanon Said: A Philosophical Introduction to His Life and Thought (http://amzn.to/2rtzdha). We talked about the worldview of Fanon and how he still matters today.

CS 006: What Fanon Said feat. Dr. Lewis Gordon (06/13/2016)

Expanding on an insight from Neely Fuller, Jr. regarding why the word "Nigger" has the power it does.

Preview Clip of Bonus Episode CS 013: Why The Word Nigger Is So Powerful (07/12/2017)

Today we discuss the new upcoming play “Slave Play” and try to place it into the larger context of white liberals and the black creators they enlist to provide them with trauma porn.

DIscussed in this episode:

Our previous premium episode that we refer to often in this episode and gives more context, “CS 137: Race Play, Racialized BDSM (Prologue to Slave Play discussion) (12/13/2018)” https://www.patreon.com/posts/cs-137-race-play-23451541 

Interview with Jeremy O. Harris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJoWH736PnE&t=1077s 

NYTW describes the art that inspired “Slave Play.” Note how often Kara Walker pops up. Part 1: Art that inspired Slave Play: http://briefnytw.tumblr.com/post/179554655972/beyond-the-page-art-that-inspired-slave-play; Part 2: http://briefnytw.tumblr.com/post/179554718812/beyond-the-page-art-that-inspired-slave-play 

The black woman who attended “Slave Play” and struck back against people trying to lecture her about why she should enjoy it: https://twitter.com/smashley_iona/status/1074540015730991110?s=21 

Blavity Blacks and their obsession with slavery porn, from Insecure to Scandal to Dear White People https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/1074714024519053312 

UN’s report on the terrible state of Black people in the US South including hookworm, “UN shocked by level of poverty in Alabama: ‘We haven’t seen this in the first world'” https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/alabama-black-belt-un-poverty-expert-extreme-developed-country-sewage-crisis-roy-moore-philip-alston-a8105886.html 

A Twitter thread showing my research into Kara Walker https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/1075163687621668866 

Articles about Kara Walker, (1) http://karawalkerexposed.blogspot.com/2007/10/i-recently-posted-some-quotes-by-other.html; (2) https://abagond.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/kara-walker/; (3) “Hype and Hypersexuality: Kara Walker, Her Work and Controversy” https://fac.umass.edu/ArticleMedia/Files/HypeandHypersexuality.pdf 

Reviews of “Slave Play” and profiles of Jeremy O. Harris (1) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/09/theater/slave-play-review-jeremy-o-harris.html; (2) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/28/theater/jeremy-o-harris-slave-play.html; (3) https://www.out.com/out-exclusives/2018/11/08/meet-jeremy-oharris-queer-black-savior-theater-world-needs 

The Black woman (retweeted byt Jeremy O. Harris) who made a thread demanding white ticket holders give their place to black theatergoers since this play is “for them” https://twitter.com/peacheslechat/status/1073365539014279168 

Intro song: “Stop Shammin'” by Big Daddy Kane. You can find playlist of songs used in episodes on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/user/tbilzie/playlist/5emXF3iqhZLU6IuszSRvun?si=xpTnnAbSSVKv3jTXg86XCg.

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CS 138: Slave Play Discussion, Part 1 (12/18/2018)

Today I have on Leron Barton, Millicent Cho, and Mtume Gant to discuss the movie "Last Black Man in San Francisco." Part 1 of 2.

CS 182: Last Black Man in San Francisco Discussion Pt. 1 (06/12/2019)

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This episode is hosted by Ken, Mario, and T. Today we have on Dale Beran (http://twitter.com/daleberan), author of a book about "chan culture" called It Came From Something Awful (https://www.amazon.com/Came-Something-Awful-Accidentally-Donald/dp/1250189748/). The book discusses sites like 2chan, 4chan, 8chan, Tumblr, and how much of the online culture involving memes, the alt-right, irony twitter, and SJWs got their start at a site called Something Awful.

Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

CS 238: Is The Whole Internet Becoming 4Chan? Pt. 1 feat. Dale Beran (01/23/2020)

This is part 1 of a two-part episode. Part 1 is free and available to all at https://www.patreon.com/posts/cs-248-incel-pt-34330056; part 2 is only available to $5/month subscribers over at https://www.patreon.com/posts/34330722. Show notes to this episode, if we decide to do any, will eventually be available to Patreon subscribers at patreon.com/champagnesharks.

This episode is hosted by T. and Kenny. Today we have on Joel Hill (http://twitter.com/kruynchymoses).  Joel Hill is a semi-jokingly self-described "incel enthusiast" who did a deep dive into incel culture and wrote about it on Medium. His page of articles can be found at https://medium.com/@joelhill. We discuss a lot of things about incels, including the degree to which they deserve pity vs. scorn, and if their energy is a canary in the coalmine for a rage over alienation that is penetrating all corners of society.

Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_).

CS 248: Generation Incel Pt. 1 feat. Joel Hill (02/09/2019)

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This episode is hosted by Trevor. Today we have Felix Biederman from the leftist comedy and commentary podcast Chapo Trap House https://www.patreon.com/chapotraphouse/.  We discuss the role of Chapo and the shape of the "New New Left" after Bernie Sanders' campaign has ended, do a postmortem on the campaign, discuss Felix's MMA documentary "Fighting in the Age of Loneliness" (https://www.sbnation.com/a/mma-history), Biden's trainwreck of a campaign and if he's being underestimated, his views on gaming, Twitch, fans who dream of microcelebrity, and how annoying catchphrases and a constant desire to go viral has ruined online discourse.

Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

CS 274: After the Bern feat. Felix Biederman pt. 1

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This episode is hosted by Trevor with special guest cohost Andray Domise. Today we have Matt Christman from the leftist comedy and commentary podcast Chapo Trap House https://www.patreon.com/chapotraphouse/.  We discuss the role of Chapo and the shape of the "New New Left" after Bernie Sanders' campaign has ended, Matt's interesting new Cushvlog livestream series on Twitch and Youtube, the pros vs. cons of being online, the alienation and isolation of modern life, capitalism, the 1619 project and the class vs. race debate, what socialism looks like in practice in a postmodern world, Protestantism, and the French Revolution.

Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

CS 276: The Futureless Now feat. Matt Christman pt. 1

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This episode is hosted by Kenny and Trevor. Today we have guest Frank Wilderson, professor of Drama and African American studies at the University of California, Irvine. We talk about hs book Afropessimism (https://www.amazon.com/Afropessimism-Frank-Wilderson-III/dp/163149614X) and what it tells us about the current moment we're in today with the George Floyd and Breonna Taylor protests.

Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

CS 280: Afropessimism feat. Frank Wilderson III *DOUBLE EPISODE*

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This episode is hosted by Trevor. Today we have special guest Michael "Retroblasting" French!  Host of the youtube channel RetroBlasting, Michael swings thru the studio to talk all things pop culture from a Gen X perspective and what has slipped away from the iconic franchises saturating the current entertainment markets.  Check out RetroBlasting over at www.retroblasting.com

Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsrec.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

CS 311 - Corporate Art and The Gen X Rot Pt. 2 (Preview)

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