ALT. PILOT Episode

Eric Green & Gabriel Allan Tolliver explore growing up Black in Shaker Hts, Ohio. In this alternate pilot episode, they share their thoughts on the recent book; Dream Town: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity by journalist Laura Meckler, a former Shaker Heights resident.

A suburb of Cleveland, Ohio - Shaker is a city known for its groundbreaking integration efforts as well being the home to notable people such as; Paul Newman, Gerald Levert, comedians David Wain, Molly Shannon and Kym Whitley, the rappers Machine Gun Kelly and Kid Cudi, and Gary Cohn, a former director of the U.S. National Economic Council. Shaker Heights High School counts among its graduates the novelist Celeste Ng and the Los Angeles Times journalist Jamil Smith, and journalists/writers; Susan Orlean, Andy Borowitz, and Kathryn Schulz to name a few.

The Shaker Heights; "experiences will vary" will feature Shaker residents past and present talking about their hometown and events that shaped them.

THE SHAKER HEIGHTS...Experiences may vary

In our third episode, we discuss the movies; Origins & American Fiction and its relevance to our respective Shaker experience and navigation through our society.

The Shaker Heights...Experiences May Vary:  ORIGINS & AMERICAN FICTION

Eric Green & Gabriel Allan Tolliver explore growing up Black in Shaker Hts, Ohio. 

A suburb of Cleveland, Ohio - Shaker is a city known for its groundbreaking integration efforts as well being the home to notable people such as; Paul Newman, Gerald Levert, comedians David Wain, Molly Shannon and Kym Whitley, the rappers Machine Gun Kelly and Kid Cudi, and Gary Cohn, a former director of the U.S. National Economic Council. Shaker Heights High School counts among its graduates the novelist Celeste Ng and the Los Angeles Times journalist Jamil Smith, and journalists/writers; Susan Orlean, Andy Borowitz, and Kathryn Schulz to name a few.

The Shaker Heights; "experiences will vary" will feature Shaker residents past and present talking about their hometown and events that shaped them.

THE SHAKER HEIGHTS...Experiences may vary

The Shaker Heights...Experiences may vary.

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