Ranked #1
Strange Fruit #49: "The Book of Matt" author Stephen Jimenez
Strange Fruit #49: "The Book of Matt" author Stephen Jimenez
Stephen Jimenez went to Laramie, Wyoming in 2000, to write a screenplay about the murder of Matthew Shepard. He expected... Read more
12 Oct 2013
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Ranked #2
Strange Fruit #210: Tea AND Shade To Those Who Co-Opt Black Gay Culture
Strange Fruit #210: Tea AND Shade To Those Who Co-Opt Black Gay Culture
Yasss, kween! Werq. Slay. What do these phrases have in common? They come from the gay black community — specifically dr... Read more
8 Sep 2017
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27mins
Ranked #3
Strange Fruit #80: Hands Up Don't Shoot: Fear in Ferguson, and at Home
Strange Fruit #80: Hands Up Don't Shoot: Fear in Ferguson, and at Home
Last Saturday, Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson shot an unarmed black teenager named Michael Brown, multi... Read more
15 Aug 2014
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Strange Fruit #212: Parenting While Black and Queer
Strange Fruit #212: Parenting While Black and Queer
Have you ever joked with a little boy about whether he has a girlfriend? Did your birds-and-bees talk include the words,... Read more
19 Sep 2017
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Ranked #5
Strange Fruit #234: Is The Black Barbershop A Safe Space For Queer Men?
Strange Fruit #234: Is The Black Barbershop A Safe Space For Queer Men?
It isn't unusual to see homoeroticism in hypermasculine spaces - like the locker room, the wrestling ring, or the milita... Read more
2 Mar 2018
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Ranked #6
Strange Fruit #217: Bisexual Visibility In A Non-Binary World
Strange Fruit #217: Bisexual Visibility In A Non-Binary World
What does it mean to be bisexual? That you're attracted to both men and women? What about gender non-conforming people? ... Read more
3 Nov 2017
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Strange Fruit #214: What It Means To Be Out In 2017
Strange Fruit #214: What It Means To Be Out In 2017
Coming out isn't what it used to be. These days, even the most sheltered people generally have at least some basic under... Read more
14 Oct 2017
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38mins
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Teaching Black Students Within Racist School Systems
Teaching Black Students Within Racist School Systems
Our celebration of Black History Month continues and we begin by speaking with Baltimore-area educator Brittany Willis a... Read more
25 Feb 2020
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59mins
Ranked #9
Strange Fruit #233: DO NOT LISTEN UNTIL YOU'VE SEEN 'BLACK PANTHER'
Strange Fruit #233: DO NOT LISTEN UNTIL YOU'VE SEEN 'BLACK PANTHER'
Louisville photographer Sowande Malone joins us this week, because he doesn't just take pictures - he's also a huge comi... Read more
23 Feb 2018
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36mins
Ranked #10
Strange Fruit #229: Racial Trauma And Mental Health
Strange Fruit #229: Racial Trauma And Mental Health
It happens, to some extent, every single day. People of color are exposed to racism in many ways -- from watching footag... Read more
26 Jan 2018
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45mins
Ranked #11
Strange Fruit #223: Black Queer Bodies Are Not For White Consumption
Strange Fruit #223: Black Queer Bodies Are Not For White Consumption
This week we talk with Tabais Olajuawon about his recent essay, "We Are Not Yours: I’m tired of white women’s racial-sex... Read more
15 Dec 2017
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40mins
Ranked #12
Strange Fruit #220: Your Body Type Does Not Determine Your Gender Role
Strange Fruit #220: Your Body Type Does Not Determine Your Gender Role
Our bodies are labelled from the moment we're born, when we're assigned a sex and gender. From that point on, a million ... Read more
25 Nov 2017
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36mins
Ranked #13
The Importance Of Telling LGBTQ+ Stories
The Importance Of Telling LGBTQ+ Stories
Telling the histories and lived experiences of Black LGBTQ+ people is beneficial not only for the future generations who... Read more
3 Dec 2019
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52mins
Ranked #14
Strange Fruit #45: Why Would Straight Men Sleep With Men? Plus, Fairness in Frankfort!
Strange Fruit #45: Why Would Straight Men Sleep With Men? Plus, Fairness in Frankfort!
This week, Frankfort became the fifth Kentucky city to pass a fairness ordinance, protecting LGBTQ folks from discrimina... Read more
7 Sep 2013
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35mins
Ranked #15
Strange Fruit #87: Susan Sarandon, Janelle Monáe & the WWE's Damien Sandow
Strange Fruit #87: Susan Sarandon, Janelle Monáe & the WWE's Damien Sandow
It's been a star-studded week for Team Strange Fruit! We spent some time recently on the red carpet at the 2nd Annual Mu... Read more
3 Oct 2014
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29mins
Ranked #16
'You're Pretty, For A ______ Girl'
'You're Pretty, For A ______ Girl'
We’ve all heard the childhood rhyme about sticks and stones breaking bones, but in reality the seemingly-innocuous words... Read more
24 Dec 2019
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40mins
Ranked #17
Strange Fruit #225: 'Black Elitism' And Anti-Blackness On TV
Strange Fruit #225: 'Black Elitism' And Anti-Blackness On TV
We love the show 'This Is Us.' We also love writer and podcast host Jenn Jackson. So when she wrote a piece calling out ... Read more
29 Dec 2017
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37mins
Ranked #18
Life After Conversion Therapy
Life After Conversion Therapy
The 2018 film "Boy Erased" brought conversion therapy to the attention of many film goers. Sometimes referred to as repa... Read more
22 Feb 2019
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31mins
Ranked #19
Strange Fruit #126: Professor Burt Ashe on the History & Cultural Significance of Dreadlocks
Strange Fruit #126: Professor Burt Ashe on the History & Cultural Significance of Dreadlocks
Dr. Burt Ashe always saw himself as a sort of a renegade. Edgy. Bohemian. But no one else seemed to agree. "The way that... Read more
3 Jul 2015
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29mins
Ranked #20
Strange Fruit #249: How Watermelons Became A Racist Trope
Strange Fruit #249: How Watermelons Became A Racist Trope
They're a delicious summertime snack -- but they're also associated with a long-standing stereotype about black people. ... Read more
29 Jun 2018
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