Slate Race and Identity

Aisha Harris talks to Ruth E. Carter about  designing costumes for Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing, Joss Whedon’s Serenity, and more. And A.C. Valdez, Panoply Senior Producer shares his “Pre-Woke Watching” story. For links on what we discuss check out our show page. Join Slate Plus to unlock full, ad-free access to Represent and the rest of your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe directly from the Represent show page on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/representplus to get access wherever you listen. Email: represent@slate.com Facebook: Slate Represent Twitter: @SlateRepresent, @craftingmystyle Production by Veralyn Williams Social media: Marissa Martinelli Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate culture writer, Aisha Harris is joined by guest co-hosts Alex Jung (Vulture writer), Antonia Cereijido (Latino USA producer), and Tiffany Vazquez (Turner Classic Movies host) to look back on the Pluses and Deltas on 2016 with a quiz, laughs, and tears. Join Slate Plus to unlock full, ad-free access to Represent and the rest of your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe directly from the Represent show page on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/representplus to get access wherever you listen. Email: represent@slate.com Facebook: Slate Represent Twitter: @SlateRepresent, @craftingmystyle Production by Veralyn Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More from our conversation on Moana, Disney’s new musical film inspired by Polynesian mythology, with New York Times and Jazz Times music writer, Nate Chinen. Check out: -Represent’s Moana episode: Disney and Representation -Slate: A Whole New World by Dan Kois. -Disney casting Auli'i Cravalho as Moana. -Hawaiian renaissance artist Dennis Kamakahi and David Kamakahi -Lin-Manuel Miranda, Opetaia Foa'i: We Know The Way Join Slate Plus to unlock full, ad-free access to Represent and the rest of your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe directly from the Represent show page on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/representplus to get access wherever you listen. Email: represent@slate.com Facebook: Slate Represent Twitter: @SlateRepresent, @craftingmystyle Production by Veralyn Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate culture writer, Aisha Harris dives into the new TBS series Search Party, with show creators Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers. And talks Issa Rae’s long-awaited HBO series, Insecure with Jezebel staff writer, Kara Brown. Check out: -Aisha talks “Insecure” on the DoubleX Gabfest -Damon Young on Insecure’s revolutionary (and real) depictions of young black people having sex -Golden Globes 2017: The Complete List of Nominations -Very Smart Brothas: Charlamagne is Basically Every Ciara-Hating Twitter Nigga -Jamilah Lemieux & Amber Phillips talk discuss race, gender and media representation on The Breakfast Club Join Slate Plus to unlock full, ad-free access to Represent and the rest of your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe directly from the Represent show page on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/representplus to get access wherever you listen. Email: represent@slate.com Facebook: Slate Represent Twitter: @SlateRepresent, @craftingmystyle Production by Veralyn Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate culture writer, Aisha Harris talks to Pamela Adlon about her career and semi-autobiographical FX series, Better Things. And we share our second edition of our “Pre-Woke Watching” segment. Check out: -Slate: Pamela Adlon’s new show is like a brasher, more confident, female-driven Louie. -Slate Represent episode with our inaugural “Pre-Woke Watching” segment. Join Slate Plus to unlock full, ad-free access to Represent and the rest of your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe directly from the Represent show page on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/representplus to get access wherever you listen. Email: represent@slate.com Facebook: Slate Represent Twitter: @SlateRepresent, @craftingmystyle Production by Veralyn Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate culture writer, Aisha Harris digs into Moana, Disney’s new musical film inspired by Polynesian mythology, with New York Times and Jazz Times music writer, Nate Chinen. Then we talk to Disney’s first black animator, Floyd Norman about working for the studio in the 40’s and 50’s and the documentary that tells his story⁠. Check out: -Disney's Moana Soundtrack -Nate Chinen’s Moana article: Consider the Coconut -The last time Nate write about Hawaiian representation on screen -Aisha’s Moana Makes It Official: Disney Has Entered a Progressive, Inclusive Third Golden Age -LA Times: Our national parks can also be reminders of America’s history of race and civil rights Dakota Access Pipeline: -Native America Calling conversation from 5/10/16 (starts at 6:00) -Another Round’s Heben talks with Dr. Adrienne Keene about Standing Rock -Newsweek: Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Standing Rock Sioux -Slate: Police Clashed With Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters Sunday Night -Donate: Sacred Stone Legal Defense Fund Join Slate Plus to unlock full, ad-free access to Represent and the rest of your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe directly from the Represent show page on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/representplus to get access wherever you listen. Email: represent@slate.com Facebook: Slate Represent Twitter: @SlateRepresent, @craftingmystyle Production by Veralyn Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Slate Plus to unlock full, ad-free access to Represent and the rest of your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe directly from the Represent show page on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/representplus to get access wherever you listen. Email: represent@slate.com Facebook: Slate Represent Twitter: @SlateRepresent, @craftingmystyle Production by Veralyn Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate culture writer, Aisha Harris talks to Comedian and Actress Kathy Griffin about her start, how she handles rejection and criticism in an industry that’s especially harsh to women, and her new book, Kathy Griffin’s Celebrity Run-Ins: My A-Z index⁠. Check out: -Kathy Griffin’s New Bravo Special Sets Guinness World Record -From Johnny to Jimmy: The History of Politics in Late Night TV -Aisha’s conversation with writer-director Paul Haggis about Crash. -Soul food on the boondocks Join Slate Plus to unlock full, ad-free access to Represent and the rest of your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe directly from the Represent show page on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/representplus to get access wherever you listen. Email: represent@slate.com Facebook: Slate Represent Twitter: @SlateRepresent, @craftingmystyle Production by Veralyn Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate culture writer, Aisha Harris talks to industry vet Nisha Ganatra about her directing career, and her work on a slew of TV shows, including Transparent, Mr. Robot, and the new FX series, Better Things. And guest co-host John Raphael Oliveira, comes on to discuss the new film, Loving. Check out: -Labor of Loving: A Conversation with Jeff Nichols and Joel Edgerton -'Loving' Director Jeff Nichols Has Great Affection for the Deep South -Mila Kunis On Sexism In Film And The Workplace -Wesley Morris’ Last Taboo: Why Pop Culture Just Can’t Deal With Black Male Sexuality Slate Plus members: Get your ad-free podcast feed. Join Slate Plus to unlock full, ad-free access to Represent and the rest of your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe directly from the Represent show page on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/representplus to get access wherever you listen. Email: represent@slate.com Facebook: Slate Represent Twitter: @SlateRepresent, @craftingmystyle Production by Veralyn Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate culture writer, Aisha Harris talks to actress Joy Bryant about her role as the groundbreaking attorney Eleanor Holmes Norton, in the new Amazon series, Good Girls Revolt. Check out: Slate’s The Good Girls Revolt Trailer Shows the Dangers of Sexism and Sort-of-True Stories Joy Bryant in Refinery29: Girl, You Beautiful Joy Bryant’s Lenny Letter: Stop Telling Me I Should Have Kids Aisha’s conversation with Moonlight Filmmaker Barry Jenkins Join Slate Plus to unlock full, ad-free access to Represent and the rest of your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe directly from the Represent show page on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/representplus to get access wherever you listen. Email: represent@slate.com Facebook: Slate Represent Twitter: @SlateRepresent, @craftingmystyle Production by Veralyn Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices