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Dear Culture

Dear Culture

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Welcome to Dear Culture, the podcast version of the conversations you’re already having with the people you don’t even realize you know. Every week, cultural commentator and editorialist Panama Jackson will be a tour guide through some intersection of Blackness and culture. Bringing his years of experience writing and commentating on the culture from an educational and entertaining viewpoint, Dear Culture will engender everything Don King meant when he uttered the words, “...and that’s the Blackness.” We might not know where we’re going when we start, but what we do know is that by the time you get to the end, you will undoubtedly say, that was Black and that was the culture. Dear Culture is the podcast for all of the people who know the appropriate call-and-response for when somebody enters the room and says, “God is good...” because that is the culture.
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Dear Culture - The Great Unlearning
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01/13/22 • 46 min

What happens when the apple falls a little too close to the tree? This week on the Dear Culture Podcast our hosts, Shana Pinnock and Gerren Keith Gaynor talk about breaking generational curses, embracing ancestral gifts, and living life on our own terms.

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Dear Culture - An Abolitionist's Handbook: Patrisse Cullors
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01/20/22 • 32 min

Dear Culture, What does it mean to be an abolitionist? This week on the Dear Culture Podcast our hosts, Gerren Keith Gaynor and Shana Pinnock talk with Artist, Abolitionist and Black Lives Matter Co-Founder, Patrisse Cullors about her new book, An Abolitionist’s Handbook: 12 Steps to Changing Yourself and The World.

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Dear Culture - Should Usher Be Classified as an R&B Legend?
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07/21/22 • 32 min

Seeing Usher's Tiny Desk Concert after the madness of the Verzuz concert we witnessed earlier that week, some would say current R&B is dead but others can't deny Usher's still got IT. So let's talk influence and catalog so we can see where Usher's legacy fits alongside R&B greats.

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Dear Culture - HBCUs are Here to Stay
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02/17/22 • 29 min

Knowledge is power and this week on the Dear Culture Podcast our hosts, Shana Pinnock and Gerren Keith Gaynor reflect on the powerful legacy of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, reflect on their own experiences at Spelman and Morehouse and trace the impact of HBCUs on the culture through history and today.

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Van Lathan joins Panama Jackson just hours after the death of Migos rapper Takeoff. Ironically Van is hosting a new series 'Hip Hop Homicides' which takes a deep dive into the senseless violence plaguing the rap community. In part one of this two-part conversation, the men discuss why this type of show is so tragically necessary.

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Dear Culture - The Rise & Fall of Hip-Hop Journalism
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03/23/23 • 66 min

With more than 30 years in the music and book publishing industry author and journalist Aliya King Neil joins Panama Jackson to talk about the good ol' days when The Source, Vibe, and XXL Magazine were in their prime. She shares some behind-the-scenes stories and even pinpoints the exact moment she claims hip-hop journalism died.

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Dear Culture - Black Indie Films Need Love Too: Renika McQueen
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07/14/22 • 43 min

Dear Culture, before you say a film is wack, ask yourself, do I have what it takes to create one? Maybe I should have asked myself that when I wrote that infamous article about Renika McQueen ’s indie film, Cain and Abel. But because I didn’t, it was only right to invite her to tell her side of the story. Join me, your host, Panama Jackson as we dive into what it really takes to create an indie film from scratch.

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Dear Culture - WTF: The BS High Story
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09/07/23 • 45 min

The wild story of the fake Ohio high school Bishop Sycamore, who was playing football games despite not being a real school, has people shook. How could something like this happen? Who's to blame? Why is Roy Johnson not in jail? Panama Jackson is joined by podcaster and former LSU athlete Corey Wilson to dive into the madness and discuss why America's unhealthy obsession with sports is central to this scandal.

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Dear Culture - Black Movies We Love to Hate: Soul Plane
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05/09/24 • 53 min

Even with a star-studded cast, is Soul Plane one of the worst movies ever made? Dear Culture welcomes author Damon Young to dive into the shenanigans that fostered some laughs but didn't even break even at the box office.

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Dear Culture - Debating The Blackest Songs
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06/17/23 • 48 min

As we celebrate Juneteenth, Dear Culture invites you to debate the Blackest songs of all time! Our people are so talented and it was hard to narrow them down but host Panama Jackson is joined by hip-hop heads Yinka and Outlaw to rank some of the best tracks created by Black artists.

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FAQ

How many episodes does Dear Culture have?

Dear Culture currently has 177 episodes available.

What topics does Dear Culture cover?

The podcast is about News, Society & Culture and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on Dear Culture?

The episode title 'The Great Unlearning' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Dear Culture?

The average episode length on Dear Culture is 42 minutes.

How often are episodes of Dear Culture released?

Episodes of Dear Culture are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of Dear Culture?

The first episode of Dear Culture was released on Oct 8, 2020.

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