Still Processing
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When Your Neighbor’s the Highway
Still Processing
06/09/22 • 36 min
Today, Wesley leaves the studio – and goes home. He embarks on a journey that involves a car named Khad'ija, a tireless 92-year-old activist and one Chinatown. Last year, President Biden signed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law. One part of the initiative especially struck Wesley: the federal government’s acknowledgment that its mid-century push to build a massive highway system had caused suffering. Wesley started thinking about a highway that he sometimes crossed as a kid in Philadelphia: the Vine Street Expressway. When it was built in 1991, he never realized how deeply it had divided and altered the Chinatown neighborhood. What happened to all the people who were living there? How did their lives — and their communities — transform? On today’s show, Wesley returns to his hometown to try to find out. Click here for photos of Wesley's journey and more info about the episode.
06/09/22 • 36 min



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A Pod From Both Our Houses
Still Processing
03/26/20 • 30 min
From our living rooms to yours, “Still Processing” is back.
During this unprecedented time in our lives, we talk routines, dreams and what’s on our screens — or at least what will be on our screens. Because screens are all we have left.
Discussed this week:
“Darn That Dream” (Dinah Washington, 1954)
The Brian Lehrer Show (WNYC)
Working out with Mr. and Mrs. Muscle
“Ra Ma Da Sa” (Amanbir Singh, 2017)
The Wiz (directed by Sidney Lumet, 1978)
High Fidelity (Hulu, 2020)
03/26/20 • 30 min



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American Top 40
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04/14/22 • 37 min
5.0
Wesley has been obsessed with lists since he was a child — think Casey Kasem’s American Top 40, the Academy Awards and Rolling Stone’s Top 500 Albums of All Time. Now, he wants to think more seriously about expanding what we call the canon, making sure more people have a say in which works of art are considered great, enduring and important.
For guidance, Wesley sits down with Daphne A. Brooks, an academic, critic and music lover, to ask whether expanding the canon is even the right way to think about this. Her thoughts surprise him: We can do better than lists!
Check out Daphne A. Brooks's reading recommendations at this link or at nytimes.com/stillprocessing.
04/14/22 • 37 min



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Got That WFH Setup Set Up
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03/21/20 • 2 min
New episodes coming March 26! You’ve got a lot of time on your hands, and so do we. Let's spend it together <3.
03/21/20 • 2 min



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Reparations for Aunt Jemima!
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07/16/20 • 34 min
When Quaker decided to take Aunt Jemima off the red pancake box after 131 years, did it also try to scrub the legacy she represents? And what sort of compensation is appropriate — and to whom — from a brand that maintained that image in public for so long?
Discussed this week:
- “Aunt Jemima Brand to Change Name and Image Over ‘Racial Stereotype’” (Tiffany Hsu, The New York Times, June 2020)
- “Aunt Jemima: I’se in Town, Honey” (Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia at Ferris State University)
- “The Dixie Chicks Change Their Name, Dropping the ‘Dixie’” (Ben Sisario, The New York Times, June 2020)
- “Lady Antebellum Sues the Singer Lady A Over Name Change” (Joe Coscarelli, The New York Times, July 2020)
- “Aunt Jemima’s Heirs’ $3 Billion Lawsuit Against Pepsi, Quaker Oats Tossed by Judge” (Tim Kenneally, The Wrap, February 2015)
- “What Is Owed” (Nikole Hannah Jones, The New York Times, June 2020)
- “The Case for Reparations” (Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic, June 2014)
07/16/20 • 34 min



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Wake
Still Processing
11/07/19 • 45 min
4.0
We examine how HBO’s series “Watchmen” and Bong Joon Ho’s film “Parasite” bring to light the hidden histories that shape our modern lives.
Discussed this week:
- “Parasite” (directed by Bong Joon Ho, 2019)
- “Watchmen” (HBO, 2019)
- “White Flights: Race, Fiction, and the American Imagination” (Jess Row, 2019)
- “In the Wake: On Blackness and Being“ (Christina Sharpe, 2016)
We're going on hiatus, but we'll be back in your ears in early 2020!
11/07/19 • 45 min



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Fiona Ex Machina
Still Processing
05/01/20 • 35 min
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"Fetch the Bolt Cutters" is Fiona Apple's master class in channeling frustration and anger into what can only be called wisdom. Also, we hear from listeners all over the planet, sharing how they are taking care of the people in their lives.
Discussed this week:
- "Fetch the Bolt Cutters" (Fiona Apple, 2020)
- Fiona Apple on the VMAs in 1997
- "Regret" (Fiona Apple, "The Idler Wheel Is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More than Ropes Will Ever Do", 2012)
- "Criminal" (Fiona Apple, "Tidal", 1996)
- "Hold Up" (Beyonce Knowles, "Lemonade", 2016)
05/01/20 • 35 min



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How to Learn From a Plague
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04/16/20 • 33 min
Activists stood up against the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and 1990s, but the tools they used to make themselves heard are unavailable during our coronavirus pandemic. Still, many of that era’s strategies and warning signs seem alarmingly relevant now.
Discussed this week:
- “How to Survive a Plague” (directed by David France, 2012)
- ACT UP New York
- “How ACT UP Remade Political Organizing in America” (David France, The New York Times, April, 2020)
- “‘A Tragedy Is Unfolding’: Inside New York’s Virus Epicenter” (Annie Correal, Andrew Jacobs and Ryan Christopher Jones, The New York Times, April, 2020)
- “America’s Hidden H.I.V. Epidemic” (Linda Villarosa, The New York Times, June, 2017)
- “Amazon’s Whole Foods to Cut Medical Benefits for Part-Timers” (Spencer Soper, Bloomberg, September, 2019)
04/16/20 • 33 min


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New Loop, America
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05/14/20 • 39 min
5.0
In our final episode from our living rooms, we visit the dystopia of “Westworld” and the utopia of “Hollywood” to see if we can glean anything about what might be in store on the other side of this pandemic — and about who we want to be.
Discussed this week:
- “Westworld” (HBO, 2016-20)
- “Hollywood” (Netflix, 2020)
- Ryan Murphy
- “The Stepford Wives” (directed by Frank Oz, 2004)
- “The Stepford Wives” (directed by Bryan Forbes, 1975)
- The Motion Picture Production Code of 1930
- “Love Jones” (directed by Theodore Witcher, 1997)
- “Love & Basketball” (directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, 2000)
- Anna May Wong
- Hattie McDaniel
- Oscar Micheaux
- “Delivering Thanks Team” (Papa John’s, 2020)
05/14/20 • 39 min


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Ziwe May Destroy Hamilton
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07/23/20 • 37 min
“Hamilton” is back in the mix, but the flavor has changed from beloved historical blockbuster to “wait, that’s what this is?” Elsewhere, in new works like “Baited,” on Instagram Live, and “I May Destroy You,” on HBO, Black women are getting personal in ways that are expanding our palates for discomfort.
Discussed this week:
- “Hamilton” (written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Disney+, 2020)
- “Baited” on Instagram Live
- Ziwe Fumudoh
- “I May Destroy You” (written by Michaela Coel, HBO, 2020)
- Native Land project
- “White Fragility” lecture (by Robin DiAngelo, 2019)
07/23/20 • 37 min


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How many episodes does Still Processing have?
Still Processing currently has 154 episodes available.
What topics does Still Processing cover?
The podcast is about News, Society & Culture, News Commentary and Podcasts.
What is the most popular episode on Still Processing?
The episode title 'When Your Neighbor’s the Highway' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Still Processing?
The average episode length on Still Processing is 40 minutes.
How often are episodes of Still Processing released?
Episodes of Still Processing are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Still Processing?
The first episode of Still Processing was released on Sep 6, 2016.
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