Pop This! Podcast Episode 266: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Published: Jan. 27, 2021, 5 p.m.

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Summary:

This week we\'re watching one of the most powerful and moving films we\'ve seen in recent memory: Ma Rainey\'s Black Bottom. Also discussed: blues music, the plays of August Wilson, and Chani Nicholson\'s book, You Were Born For This.\\xa0

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Show notes:
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You\'re Wrong About Podcast - Quarantine Deep Dive: Jessica Simpson\'s "Open Book"\\xa0
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Recommendations:

Andrea W.: You Were Born For This by Chani Nicholson (book or audiobook)

Andrea G.: Ma Rainey\'s Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought To Screen (Netflix documentary)

Lisa:\\xa0 Wine Girl by Victoria James (book)

Music credits:

"Flutterbee" by Podington Bear
From Free Music Archive\\xa0
CC BY 3.0
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Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod

Intro bed: "OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst
Courtesy of Free Music Archive

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Pop This! is two women talking about pop culture.

Lisa Christiansen is a broadcaster,\\xa0journalist\\xa0and longtime metal head. Andrea Warner is a music critic,\\xa0author\\xa0and former horoscopes columnist.

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