Law & Disorder

Colonial legacies of homophobia and racism w/ Robert Jones Jr AKA Son of Baldwin on his book The Prophets

We spend the hour with Robert Jones Jr, who recently retired his well-known social media handle Son of Baldwin. He discusses his debut novel, The Prophets, which is about two men who are in love, enslaved on the same Mississippi plantation. We talk about how the relationship between colonialism, Western imperialism, and christian hegemony built up … Continued


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Collapsing insect populations threaten environmental collapse; Plus how the black timber market devastates California’s ecological system

7:08 – Insects are often thought of as pests, but they’re faced with a profound environmental collapse. Oliver Milman (@olliemilman), an environment correspondent for the Guardian, joins us to discuss his latest book, The Insect Crisis: The Fall of the Tiny Empires That Run the World. 7:33 –  Lyndsie Bourgon (@lbourgon) is a writer and oral … Continued