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Selfishness

We were at lunch... For some reason we have been meeting up to share this hour in the middle of our work days quite frequently. It's always awkward at first. We actually have been intimate with each other so there are always remnants of those kind of relationships when two people decide to be friends. She leans over to view the book i have opened and face down on the table. She says quite matter-of-factly...

"The Virtue of Selfishness...You don't need to read this book you could have written it!"

I react naturally surprised.

This American Life Affirmation


It is not men's immortality that is responsible for the collapse now threatening to destroy the civilized world, but the kind of moralities that men have been asked to practice"

 

 

Hip-Hop and the Oral Tradition

First Broadcast - 3/13/2008

A proven cultural tradition of diasporic cultures, We take a look at how the hip-hop music's foundation on the sample continues to carry the torch. Includes a personal retelling, of a classic story.

Black Maybe: Hip-Hop and the Black Experience

First Broadcast 12/28/08

A conversation with a white co-worker begs the question "Is there a common Black Experience?" This show takes a look at the idea of identity concerning a group of people portrayed as monolithic in Hip-Hop.

Its Bigger Than Hip-Hop

Life through the lenses of our culture...

Its Bigger Than Hip-Hop seeks to establish Hip-Hop’s legitimate/rightful position in the canon of Black music. Taking an anthropological approach, the project aims to view social and political phenomena through a modern scope allowing children of the Hip-Hop generation to place the music in its proper historical context.

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