Episode 95: Wesley Morris

Wesley Morris, a Pulitzer Prize winner, covers film at Grantland.

"That's what writing about race and popular culture is for me: it's crime reporting. It's not me looking for an agenda when I go to the movies ... but I feel a moral responsibility to report a crime being committed. That's what I'm forced to do over and over again."

Thanks to this week's sponsors, Warby Parker and TinyLetter.

Show notes:
@wesley_morris
Morris's Grantland archive
[1:15] Reba modeling Warby Parker
[37:15] "The Cultural Crater of 12 Years a Slave" (Grantland • Oct 2013)
[39:15] "Strange Fruitvale" (Grantland • Jul 2013)
[39:15] Longform Podcast #89: Alice Gregory
[40:00] Longform Podcast #7: Ta-Nehisi Coates
[40:00] "The Case for Reparations" (Ta-Nehisi Coates • The Atlantic • May 2014)
[55:30] "The Unstoppable Scarlett Johansson" (Anthony Lane • New Yorker • Mar 2014)
[47:30] Molly Lambert's Grantland archive
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Wesley Morris, a Pulitzer Prize winner, covers film at Grantland.

"That's what writing about race and popular culture is for me: it's crime reporting. It's not me looking for an agenda when I go to the movies ... but I feel a moral responsibility to report a crime being committed. That's what I'm forced to do over and over again."

Thanks to this week's sponsors, Warby Parker and TinyLetter.

Show notes:
@wesley_morris
Morris's Grantland archive
[1:15] Reba modeling Warby Parker
[37:15] "The Cultural Crater of 12 Years a Slave" (Grantland • Oct 2013)
[39:15] "Strange Fruitvale" (Grantland • Jul 2013)
[39:15] Longform Podcast #89: Alice Gregory
[40:00] Longform Podcast #7: Ta-Nehisi Coates
[40:00] "The Case for Reparations" (Ta-Nehisi Coates • The Atlantic • May 2014)
[55:30] "The Unstoppable Scarlett Johansson" (Anthony Lane • New Yorker • Mar 2014)
[47:30] Molly Lambert's Grantland archive

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