Pacific Underground artwork

Weekly Disruption Sept 2, 2016

Pacific Underground

English - September 03, 2016 17:25 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Society & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed


On this week's round of disrupting the news, we tackle a broad range of headlines from the protests in Queens to APIs at the Oscars. Pamela shares her thoughts on the recent hate crimes in her hometown of Queens and why State Senate hopeful, SJ Jung, should have his New Yorker card revoked; NFL's Colin Kaepernick brings attention to what the heck we're singing about in the national anthem; Jenna discovers a yellowface novela on Brasilian TV via Twitter; and Jackie Chan is getting an honorary Oscar and we're hoping he grows a mustache for the event. Music by @chopsmusic.

links:
Nazma Khanam - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/nazam-khanam-muslim-woman-queens-stabbing-cair-possible-hate-crime-a7220886.html
SJ Jung - http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/queens-candidate-erase-same-sex-couples-textbooks-article-1.2769162
Kaepernick - http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000691077/article/colin-kaepernick-explains-why-he-sat-during-national-anthem
Yellowface - https://outracoluna.wordpress.com/2016/04/12/globo-faz-novela-sobre-imigracao-japonesa-e-os-protagonistas-sao-brancos/
Jackie Chan - http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/02/business/media/jackie-chan-is-among-winners-of-honorary-oscars.html?_r=0