This hour on Disrupted, we explore the role equity plays in marijuana legalization - and find out what we can learn from other states. 

This hour on Disrupted, we explore the role equity plays in marijuana legalization - and find out what we can learn from other states.&nbsp;

Disrupted is about the changes we all encounter and the forces driving those changes. Some disruptions spark joy and possibility. Others move us to take action and re-evaluate our world. But the show isn't just about those disruptions; it’s about embracing them, exploring new perspectives, and feeling more connected to ourselves and our communities. Host and political scientist Khalilah Brown-Dean creates a place where changemakers come together to help us see the world differently and challenge us to grow together.

Visit ctpublic.org/disrupted for more! 

Disrupted is about the changes we all encounter and the forces driving those changes. Some disruptions spark joy and possibility. Others move us to take action and re-evaluate our world. But the show isn't just about those disruptions; it’s about embracing them, exploring new perspectives, and feeling more connected to ourselves and our communities. Host and political scientist Khalilah Brown-Dean creates a place where changemakers come together to help us see the world differently and challenge us to grow together.
Visit <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/disrupted">ctpublic.org/disrupted</a> for more!

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The Role of Equity in Cannabis Legalization

This hour, we are returning to conversations about the stories we see represented on the small screen. Elizabeth Ito is the creator of City of Ghosts and also worked on Adventure Time. She'll discuss using people's real voices in her work and covering topics like gentrification on a series that children watch. Bethonie Butler, author of Black TV: Five Decades of Groundbreaking Television from Soul Train to Black-ish and Beyond, talks to us about shows centering Black characters from 1968's Julia up to the present day.

GUESTS:


Elizabeth Ito: writer, director and storyboard artist in the animation industry. She is the creator of the series City of Ghosts, which is currently on Netflix. She also worked on Adventure Time.


Bethonie Butler: author of Black TV: Five Decades of Groundbreaking Television from Soul Train to Black-ish and Beyond. Bethonie is a former reporter for The Washington Post where she covered television and pop culture.

This episode originally aired on February 21, 2024.

This hour, we are returning to conversations about the stories we see represented on the small screen. <a href="https://www.elizabethito.com/">Elizabeth Ito</a> is the creator of <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80994664">City of Ghosts</a> and also worked on Adventure Time. She'll discuss using people's real voices in her work and covering topics like gentrification on a series that children watch. Bethonie Butler, author of <a href="https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/bethonie-butler/black-tv/9780762481514/">Black TV: Five Decades of Groundbreaking Television from Soul Train to Black-ish and Beyond</a>, talks to us about shows centering Black characters from 1968's Julia up to the present day.
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.elizabethito.com/">Elizabeth Ito</a>: writer, director and storyboard artist in the animation industry. She is the creator of the series <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80994664">City of Ghosts</a>, which is currently on Netflix. She also worked on Adventure Time.
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<li>
Bethonie Butler: author of <a href="https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/bethonie-butler/black-tv/9780762481514/">Black TV: Five Decades of Groundbreaking Television from Soul Train to Black-ish and Beyond</a>. Bethonie is a former reporter for The Washington Post where she covered television and pop culture.
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</ul>
This episode originally aired on February 21, 2024.

Representation on television from 'Julia' to 'City of Ghosts'

Legendary trumpeter Terence Blanchard is the first Black composer to have had an opera performed at the Metropolitan Opera. But, as he says, he isn't the first Black composer qualified to do so. This hour, we talk to musicians who are changing the face of opera by bringing new stories to the fore.

GUESTS:


Terence Blanchard: Executive Artistic Director at SF Jazz and Multiple Grammy Award-winning trumpeter and composer. He has performed as part of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers and composed the scores for dozens of films, including Spike Lee films like BlacKkKlansman and Malcolm X. In 2021 he became the first Black composer to have had their opera performed at the Metropolitan Opera with Fire Shut Up in My Bones. He will be performing selections from Fire Shut Up in My Bones in Hartford on April 24th.


Julia Bullock: Grammy Award-winning classical singer. She has curated a program that she performs called “History’s Persistent Voice.” It’s a multimedia project that includes poetry, visual art and music inspired by the songs of enslaved people.

Legendary trumpeter <a href="https://www.terenceblanchard.com/">Terence Blanchard</a> is the first Black composer to have had an opera performed at the Metropolitan Opera. But, as he says, he isn't the first Black composer qualified to do so. This hour, we talk to musicians who are changing the face of opera by bringing new stories to the fore.
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.terenceblanchard.com/">Terence Blanchard</a>: Executive Artistic Director at SF Jazz and Multiple Grammy Award-winning trumpeter and composer. He has performed as part of Art Blakey &amp; The Jazz Messengers and composed the scores for dozens of films, including Spike Lee films like BlacKkKlansman and Malcolm X. In 2021 he became the first Black composer to have had their opera performed at the Metropolitan Opera with Fire Shut Up in My Bones. He will be performing selections from Fire Shut Up in My Bones in Hartford on <a href="https://hartfordsymphony.org/portfolio-items/fire-shut-up-in-my-bones/">April 24th</a>.
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<li>
<a href="https://juliabullock.com/">Julia Bullock</a>: Grammy Award-winning classical singer. She has curated a program that she performs called &ldquo;History&rsquo;s Persistent Voice.&rdquo; It&rsquo;s a multimedia project that includes poetry, visual art and music inspired by the songs of enslaved people.
</li>
</ul>

Julia Bullock and Terence Blanchard are changing how we understand opera

In March of 1924, more than 100 Black and white attendees were at a dinner party in downtown Manhattan. The party was organized by prominent thinkers Charles S. Johnson and Alain Locke and included people like W.E.B. DuBois. Their goal was to bring together Harlem’s young Black writers with white publishers to help the writers’ work find a national audience. The party was a success. So much so that it’s often considered the start of the period known as the Harlem Renaissance.

The Harlem Renaissance saw a boom in the popularity of Black writers, just as the party’s organizers hoped. Writers like Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston might get the most attention, but the period was not just about writing— music and visual arts also flourished.

This hour, we’re listening back to our episode exploring the legacy of the Harlem Renaissance. UConn professor Erika Williams joins us to explain what the Harlem Renaissance was and to help us understand how people thought about queerness during the Harlem Renaissance.

We’ll also hear from Denise Murrell who curated a recent exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art called "The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism." She says exhibits like this one can help expand the museum-going public.

GUESTS:


Erika Williams: Associate Professor of English and Africana Studies at the University of Connecticut.


Denise Murrell: Merryl H. & James S. Tisch Curator at Large at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She recently curated an exhibit called"The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism," which was on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2024.


Brandon Hutchinson: Associate Professor of English, Affiliate Faculty of Women and Gender Studies and Co-Coordinator of the Africana Studies Program at Southern Connecticut State University.


Jonah Craggett: one of Brandon Hutchinson's former students


John Guillemette: one of Brandon Hutchinson's former students


Frankie Devevo: one of Erika Williams' former students and former CT Public intern

To learn more about Zora Neale Hurston, you can listen to our interview with Tracy Heather Strain.

This episode originally aired on December 20, 2024.

In March of 1924, more than 100 Black and white attendees were at a dinner party in downtown Manhattan. The party was organized by prominent thinkers Charles S. Johnson and Alain Locke and included people like W.E.B. DuBois. Their goal was to bring together Harlem&rsquo;s young Black writers with white publishers to help the writers&rsquo; work find a national audience. The party was a success. So much so that it&rsquo;s often considered the start of the period known as the Harlem Renaissance.
The Harlem Renaissance saw a boom in the popularity of Black writers, just as the party&rsquo;s organizers hoped. Writers like Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston might get the most attention, but the period was not just about writing&mdash; music and visual arts also flourished.
This hour, we&rsquo;re listening back to our episode exploring the legacy of the Harlem Renaissance. UConn professor <a href="https://english.uconn.edu/person/erika-williams/">Erika Williams</a> joins us to explain what the Harlem Renaissance was and to help us understand how people thought about queerness during the Harlem Renaissance.
We&rsquo;ll also hear from Denise Murrell who curated a recent exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art called "<a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/the-harlem-renaissance-and-transatlantic-modernism">The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism</a>." She says exhibits like this one can help expand the museum-going public.
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>
Erika Williams: Associate Professor of English and Africana Studies at the University of Connecticut.
</li>
<li>
Denise Murrell: Merryl H. &amp; James S. Tisch Curator at Large at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She recently curated an exhibit called "<a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/the-harlem-renaissance-and-transatlantic-modernism">The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism</a>," which was on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2024.
</li>
<li>
Brandon Hutchinson: Associate Professor of English, Affiliate Faculty of Women and Gender Studies and Co-Coordinator of the Africana Studies Program at Southern Connecticut State University.
</li>
<li>
Jonah Craggett: one of Brandon Hutchinson's former students
</li>
<li>
John Guillemette: one of Brandon Hutchinson's former students
</li>
<li>
Frankie Devevo: one of Erika Williams' former students and former CT Public intern
</li>
</ul>
To learn more about Zora Neale Hurston, you can listen to <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/disrupted/2023-01-18/beyond-her-novels-zora-neale-hurston-was-a-pioneering-anthropologist">our interview with Tracy Heather Strain</a>.
This episode originally aired on December 20, 2024.

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