Alexis Loves to Drop a Reference
Consider this episode your warm up for the big game. Erin flips the script on Alexis asking her about her love of NYC, all things pop culture and why she thinks a podcast like this is necessary. She also shares with you how she really feels about Williamsburg, bike lanes and Jerry Seinfeld. Oh, and Alexis drops about a million references to a million things, all of which are explained below. We also apologize to Ansel Adams on our blog "Hear Something-Read Something". Subscribe on Apple Podcasts
TO READ AND RESEARCH:
- The Newark riots of 1967 and the city's subsequent population changes due to White Flight
- Don Imus (who FINALLY retired from public radio last week. Boy, bye) and his racism
- Mike Francesa, Chris "Mad Dog" Russo and their many foot in mouth moments
TO LISTEN TO:
- Phoebe Robinson (aka @dopequeenpheebs) interviews DeRay Mckesson on her podcast Sooo Many White Guys
- Jenna Wortham and Wesley Morris talk the "generification" of space on the We Don't Know Where We Are episode of their podcast Still Processing
- Public Enemy's He Got Game soundtrack and The Wackness soundtrack
- All of A Tribe Called Quest's discology, starting with Can I Kick It? (Yea, you can. And you should.) Oh, and check out ATCQ's partnership with Vans.
TO WATCH:
- Dave Chappelle watches some white people be surprised that Hillary lost the election on SNL
- Sex and the City season 2, episode 3 The Freak Show
- The Spike Lee Joint He Got Game
- Join Alexis and the 17 other people who have seen The Wackness
- Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (The season 9 episode featuring Christopher Waltz is where Jerry specifically states that he hates happiness, although he references this many, many times throughout the series)