Brown & Black

Winner of a 2024 Gold Signal Award, 'Brown & Black' is a podcast at the intersection of race and pop culture. Hosted by Jack Rico (Latino) and Mike Sargent (Black), two nationally recognized film and culture critics, provide a multicultural perspective missing from mainstream media today. Through interviews with filmmakers, artists, and journalists, the show explores the complex relationship between race and entertainment.

Brown & Black is a general podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 144 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Brown & Black, a general show with 144 episodes published.

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  One Battle After Another: A Brown & Black Breakdown

  Oct 17, 202526 minS0

  <p >Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another got the casting right, but did it get Latinos and Blacks right?</p> <p >People are still talking about the film One Battle After Another. We breakdown how Paul Thomas Anderson's new movie handles Black and Latino characters in Hollywood. With Teyana Taylor, Benicio del Toro, and Chase Infinity starring alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, we ask: do these characters finally get the depth they deserve, or are they still written for white audiences? We also ask whether this three-hour film merits a rewatch.</p> <p >Episode Summary</p> Are Black & Latino roles evolving...

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  Bad Bunny and the NFL's First All-Spanish Halftime Show

  Sep 29, 202520 minS0

  <p >This week on Brown & Black, we drop an Off the Cuff episode on the breaking news that Bad Bunny will headline the Super Bowl halftime show.</p> <p >This marks the first-ever Spanish-language halftime show on America's biggest stage.</p> <p >We break down why this moment matters for Latino and Black culture, how it exposes the NFL's contradictions on race and protest, and what it reveals about the league's global ambitions.</p> <p >We also ask:</p> <p >Will this be the most-watched halftime ever?</p> <p >Can Bad Bunny top Kendrick Lamar's historic performance?</p> <p >What...

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  The Viral Rant That Exposed White Identity

  Sep 8, 202521 minS0

  <p>Many white Americans face a contradiction: they love Black and Latino culture, but don't like Black and Latino people.<br /> <br /> Dr. Barnor Hesse of Northwestern University calls this "White Voyeurism." It's part of his Eight White Identities framework that explains Jennifer Welch's viral rant against MAGA hypocrisy.<br /> <br /> We revisit Hesse's revolutionary framework to show how whiteness has consumed Black and Latino culture for 500 years without any accountability.<br /> <br /> Episode Summary</p> <p >– Jennifer Welch's viral rant</p> <p >– White voyeurism explained</p> <p >– White hypocrisy and cultural hypocrisy</p> <p >– Consuming culture without humanity</p> <p >– Why...

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  Is Off-Broadway's MEXODUS the Next 'Hamilton'?

  Aug 25, 202543 minS0

  <p >Did you know The Underground Railroad went South and America spent 200 years hiding it?</p> <p >In this episode, we talk to Nygel Robinson and Brian Quijada, creators of the Off-Broadway musical MEXODUS, which reveals how 10,000 enslaved people escaped to Mexico between 1829-1865. This history of Black and Latino solidarity has never been brought to the stage, until now.</p> <p >We discuss why this musical is an act of resistance today, how they got white allies to fund a brown and black story, and what would happen if schools taught this truth? Plus, they address the inevitable comparisons...

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  Spike Lee, Denzel, and the Black Film Marketing Problem

  Aug 11, 202535 minS0

  <p >Spike Lee and Denzel Washington, two of Hollywood's biggest stars, reunite for A24's Highest 2 Lowest (in theaters August 15). But you wouldn't know it from the marketing.</p> <p >Its low-profile rollout has people asking: is this racism or just business? And will the burden of promoting the film fall once again on Black moviegoers?</p> <p>Episode Summary:<br /> • Is undermarketing Black films racism or just business?<br /> • Did Spike and Denzel agreed to this deal?<br /> • The long history of under-promoted Black films<br /> • Black films that did get a marketing push<br /> • The problem with "we support our...

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