Looking for diverse and trailblazing creators to follow? Our guests from “Call & Response” have recommendations!
Throughout the first season of Call & Response, our guests discussed the shows, podcasts, and projects they were working on AND talked about the content they currently consuming and excited about. The staff at FOD has compiled these excellent recommendations below.
In the wake of heightened awareness of racial inequality, many of us are seeking out content that showcases diverse. In the midst of this civil unrest, Funny Or Die partnered with Blavity Inc. and created Call & Response: a show hosted by Baron Vaughn and Open Mike Eagle dedicated to interviewing Black creators — activists, comedians, musicians, actors, visual artists, and more — about current events, discuss the present momentum, and speak about their work and struggles.
Watch season 1 of Call & Response: https://www.funnyordie.com/call-and-response
CALL & RESPONSE GUEST RECOMMENDATIONS
Call & Response episode #1 recommendations from Patrisse Cullors, Clayton English, & Melina Abdullah
- Black Lives Matter
- KPFK 90.7 FM Pacifica Radio
- Front Page with Dominique DiPrima on KJLH-FM
- Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100)
- Dream Defenders
- Malcolm X Grassroots Movement
- Rod Kim (Film actor)
- Whodini (Hip hop group)
- The Coup (Band)
Full episode: https://www.funnyordie.com/2020/6/9/21285340/call-and-response-episode-1-baron-vaughn-open-mike-eagle
Call & Response episode #2 recommendations from Chanelle Benz & Demi Adejuyigb
- Sarah Jones (Writer/Performer/Producer)
- Amber Grey (Actress & Singer)
- Zack Fox (Comedian)
- Melaninand Mental Health (Mental Health Resource)
- Between Sessions Podcast (Mental Health Awareness Podcast)
- The Gone Dead: A Novel by Chanelle Benz
- Black Reconstruction by W. E. B. Du Bois (Book)
Full episode: https://www.funnyordie.com/2020/6/17/21294406/call-response-episode-2how-to-deal-trauma-anger-moving-forward-organizing
Call & Response episode #3 recommendations from Jamilah Lemieux, Chris Redd, and Ijeoma Oluo.
Full episode: https://www.funnyordie.com/2020/6/18/21295956/call-response-black-does-crack-covid-19-racial-disparities
Call & Response episode #4 recommendations from Roxane Gay, Travon Free & Roy Wood Jr.
Full episode: https://www.funnyordie.com/2020/6/19/21296366/call-and-response-juneteenth-episode-4
Call & Response episode #5 recommendations from Matthew Cherry, Ernie Hudson & Phoebe Robinson
- Hair Love (Matthew Cherry’s Oscar-Winning Short Film)
- The Family Business (BET TV series starring Matthew Cherry)
- You Can’t Touch My Hair & Other Things I Still Have to Explain (New York Best Seller by Phoebe Robinson)
- CROWN Act (Preventing race-based hair discrimination)
- DeAndre Arnold Suspended Over Dreadlocks (Article)
- Never Have I Ever (Netflix series)
- Rachel Cargle (Public Academic, Writer & Lecturer)
- Delina Medhin (Makeup Artist, Content Creator, Educator)
Full episode: https://www.funnyordie.com/2020/6/22/21299227/call-response-controlling-the-narrative-of-black-image-in-the-media-episode-5
Call & Response episode #6 recommendations from Jane Fonda, Nato Green, Linda Martín Alcoff
- Create For Earth project (Jane Fonda)
- When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir (Book by Patrisse Cullors)
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism (Book)
- The Whiteness Album by Nato Green (Standup Album)
- The Bitchuation Room Podcast
- “The Future of Whiteness” (Book by Linda Martín Alcoff)
Full episode: https://www.funnyordie.com/2020/6/23/21300602/call-response-the-whites-anti-racism-allyship-white-fragility-episode-6
Call & Response episode #7 recommendations from Jeremiah Ellison, Diallo Riddle & Robert Townsend.
- Bashir Salahuddin (Actor)
- Sherman’s Showcase: Black History Month Spectacular (Television Series)
- Awkward Comedy Show (Television Series)
- Hollywood Shuffle (Film Directed by Robert Townsend)
- Meteor Man (Film Directed by Robert Townsend)
- Five Heartbeats (Film Directed by Robert Townsend)
- Robert Townsend’s Partners in Crime (Television Series)
- Eddie Murphy Raw (Stand Up Comedy Film)
- Richard Prior (Stand-Up Comedian)
- “The Parent ‘Hood” (Sitcom)
- South Side (Television Series)
Full episode: https://www.funnyordie.com/2020/6/24/21302041/call-response-title-meteor-man-community-power-episode-7
Call & Response episode #8 recommendations from Van Lathan, Morgan DeBaun & Baratunde Thurston
- #Unplug: Baratunde Thurston Left The Internet For 25 Days, And You Should, Too (Article)
- Just B Yoga (donation based online yoga studio by Belinda Thurston)
- How To Deconstruct Racism, One Headline At A Time (TedTalk with Baratunde Thurston)
- How the ‘Karen Meme’ Confronts the Violent History of White Womanhood (Article)
- Living While Black: Here are all the routine activities for which police were called on African-Americans this year
- We’re Having A Moment (Podcast by Baratunde Thurston)
- The Aunt Jemima brand, acknowledging its racist past, will be retired (Article)
- The Red Pill (Podcast by Van Lathan)
- ‘The Wire’: Way Down in the Hole – The Ringer (Podcast)
- Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay The Ringer
- The Wire (Television Series)
- America’s Top 50 Women in Tech; Morgan DeBaun (Forbes)
- Blavity Inc
- AfroTech Conference
- Afrofuturism
Full episode: https://www.funnyordie.com/call-and-response/2020/6/25/21302599/call-response-black-tech-innovation-episode-8
Call & Response episode #9 recommendations from Dulcé Sloan, Uzo Aduba, Shy (House of Ebony) and CCH Pounder
- Ballroom Culture: KiKi, Ball Culture, Drag (Article)
- Legendary (Television Series)
- Pose (Television Series)
- BIGO Livesteaming App
- “Mrs. America” (Television Series)
- Shirley Chisholm (American Politician)
- “Orange Is The New Black” (Television Series)
- Bagdad Cafe (Film)
- Kara Walker (Artist)
- Patrick Waldemar (Artist)
Full episode: https://www.funnyordie.com/call-and-response/2020/6/26/21304593/call-response-protesting-through-art-episode-9
Call & Response episode #10 recommendations from Deepa Iyer, Janelle James & Hanif Abdurraqib
- The Social Change Ecosystem Map (Deepa Iyer)
- “Solidarity Is This” (Podcast with Deepa Iyer)
- Octavia E. Butler (American science fiction author)
- Black Monday” on Showtime
- GEN Mag – A Medium publication about politics, power, and culture
- Money Heist (TV series)
- Gracie & Frankie (TV series)
- The Great Debate (TV series)
- Scare Package (Collection of Horror Films)
- “Secret Skin” Podcast with Open Mike Eagle
Full episode: https://www.funnyordie.com/call-and-response/2020/6/29/21307101/call-and-response-play-your-part-rolling-with-the-movement
