<![CDATA[The Watercooler]]>Tue, 01 Dec 2020 08:21:38 +0000Captivate.fmrrodriguez@blnow.org (Rich and Melody Rodriguez)https://artwork.captivate.fm/621edede-2a56-4f3f-8c54-db54c100f827/xgkg8rqcbymcmcw2kdp2ix-x.jpgThe WatercoolerRich and Melody Rodriguezrrodriguez@blnow.orgRich and Melody RodriguezThe Watercooler is a podcast hosted by Rich and Melody that often discusses those news topics that slide under the radar of the mainstream media. Our goal is to shine light on the challenges that the black and brown community faces on a daily basis, while providing insightful commentary and the occasional laugh or two.https://blnow.orgnoepisodicThe Watercooler: Episode 13The Watercooler: Episode 13Brandi Kennedy opens up to Melody about racial tension in her neighborhood and the ramifications it has had on her bi-racial family. <a rel="payment" href="https://blnow.org/index.php/donate/">Support this podcast</a>Brandi Kennedy opens up to Melody about racial tension in her neighborhood and the ramifications it has had on her bi-racial family.

]]>b70f8939-f76e-464f-836d-967617e6520bSun, 15 Nov 2020 11:30:00 -050040:13nofull13Brandi Kennedy opens up to Melody about racial tension in her neighborhood and the ramifications it has had on her bi-racial family.Rich and Melody RodriguezThe Watercooler: Episode 12The Watercooler: Episode 12Guests James, a Republican POC and Alain, a POC and BLM Leader from Stuart talk about politics and race in this interesting interview. <a rel="payment" href="https://blnow.org/index.php/donate/">Support this podcast</a>Guests James, a Republican POC and Alain, a POC and BLM Leader from Stuart talk about politics and race in this interesting interview.

]]>3371634c-8a14-4262-bfe3-81d51f7e7a49Sat, 14 Nov 2020 22:00:00 -050001:17:00yesfull12Guests James, a Republican POC and Alain, a POC and BLM Leader from Stuart talk about politics and race in this interesting interview.Rich and Melody RodriguezThe Watercooler: Episode 11The Watercooler: Episode 11Angelique Escobar is joined by a group of young adults to discuss current events and how it has impacted them. <a rel="payment" href="https://blnow.org/index.php/donate/">Support this podcast</a>Angelique Escobar is joined by a group of young adults to discuss current events and how it has impacted them.

]]>3611a518-25cf-4b49-a1d7-f6ad508b6236Fri, 23 Oct 2020 22:00:00 -050051:10nofull11Angelique Escobar is joined by a group of young adults to discuss current events and how it has impacted them.Rich and Melody RodriguezThe Watercooler: Episode 10The Watercooler: Episode 10Rich and Melody are joined by Tywanna and Jae to listen and comment on three different TED Talks related to race. How to deconstruct racism, one headline at a time | Baratunde Thurston: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZgkjEdMbSw Why I, as a black man, attend KKK rallies. | Daryl Davis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORp3q1Oaezw My descent into America's neo-Nazi movement &amp; how I got out | Christian Picciolini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSH5EY-W5oM <a rel="payment" href="https://blnow.org/index.php/donate/">Support this podcast</a>Rich and Melody are joined by Tywanna and Jae to listen and comment on three different TED Talks related to race.

How to deconstruct racism, one headline at a time | Baratunde Thurston: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZgkjEdMbSw

Why I, as a black man, attend KKK rallies. | Daryl Davis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORp3q1Oaezw

My descent into America's neo-Nazi movement & how I got out | Christian Picciolini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSH5EY-W5oM

]]>3466071f-f938-43d7-a289-7a6e5f954c76Thu, 15 Oct 2020 22:00:00 -050001:37:30nofull10Rich and Melody are joined by Tywanna and Jae to listen and comment on three different TED Talks related to race. How to deconstruct racism, one headline at a time | Baratunde Thurston: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZgkjEdMbSw Why I, as a black man, attend KKK rallies. | Daryl Davis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORp3q1Oaezw My descent into America's neo-Nazi movement and how I got out | Christian Picciolini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSH5EY-W5oMRich and Melody RodriguezThe Watercooler: Episode 09The Watercooler: Episode 09The admins of Black Lives Now sit down with some friends for an unstructured conversation on race, politics, family, and more. <a rel="payment" href="https://blnow.org/index.php/donate/">Support this podcast</a>The admins of Black Lives Now sit down with some friends for an unstructured conversation on race, politics, family, and more.

]]>1a490c8e-35ce-42b1-bbd0-ea7d9b0797b9Sun, 11 Oct 2020 22:00:00 -050001:34:01yesfull9The admins of Black Lives Now sit down with some friends for an unstructured conversation on race, politics, family, and more.Rich and Melody RodriguezThe Watercooler: Episode 08The Watercooler: Episode 08Rich and Melody are joined by Tywanna and her son Omar to discuss topics such as Jim Crow, the Tuskegee Syphilis experiment, Black sign language and implicit bias. Jim Crow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yJA7LdJNwU Tuskegee Syphilis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz4jE7huhMA Black ASL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXI_B-AuO3A Implicit Bias: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr8G7MtRNlk&amp;t=100s <a rel="payment" href="https://blnow.org/index.php/donate/">Support this podcast</a>Rich and Melody are joined by Tywanna and her son Omar to discuss topics such as Jim Crow, the Tuskegee Syphilis experiment, Black sign language and implicit bias.

Jim Crow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yJA7LdJNwU

Tuskegee Syphilis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz4jE7huhMA

Black ASL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXI_B-AuO3A

Implicit Bias: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr8G7MtRNlk&t=100s

]]>dc5686c0-4ac1-4f4e-93b1-7e99c7930f78Thu, 08 Oct 2020 22:00:00 -050001:22:51yesfull8Rich and Melody are joined by Tywanna and her son Omar to discuss topics such as Jim Crow, the Tuskegee Syphilis experiment, Black sign language and implicit bias. Jim Crow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yJA7LdJNwU Tuskegee Syphilis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz4jE7huhMA Black ASL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXI_B-AuO3A Implicit Bias: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr8G7MtRNlkandt=100sRich and Melody RodriguezThe Watercooler: Episode 07The Watercooler: Episode 07Melody is joined by Angel to stream and comment on the Vice Presidential debate that took place on 10/07/20. <a rel="payment" href="https://blnow.org/index.php/donate/">Support this podcast</a>Melody is joined by Angel to stream and comment on the Vice Presidential debate that took place on 10/07/20.

]]>da458fa5-672f-4f14-b9a5-c0970ce83e4eWed, 07 Oct 2020 22:00:00 -050001:37:46nofull7Melody is joined by Angel to stream and comment on the Vice Presidential debate that took place on 10/07/20.Rich and Melody RodriguezThe Watercooler: Episode 06The Watercooler: Episode 06Rich and Melody are joined by Tywanna to dicuss how to become a better ally to black and brown folks. <a rel="payment" href="https://blnow.org/index.php/donate/">Support this podcast</a>Rich and Melody are joined by Tywanna to dicuss how to become a better ally to black and brown folks.

]]>fbeb282e-aead-4506-92e7-9d137776d5f4Sat, 03 Oct 2020 22:00:00 -050056:55nofull6Rich and Melody are joined by Tywanna to dicuss how to become a better ally to black and brown folks.Rich and Melody RodriguezThe Watercooler: Episode 05The Watercooler: Episode 05In this episode, we are joined by Sean Alexis and we play 'He Said, She Said'. News stories include children wearing Black Lives Matter masks to school, backlash from Gov. Ron DeSantis' latest order and Disney's latest addition to their Customer Service program. <a rel="payment" href="https://blnow.org/index.php/donate/">Support this podcast</a>In this episode, we are joined by Sean Alexis and we play 'He Said, She Said'. News stories include children wearing Black Lives Matter masks to school, backlash from Gov. Ron DeSantis' latest order and Disney's latest addition to their Customer Service program.

]]>6c8ace4d-b96c-4b06-a432-1d544c70d4b0Wed, 30 Sep 2020 22:00:00 -050043:47nofull5In this episode, we are joined by Sean Alexis and we play 'He Said, She Said'. News stories include children wearing Black Lives Matter masks to school, backlash from Gov. Ron DeSantis' latest order and Disney's latest addition to their Customer Service program.Rich and Melody RodriguezThe Watercooler: Episode 04The Watercooler: Episode 04In this episode, we discuss a teacher and other employees of companies being fired over wearing black lives related matter on their facemasks, the woman being dubbed as the 'online karen' yelling at a virtual teacher for discussing BLM and the recent outbreak of vehicles driving into protesters. <a rel="payment" href="https://blnow.org/index.php/donate/">Support this podcast</a>In this episode, we discuss a teacher and other employees of companies being fired over wearing black lives related matter on their facemasks, the woman being dubbed as the 'online karen' yelling at a virtual teacher for discussing BLM and the recent outbreak of vehicles driving into protesters.

]]>e4b0ff8d-dd8b-4ffd-a6f2-7cdd30c01d01Mon, 28 Sep 2020 22:00:00 -050029:45yesfull4In this episode, we discuss a teacher and other employees of companies being fired over wearing black lives related matter on their facemasks, the woman being dubbed as the 'online karen' yelling at a virtual teacher for discussing BLM and the recent outbreak of vehicles driving into protesters.Rich and Melody RodriguezThe Watercooler: Episode 03The Watercooler: Episode 03In this special edition episode, Rich and Melody are joined by numerous callers discussing the 'white bubble'...What that bubble entails and how to delflate it. <a rel="payment" href="https://blnow.org/index.php/donate/">Support this podcast</a>In this special edition episode, Rich and Melody are joined by numerous callers discussing the 'white bubble'...What that bubble entails and how to delflate it.

]]>3b14de30-bde8-4bd3-b1fb-218e132033d9Sat, 26 Sep 2020 22:00:00 -050001:19:36nofull3In this special edition episode, Rich and Melody are joined by numerous callers discussing the 'white bubble'...What that bubble entails and how to delflate it.Rich and Melody RodriguezThe Watercooler: Episode 02The Watercooler: Episode 02In this episode, Melody and Rich are joined by Sean Alexis to discuss news topics and are later joined by caller Orion Good to pontificate on black matters. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/costco-pulls-palmetto-cheese-founder-calls-black-lives-matter-terror-organization/ (Costco reportedly drops Palmetto Cheese after owner calls BLM a "terror organization") https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/louisville-police-major-antifa-blm-they-will-be-ones-washing-n1240993 (Louisville police major on antifa and BLM: 'They will be the ones washing our cars') https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/09/23/home-appraisal-bias-racism (Biracial Couple Gets Lower House Appraisal With Black Family Member Present) <a rel="payment" href="https://blnow.org/index.php/donate/">Support this podcast</a>In this episode, Melody and Rich are joined by Sean Alexis to discuss news topics and are later joined by caller Orion Good to pontificate on black matters.

]]>9adb1e13-9756-4e6c-929e-298d9fdd241cThu, 24 Sep 2020 22:00:00 -050001:02:58nofull2In this episode, Melody and Rich are joined by Sean Alexis to discuss news topics and are later joined by caller Orion Good to pontificate on black matters.Rich and Melody RodriguezThe Watercooler: Episode 01The Watercooler: Episode 01In this episode, we discuss the purpose of the podcast, fatigue amongst the population and the black lives movement and Gov. Ron DeSantis' latest order. <a rel="payment" href="https://blnow.org/index.php/donate/">Support this podcast</a>In this episode, we discuss the purpose of the podcast, fatigue amongst the population and the black lives movement and Gov. Ron DeSantis' latest order.

]]>d8eb4a5b-c091-4e87-b5e5-5291e0234fd2Tue, 22 Sep 2020 22:00:00 -050057:01nofull1In this episode, we discuss the purpose of the podcast, fatigue amongst the population and the black lives movement and Gov. Ron DeSantis' latest order.Rich and Melody Rodriguez