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Dan & Manny are joined by Dr. J.L. Adolph , Ph.D. in English/African Diaspora Studies, to put the 1995 John Singleton classic Higher Learning to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
Content Warning
This episode deals with discussions of sexual violence & rape, gun violence, & racial violence.
On our 4-year podiversary, we're dropping a hybrid Nostalgia Test/Nostalgia 101 episode. We are so honored to have Dr. J.L. Adolph on the show to guide, add scholastic depth, & mix it up with for the Higher Learning episode. We talk about the complex issues of campus violence (racial & sexual), the role of toxic masculinity in the movie, how director John Singleton was inspired by his experience's at USC to make this film, sexual identity, generational gaps between students and professors, Ice Cube, and so much more!
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Dr. J.L. Adolph is an accomplished scholar and educator with a Ph.D. in English/African Diaspora Studies from the University of Missouri-Columbia, where he completed a dissertation on Fatherhood Narratives in Hip-hop Lyricism in 2018. He also holds an MA from the same institution and a BA in English with a minor in Africana Studiesfrom Central Missouri State University. Dr. Adolph leverages hip-hop culture to educate and empower at-promise youth and families with trauma histories. As an English professor, he employs innovative communication methods to explore urban male parenting in contemporary America. His keynote speeches and the interactive online series DadCypher Edutainment challenge negative perceptions of hip-hop culture and African-American fatherhood. As a media literacy specialist, he empowers marginalized inner-city fathers and works to reshape mainstream narratives of African-American fatherhood. Dr. Adolph creates transformative experiences for educators, helping them guide at-risk students toward healing through hip-hop therapeutic writing. Currently, he teaches at Georgia State University - Perimeter College.
Check out Dr. J.L.'s Courses: Dadcypheredutainment.com
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The intro and outro music ('Neon Attack 80s') is by Emanmusic.
The other music ("ABCD") is by Pudge. Any other music you hear, The Nostalgia Test Podcast does not own.
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