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Learnt Up

Lorraine DeGraffenreidt is a black person! Sarah Isaacson is a Jewish person! As it turns out, there's a lot of black and Jewish stuff that they don't know anything about -- and that makes them feel g... Read more

Ranked #1

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Cults!!!

Cults!!!

Did you guys know cults are super trendy right now? For this culty ep, Sarah gets learnt up on the ultra-Orthodox sect L... Read more

24 Apr 2018

54mins

Ranked #2

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Extra Credit: Bloods/Crips pt. 1

Extra Credit: Bloods/Crips pt. 1

Lorraine & Sarah break the Learnt Up mold to share stuff they learnt but didn't get to cover in past episodes. As di... Read more

25 Jul 2017

25mins

Ranked #3

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Sally Hemings and Chandra Levy

Sally Hemings and Chandra Levy

Lorraine and Sarah get learnt up on black and Jewish scandals!! On this episode, Lorraine digs into the herstory of Thom... Read more

5 Jun 2017

1hr 15mins

Ranked #4

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Chicken and Waffles and Pastrami Sandwiches

Chicken and Waffles and Pastrami Sandwiches

Lorraine and Sarah get their tastebuds learnt up! This episode brings you flavors stacked on flavors stacked on flavors ... Read more

20 Mar 2017

36mins

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Richard Pryor and Gilda Radner

Richard Pryor and Gilda Radner

Lorraine and Sarah get their giggles learnt up! In this episode Lorraine and Sarah try to impress their fathers by diggi... Read more

27 Mar 2017

39mins

Ranked #6

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Hennessy & Kosher Wine

Hennessy & Kosher Wine

Lorraine and Sarah get learnt up on booze! Join the gals as they explore what Hennessy means to black Americans and why ... Read more

17 Oct 2017

56mins

Ranked #7

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Extra Credit: Bloods/Crips pt. 2 and Orthodox Jews

Extra Credit: Bloods/Crips pt. 2 and Orthodox Jews

Lorraine & Sarah keep the study party going by sharing stuff they learnt but never got to include in official Learnt... Read more

1 Aug 2017

54mins

Ranked #8

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Breaking the Glass and Jumping the Broom

Breaking the Glass and Jumping the Broom

Lorraine and Sarah get learnt up on traditions! Turns out, both black and Jewish peeps do some wacky shit at weddings. S... Read more

4 Apr 2017

37mins

Ranked #9

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This Is America!

This Is America!

Lorraine and Sarah take a break from their usual programming to discuss the much-buzzed-about This is America music vide... Read more

15 May 2018

31mins

Ranked #10

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Blacks and Jews in LA!

Blacks and Jews in LA!

In 1850, a census reported 8 Jews and 12 black people living in Los Angeles. The next year, thrown by the traffic and ba... Read more

27 Mar 2018

58mins

Ranked #11

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Audre Lorde and Barbra Streisand

Audre Lorde and Barbra Streisand

It's pride month and Lorraine and Sarah are getting learnt up on black and Jewish gay icons! Sarah discovers living lege... Read more

12 Jun 2017

1hr 1min

Ranked #12

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Sanford and Son & Mary Tyler Moore Show

Sanford and Son & Mary Tyler Moore Show

Lorraine and Sarah get learnt up on sitcoms! Lorraine watches Sanford and Son, a groundbreaking show with a cantankerous... Read more

21 Nov 2017

45mins

Ranked #13

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Stereotypes

Stereotypes

Lorraine and Sarah get learnt up on stereotypes! And by "learnt up" we mostly mean "nervous to talk about" (although Sar... Read more

22 May 2017

50mins

Ranked #14

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Bugsy Siegel and Mutulu Shakur

Bugsy Siegel and Mutulu Shakur

Lorraine and Sarah get learnt up on gangsters! Pew pew! Get ready for some organized notes on organized crime. 2Pac's st... Read more

27 Jun 2017

58mins

Ranked #15

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Sharing the Shame with Ethnically Ambiguous Podcast

Sharing the Shame with Ethnically Ambiguous Podcast

Lorraine and Sarah welcome two world news savvy guests, Shereen Younes and Anna Hossnieh, from Ethnically Ambiguous Podc... Read more

7 Nov 2017

48mins

Ranked #16

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Eartha Kitt and Hedy Lamarr

Eartha Kitt and Hedy Lamarr

Lorraine and Sarah get learnt up on black and Jewish SEX GODDESSES. Bow down, world. Eartha Kitt and Hedy Lamarr were mo... Read more

8 May 2017

1hr 2mins

Ranked #17

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Allen Ginsberg and Langston Hughes

Allen Ginsberg and Langston Hughes

Lorraine and Sarah get learnt up on poetry! Sarah’s thoughts on Allen Ginsberg are just as cloudy and chaotic as Allen G... Read more

24 Apr 2017

54mins

Ranked #18

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Sharing the Shame with Dana Bell: Albert Einstein

Sharing the Shame with Dana Bell: Albert Einstein

Dear friend of the podcast, Dana Bell comes through to get learnt up on Albert Einstein’s life and many of his discoveri... Read more

5 Jun 2018

1hr 6mins

Ranked #19

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Ralph Baer and Frederick McKinley Jones

Ralph Baer and Frederick McKinley Jones

Lorraine and Sarah get learnt up on inventors! Do you like playing video games and not eating rotten meat? Then you have... Read more

24 Oct 2017

37mins

Ranked #20

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Invisible Man & Night

Invisible Man & Night

Lorraine and Sarah get learnt up on books! The Learnt Up hosts discuss Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man and Elie Wiesel's N... Read more

28 Nov 2017

36mins

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