Listen "Episode 140: Gentrification Is Inevitable & Other Lies w/ Leslie Kern"
Episode Synopsis
Philip spends time with author and educator Leslie Kern discussing her latest book Gentrification is Inevitable & Other Lies. In their conversation they explore the ways in which the harms of gentrification are rooted in several overlapping systems and how to identify and work against the lies of gentrification inevitability.
The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and creative musings.
Philip’s Drop:
Black Reconstruction in America – WEB Dubois (https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Black-Reconstruction-in-America-1860-1880/W-E-B-Du-Bois/9780684856575)
Reconstruction – Eric Foner (https://www.harpercollins.com/products/reconstruction-updated-edition-eric-foner?variant=32116709523490)
Leslie’s Drop: Sons of Elsewhere
Elamin Abdelmahmoud (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/611405/son-of-elsewhere-by-elamin-abdelmahmoud/) Special Guest: Leslie Kern.
The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and creative musings.
Philip’s Drop:
Black Reconstruction in America – WEB Dubois (https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Black-Reconstruction-in-America-1860-1880/W-E-B-Du-Bois/9780684856575)
Reconstruction – Eric Foner (https://www.harpercollins.com/products/reconstruction-updated-edition-eric-foner?variant=32116709523490)
Leslie’s Drop: Sons of Elsewhere
Elamin Abdelmahmoud (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/611405/son-of-elsewhere-by-elamin-abdelmahmoud/) Special Guest: Leslie Kern.
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