{"podcast":{"title":"Messy Liberation: Feminist Conversations about Politics and Pop Culture","slug":"messy-liberation-feminist-conversations-about-politics-and-pop-culture-6952884","podcast_index_feed_id":6952884,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/messyliberation","website_url":"https://beckymollenkamp.com/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/hf82SlIn9KCiQrra2GrZM-lS6DmiRHTQ0jtE9GBT_lc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mMmU0/NjgyMWQ2YWYxMDE4/MTE0ZGIzY2I3MDEx/MTlhYS5wbmc.jpg","author":"Becky Mollenkamp","episode_count":111,"summary":"Join feminist coaches Taina Brown and Becky Mollenkamp for casual (and often deep) conversations about business, current events, politics, pop culture, and more. We’re not perfect activists or allies! These are our real-time, messy feminist perspectives on the world around us. This podcast is for you if you find yourself asking questions like: • Why is feminism important today? • What is intersectional feminism? • Can capitalism be ethical? • What does liberation mean? • Equity vs. equality — what's the difference and why does it matter? • What does a Trump victory mean for my life? • What is mutual aid? • How do we engage in collective action? • Can I find safety in community? • What's a feminist approach to ... ? • What's the feminist perspective on ...?","last_synced_at":"2026-06-23T02:19:01.342158+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/messy-liberation-feminist-conversations-about-politics-and-pop-culture-6952884"},"episode":{"title":"Punching Up vs. Punching Down: What the Kevin Hart Roast Reveals About Power","slug":"punching-up-vs-punching-down-what-the-kevin-hart-roast-reveals-about-power","published_at":"2026-05-18T15:10:52+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/messy-liberation-feminist-conversations-about-politics-and-pop-culture-6952884/punching-up-vs-punching-down-what-the-kevin-hart-roast-reveals-about-power","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/messy-liberation-feminist-conversations-about-politics-and-pop-culture-6952884","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/05b63d98","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/05b63d98/fb4e40af.mp3","summary":"Get \"Liberate Your Business\" by Becky Mollenkamp https://liberateyourbusiness.com/ Becky Mollenkamp and Taina Brown unpack the controversy around the Kevin Hart roast, exploring why comedy that punches down reinforces harmful power dynamics. They discuss how roasts, jokes about women's bodies, and casual misogyny contribute to a larger cultural moment where rights and representation are being systematically stripped away—and why pushing back matters now more than ever. In This Episode, We Get Into: Why roasts make us uncomfortable (and why that matters) The difference between punching up, punching laterally, and punching down in comedy How jokes about women's bodies and Black women's intelligence don't exist in a vacuum The connection between rape culture humor and the loss of reproductive rights Why \"it's just a joke\" is never just a joke when power dynamics are at play How comedy can either challenge or reinforce oppressive systems The importance of asking \"what's funny about that?\" when jokes cross the line Why people with privilege need to be the ones speaking up in rooms where marginalized people are the target How cultural moments like this contribute to the normalization of racism, misogyny, and authoritarianism Ways to push back without being aggressive—and why it matters 🎤 JOIN US IN THE FEMINIST PODCASTERS COLLECTIVE: http://feministpodcastcollective.com/","meta_description":"Get \"Liberate Your Business\" by Becky Mollenkamp https://liberateyourbusiness.com/ Becky Mollenkamp and Taina Brown unpack the controversy around the Kevi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2508,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/messy-liberation-feminist-conversations-about-politics-and-pop-culture-6952884/episodes/punching-up-vs-punching-down-what-the-kevin-hart-roast-reveals-about-power/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/messy-liberation-feminist-conversations-about-politics-and-pop-culture-6952884/punching-up-vs-punching-down-what-the-kevin-hart-roast-reveals-about-power.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}