Sip & Politic
Join hosts, Carla Marie Davis and Joy Malonza, as they explore difficult political topics from a leftist, intersectional perspective. The show challenges conventional wisdom and empowers us all to play an active role in ushering in a transformative shift centering equity and justice. So grab a drink, and pull up a seat at the table. You've arrived at your new political home.
Episodes
27 episodes
Billionaires are not people, my friend
This week Carla and Joy discuss the Oceangate submersible implosion. Join along as they explore the ethics around feelings of schadenfreude when billionaires die, the reasons capitalists despise the regulations that keep us safe, th...
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The Tipping Point
This week Carla and Joy discuss the exploitative playground that is the service industry. Join along as they explore the origins of tipping, the propaganda that justifies the mistreatment of workers in this space, models for a more just service...
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1:32:22
Flewed Out, Ethically
This week Carla and Joy are back after a brief hiatus! With summertime quickly approaching and vacation planning underway for many, it's the perfect time to discuss the politics of travel. What is the link between colonialism and mass tourism? ...
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Housing is a human right - a radical idea! (pt. 2)
This week Carla and Joy complete their two week exploration of the housing crisis, and the IMBY (in my backyard) movements. Does the YIMBY movement truly stand in opposition to the NIMBY movement, or are they two sides of the same coin? Is ther...
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Housing is a human right - a radical idea! (pt. 1)
This week Carla and Joy are back in their microseries bag - this time taking on our long-standing housing crisis. What happens when you treat housing as a tool for profit making rather than a right? How did the real estate lobby contribute to t...
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Surprise - you're working class too!
This week Carla and Joy discuss the recent layoffs in the tech industry. Join along as they challenge conventional wisdom on who is and who isn't part of the working class, and explore the ways in which tech companies are hostile to organizing ...
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1:11:38
Your fave civil rights leaders were anti-capitalists
Welcome to season 2 of Sip & Politic! For this inaugural episode of 2023, Carla and Joy honor Black History Month and its theme of Black Resistance by discussing the sanitization of our Black leaders' legacies. This sanitizatio...
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What's Up with the World Cup? (pt. 2)
This week Carla and Joy venture on part two of their discussion surrounding Qatar and the World Cup.Whereas last week's episode laid the groundwork and provided context on how we arrived at this moment, this week they are fully in their ...
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What's Up with the World Cup? (pt. 1)
This week Carla and Joy are back in their micro-series bag, this time discussing the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Politics and sports have been inextricably linked since the dawn of time, and that is certainly the case with this quadrennial event. ...
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1:01:04
Trickle Down Classism
This week Carla and Joy take on white privilege. Join along as they have a holistic discussion surrounding the multi-faceted nature of both privilege and oppression. Have thoughts/comments/reactions to this episode? We'd love to hea...
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1:07:31
Sitting Courtside with White Entitlement
This week Carla and Joy take on Affirmative Action and the disingenuous discourse that often surrounds it. Join along as they explore how race conscious holistic review in college admissions TRULY works, who some of the greatest beneficia...
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1:06:14
Conservatives in Kitten Heels
This week Carla and Joy discuss the rise of femininity coaches. Under the guise of women's empowerment, they promote repackaged conservative rhetoric which only serves to reinforce archaic, rigid gender roles. Join along as they discuss how thi...
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Real Men Die on the Job
This week Carla and Joy discuss the myriad of ways that hegemonic masculinity harms men. Contrary to conservative men's rhetroic around the dangers of feminism, the real culprit for their woes is the trinity of interlocking systems of opp...
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1:22:19
808s & Abortion Myths
This week Carla and Joy embark on a myth-busting mission against this supposed abortion-Black genocide connection. In the midst of a 2-week flurry of bigoted remarks, Kanye West alluded to the idea that abortion is a form of Black genocide; Ye ...
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Episode 13
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Women, life, freedom! (pt. 2)
This week Carla and Joy complete their two-part deep dive into Iran's complex social and political landscape in an effort to contextualize the protest movement that has ignited over the past several weeks. In this episode, they turn the m...
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Episode 12
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1:09:17
Women, life, freedom! (pt. 1)
This week Carla and Joy discuss the recent death of Jina (Mahsa) Amini in the custody of the Iranian morality police, which has invigorated a new protest movement in the country. In order to better understand the social and political environmen...
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Episode 11
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Champagne (socialist) Dreams
This week Carla and Joy explore the concept of champagne socialism. Is there an inherent contradiction in holding socialist politics and being rich? Can one navigate elite spaces without compromising their leftist beliefs? The pair take on thes...
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58:29
Radicalization Road (pt. 2)
This week Carla and Joy complete their two-part deep dive into radicalization, journeying through the what/when/where/how/why of right wing extremism. They discuss the facilitatory elements that push people into the right wing pipeline, some in...
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Episode 9
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1:03:25
Radicalization Road (pt. 1)
This week Carla and Joy embark on yet another two-part issue exploration — this time, on radicalization. They kick off the episode by sharing their journeys to becoming leftists, and round out the show by exposing the failures of our systems —&...
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Episode 8
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Desirability Politics > Pretty Privilege (pt. 2)
This week Carla and Joy complete their two-part exploration on the politics of desirability. The conversation exposes how beauty politics presents itself in everything from fascism and minimalism to the school to prison pipeline to the healthca...
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Episode 7
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1:22:10
Desirability Politics > Pretty Privilege (pt. 1)
This week Carla and Joy take on desirability politics in what is part 1 of a 2-part micro-series. Beginning with level setting on the inadequacy of the concept of "pretty privilege", they explore both the roots and structural implications of Be...
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Episode 6
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1:02:35
Abolish men with podcasts
This week Carla and Joy explore the systemic devaluing and exploitation of domestic labor. They discuss both paid and unpaid domestic work, and the ways in which capitalism and patriarchy (with the help of men with podcasts and femininity coach...
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Episode 5
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35:59
Defund demystified
This week Carla and Joy interrogate the institution of policing. They explore its failings to produce safety, its role - both historically and present day - in upholding white supremacy and capitalism, and alternatives that would create t...
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Episode 4
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46:51
Billionaires, Balenciaga, Birkins, oh my!
This week, Carla and Joy explore the tiktok-amplified “movement” of black girl luxury, and its deep ties to capitalism. Using BGL as an entry point to interrogate the exploitative and exclusionary nature of capitalism, they discuss the failings...
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Episode 3
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