Social Justice Weirdos: Recent Episodes
LaNada Peppers
Comedic artists and weirdos Charley Macorn (they/she) and Lenny Peppers (she/her) talk about social justice through the lens of the baffling, unbelievable, and unknown. What happens when too-much education mixes with conspiracy theory?
Lenny breaks down how the character of a real life little girl named Matoaka came to be known as Pocahantas.
Charlie enlightens us about presidential assassination attempts have impacted the world.
Lenny and Charley get a little jazzy as we discuss the life and times of Native American jazz icon Mildred Bailey.
Charley talks Frankenstein and Lenny thinks it's about colonization just like everything else.
Lenny and Charley reminisce about previous episodes as they try to keep from freezing to death in a freezer.
Charley talks James Whale, director of Frankenstein. Possibly (and by 'possibly' I mean probably) the first in our deep dive on Frankenstein theory.
What do zombies and vampires have to do with presidents? Charley and Lenny dig in deep to figure it out.
Lenny and Charley get deep into the blues in this episode of Social Justice Weirdos. Find out about how the blues gave LGBTQ+ singers a place to sing their truth in early 20th century America.
We have come a long way from hosing down our kids with insect repellant while they swim. Charley tells us all about how Rachel Carson helped us realize that that was bad.
Lenny and Charley discuss Susan La Flesche Picotte-- one of America's first Native American female physicians.
Charley tells us about the adventures of Marsha P. Johnson and Lenny guesses their middle name WAY wrong.
Is your Walmart built in a Native American burial ground? Probably. Lenny and Charley explain it all on this week's Social Justice Weirdos.
Do you know who's life was really wild? Rae Bourbon, American entertainer and vaudeville performer, noted for their "outrageous" risqué monologues. Tune in as Charley and Lenny discuss.
Lenny and Charley talk about how seances influenced major changes to Native American policy in the mid-nineteenth century.
Charley and Lenny discuss the wild rollercoaster ride that is the life of Christine Jorgensen, an American woman who was the first person to become widely known in the United States for having sex reassignment surgery.
What does Bigfoot have to do with murdered and missing Indigenous peoples? Find out as Lenny and Charley dive into the mystery of the Alaskan Triangle and how the Sasquatch has taken the blame for Alaska's missing people for too long.