The Watercooler: Recent Episodes
Rich and Melody Rodriguez
The Watercooler is a podcast hosted by Rich and Melody that often discusses those news topics that slide under the radar of the mainstream media. Our goal is to shine light on the challenges that the black and brown community faces on a daily basis, while providing insightful commentary and the occasional laugh or two.
Brandi Kennedy opens up to Melody about racial tension in her neighborhood and the ramifications it has had on her bi-racial family. Support this podcast
Guests James, a Republican POC and Alain, a POC and BLM Leader from Stuart talk about politics and race in this interesting interview. Support this podcast
Angelique Escobar is joined by a group of young adults to discuss current events and how it has impacted them. Support this podcast
Rich and Melody are joined by Tywanna and Jae to listen and comment on three different TED Talks related to race. How to deconstruct racism, one headline at a time | Baratunde Thurston: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZgkjEdMbSw Why I, as a black man, attend KKK rallies. | Daryl Davis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORp3q1Oaezw My descent into America's neo-Nazi movement & how I got out | Christian Picciolini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSH5EY-W5oM Support this podcast
The admins of Black Lives Now sit down with some friends for an unstructured conversation on race, politics, family, and more. Support this podcast
Rich and Melody are joined by Tywanna and her son Omar to discuss topics such as Jim Crow, the Tuskegee Syphilis experiment, Black sign language and implicit bias. Jim Crow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yJA7LdJNwU Tuskegee Syphilis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz4jE7huhMA Black ASL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXI_B-AuO3A Implicit Bias: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr8G7MtRNlk&t=100s Support this podcast
Melody is joined by Angel to stream and comment on the Vice Presidential debate that took place on 10/07/20. Support this podcast
Rich and Melody are joined by Tywanna to dicuss how to become a better ally to black and brown folks. Support this podcast
In this episode, we are joined by Sean Alexis and we play 'He Said, She Said'. News stories include children wearing Black Lives Matter masks to school, backlash from Gov. Ron DeSantis' latest order and Disney's latest addition to their Customer Service program. Support this podcast
In this episode, we discuss a teacher and other employees of companies being fired over wearing black lives related matter on their facemasks, the woman being dubbed as the 'online karen' yelling at a virtual teacher for discussing BLM and the recent outbreak of vehicles driving into protesters. Support this podcast
In this special edition episode, Rich and Melody are joined by numerous callers discussing the 'white bubble'...What that bubble entails and how to delflate it. Support this podcast
In this episode, Melody and Rich are joined by Sean Alexis to discuss news topics and are later joined by caller Orion Good to pontificate on black matters. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/costco-pulls-palmetto-cheese-founder-calls-black-lives-matter-terror-organization/ (Costco reportedly drops Palmetto Cheese after owner calls BLM a "terror organization") https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/louisville-police-major-antifa-blm-they-will-be-ones-washing-n1240993 (Louisville police major on antifa and BLM: 'They will be the ones washing our cars') https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/09/23/home-appraisal-bias-racism (Biracial Couple Gets Lower House Appraisal With Black Family Member Present) Support this podcast
In this episode, we discuss the purpose of the podcast, fatigue amongst the population and the black lives movement and Gov. Ron DeSantis' latest order. Support this podcast