119. 🧑‍🎓Higher Learning (1995) w/ Dr. J.L. Adolph

The Nostalgia Test Podcast

Dan & Manny are joined by Dr. J.L. Adolph , Ph.D. in English/African Diaspora Studies, to put the 1995 John Singleton classic Higher Learning to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST!

Content Warning

This episode deals with discussions of sexual violence & rape, gun violence, & racial violence.

On our 4-year podiversary, we're dropping a hybrid Nostalgia Test/Nostalgia 101 episode. We are so honored to have Dr. J.L. Adolph on the show to guide, add scholastic depth, & mix it up with for the Higher Learning episode. We talk about the complex issues of campus violence (racial & sexual), the role of toxic masculinity in the movie, how director John Singleton was inspired by his experience's at USC to make this film, sexual identity, generational gaps between students and professors, Ice Cube, and so much more!

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Dr. J.L. Adolph is an accomplished scholar and educator with a Ph.D. in English/African Diaspora Studies from the University of Missouri-Columbia, where he completed a dissertation on Fatherhood Narratives in Hip-hop Lyricism in 2018. He also holds an MA from the same institution and a BA in English with a minor in Africana Studiesfrom Central Missouri State University. Dr. Adolph leverages hip-hop culture to educate and empower at-promise youth and families with trauma histories. As an English professor, he employs innovative communication methods to explore urban male parenting in contemporary America. His keynote speeches and the interactive online series DadCypher Edutainment challenge negative perceptions of hip-hop culture and African-American fatherhood. As a media literacy specialist, he empowers marginalized inner-city fathers and works to reshape mainstream narratives of African-American fatherhood. Dr. Adolph creates transformative experiences for educators, helping them guide at-risk students toward healing through hip-hop therapeutic writing. Currently, he teaches at Georgia State University - Perimeter College.

Check out Dr. J.L.'s Courses: Dadcypheredutainment.com

Some Episode Notes

• Higher Learning (Movie 1995)
• John Singleton
• Michael Rapaport
• Laurence Fishburne
• Regina King
• Tyra Banks
• Ice Cube
• Omar Epps
• Busta Rhymes
• Kristy Swanson
• Cole Hauser
• Jennifer Connelly
• University of Southern California
• Writing Remix Podcast
• Kids (Movie 1995)
• LA Riots
• Rodney King
• Malcom X (Movie 1992)
• Spike Lee
• Sidney Poitier
• PCU (Movie 1994)
• Friday (Movie 1995)
• SLC Punk! (Movie 1998)
• Van Wilder (Movie 2002)
• The Breakfast Club (Movie 1985)
• “Should Writers Use They Own English” by Dr. Vershawn Ashanti Young
• Trainspotting (Movie 1996)
• Ewan McGregor
• Boyz n The Hood (Movie 1991)
• American History X (Movie 1998)
• Y2K
• Leonardo DiCaprio
• Tori Amos
• Point Break (Movie 1991)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Columbine Shooting
• The Will To Change by bell hooks
• Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paolo Freire
• We Real Cool by bell hooks
• Ratchetdemic: Reimagining Academic Success by Dr. Chris Emdin
• Do The Right Thing (Movie 1989)
• The Last Dragon (Movie 1985)
• Half Baked (Movie 1998)

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