The world has been talking about Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour lately, but not so much about the world music record that’s actually supporting it. Multihyphenate and long-time friend SueAnn Shiah joins this conversation about white artists using “ethic” sounds to revive their careers. They compare three world music records: Caedmon Call’s “Share the Well,” Ed Sheeran’s “Play,” and of course, Paul Simon’s “Graceland.” Stay for the Going/Not Going at the end (Jeffree Star trigger warning).

• SueAnn’s Socials: Instagram | Twitter | Bandcamp | Website
• World Music Wikipedia
• Graceland – Paul Simon
• Play – Ed Sheeran
• Share the Well – Caedmon’s Call
• ABAO
• Jewish Currents Podcast
• Circle of Life – Difang
• Taiwan Pasiwali Festival
• Colorful Wi, Adju Music Festival, First Musical event featuring indigenous LGBTIQ in the world

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In moonlight, Black boys still look blue, and Moonlight is getting a 4K glow-up for its 10th anniversary. Blake and Kashif unpack the film’s continued importance, offer a close reading of Moonlight‘s central themes, and discuss their first viewings. Chiron as the king of queer introverts. Beyoncé and ‘all that blue light.’ Nicholas Britell and scoring Black cinematic life. Bonus: Blake gives Kashif a gift that you’ll also enjoy…hopefully.

• Tarell Alvin McCraney’s In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue
• Beyoncé on Blue Light
• Nicholas Britell
• Local Business Spotlight: Asphalt Beach

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A culture podcast by two insufferable queer introverts in the South who really need to know who’s gonna be there before they commit to anything.

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Why on earth are prices so high at thrift stores? A year after the killing of Charlie Kirk and taxpayers’ unwitting role in the slew of 2025 firings. AI scientists need an old school whupping, not for what they’ve created but for what they actually haven’t. Gen Zers fantasize about millennial optimism, but are we (two millennials) sure we remember that? Stay for Going/Not Going, starring a very chesty male (hint: it’s *shockingly* not Jeremy Camp).

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About the show:
A culture podcast by two insufferable queer introverts in the South who really need to know who’s gonna be there before they commit to anything.

Instagram: @whosgonnabetherepod
TikTok: @whosgonnabetherepod