S4 E24 | Running Barefoot on Rocks: Dissidently Speaking, Part II with Brent Hamachek

The Dissidents

In the second of our two-part series, Jennifer Richmond and Winkfield Twyman, Jr. talk with Brent Hamachek about his book Dissidently Speaking. As self-proclaimed Dissidents in their own book, Letters in Black and White, Jen and Wink were excited to hear from Brent on how he defines “dissidently speaking.” In this episode, we work to define labels like “left,” and “right,” examine how we’ve co-opted terms (e.g. communism and liberalism), explore the manipulation of slogan words (e.g. marginalization and woke), discuss a variety of ethics, including objective ethics, “Tootsie Roll” ethics, and the “Golden Rule,” and emphasize the power of metaphor.

Join us for a conversation on how we can “sober up” from our conflict addictions and just… do better.

Podcast Resources: Dissidently Speaking, Brent Hamacheck: https://www.amazon.com/Dissidently-Speaking-Change-Words-War/dp/1962578089/ Letters in Black and White, Jennifer Richmond & Winkfield Twyman, Jr.: https://www.amazon.com/Letters-Black-White-Correspondence-America/dp/1634312368/ Black Enterprise, Or, How I Became Black, Winkfield Twyman, Jr.: https://twyman.substack.com/p/black-enterprise-magazine-or-how Yes, the Term “Far-Right” is Frequently Abused, Helen Pluckrose: https://substack.com/@helenpluckrose/p-147330524 Matthew Henson, This Week in Black History, Institute for Liberal Values: https://institute-for-liberal-values.circle.so/c/this-week-in-black-history/august-week-2 The Prince, Niccolo Michiavelli: https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Niccol%C3%B2-Machiavelli/dp/B08WZHBPW6/