MMreads: Babel’s (magic) translation & colonization

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Modern Minorities

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MODERN MINORITIES is about minority voices for ALL OUR majority ears. That's right, solving racism with a podcast. Since 2019, we've been uncovering the stories, perspectives, and often unspoken truths about how all of us uniquely experience the world. It doesn’t matter where you’re from, the color of your skin, or who you love - this is a show about all of you, for all of us. Created by Raman Sehgal and Sharon Lee Thony, with lots of love and support from our many FrieMMds of the Pod - himom@modmypod.com

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MMreads: Babel’s (magic) translation & colonization

Modern Minorities

1 hour 1 minute 34 seconds

2 months ago

MMreads: Babel’s (magic) translation & colonization

“Translation — it's listening and understanding. It's trying to understand each other, trying to find some common ground, but understanding that there is a gap and that's okay, because we're all different.” There’s this really good book about a kid in England who gets into an elite school to learn the magic that can literally change the world. There’s friendship, betrayal, enchanted objects, and the fate of the world hanging in the balance. But we’re not talking about Hogwarts - this is Oxford. Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence by R.F. Kuang — might just be the most important story you’ll read this year. It’s what happens when a coming-of-age fantasy grows up — when instead of asking who gets to wield magic, it asks who built it, who profits from it, and who gets burned by it. By page 100, you'll start to hear the opening lines of Rage Against the Machine. It’s Harry Potter meets Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and so much more. Joining is longtime FrieMMd of the pod, and comic-book partner-in-crime Paresh Jha. LEARN MORE: BABEL (RF Kuang): goodreads.com/book/show/57945316-babel ARTICLE (New Yorker): The Otherworldly Ambitions of R. F. Kuang - newyorker.com/magazine/2025/08/25/the-otherworldly-ambitions-of-r-f-kuang MENTIONS SHOW: Andor (2022-25) - imdb.com/title/tt9253284/ POD: Empire S1 British East India Co) - podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/empire/id1639561921 POD: Revolutions S12 (Martian Revolution) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/revolutions/id703889772 INTERVIEW: Jon Stewart, Tony Gilroy (Andor), Mike Duncan (Revolutions Pod) - youtube.com/watch?v=SUUw-UfK64Q CHAR: Jason Todd (Robin 2) - wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Todd CHAR: Dick Grayson (Robin 1) - wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Grayson AUTHOR: Ta-Nehisi Coates - ta-nehisicoates.com/ INTERVIEW: Ezra Klein + Ta Nahesi Coats - youtube.com/watch?v=UaeoDlLNnok COMIC: Saga (2012 - ongoing) - wikipedia.org/wiki/Saga_(comics) FILM: The Devil’s Advocate (1997) - imdb.com/title/tt0118971/ FILM: Fight Club (1999) - imdb.com/title/tt0137523/ FILM: Star Trek V (1989): “I need my pain!” - youtube.com/watch?v=9ABLYnvpAso FILM: Equilibrium (2002):.imdb.com/title/tt0238380/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.