Logo for All Rev'd Up

All Rev'd Up

The Revs

All Rev’d Up explores where faith intersects politics and culture. Reverend Irene Monroe and Reverend Emmett G. Price III (AKA "The Revs") come from different black faith perspectives, they’re of different generations, they hail from different parts of the country, and they come together in this podcast to talk about faith in a different way. They don’t always agree, but they always hear each other out. Dive into conversations around race, faith, and this week’s headlines with The Revs every other Wednesday. When something happens in the world, you want their take on it.

Copyright 2019 WGBH Educational Foundation

All Rev’d Up explores where faith intersects politics and culture. Reverend Irene Monroe and Reverend Emmett G. Price III (AKA "The Revs") come from different black faith perspectives, they’re of different generations, they hail from different parts of the country, and they come together in this podcast to talk about faith in a different way. They don’t always agree, but they always hear each other out. Dive into conversations around race, faith, and this week’s headlines with The Revs every other Wednesday. When something happens in the world, you want their take on it.

Copyright 2019 WGBH Educational Foundation
29hr 52min
Thumbnail for "Drake v. Lamar".
May 15, 202428min 38sec
Thumbnail for "Line Dance Culture".
Why does Black Culture have a thing for line dancing?
June 26, 202420min 34sec
Thumbnail for "Celebrating Juneteenth".
How has the Holiday Changed Since Federalization?
June 5, 202425min 33sec
Thumbnail for "Women's Basketball".
Will they finally get the recognition they deserve?
May 1, 202429min 6sec
Thumbnail for "Black Country Roots".
Are Black and Country Music Synonymous?
April 17, 202428min 36sec
Thumbnail for "Is DEI Dead?".
DEI is diminishing in America...
March 27, 202428min 46sec
Thumbnail for "Big D, Small d: Democracy".
How much longer will the struggle for democracy last?
March 13, 202426min 42sec
Thumbnail for "No More Gatekeepers".
Will We Have to Continue Paving Our Own Way?
February 28, 202427min 28sec
Thumbnail for "Happy Birthday, Hip Hop!".
How'd you celebrate hip hop's 50th?
August 23, 202329min 33sec
Thumbnail for "NAACP Comes to Town".
After Returning to Boston, can the org [continue to] make strides?
August 9, 202324min 41sec
Thumbnail for "Affirmative Inaction".
How Will Supreme Court Erasure Impact Future Black Students?
July 12, 202326min 1sec
Thumbnail for "Juneteenth and Black Erasure".
How can we celebrate Black emancipation in 2023?
June 14, 202323min 15sec
Thumbnail for "Black Roots of Memorial Day".
Did you know Memorial Day was started by Black people?
May 29, 202324min 29sec
Thumbnail for "Good Samaritan, or Murderer?".
How can the two be differentiated?
May 10, 202325min 44sec
Thumbnail for "Knocking on the Wrong Door While Black".
Will Black People Have to Keep Knocking in Fear?
April 26, 202325min 33sec
Thumbnail for "The Tennessee Three".
Why are we punished for giving our opinion?
April 12, 202325min 6sec
Thumbnail for "Kamala Harris Extends Her Duties to the Motherland".
Will Madame VP Continue to be Scrutinized Throughout This Term?
March 29, 202322min 49sec
Thumbnail for "The Embrace: Black History Month Special".
Embracing our past and present – even when others don't
February 15, 202325min 50sec
Thumbnail for "The Highs and Lows of 2022".
Will we see a rise in 2023's America?
December 21, 202227min 46sec
Thumbnail for "Is Boston Still the "Most Racist City?"".
Deep diving into the Commonwealth's history – and future
December 7, 202230min 27sec
Thumbnail for "The Season of Gratitude".
Being Grateful Before, During and After Thanksgiving
November 23, 202225min 25sec
Thumbnail for "The Impact of Our Vote".
How Important are the Elections to Society?
November 9, 202227min 17sec
Thumbnail for "Behind the Podcast: a Conversation with Co-Producer Kavontae Smalls".
The Revs Discuss Their Producer's Career Beyond All Rev'd Up
October 19, 202229min 10sec
Thumbnail for "Behind the Podcast: a Conversation with Co-Producer Kyla L. Wright".
The Revs Discuss Their Producer's Career Beyond All Rev'd Up
October 5, 202231min 4sec
Thumbnail for "Why Do We Obsess Over Kim Kardashian?".
Is the influencer a millionaire because of Black appropriation?
September 21, 202220min 28sec
Thumbnail for "Will Queen Serena Continue to Receive Her Flowers?".
Post-"Evolution" from Tennis, the "GOAT"'s name should still be ringing in ears.
September 7, 202220min 54sec
Thumbnail for "The Geopolitics of being Brittany Griner".
Is BG simply a political pawn?
August 24, 202223min 38sec
Thumbnail for "Roe v. Wade and its Impact on Black Folks".
How the overturn affects Black bodies
July 20, 202222min 55sec
Thumbnail for "BHM 2022: Still Overcoming".
Overcoming in America beyond February
February 23, 202226min 27sec
Thumbnail for "The Way We Speak: Black Vernacular".
Do you REALLY feel me?
December 8, 202129min 6sec
Thumbnail for "Ahmaud Arbery: is this justice?".
Could the legal system be moving in the right direction?
December 1, 202124min 59sec
Thumbnail for "Rittenhouse: Villain or Vigilante?".
Some say the teen is a hero, some say he isn't...
November 24, 202131min 3sec
Thumbnail for "Passing: We All Do It".
What Do You "Pass" As?
November 17, 202125min
Thumbnail for "The Consumption of Black Manhood in Hip-Hop".
Is Black Manhood Truly Monolithic?
November 10, 202125min 57sec
Thumbnail for "Why Did I Get Married?".
What Marriage is...and Isn't
November 3, 202125min 40sec
Thumbnail for "Dave Chapelle's 'The Closer': Comedy or Hate Speech?".
Will this special be the end for Chapelle?
October 27, 202125min 31sec
Thumbnail for "In honor of the real MVP: Melvin Van Peebles".
Remembering MVP, and "Sweetback," 50 years later
October 20, 202124min 16sec
Thumbnail for "Black Women, The Black Church and R. Kelly".
Will the Black community continue to give Kelly a pass?
October 13, 202127min 58sec
Thumbnail for "Why give thanks during a pandemic?".
Why showing appreciation amid COVID is important
June 30, 202126min 53sec
Thumbnail for "What Does It Mean to be Black and Free?".
Dissecting Black Freedom in 2021
June 16, 202126min 51sec
Thumbnail for "Tulsa Massacre: An American Dream Decimated".
What's changed in 100 years?
June 2, 202129min 30sec
Thumbnail for "Blackness and Cultural Appropriation Pt. II".
The Rev's aren't quite finished with this topic...
May 19, 202127min 40sec
Thumbnail for "Blackness and Cultural Appropriation".
Is it appreciation... or appropriation?
May 5, 202129min 44sec
Thumbnail for "Black Sexuality: Don’t Ask Don’t Tell".
Why is sexuality hush hush, in the Black church and community?
April 21, 202125min 44sec
Thumbnail for "Black Parenting: The joys and challenges".
Let's talk the cycle that is Black parenting
April 7, 202126min 38sec
Thumbnail for "Black Utopias".
In this episode of All Rev’d Up, The Revs ask, ‘Can Black utopias unseen invigorate contemporary political thought, and possibly create a post-racist future?’
March 24, 202131min 37sec
Thumbnail for "How we live our lives, one year later".
365 days since COVID hit the US, how are we, as a country still managing?
March 10, 202126min 12sec
Thumbnail for "The Black Church: Reimagining Our Story and Our Song".
How do we view the Black church, now and will it change, post-COVID?
February 24, 202128min 10sec
Thumbnail for "This IS who we are".
Amid constant racism in America, is this what the US is?
January 18, 202129min 5sec
Thumbnail for "Why Representation [Still] Matters".
What is the importance of seeing Black faces on the big screen?
December 16, 202028min 44sec
Thumbnail for "Surviving the COVID Seasonal Blues".
How to keep the faith through the dual holiday and pandemic season
December 2, 202027min 46sec
Thumbnail for "Reclaiming Our Time".
How can we, as Black Americans, take back OUR time?
November 18, 202028min 59sec
Thumbnail for "Where Do We Go from Here, Redux".
Election season, COVID-19...how do we heal America?
November 4, 202027min 30sec
Thumbnail for "Voter Supression".
How are Black people still the target of voter suppression?
October 21, 202024min 35sec
Thumbnail for "Should Black people trust medical trials?".
From the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, to COVID-19, how at ease should – or shouldn't we be?
October 7, 202026min 6sec
Thumbnail for "Grieving During a "Twindemic"".
As Black America wrestles with two pandemics: racism and COVID-19 – The Revs explore the stigmas, practices and celebration.
September 23, 202022min 39sec
Thumbnail for "Black Agency and Influence".
Black Agency and Influence
September 9, 202031min 6sec
Thumbnail for "Kamala Harris, First Black Woman".
Kamala Makes History
August 26, 202028min 45sec
Thumbnail for "Season Two: We're Back!".
Emmett and Irene return for another season and discuss their hopes for the podcast.
August 12, 20202min 4sec
Thumbnail for "A New Chapter For Tyler Perry".
The Revs discuss Tyler Perry's new studio, and his enduring legacy on popular and African American culture.
November 13, 201927min 59sec
Thumbnail for "A Conversation with Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley".
Emmett and Irene spend some time with Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley
October 30, 201925min 25sec
Thumbnail for "Kanye, The Evangelist".
On today's episode, Emmett and Irene look at Kanye West's Sunday Services, the rapper's newest venture in self-promotion
October 16, 201924min 30sec
Thumbnail for "The N-Word".
In this episode, The Revs ask:Is there a proper use of the N-word?
October 2, 201924min 28sec
Thumbnail for "Politics In The Pulpit".
On today's episode, The Revs explore the role of the church and it’s leaders’ place in American politics. Can we separate church and state?
September 18, 201924min 58sec
Thumbnail for "Are We In A "Cold Civil War"?".
In episode 5, The Revs discuss the concept of a new "cold civil war" that seems to have taken hold of our country.
September 4, 201924min 12sec
Thumbnail for "Hoping and Waiting for Reparations".
In this episode, The Revs discuss reparations and what it means as we remember the arrival of the first Africans 400 years ago.
August 21, 201920min 9sec
Thumbnail for "Thou Shall (Not) Forgive".
In this episode, The Revs talk about forgiveness related to recent news about the Eric Garner incident on Staten Island, NY.
August 7, 201923min 22sec
Thumbnail for "What is "Black enough"?".
Is the one drop rule still in effect? On this episode, The Revs talk about defining blackness and identity after recent remarks questioning Sen. Kamala Harris’ blackness
July 24, 201919min 49sec
Thumbnail for "What Do They See When They See Us?".
On their first episode, the Revs delve into “When They See Us,” a Netflix dramatization of the story of the Central Park Five and the poignant question it poses: What do they see when they see us? And who, exactly, is the “they?”
July 10, 201925min 16sec
Thumbnail for "All Rev'd Up First Listen".
All Rev'd Up is coming soon!
June 19, 20191min 47sec

Drake v. Lamar

Thumbnail for "Drake v. Lamar".
May 15, 202428min 38sec

Tupac and Biggie. Lil' Kim and Nicki Minaj. Now Drake and ...what seems like everyone. Kendrick Lamar is the latest rapper to go bar for bar with Mr. OVO and fans are wondering: is it over? Is this the rap battle of rap battles? Are they promoting violence? The Revs answer this and more in this week's episode.