Goethe-Institut San Francisco | 18:30 Uhr (PT)

Das Goethe-Institut San Francisco und das Thomas Mann House laden zu einer besonderen Listening Session zwischen der in Berlin lebenden Journalistin und Thomas Mann House Fellow 2024 Aida Baghernejad und dem in Oakland lebenden Journalisten Pendarvis Harshaw, in der sich die beiden über Popkultur und Politik, Hip-Hop und dem Gefängnissystem, den jüngsten und bevorstehenden Wahlen und dem Einfluss ihres städtischen Kontexts auf ihre journalistischen Stimmen austauschen.

*Diese Veranstaltung findet auf englischer Sprache statt*

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Aida Baghernejad is a journalist who studied media studies in Berlin, Barcelona, and London. Her work focuses on how cultural products such as music, film, and social media content influence the socio-political state of the world. In addition to numerous contributions for Die Zeit, Der Tagesspiegel, Missy Magazine, and others, she also co-hosts the podcast 55 Voices for Democracy, a collaboration between the Thomas Mann House, the Goethe-Institut, dublab radio, and the Los Angeles Review of Books.

Pendarvis Harshaw is an award-winning journalist from Oakland who writes about prisons, politics, hip-hop and all things impacting his Northern Californian community. He currently works in San Francisco at KQED, where he hosts the Rightnowish podcast and is the co-editor of BayAreaHipHop.com. You can reach him at @ogpenn on all platforms.