Third Rail Eps 36: Family Affair, Living a Bed-Stuy Gentrification Story

This month we focus on 17-year-old Corinne Bobb-Semple’s reporting for the Radio Rookie series, not just as an act of journalism, but as something that springs from her family’s legacy of community entrepreneurship and civic action. We explore what it was like to discuss the intricacies of race, class and place in the Bobb-Semple home before, during and after Corinne shared her reporting and insights on gentrification in Central Brooklyn through the Rookies program.

Segment one: Family & Community

We discuss changes on Third Rail and introduce the Radio Rookies program. Our guests, Bed-Stuy residents – social entrepreneur, Crystal Bobb-Semple and student, Corinne Bobb-Semple – tell us about the family and community experience that led to Corinne’s piece for Radio Rookies.

Segment two: “Bed-Stuy The End of an Era”

We play Corinne Bobb-Semple’s piece about gentrification in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Co-produced by Brooklyn Deep and WNYC.

Segment 3: Can Black people be gentrifiers?                                                 We explore themes like Black versus White gentrifiers; what it means for the future Bed-Stuy and the Bobb- Semple family. We discuss the process of creating the piece and what the types of responses it may elicit from people.

Segment 4: “Tell ‘Em Why You Mad”                                                   

Is it sustainable for People of Color to create media, facilitate conversations, and be consumers?  Veralyn and Mark go head to head to discuss what about Corrine’s story gets them mad.

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