Episode 160: “Buss It Wide Open Joe!”
It is L. Joy’s birthday! What other way to celebrate than to discuss #Civics, specifically THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS! As L. Joy has taught us, campaign season basically never ends so, she is bringing Clay Cane to the front of the class because he “ain’t never really gone,” to break down upcoming elections, how President Biden needs to “bussit wide open” for the people, and what you need to know about and get us prepared for midterms. And, her thoroughest girls, Lurie Daniel Favors and June Moses are here!
Our Guest:
Clay Cane is a New York City-based award-winning journalist, author, television personality, and documentary filmmaker. His work covers various topics: pop culture, sexuality, race, religion and social justice. Clay is the creator and director of the original documentary Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay in the Church, which earned a 2016 GLAAD Media Award nomination for Outstanding Digital Journalism. On February 24, 2016, The White House featured Clay Cane as a Black History Month speaker along with a screening of the documentary. Cane was also presented on a panel discussion, which focused on the film, faith, sexuality and the Black community. Clay is also the recipient of GMAD’s 2016 James Baldwin Revolutionary Award and the author of Live Through This: Surviving the Intersections of Sexuality, God and Race, which was released in June 2017. In November 2017, The Clay Cane Show launched on SiriusXM Urban View channel 126, which tackles the most controversial topics in the country with thought-leaders, politicians, activists and celebrities.
Clay’s commentary is heard on television networks such as MTV, ABC, MSNBC, FOX and CNN. He contributes to numerous print and online publications including CNN.com, The Washington Post and Gawker. He has interviewed various public figures including Vice President Kamala Harris, Sec. Pete Buttigieg, Michael Eric Dyson, Rev. Al Sharpton, Whoopi Goldberg, Beyoncé Knowles, Denzel Washington, Hilary Swank, Rihanna, Janet Jackson, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson, Jodie Foster, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Chris Rock, Tyler Perry, Diana Ross, Demi Moore, Issa Rae and others.
Clay is the co-editor and contributing writer of the 2012 anthology For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Still Not Enough: Coming of Age, Coming Out, and Coming Home. He also contributed to 2013's Where Did Our Love Go: Love and Relationships in the African-American Community.
Raised in both Washington State and Philadelphia, Clay’s diverse racial and socio-economic background has fueled him to consistently deliver edgy commentary and writing that provides sharp, witty, incisive and raw analysis on social justice as it relates to the current news cycle and our culture. He is a graduate from Rutgers University, Phi Beta Kappa, with a B.A. in English and African-American Studies.
The Clay Cane Show on SiriusXM Urban View channel 126 airs weekdays at 1 p.m. EST / 10 a.m. PST.
