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EPISODE 27: 78 Degrees of Separation

An 87-year-old on OnlyFans, a rose toy, and a conversation about sexuality and ageing that sets the tone perfectly for an episode about people minding everyone's business but their own. New York City asks residents to set their thermostats to 78 degrees during a heatwave. The GOP calls it socialism. The Trump administration scrubs energy conservation guidance from the DOE website. We are living in a time.

In this episode:

• Opening conversation - Brendan on sex toys; Vuyanzi on an 87-year-old on OnlyFans, her rose toy, and what it means to own your sexuality at any age
• Whose America Is It Anyway? - the Presidential Commission on Election Administration, appointed by Obama in 2013 to improve the voting experience, has been gutted; Marsha Blackburn crushes fortune cookies and talks tough on China while the U.S. still owes China money; NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani asks residents to set air conditioning to 78 degrees during a heatwave to prevent grid collapse - the GOP calls it socialism, the Trump administration deletes federal energy conservation guidance in response
• Lost in Translation - Vuyanzi on the cleaner in the club and what that interaction revealed; Brendan misgenders Jane's spouse and has to sit with that
• All Joy Matters - Queer Joy: spotting Njeri wa Migwi on the plane - Usikimye does great work; Black Joy: boots on the ground at the BBQ

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EPISODE 26: The Same Strange Fruit... Again.

Karmelo Anthony. 35 years. Nolan Wells. Trayvon Martin. Ahmaud Arbery. A 16-year-old from the DRC found hanging in early June. A 21-year-old in Georgia in February. Brendan and Vuyanzi sit with Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" - and the devastating reality that the song still applies. The question at the end of this episode is not rhetorical: where do we actually go from here?

In this episode:

• Opening conversation - Karmelo Anthony sentenced to 35 years; self-defence, race, and the justice system; Nolan's case
• Deep Dive - adultification of Black children; the pattern from Trayvon to Ahmaud to the names we don't hear enough; Black people going missing and being found dead like Nolan Wells and the silence that surrounds it; "Strange Fruit" and the bitter reality that this conversation has not moved as far as it should have
• The question - we keep repeating this. Where do we go from here?

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EPISODE 25: Foul Play

Dine Out for Democracy is happening, the U.S. has struck over 90 coastal targets in Iran after Trump ends the ceasefire, and the World Cup host nations just got knocked out of their own tournament in spectacular fashion. Oh, and Trump personally called FIFA to get a red card suspension overturned. Because of course he did.

In this episode:

• Opening conversation - Dine Out for Democracy lands as a DAKE event; the Strait of Hormuz, Iran, and a deal that keeps not happening; U.S. strikes as the ceasefire collapses
• Whose America Is It Anyway? - World Cup host nations eliminated: Canada 3-0 to Morocco, Mexico 3-2 to England, USMNT 4-1 to Belgium; FIFA rescinds a red card suspension for U.S. striker Folarin Balogun following direct pressure from President Trump; European MPs and global football critics are not having it. Also: the Knicks, Congo, and the fandoms that connect us
• Lost in Translation - Vuyanzi on belly culture, flat tummy obsession, and the quiet liberation of letting that go; Brendan on "I love seeing you enjoy our local foods" - compliment or something else entirely?
• All Joy Matters - Queer Joy: sleeping with a bag boy; Black Joy: watching New York City celebrate, Spike Lee, Mariska Hargitay and all

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About the show Kisses from Kenya is a social and cultural podcast produced by Democrats Abroad Kenya. It explores personal stories about race, queerness, culture, politics, and the experience of being American in Nairobi. The views expressed on this podcast do not represent the official positions of Democrats Abroad Kenya, Democrats Abroad global, or the Democratic Party.

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