About this episode

Indigenous scholar Jodi Byrd joins co-hosts Melanie Yazzie and Elena Ortiz to discuss Ryan Coogler's film Sinners in the first part of a two-part episode.

**Producer's note: This is the first half of a two-part episode. The second half will be available to patrons of Red Media and on YouTube channel for free. Sign up today for as little as $2 a month for access to all the great bonus content! RPH is back! Indigenous scholar Jodi Byrd joins co-hosts Melanie Yazzie and Elena Ortiz for another episode on Ryan Coogler's Sinners (2025) Watch the video edition on The Red Nation YouTube channel https://youtu.be/KUMpfJpzrOs Empower our work: GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/empower-red-medias-indigenous-content Subscribe to The Red Nation Newsletter: https://www.therednation.org/ Patreon https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

People in this episode

Hosts: Melanie Yazzie, Elena Ortiz

Guest: Jodi Byrd

Topics covered

• Indigenous scholarship
• film analysis
• cultural commentary
• Ryan Coogler
• Sinners
• podcast

Keywords

• Jodi Byrd
• Melanie Yazzie
• Elena Ortiz
• Sinners
• Ryan Coogler
• Indigenous
• podcast
• film analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Red Media, The Red Nation

Books & works: Sinners

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