Justin Chang
speaker
1,518 appearances
49 recordings
2 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 6d ago
Justin Chang’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Fresh Air · ‘The Dog Stars’ novelist Peter Heller / Remembering rock critic Dave Marsh · 21 Aug 2026
podcast
Set mostly in the hours following a sexual assault, the movie was full of sharp, damning insights into how America's healthcare and law enforcement systems routinely fail black women.
In their second feature, Dreams and Nightmares, Ford has lightened the mood and loosened the tension.
This is a warm, sprawling, sweetly bickersome comedy drama about a group of close friends who at a turning point in their lives decide to hit the road together.
But Ford remains focused on the physical and emotional well-being of their characters.
In this case, four queer black friends in their mid-thirties.
The one we get to know best is Z.
A Los Angeles based writer, played by Danae Benton from the Gilded Age.
who's just been laid off from her job as a professor.
By unhappy coincidence, Z's Brooklyn based friend Tasha, played by Sasha Comper, was
Loses her consulting gig around the same time.
On a whim, Z flies to New York to hang with Tasha and their friend Lauren, played by Desi Bing.
From there, the three hop in a car and drive west to Iowa City, to visit their friend Kell, who's an artist.
Cal hasn't returned the group's texts and calls in a while.
And they want to make sure that they're okay.
Despite the last minute decision,
Lauren, Tasha, and Z embark on their trip with a sense of purpose and a measure of caution.
They know they'll have to be on alert, especially when traveling outside major cities.
Early on, too, Lauren insists that whenever possible, the three of them will eat only at black owned restaurants.
At one such eatery, they sit down at a table and find a cup filled with strips of paper.
Each one printed with a conversation starting question.
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