Left of Black has promoted the careers of a generation of ‘Blackademics.’ Every time I have appeared on the show has been a blessing. Mark Anthony Neal is a brilliant interlocutor who can get down with the theory heads as well as the house heads and not miss a beat! Every episode is sheer joy and enlightenment.

[Host] Mark Anthony Neal brought a high level of care and empathy to our conversation, making it easier for me to talk about such difficult topics as race, fatherhood, and masculinity. Our conversation, as well as questions and comments from the very tuned-in audience, reframed the way I think and talk about these topics now.

I’ve been a longtime viewer of Left of Black. I started watching the show from its very beginning in 2010. I was a new professor starting my first job at Muhlenberg College. As the only Black faculty, Left of Black was incredibly important to connect me with a wide range of Black Studies scholars who were engaged in a variety of different topics. It allowed me to then figure out where my research fit in a larger ecosystem of Black Studies.