Podcasts

Podcasts

Episode 20 | Brandon J. Manning on Black Satire

What have Black satirists been able to show and say about the political, cultural, and social landscape through the use of humor? Dr. Brandon J. Manning, Assistant Professor of Gender…

Episode 19 | Haiti and the Hispanic Caribbean with Vanessa K. Valdés

You cannot comprehensively unpack the history of the Western hemisphere without talking about Haiti and its crucial role in how the colonized world was shaped, especially after their victory over…

Episode 18 | Madam C. J. Walker & Black Philanthropy with Tyrone McKinley Freeman

Madam C.J. Walker is often lauded for the wealth she accumulated as a self-made entrepreneur in the emerging field of beauty care products for Black women, especially being the daughter…

Episode 17 | The Black Arts Movement of the South with James Smethurst

How did artistic expression originating from the South, particularly during the Civil Rights Era, influence and impact the broader Black arts movement across the country? Left of Black host and…

Episode 16 | Boyz n the Void: a mixtape to my brother with G’Ra Asim

What does it mean to be Black and punk? How does this intersection impact how African American youth express themselves while confronted with the expectations of society and community? G’Ra…

Episode 15 | The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound with Daphne A. Brooks

What is the deep cultural and intellectual work taking place in the sounds of Black feminist musical icons from Bessie Smith to Zora Neale Hurston to Beyoncé? For his episode…

Episode 14 | Black Utopias and the Mystical with Jayna J. Brown

Can the utopian model that is a common theme in science and speculative fiction also be a new way for Black people to rethink how to exist in a world…

Episode 13 | Black Women of the Southhampton Slave Revolt with Vanessa M. Holden

Nat Turner, a preacher and slave in Southhampton County, VA, organized a small group of loyal followers and mounted a terrific and terrorizing rebellion against the plantation system, killing around…

Episode 12 | Coloniality in the Financial Systems of the U.S. Virgin Islands with Tami Navarro

When you look at the U.S. Virgin Islands, you may think of it as a getaway destination.  However, this largely impoverished Black island U.S. territory has fallen prey to financial…

Episode 11 | How the Transatlantic Slave Trade Changed Black Age with Dr. Habiba Ibrahim

How are African Americans socialized in this society that redefines age, and by extension childhood, for those of enslaved descent? Black children are brutalized by a criminal justice system that…

Episode 10 | Confronting Misogynoir in Digital Spaces with Dr. Moya Bailey

Dr. Moya Bailey, Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Northwestern University, was the first to pen the term “misogynoir” in 2010 as a means of giving a…

Episode 9 | Erica R. Edwards on Black Women and U.S. Empire

We may think of the Civil Rights Era as having a certain end date somewhere in the early to mid-1970’s. However Black women have never left the battlefield in the…