Podcasts Podcasts Season 12 Episode 5 | Afro-Nostalgia and Black Joy with Dr. Badia Ahad-Legardy Must the Black past always be a revision of racial trauma? Or is there more to the story of the African-Americans experience and the culture that has been built from… Read More Season 12 Episode 4 | The Golden Age of Jazz and Islam in America with Dr. Richard Brent Turner What is the interesting, yet too little explored, intersection between the golden age of jazz and Islam in the African American community? How did one inform and influence the other?… Read More Season 12 Episode 3 | Tina M. Campt on The Black Gaze in Art What is a Black gaze? Does it merely imply a world view held conjointly by those of African descent? Or is it a way of seeing that forces us to… Read More Season 12 Episode 2 | ‘The Dirty South’ with Valerie Cassel Oliver We all know the importance of Black artists at pointing to what’s wrong with our world through poignant critique or presenting a celebration of Black joy in their work. But… Read More Season 12 Episode 1 | Michael Eric Dyson on Performing Blackness in America Left of Black embarks on its twelfth season, amid the pandemic, to bring you conversations with the foremost minds in Black Studies from across academia and beyond. On this episode,… Read More Season 11 Episode 30 | Artist Carrie Mae Weems on RESIST COVID/Take 6! and the Role of the Artist How should an artist respond when bombarded by daily reminders of the gross in justices that tear at our fragile social fabric? Renowned and celebrated artist Carrie Mae Weems joins… Read More Season 11 Episode 29 | Black Fatherhood & HBCU Basketball with North Carolina Central University Head Coach LeVelle Moton In this very special episode of Left of Black. Host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal discusses Black fatherhood, HBCU basketball in the midst of COVID-19, and R&B legends… Read More Season 11 Episode 28 | The Sound of Afro South Asian Collaborations in Black Music with Elliott Powell When you think of hip-hop or R&B, how often do you hear the strings of a sitar being strummed in the background? In this episode of Left of Black, host… Read More Season 11 Episode 27 | Author Deesha Philyaw on The Secret Lives of Church Ladies How have black women had to move within the institution of the black church, maneuvering through the sometimes-toxic patriarchy and sexism that has contributed to their silence, while also living… Read More Season 11 Episode 26 | Davarian L. Baldwin and the Damage Universities Are Doing to American Cities We perceive universities as serving the greater good of providing education to our young people as they prepare to enter the workforce and contribute to society. But according to Professor… Read More Season 11 Episode 25 | Claudrena Harold on the Greats of Gospel Who were the greats of post-Civil Rights era Gospel music and have they gotten their due for the major contributions they have made to Black music? Who were the greats… Read More Season 11 Episode 24 | The Blues Foundation of Funk with Tony Bolden Funk, in both dance and in music, conveys a deep sincerity and honesty in communicating the emotional depth of the Black artist, from James Brown to Chaka Khan to Sly… Read More « Previous 1 … 5 6 7 8 9 … 53 Next »
