Podcasts Podcasts Season 11 Episode 11 | Black Girl Magic in Young Adult Speculative Fiction with Ebony Elizabeth Thomas Who were your favorite fictional characters growing up and how were the boundaries of your imagination set as a child? Dr. Ebony Elizabeth Thomas joined Left of Black host Mark… Read More Season 11 Episode 10 | Black Image Makers with Shawn Michelle Smith Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined by Shawn Michelle Smith as she discusses her latest publication, Photographic Returns: Racial Justice and the Time of Photography, which explores cutting edge Black… Read More Season 11 Episode 9 | André Brock, Jr. Discusses African American Cybercultures on the Web How do Black people show up online? And how does that digital presence contribute to vital conversations that, many times, can only happen in a virtual space? André Brock, Jr.,… Read More Season 11 Episode 8 | Dr. Shana L. Redmond on the Life and Impact of Paul Robeson Who was the first Black movie icon? Many would argue in favor of the unparalleled and unmatched Paul Robeson. Known for his immense presence on the silver screen and his… Read More Season 11 Episode 7 | Joshua M. Myers on the Howard University Protest of 1989 Student protests have become a part of campus life to gain equity and visibility from university administrators. The 1989 Howard University protests were no different in raising issues of the… Read More Season 11 Episode 6 | Black Women Rock n’ Roll Legends with Maureen Mahon When we think of rock n’ roll, we may not initially think of the pioneering Black women who blazed the first trails that established what we know of today as… Read More Season 11 Episode 5 | Lisa B. Thompson on Creating Black Theater Dr. Lisa B. Thompson, prolific author, award-winning playwright, Black scholar, and professor of African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, sat down with Left of… Read More Season 11 Episode 4 | Lavelle Porter on The Blackademic Life Scholars are all too familiar with academic writing in the university. But what about academic fiction? Moreover, what academic fiction was penned by notable Black writers, such as W.E.B. DuBois,… Read More Season 11 Episode 3 | Alisha Lola Jones on Gender Performances of Black Male Gospel Singers What should a man sound like when singing Gospel music in the Black church? What octave is just “too high” for a man to incorporate into his performance? The cultural… Read More Season 11 Episode 2: Derrick E. White and the Legacy of Black College Football During the time of Jim Crow segregation, HBCU’s have nurtured some of the brightest talent to be seen on the football field. From producing intensely competitive student athletes to employing… Read More Season 11 Episode 1: Keith Knight on Hulu’s New Series: WOKE Does being a Black artist necessitate being ‘woke’ and thus influencing the work that they produce? Cartoonist Keith Knight has attained newfound success with the new Hulu original series, “Woke,”… Read More Season 10 Episode 19 | Candice M. Jenkins on the Black Middle Class Candice M. Jenkins, Professor of African American Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and the author of the recently released and critically-acclaimed Black Bourgeois: Class and Sex in the… Read More « Previous 1 … 7 8 9 10 11 … 53 Next »
