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One Hundred: The Ed Gordon Podcast with Michael Eric Dyson

 

'In this episode of One Hundred: The Ed Gordon Podcast, Gordon talks with Vanderbilt University professor, Michael Eric Dyson. They discuss Dyson’s latest book, Entertaining Race; Performing Blackness in America. They also take on topics including: Black America taking on new narratives for the fight for equality, white privilege, toxic masculinity and the emotional toll race duality takes on people of color.'

Tracy Oliver’s Recipe for Comedy Gold: Big, Brash, and Black

'Tracy Oliver has made it a point in her career as producer and writer for TV and film to center her work around Black women—but, most importantly, Black women who are allowed to be more than savior figures or martyrs of Black trauma. “I don’t think people realize the impact that it has on women of color to see themselves in an aspirational light, just winning and thriving and succeeding,” Oliver says in the latest episode of Fast Company‘s podcast Creative Conversation. “You can mess up and make mistakes. I’m not saying we can’t have messy characters. But I just wanted to lean into aspiration and joy”.'

Open Source with Christopher Lydon: Say It Loud – A Conversation with Randall Kennedy

'There’s a friendly hour’s conversation here about racial matters and moods. It’s been going on in a bookstore for about 35 years. What’s new this time, late in the portentous year of 2021, is first, the fine line between hope and despair, and second, that law professor Randall Kennedy joins Open Source with Christopher Lydon in a Zoom room, not the bookstore, and we’re recording ourselves for eavesdroppers. For starters, should we be calling this the Amanda Gorman year of Black womanhood, in prizes, power, all manner of public purposes? Under the dire threat of voter suppression, are activists in fact mounting a third Reconstruction since slavery? In culture, too, might we have a second Harlem Renaissance underway in all the arts and American thinking?'

Your Hometown: Glenn Ligon – The Bronx

'Glenn Ligon is a renowned artist who gives us new ways of seeing American history, literature, and society. How can we see him better through the lens of childhood? In this episode of Your Hometown, Glenn speaks with Kevin Burke about his experiences growing up in the South Bronx in the 1960s and 70s, including his hour-and-a-half commute each way to Walden, the private school he attended on the Upper West Side from the first grade on. His mother made going to Walden possible for Glenn and his brother, and it involved sacrifices and risks. A commute is one thing. Where it can lead, another.'

Otherppl with Brad Listi: Stacy D. Flood

'Stacy D. Flood is the author of the novella The Salt Fields, available from Lanternfish Press. Originally from Buffalo, and currently living in Seattle, Stacy’s work has been published and performed nationally as well as in the Puget Sound Area. Having received his MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University, he has also been an artist-in-residence at DISQUIET in Lisbon, as well as The Millay Colony of the Arts. In addition, he is the recipient of the Gregory Capasso Award in Fiction from the University at Buffalo, along with a Getty Fellowship to the Squaw Valley Community of Writers.'

Chris Bosh on winning (and losing everything)

'Vox’s Jamil Smith talks with NBA legend Chris Bosh about his basketball career, his youth, and his legacy. They discuss Bosh’s transition to the NBA, his role on the controversial Miami Heat teams that won two championships (and lost two), and the psychological toll of the injuries that later sidelined him, leading to his retirement. Bosh reflects candidly on his hopes for post-basketball life, and his new book, Letters to a Young Athlete.'

Left of Black S12 · E6 | Jessica Marie Johnson on Black Women, Intimacy, and Freedom in the Atlantic World

'Black women have always found ways to resist in the midst of a savage system of slavery and oppression that used intimacy as a means of undermining freedom. Surrounded by this hostile social order, what were some of the ways Black women carved out for themselves moments of freedom & empowerment? Left of Black host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined by Professor Jessica Marie Johnson of Johns Hopkins University to discuss her award winning book, Wicked Flesh: Black Women, Intimacy, and Freedom in the Atlantic World, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.'

Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar – Black Power: Radical Politics and African American Identity

'Born in Chicago and raised in Los Angeles, California, Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar’s research interests include the 20th century United States with a focus in African American history. More specifically, Dr. Ogbar studies black nationalism and social justice movements. He has developed courses, lectured and published articles on subjects as varied as the New Negro Renaissance, mass incarceration, civil rights struggles, and hip-hop. Prof. Ogbar has held fellowships at Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute, where he completed work on his book, Black Power: Radical Politics and African American Identity. He also held fellowships at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York City, and the Africana studies program at the University of Miami where he conducted research for his book Hip-Hop Revolution: The Culture and Politics of Rap.' -- The Brainwaves Video Anthology

“The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story”: An Evening with Nikole Hannah-Jones and Kevin Merida

'Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones discusses The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story with Los Angeles Times Executive Editor Times Kevin Merida.'

Janet Jackson Breaks Down Her Most Iconic Music Videos

'Janet Jackson breaks down her most iconic music video wardrobes, from "Rhythm Nation" to "Scream." She explains everything from her futuristic video concepts, her favorite hair and makeup artists, and why it took her 11 hours to suit up for the "What's It Gonna Be" music video. Ms. Jackson explains the story behind her famous key earring and mixing masculine and feminine looks with badass choreography. She also tells us how she wound up working the register at a Guess jeans shop as a teen. Janet also talks about her love for tomboy styles and which legendary video looks she has since auctioned off.'