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Sidney Poitier on Applying Life Experiences in Acting

"Sidney Poitier on applying life experiences in acting, as told to American Film Institute Conservatory Fellows during a seminar in 1991."

Reimagining Blackness & Architecture: We Outchea | Sekou Cooke

"How can we empower people through public space? Architect Sekou Cooke discusses his project “We Outchea: Hip-Hop Fabrications and Public Space” and his vision for transforming a public housing site in Syracuse, New York." -- The Museum of Modern Art

Invisible Blackness – The Rise of the Black Superstar, an Interview with Nelson George

"Nelson George is Hip-hops’ historian. A New York native, author and intellectual. Nelson has been documenting the culture with a legendary clarity since its inception. No one has articulated the nuances of Hip-hops' emergence like Nelson George. In this episode of Invisible Blackness host Adrian Younge and Nelson discuss Black popular culture and the consciousness of the African Diaspora in America."

Cite Black Women: Dr. Koritha Mitchell on African American Women, Homemaking and Citizenship

"In this episode, Cite Black Women podcast host, Christen A. Smith sits down with Koritha Mitchell, a literary historian, cultural critic, and associate professor of English at the Ohio State University, to discuss her book From Slave Cabins to the White House: Homemade Citizenship in African American Culture (August 2020, University of Illinois Press). In her most recent monograph, Mitchell illuminates the links between African American women's homemaking and citizenship in history and across literature."

Cite Black Women · S2E11: Dr. Koritha Mitchell on African American women, homemaking and citizenship

Overheard at National Geographic –The Secret of Musical Genius: Aretha Franklin

"Mozart wowed audiences as a child. The Beatles blew away Ed Sullivan. Beyonce hypnotized Super Bowl crowds. The world has been enthralled by those we call musical geniuses. But what defines a musical genius? And how does society recognize it? We probe these questions as we examine the life and career of Aretha Franklin, a transformational figure in American music, and the rise of a young prodigy, Keedron Bryant with Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal and National Geographic writer DeNeen L. Brown."

Mudbone Grown Reimagines Black Farming in Oregon

"When Shantae Johnson and Arthur Shavers embarked on their “Mudbone Grown” enterprise in 2015, they were doing more than building a farm from scratch: they were changing the narrative of what it means to be a Black farmer in Oregon, where exclusion was literally written into the state constitution. Each Tuesday is harvest and distribution day for the elders of Portland's Life Change Church. OPB follows this food from farm-to-table as it nourishes deep roots of faith and community."

Left of Black S11 · E20 | Haki Madhubuti on the Black Arts Movement

What are the deep, foundational philosophies that have undergirded the creation of Black art and fueled Black activism? In this very special episode of Left of Black, famed luminary of our time, author, poet and Third World Press founder Haki Madhubuti, sits down with host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal to unpack Madhubuti's legacy as one of the premiere voices of the Black Arts Movement. Madhubuti also discusses his latest collection, Taught By Women: Poems as Resistance Language: New and Selected, published by his own Third World Press Foundation.

Tina Turner in Her Own Words

"Oscar-winning directors Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin join All Of It  to discuss their newest documentary titled, “Tina.” The film looks at the life and career of Tina Turner, and includes interviews with her and those close to her as well as rare archival footage spanning 60 years."

The Problem With 'Not Seeing Race': A Conversation with Rebecca Carroll

"Rebecca Carroll, former cultural critic at WNYC and the author of Surviving the White Gaze: A Memoir (Simon & Schuster, 2021), shares her story of growing up as a Black child adopted by white parents and her search for identity." -- The Brian Lehrer Show

Out Of Prison But Still Trapped: Examining The 'Afterlife' Of Incarceration

"University of Chicago professor Reuben Jonathan Miller estimates that there are 45,000 "laws, policies and administrative sanctions" in the U.S. that target people with criminal records. Some ban the formerly incarcerated from serving on juries. Others prevent people with records from gaining employment. Miller writes about the aftereffects of mass incarceration in his new book, Halfway Home. The book is based on 15 years of research in which he followed the lives of about 250 incarcerated and formerly incarcerated men and women, and spoke with their family and friends." -- Fresh Air