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The Rise and Risk of Psychometrics in Political Campaigns

'Mathematician Paul-Olivier Dehaye explains how Facebook Likes can be turned into a data-driven psychological profiles used to target political messaging on the individual level, and calls not for a retreat from online platforms that collect data, but towards a political framework that protects the privacy of the information gathered about us. Paul provided research for the Das Magazin article "The Data That Turned the World Upside Down" posted at VICE, and wrote the Medium article "The (dis)information mercenaries now controlling Trump’s databases." -- This is Hell! Radio
 

 

Su'ad Abdul Khabeer on Her Book 'Muslim Cool: Race, Religion, and Hip Hop in the United States"

'In her book, Muslim Cool: Race, Religion, and Hip Hop in the United States, Su’ad Abdul Khabeer, author and Assistant Professor of Anthropology and African American Studies at Purdue University (IN), interviews young, black, Muslims in Chicago to explore the complexity of those with identities formed at the crossroads of Islam and hip hop. Jesse Menendez spoke with Su’ad about her book.' -- Vocalo     

Left of Black S7:E14: Scenes of Black Feminist Fugitivity with Alexis Pauline Gumbs

Left of Black S7:E14: Scenes of Black Feminist Fugitivity 
The self-described queer Black troublemaker and Black feminist love evangelist, Alexis Pauline Gumbs joins Mark Anthony Neal in the Left of Black Studio to discuss her new book Spill: Scenes of Black Feminist Fugitivity (Duke University Press). In part a homage to Black feminist theorist Hortense Spillers, “Gumbs offers an alternative approach to Black feminist literary criticism, historiography, and the interactive practice of relating to the words of Black feminist thinkers.” Gumbs is coeditor of Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines and the Founder and Director of Eternal Summer of the Black Feminist Mind, an educational program based in Durham, North Carolina.Left of Black is a weekly Webcast hosted by Mark Anthony Neal and produced in collaboration with the John Hope Franklin Center at Duke University and in conjunction with the Center for Arts + Digital Culture + Entrepreneurship (CADCE) and the Duke Council on Race + Ethnicity
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Blank on Black: George Washington Carver on Ego and Self

"You can’t get very far in life if you don’t get away from Self" - George Washington Carver in 1939

Why is Cervical Cancer Killing Many More African-American Women than We Thought?

'A new research analysis suggests the mortality rate of cervical cancer is higher than we thought, especially among African-American women. Miles O’Brien talks with Dr. Jennifer Caudle of the Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine about the findings, as well as the racial disparities in health care.' -- +PBS NewsHour 

Hard Living In The Big Easy: Housing Costs Push Musicians Out Of New Orleans

'Jazz vocalist John Boutté feels he can no longer afford to live in his hometown of New Orleans. He's not alone. Rising housing costs are pushing many musicians and service workers — the backbone of New Orleans' tourism economy — further and further outside the city limits. This suburbanization of the working class poses more than an inconvenience: It's fraying the culture of New Orleans and splintering the very neighborhoods that have nurtured the city's music for decades.' -- +NPR Music 

John Legend On Talking Politics In Public, Even When It's Hard

"If America doesn't want to consume the art of people who are liberal-minded, there's not gonna be a lot of art for them to consume," John Legend tells NPR's David Greene.' -- +NPR Music 

The Combat Jack Show: The Michael Eric Dyson Episode

The Combat Jack Show sat down Michael Eric Dyson to talk about his new book, Tears We Cannot Stop, A Sermon To White America.

Bootstraps and Silver Spoons -- William 'Sandy' Darity on Wealth Accumulation

'Most of us prize stories of people who start with nothing in life, and then become rich. Americans even have a saying for it: pulling yourself up by your bootstraps.  However, new economic research is revealing how wealth is actually built in the US and how difficult it is for some people to gain wealth, even when they do everything right. This episode features William "Sandy" Darity , Professor of Public Policy, African American Studies and Economics at Duke University. Darity also directs the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke.' -- Ways & Means Podcast

Beats + Visuals: 'Untitled, In The Beginning Black' -- FM Supreme ft Quint Lattimore (words by Jessica Disu & Kaleb J. Taylor)

'Beats + Visuals for "Untitled, In The Beginning Black" based on words by Jessica Disu & Kaleb J. Taylor. "Untitled, in the Beginning Black" is featured on FM Supreme's forthcoming album, which is the music soundtrack for her upcoming documentary, From Abolish The Police to Reimagining Peace. Filmed, Edited and Directed by Michael Hull' -- +FMSupremeTV