Kai Wright Presents Blindspot Episode 1: Mourning In America
Valerie Reyes-Jimenez called it “The Monster.” That’s how some people described HIV and AIDS in the 1980s. Valerie thinks as many as 75 people from her block on New York City’s Lower East Side died. T...
2 Helmi 202435min
What A Segregated Mental Asylum Can Tell Us About Health Care in the US Today
If you were Black with mental illness in the early 1900s, you couldn’t seek help just anywhere. You’d have to go to a segregated asylum like Maryland’s Crownsville Hospital, formerly known as the Hosp...
29 Tammi 202450min
Kai Wright Hosts Blindspot: The Plague In The Shadows
The latest season of the Blindspot podcast brings listeners voices of people who were affected in the early years of the AIDS epidemic, when so little was known about HIV, and so much was misunderstoo...
26 Tammi 20245min
Doom. Denial. ‘Hopium.’ What About Climate Action?
The hottest year on record was 2023, but we're expected to make the same claim at the end of this calendar year. As the world warms and reports of historic flooding, wildfires, tornadoes and droughts ...
22 Tammi 202449min
Reclaiming Woke: Celebrating The Legacy Of Martin Luther King Jr. Live At The Apollo
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s final Sunday sermon was titled, “Remaining Awake Through A Great Revolution.” In other words, he was advising us to stay woke. Today, that term has become a political slur...
15 Tammi 202450min
What the Ozempic Craze Means for Our Personal Health
Interest in Ozempic as a way to lose weight has only been outmatched by demand for the drug, which has been in short supply as celebrities and social media influencers continue to popularize its use. ...
8 Tammi 202449min
Raoul Peck Fights for Justice With His Movies
Raoul Peck became known for his filmmaking and fight for racial justice with the released of his Academy Award-nominated film I Am Not Your Negro which attempts to complete James Baldwin's unfinished ...
1 Tammi 202449min
