It's Getting (Dangerously) Hot in Herre
On this week's episode we talk about why certain communities are more vulnerable to catastrophic weather events like hurricanes and heat waves. Saying "mother nature doesn't discriminate," ignores the...
13 Syys 201729min
An Advertising Revolution: "Black People Are Not Dark-Skinned White People"
How do you get black people to buy cigarettes made for cowboys and antebellum-style beer? Turns out, you don't. On this episode: Tom Burrell, who transformed the ad industry with a simple motto, "Blac...
6 Syys 201728min
'I'm Not A Racist, I'm Argentine!'
On this week's episode, a viral video gives us the opportunity to talk about racism towards and within the Latino community. When a Latino flipped over a street vendor's cart in Los Angeles, many were...
30 Elo 201720min
The Unfinished Battle In the Capital Of The Confederacy
As calls to remove Confederate memorials grow louder, we head to Richmond, Va., where the veneration of Confederate leaders has been a source of local pride — and revulsion — for more than a century.T...
23 Elo 201731min
Charlottesville
After a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville spiraled into deadly violence, residents of the Virginia town do some soul-searching. Plus: a scholar on the politics of white resentment, and a GOP ...
16 Elo 201732min
Who's Your Great-Great-Great-Great Granddaddy?
Spit into a tube and get in touch with your ancestors! Or not. On this episode we interview the founder of a project that uses DNA tests to talk about race in America. And Kim TallBear, a Native Ameri...
9 Elo 201727min
The U.S. Census and Our Sense of Us
The Census is so much more than cold, hard data. It's about what we call ourselves, the ways we see ourselves and how we're represented. On this episode we ask the former head of the Census bureau why...
2 Elo 201725min
What's Good? Talking Hip-Hop and Race With Stretch & Bobbito
Shereen and Gene mix it up with the pioneering hip-hop radio hosts Stretch and Bobbito. These impresarios ran a legendary show in New York City during most of the 1990s. Now they're hosting an intervi...
26 Heinä 201723min
