Is Donald Trump's Historic Felony Conviction Just a Part of Our New Political Normal?
Last week, a jury in Manhattan handed down a guilty verdict in the hush money trial of Donald J. Trump for 34 counts related to falsifying business records to influence the 2016 election. Even though ...
3 Jun 202438min
What Does It Mean To Be Free?
Author Ayana Mathis' new novel, The Unsettled, is an intergenerational story centered around one Black family’s struggle to find freedom in the 1980s. Like her previous work, migration and movement ar...
27 Mai 202450min
Class Of 2024 Grads Reflect On Being Expected to Change the World
We should all know by now how foolish it is to underestimate youth. Gen Z, the generation of people born between 1997 and 2012, has already changed the world in ways that no one could have anticipated...
20 Mai 202449min
Why Divestment Is At the Core of Student Protests
While news coverage has been justifiably focused on the aggressive police response to anti-war college protests at campuses around the country, it’s noteworthy that a handful of U.S. schools have agre...
13 Mai 202451min
What ‘The Wiz’ Was And Is to Black Culture
The iconic musical “The Wiz” has returned to Broadway. The Black take on “The Wizard of Oz” debuted in 1974, featuring theater stars such as Stephanie Mills, André De Shields and Dee Dee Bridgewater. ...
6 Mai 202449min
Tonya Mosley Reckons with a Dark Family Story and Holds Tight to Hope in the Podcast She Has a Name
Tonya Mosley's voice is familiar to millions of public radio listeners across the country. She co-hosted NPR's midday news show Here and Now for several years before becoming co-host of Fresh Air in 2...
29 Apr 202450min
How This Passover Feels Different For Many Jewish Americans
Nearly seven months after October 7th and the start of the war in Gaza, emotions over the violence and devastation are still running hot here in the U.S, and inspiring an exercise in self-reflection f...
22 Apr 202449min
An Investigative Journalist Is Rocked By the ‘Inconceivable Truth’ Of His Own Identity
In this episode, we share the first part of the new podcast series Inconceivable Truth. It’s hosted by WNYC reporter Matt Katz, who has been searching for his biological father since he was a little k...
19 Apr 202446min
