S E1272: In Class with Carr, Ep. 272: "The People vs. The State: Compromise, Confront, Contain, or Control?”
In today’s turbulent global political landscape, relationships between the people, organized groups and the state is shaped by interactions frought with compromise, confrontation, containment, and con...
17 Jul 20251h 50min
S E1271: In Class with Carr, Ep. 271: “Malcolm X at 100: Clarity, Not Chaos, to Create a New World”
On Monday, May 19, 2025, we mark the 100th birthday of Malcolm X—a centennial honoring a life shaped by self-transformation, Black self-determination, and an unwavering commitment to global liberation...
16 Jul 20251h 55min
S E1270: In Class with Carr, Ep. 270: "We Have Been Believers”
Across political, social, and spiritual spheres, humanity faces a reckoning with the structures of power that shape our world—and the urgent need to turn from putting our faith in unreliable actors in...
15 Jul 20251h 38min
S E1269: In Class with Carr, Ep. 269: “Executive Orders vs Ancestral Orders: The Next 100 Days”
The first one hundred days of the second Donald Trump presidency saw an unprecedented campaign to dismantle institutional norms and accelerate structural transformation, evoking the spirit of the earl...
14 Jul 20251h 42min
S E1268: In Class with Carr, Ep. 268: We're All Sinners!
The rapid success of Ryan Coogler’s film Sinners provides an ideal text for analysis through the Africana Studies Disciplinary Framework. As we explore some of the film’s central themes, it becomes cl...
11 Jul 20252h 3min
S E1267: In Class with Carr, Ep. 267: “Fighting Black: Liberation Beyond the Nation”
In a week when Harvard University marked the first full-throated act of resistance in U.S. higher education against the rising tide of institutionalized Trumpism, we are also reminded—through annual r...
10 Jul 20251h 33min
S E1266: In Class with Carr, Ep. 266: "New World A'Coming"!
This week, Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch offered expansive public remarks that help reframe how we think about nationhood, identity, and responsibility to the group. While we often see ourselves ...
9 Jul 20251h 39min
S E1265: In Class with Carr, Ep. 265: “DEI Gone Wild!”
In a week when the imposition of US tariffs by an increasingly unstable federal government weaponized by white nationalism pushes the US and global economies towards global recession and depression, t...
8 Jul 20252h 10min
