“People’s Kids Are the Center of Their World”- Caitlin Dickerson on the Horrors of Family Separation
On this week’s episode, Undistracted host Brittany Packnett Cunningham talks to journalist Caitlin Dickerson about one of the darkest policy moments in American history: the “Zero Tolerance” family se...
11 Aug 202243min
Beyoncé’s Renaissance, According to Four Brilliant Black Women
“This started off as a conversation about Beyoncé,” says host Brittany Packnett Cunningham, “but like her music, it became about so many other things: the evolution of womanhood, our queer siblings, s...
4 Aug 202248min
“The System Works For Those Who Occupy It”: Maria Teresa Kumar on Voting Rights
The majority of Americans didn’t want to see Roe v. Wade overturned—but it was. Most Americans want gun reform—but it doesn’t happen. So the big question is: What’s going on here? Maria Teresa Kumar, ...
28 Jul 202235min
Phoebe Robinson is Writing Her Own Rules (on TV and in Life)
"The media has such a limited understanding about Black femaleness,” says Phoebe Robinson, the actress, comedian, writer, podcast host and producer. “But the complexity is always more interesting!” So...
21 Jul 202238min
“Covering the End of the World”: A Reporter on Gun Violence
You know gun violence is an American epidemic. But…why? And how do we get out of this mess? Jennifer Mascia understands those answers better than almost anyone. As a reporter with The Trace, her entir...
14 Jul 202241min
Introducing History is US
Written and narrated by award-winning author and Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, Dr. Eddie S. Glaude, “History is US” is a 6-part audio documentary produced and develope...
12 Jul 20224min
Tiffany Cross on Roe, Resistance and What Comes Next
“I would rather be a voice and an advocate for my people than sit and smile in the face of bullshit.” That’s host Tiffany Cross’ philosophy—and the reason she consistently centers BIPOC voices on her ...
7 Jul 202245min
Michelle Colón is Living Through The Last Days of Legal Abortion in Mississippi
It’s been six days since the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. But activist and “abortion freedom fighter” Michelle Colón has been defending pregnant people and providers in Mississipp...
30 Jun 202241min
