S E1240: In Class with Carr, Ep. 240: “Write the Power: Do We Get The Message?”
This week we continue our exploration of Ta Nehisi Coates’s book of essays, “The Message,” and reactions to it. As the US Presidential election approaches, we use themes evoked in the book as points o...
3 Juni 20251h 35min
S E1239: In Class with Carr, Ep. 239: "Justice Delayed is Justice Denied?"
What happens when justice is delayed? If for too long, or with too effective a prolong opposition, is it inevitable that it be permanently denied? If it is accurate that “politics is the art of the po...
2 Juni 20252h 24min
S E1238: In Class with Carr, Ep. 238: “Blood on the Leaves/Blood at the Root."
The first “post-COVID” US presidential election is upon us. As most of the people in the world have endured national elections, it is the US’s turn in a year that has seen or will see the majority of ...
30 Maj 20252h 3min
S E1237: In Class with Carr, Ep. 237: "When the Word is Given!"
The contemporary US and global Social Structure, like the formations that preceded it, shape mass opinion with words, frequently without proof of fact and increasingly it seems without sustained think...
29 Maj 20251h 36min
S E1236: In Class with Carr, Ep. 236: "Moving Away or Confronting Head On? Responding to Absurdity"
On the 61st anniversary of the 1963 Birmingham Murders, a week that saw whitelash to the first (and only?) Harris-Trump debate and the 53rd annual Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Conference, we...
28 Maj 20252h 24min
S E1235: In Class with Carr, Ep. 235: “It’s Debatable!”
Annual late summer rites of ritual combat—football season—converge this year with the four-year cycle of federal presidential election season. As the first (and only?) presidential debate looms, has t...
27 Maj 20252h 3min
S E1234: In Class with Carr, Ep. 234: "Seeing Beyond Ourselves!"
Marking the one hundredth anniversary of Baldwin’s birth and preparing to offer the second iteration of Introduction to Africana Studies in Knubia this September, today’s session explores some of the ...
26 Maj 20252h 17min
S E1233: In Class with Carr, Ep. 233: Back to An American Future!
We review the 2024 Democratic National Convention and its emphasis on “unity,” “joy” and “multicultural patriotism” as Trump and the GOP intensify their voter-suppression gamble on selling a vision of...
23 Maj 20252h 8min
