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[Unedited] Arnold Rampersad with Krista Tippett
A prolific writer on sociology, history, economics, and politics, W.E.B. Du Bois was one of the most extraordinary minds of American and global history. His life traced an incredible arc; he was born...
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The 2019 Maternity Leave Lineup
Having a Death, Sex & Money-style conversation isn't easy. It's long. It's intense. And it can get very awkward. In those moments when you might gloss over a sensitive topic, break the tension, and...
View ArticleDamon Young & Kiese Laymon: The "Good Dude" Closet
Writers Damon Young and Kiese Laymon both are on book tour, promoting their acclaimed memoirs. And while they've been friends via social media for years, they'd never met face to face before recording...
View ArticleAl Letson & Nikole Hannah-Jones: Sensitive, Not Scared
Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones spends time in some pretty elite spaces—she's a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine, the recipient of a MacArthur "genius" grant, and a force to be reckoned with...
View ArticleLast Witness: Surviving the Tulsa Race Riot
On May 31, 1921, six-year-old Olivia Hooker was home with her family when a group of white men launched an attack on the Greenwood section of Tulsa, Oklahoma. In less than 24 hours, the mobs destroyed...
View ArticleTressie McMillan Cottom & Trevor Noah: Optimistic and Depressed
When Trevor Noah started hosting The Daily Show in 2016, he says he told his head writer early on that he might sometimes be late to work. "I'm suffering from depression and sometimes I do not see the...
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[Unedited] Annette Gordon-Reed and Titus Kaphar with Krista Tippett
We must shine a light on the past to live more abundantly now. Historian Annette Gordon-Reed and painter Titus Kaphar lead us in an exploration of that as a public adventure in this conversation at the...
View Article[Unedited] Ross Gay with Krista Tippett
There is a question floating around the world right now: “How can we be joyful in a moment like this?” To which writer Ross Gay responds: “How can we not be joyful, especially in a moment like this?”...
View ArticleShirley Chisholm: Unbought and Unbossed
Today…there’s “The Squad.” But 50 years ago, there was only one woman of color in the U.S. Congress, and she was the first. Shirley Chisholm, of New York City, was elected to Congress in a historic...
View Article[Unedited] Darnell Moore with Krista Tippett
Darnell Moore says honest, uncomfortable conversations are a sign of love — and that self-reflection goes hand-in-hand with culture shift and social evolution. A writer and activist, he’s grown wise...
View ArticleDarnell Moore — Self-Reflection and Social Evolution
Darnell Moore says honest, uncomfortable conversations are a sign of love — and that self-reflection goes hand-in-hand with culture shift and social evolution. A writer and activist, he’s grown wise...
View Article[Unedited] Imani Perry with Krista Tippett - 2019
James Baldwin said, “American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.” Imani Perry embodies that prism. For the past few...
View ArticleThe Last Witness
For this episode, Radiotopia gave all of us in the network a prompt: if we were to create another show, any show, what would it be? Well, we’d make an obituary show.Make your mark. Go to radiotopia.fm...
View ArticleWhen We See Each Other: Black Americans, African Immigrants
Radio Rookie Arame Sene came from Senegal in 2017. Until very recently, she didn't quite understand why black people in America identify as black--“why not African" like her, she wondered. Arame is...
View Article[Unedited] Pádraig Ó Tuama and Marilyn Nelson with Krista Tippett
Pádraig Ó Tuama and Marilyn Nelson are beloved teachers to many; to bring them together was a delight and a balm. Nelson is a poet and professor and contemplative, an excavator of stories that would...
View ArticleHistory Had Me Glued to the Seat
You know the story of Rosa Parks. But have you heard of Claudette Colvin?Claudette grew up in the segregated city of Montgomery, Alabama. On March 2, 1955, when she was 15 years old, she refused to...
View ArticleSoul Sister
There’s a long history in America of white people imagining black people’s lives - in novels, in movies, and sometimes in journalism. In 1969, Grace Halsell, a white journalist, published a book...
View ArticleCall-In Special: WNYC At Curfew, with Kai Wright
The last time New York City was under a curfew was during World War II, so for most of us, this is new. WNYC wants to be there with you as we all reckon with the anti-racism uprisings happening around...
View ArticleCall-In Special: WNYC At Curfew, with Alison Stewart
The last time New York City was under a curfew was during World War II, so for most of us, this is new. WNYC wants to be there with you as we all reckon with the anti-racism uprisings happening around...
View ArticleWNYC Live: Ongoing Special Coverage with Brian Lehrer
Brian Lehrer hosts a call-in special about the policies behind the anti-police protests sweeping the country.Joining this conversation:- Brandt Williams, MPR News reporter based in Minneapolis- Alexis...
View ArticleWNYC Live: Ongoing Special Coverage with Jami Floyd
Jami Floyd hosts a local call-in on the complexities of raising Black children in this moment.Joining this conversation:- Janai Nelson,Associate Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and...
View Article[Unedited] Isabel Wilkerson with Krista Tippett
Go to the doctor and they won’t begin to treat you without taking your history — and not just yours, but that of your parents and grandparents before you. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel...
View Article[Unedited] Vincent Harding with Krista Tippett
Vincent Harding was wise about how the vision of the civil rights movement might speak to 21st-century realities. He reminded us that the movement of the ‘50s and ‘60s was spiritually as well as...
View ArticleWhat Money Can't Solve
On November 2, 1983, Darrell Cannon was woken up by the Chicago police banging on his door. He knew the drill. As a longtime gang member, run-ins with the cops were common. He'd already served more...
View Article[Unedited] John Lewis with Krista Tippett
An extraordinary conversation with the late congressman John Lewis, taped in Montgomery, Alabama, during a pilgrimage 50 years after the March on Washington. It offers a rare look inside his wisdom,...
View ArticleRemembering John Lewis
Last Friday, the world learned of the death of Congressman John Lewis. A civil rights icon and hero, John Lewis was known as the "conscience of the Congress," where he served for more than 30 years. In...
View Article[Unedited] Marilyn Nelson with Krista Tippett
Marilyn Nelson is a storytelling poet who has taught poetry and contemplative practice to college students and West Point cadets. She brings a contemplative eye to ordinary goodness in the present and...
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Black Experience In The Concert Hall: The Mozart Effect
WQXR’s Terrance McKnight hosts a conversation about the Black experience in the concert hall and the unique challenges people of color face in the classical music world with violinist Sanford Allen,...
View ArticleAmerica Are We Ready For Truth And Reconciliation?
Today we examine racial justice and the presidential election through the lenses of truth, and reconciliation -- how we got here and where we go now.On Today's Show:Keisha Blain, University of...
View ArticleReaction To Kushner Saying Black Americans Don’t Want To Succeed
The president's top advisor said that Trump wants to help Black Americans, but "he can't want them to be successful more than they want to be successful." How do Black Americans feel about that?On...
View ArticleCombatting Black Americans' Vaccine Hesitancy
The CDC says communities of color are a “critical population” to vaccinate. But what actionable steps are states taking to make sure Black Americans aren't overlooked? Caroline Chen, health care...
View Article[Unedited] Nicki Giovanni with Krista Tippett
It feels good and right this week to sit with the beloved writer Nikki Giovanni’s signature mix of high seriousness, sweeping perspective, and insistent pleasure. In the 1960s, she was a poet of the...
View ArticleThe Origin Story of Black History Month
We’ve got complicated relationships with this annual celebration -- from joy to frustration. So to launch our Future of Black History series, we ask how it began and what it can be.Producer Veralyn...
View ArticleHow Two Police Departments Screen Out Applicants Of Color
One possible way to bring racial justice to policing is to hire more cops of color. A look into two Long Island PDs showed a pattern of bias against Black and Hispanic candidates.On Today's Show:Jim...
View Article[Unedited] Pádraig Ó Tuama and Marilyn Nelson with Krista Tippett
Where to turn to find my place of standing when it feels like the world is on fire? This question surfaced in a public conversation Krista had just a couple of years ago with Pádraig Ó Tuama and...
View ArticleClaudette Colvin: Making Trouble Then and Now
Nine months before Rosa Parks, a 15-year-old Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, AL. 66 years later, Colvin’s fighting to get her record...
View ArticleCory Booker’s Remarkable Ketanji Brown Jackson Moment
During Congress's SCOTUS confirmation hearings, N.J. Senator Cory Booker spoke about what it means for America that the nominee is Ketanji Brown Jackson.On Today's Show:We play extended excerpts of...
View ArticleMembers Of 'The Trayvon Generation' Describe What That Means
It's been a decade since Trayvon Martin was shot and killed. We asked Black listeners to reflect on growing up with visceral images of brutality against Black people.On Today's Show:Building on her New...
View ArticleTrevor Noah Talks Depression, Radical Honesty, and Braiding Hair
*This episode originally ran in 2019.When Trevor Noah started hosting The Daily Show in 2016, he says he told his head writer early on that he might sometimes be late to work. "I'm suffering from...
View ArticleCalifornia's Reparations Bill Heads to Legislature
Emmanuel Felton, race and ethnicity reporter on the America desk at The Washington Post, breaks down the latest on a new bill that aims to provide reparations for Black residents of California.
View ArticleOscar Nominee Jeffrey Wright on 'American Fiction'
[REBROADCAST FROM January 9, 2024] Jeffrey Wright stars in Cord Jefferson's new film, "American Fiction," as a well-respected but commercially unsuccessful novelist who decides to write a book full of...
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