Race and Democracy
139 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsDr. Peniel Joseph, Founding Director of the UT Center for the Study of Race and Democracy and Professor of History, discusses issues of race, democracy, public policy, and social justice with expert guests. "Race and Democracy" questions who is America? Where have we been, where do we want to go, and how can we get there? Tune in to learn about American history, race and democracy, and the outlook for the future.
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Ep. 84 – Latino Voting Power, Democracy, and the 2024 Elections: A Conversation With Sergio Garcia-Rios
October 12, 2023 05:01 - 42 minutes - 57.7 MBDr. Garcia-Rios was born and raised in Durango, México, but considers El Paso, Texas, his second home. His research investigates the formation and transformation of Latino identities as well as the political implications of these transformations. He also examines voter turnout, political participation and public opinion, especially among Latino immigrants. Dr. Garcia-Rios's other academic interests include issues related to Latinos and the Voting Rights Act, border issues and border resea...
Ep. 83 – Entertaining Race: A Conversation with Michael Eric Dyson
March 02, 2023 20:46 - 70.2 MBMichael Eric Dyson is a man of many talents. As a professor, he has taught at some of the most prestigious universities in the nation, including Princeton, Brown, and Georgetown. He is currently a Distinguished University Professor at Vanderbilt University, where he holds positions in both the College of Arts & Science and The Divinity School. In addition to his academic pursuits, Dyson is also a gifted writer and media personality. He has authored over 25 books, including seven New York Ti...
Ep. 82 – Hiding in Plain Sight: A Conversation with Julia Sweig
December 15, 2022 20:42 - 53 MBJulia Sweig is an award-winning author of books on Cuba, Latin America, and American foreign policy. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic, the Washington Post, Financial Times, Los Angeles Times, Foreign Affairs, the Nation, the National Interest, and in Brazil’s Folha de São Paulo, among other outlets. Her book Inside the Cuban Revolution won the American Historical Association’s 2003 Herbert Feis Award. She served as senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations...
Ep. 81 – How Change Happens: A Conversation with Cass Sunstein
October 25, 2022 19:00 - 77.3 MBCass R. Sunstein is currently the Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard. From 2009 to 2012, he was Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. He is the founder and director of the Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy at Harvard Law School. Mr. Sunstein has testified before congressional committees on many subjects, and he has been involved in constitution-making and law reform activities in a number of nations. Mr. Sunstein is author...
Ep. 80 – Truth Teaching Under Attack: Consequences of Failing to Teach America’s Racial Past and Present: A Conversation with Dr. Shaun Harper
September 26, 2022 12:00 - 47.1 MBA prolific and energizing speaker on a range of diversity, equity, and inclusion topics, Shaun Harper has delivered hundreds of keynote addresses around the world, to audiences comprised of thousands. He also is founder and executive director of the USC Race and Equity Center. Dr. Harper has published 12 books, and is author of more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and other academic publications. Shaun Harper, Ph.D. is the Clifford and Betty Allen Professor at the University of Southern Cal...
Ep. 79 – Shoutin’ in the Fire: A Conversation with Danté Stewart about Black Joy, Grief, and Survival
June 21, 2022 05:01 - 51.4 MBDanté Stewart is a minister, essayist, and cultural critic. He is author of Shoutin’ In The Fire: An American Epistle. Named by Religion News Service as one of “Ten Up-And-Coming Faith Influencers”, his work has appeared on CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Post, ESPN’s The Undefeated, Sojourners, and more. He received his B.A. in Sociology from Clemson University. He is currently studying at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga.
Ep. 78 – Divisions: A New History of Racism and Resistance in America’s World War II Military, A Conversation with Tom Guglielmo
June 16, 2022 13:20 - 63.9 MBThomas A. Guglielmo is Associate Professor of American Studies at George Washington University. He has a PhD in History from the University of Michigan. His first book, White on Arrival: Italians, Race, Color, and Power in Chicago (Oxford, 2003), won the Organization of American Historians' Frederick Jackson Turner Award and the Society of American Historians' Allan Nevins Prize. His second book, Divisions: A New History of Racism and Resistance in America's World War II Military (Oxford Uni...
Ep. 77 – Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: A conversation with Estevan Delgado
April 07, 2022 17:42 - 46 MBEstevan Daniel Delgado (he/him) is the Director for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. Estevan has formal project management experience running large-scale government grants and program management experience fundraising and designing trust-based grant making opportunities and events for the Hispanic Impact Fund at Austin Community Foundation. In his professional and community-based work, Estevan seeks to embed d...
Episode 76: Black Entrepreneurs and Social Justice: A Conversation with X-Factor Capital
March 15, 2022 12:00 - 67.1 MBRodell Razor has over 10 years of experience in launching and coaching small and mid sized businesses. He has developed valuable skills in business strategy, operations, sales, leadership, and human resources through the businesses he launched as well as through corporate roles held at various firms. In addition to being CEO and Founder of X-Factor Capital serves as a director and co-founder on the Board of ConstructDiversity. Jeremiah Captain has over 15 years of experience in sales market...
Episode 75: How the Word is Passed: Author Clint Smith on Reckoning with Racial Slavery
November 17, 2021 18:12 - 59.3 MBClint Smith is a staff writer at The Atlantic. He is the author of the narrative nonfiction book, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America, which was a #1 New York Times Bestseller and was longlisted for the National Book Award. He is also the author of the poetry collection Counting Descent, which won the 2017 Literary Award for Best Poetry Book from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association and was a finalist for an NAACP Image Award. Clint...
Episode 74: The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump’s America with Adam Serwer
July 13, 2021 05:01 - 49.7 MBAdam Serwer is an American journalist and author. He is a staff writer at The Atlantic where his work focuses on politics, race, and justice. He previously worked at Buzzfeed News, The American Prospect, and Mother Jones. Serwer has received awards from the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), The Root, and the Society of Professional Journalists. He was named a spring 2019 Shorenstein Center fellow, and received the 2019 Hillman Prize for Opinion & Analysis Journalism. This e...
Episode 73: The Struggle for Asian American and Pacific Islander Justice: A Conversation with Elise Hu
June 15, 2021 05:01 - 65.8 MBElise Hu is a host-at-large based at NPR West in Culver City, Calif. Previously, she explored the future with her video series, Future You with Elise Hu, and served as the founding bureau chief and International Correspondent for NPR's Seoul office. She was based in Seoul for nearly four years, responsible for the network's coverage of both Koreas and Japan, and filed from a dozen countries across Asia. Before joining NPR, she was one of the founding reporters at The Texas Tribune, a non-pr...
Episode 72 – Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War with author Vincent Brown
June 08, 2021 05:01 - 68.5 MBVincent Brown is Charles Warren Professor of American History and Professor of African and African American Studies. He directs the History Design Studio and teaches courses in Atlantic history, African diaspora studies, and the history of slavery in the Americas. Brown is the author of The Reaper's Garden: Death and Power in the World of Atlantic Slavery (Harvard University Press, 2008), producer of Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness, an audiovisual documentary broadcast on the PBS serie...
Episode 71: Justice in the Middle East: The Struggle for Palestinian Human Rights with Peter Beinart
June 02, 2021 05:01 - 59.9 MBPeter Beinart teaches national reporting and opinion writing at the Newmark J-School and political science at the CUNY Graduate Center. He is editor-at-large for Jewish Currents, a CNN political commentator, and a fellow at the Foundation for Middle East Peace. He is also a nonfiction author and former Rhodes Scholar. His first book, “The Good Fight,” was published by HarperCollins in 2006. His second book, “The Icarus Syndrome,” was published by HarperCollins in 2010. His third, “The Crisi...
Episode 70 – The Future of American Democracy: A Conversation with Cass Sunstein
May 11, 2021 05:01 - 46.9 MBCass R. Sunstein is currently the Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard. He is the founder and director of the Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy at Harvard Law School. In 2018, he received the Holberg Prize from the government of Norway, sometimes described as the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for law and the humanities. In 2020, the World Health Organization appointed him as Chair of its technical advisory group on Behavioural Insights and Sciences for Health. From...
Episode 69 – Prisoners of Hope: A Conversation with Dr. Michael Eric Dyson on America’s Racial Reckoning
April 23, 2021 05:01 - 45.6 MBMichael Eric Dyson is a renowned scholar, ordained Baptist minister, and public intellectual born in Detroit, Michigan. His innovative scholarship, combining cultural criticism and biography, focuses on race, religion, popular culture, and contemporary issues in the African American community. Dyson’s most recent book is April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Death and How It Changed America (2008). He is also the author of Know What I Mean? (2007), a critical study of hip hop music, Debat...
Episode 68 – Racial Justice and the Tech Community: A Conversation with Brett Hurt
February 09, 2021 05:01 - 59.8 MBBrett Hurt is the CEO and co-founder of data. world, a Public Benefit Corporation (and Certified B Corporation) focused on building the modern catalog for data and analysis as well as the world's largest collaborative public data catalog.
Ep. 67 – Photography from the Civil Rights Era with William Abranowicz
February 02, 2021 05:01 - 33.9 MBWilliam Abranowicz has been a photographer for more than 40 years. His work is found in collections throughout the world including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The National Portrait Gallery in London, Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, and The Smithsonian Institute. His work has appeared in nearly every major publication in the United States, Europe, and Asia. He served as a contributing photographer to Condé Nast Traveler for 25 years, and has created campaigns American Express Platinum C...
Ep. 66 – For the Sake of Peace: Black Conflict Studies with Charles Chavis and Ajanet Rountree
January 19, 2021 05:00 - 48.3 MBCharles L. Chavis, Jr. is Assistant Professor of Conflict Analysis and Resolution and History and Director of the John Mitchell, Jr. Program for History, Justice, and Race, at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University. Before joining the S-CAR, he served as the Museum Coordinator for the Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Chavis is a historian and museum educator whose work focuses on the history of racial violence and civil ...
Ep. 65 – How the Hip Hop Generation Transformed Democracy: A Conversation with Bakari Kitwana
January 12, 2021 05:00 - 55 MBAn internationally known cultural critic, journalist, activist, and thought leader in the area of hip-hop, youth culture, and Black political engagement, Bakari Kitwana is the Executive Director of Rap Sessions, which for the last fourteen years has conducted over 150 town hall meetings around the nation on difficult dialogues facing the hip-hop and millennial generations. He is the collaborating writer for pioneering hip-hop artist Rakim's new book Sweat The Technique: Revelations on Creat...
Ep. 64 – Struggle for Justice: Civil Rights Photography with Don Carleton
December 15, 2020 05:00 - 52.8 MBDr. Don Carleton is the founding director of The University of Texas at Austin's Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, which was organized in 1991. Prior to the creation of the Briscoe Center, he served from October 1975 through November 1979 as founding director of the Houston Metropolitan Research Center (HMRC), an urban history archives program sponsored by Rice University, the University of Houston, and the City of Houston. At HMRC, he established The Houston Review: A Journal of Hi...
Ep. 63 – Black Spartacus: The True Story of the Haitian Revolt with Sudhir Hazareesingh
December 08, 2020 05:01 - 64.1 MBSudhir Hazareesingh FBA (18 October 1961) is a British-Mauritian historian. He has been a fellow and Tutor in Politics at Balliol College, Oxford since 1990. Most of his work relates to modern political history from 1850; including the history of contemporary France as well as Napoleon, the Republic and Charles de Gaulle. Hazareesingh is the son of Kissoonsing Hazareesingh, a Cambridge- and Sorbonne-educated historian in his own right, who was a notable figure in Mauritian public life as a ...
Ep. 62 – Jonathan Eig on Muhammad Ali: Race, War, and Democracy
November 24, 2020 06:00 - 56.8 MBKen Burns calls Jonathan Eig a "master storyteller." Joyce Carol Oates calls his book, Ali: A Life, “an epic of a biography.” Eig is the author of five books, three of them New York Times best sellers. He was born in Brooklyn and graduated from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. A former staff writer for The Wall Street Journal, Eig has also written for The New York Times, The New Yorker online, and The Washington Post. Prior to The Wall Street Journal, he worked as a f...
Ep. 61 – Georgia on My Mind: Atlanta and the Legend of the Black Mecca with Maurice Hobson
November 17, 2020 05:00 - 51.8 MBDr. Maurice Hobson is an Associate Professor of African American Studies and Historian at Georgia State University. He earned the Ph.D. degree in History, focusing in African American History and 20th Century U.S. History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research interests are grounded in the fields of African American history, 20th Century U.S. history, comparative labor, African American studies, oral history and ethnography, urban and rural history, political econo...
Ep. 60 – Black Women in Theatre: A Conversation with Lisa B. Thompson
November 11, 2020 05:00 - 47.6 MBLisa B. Thompson is professor of African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of three books, Beyond The Black Lady: Sexuality and the New African American Middle Class(University of Illinois Press, 2009), Single Black Female (Samuel French Inc., 2012), and Underground, Monroe, and The Mamalogues: Three Plays (Northwestern University Press, 2020). Her scholarship focuses on issues of identity, representation, and performance in contemporary Afr...
Ep. 59 – Eyes on the Prize: Civil Rights Then and Now with Paul Stekler
November 03, 2020 05:00 - 44.7 MBPaul Stekler is a nationally recognized documentary filmmaker whose critically praised and award-winning work includes George Wallace: Settin’ the Woods on Fire; Last Man Standing: Politics, Texas Style; Vote for Me: Politics in America, a four-hour PBS special about grassroots electoral politics; two segments of the Eyes on the Prize II series on the history of civil rights; Last Stand at Little […]
Ep. 59 – Eyes on the Prize – Civil Rights Then and Now: A Conversation with Paul Stekler
November 03, 2020 05:00 - 44.7 MBPaul Stekler is a nationally recognized documentary filmmaker whose critically praised and award-winning work includes George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire; Last Man Standing: Politics, Texas Style; Vote for Me: Politics in America, a four-hour PBS special about grassroots electoral politics; two segments of the Eyes on the Prize II series on the history of civil rights; Last Stand at Little Big Horn (broadcast as part of PBS's series The American Experience); Louisiana Boys: Raised on ...
Ep. 58 How Black Women’s Activism Has Transformed American Democracy: A Conversation with Keisha Blain
October 27, 2020 05:00 - 70.2 MBKeisha N. Blain is an American historian and writer. She is an Associate professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh and President of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS). She is “one of the most innovative and influential young historians of her generation.”Blain is one of the nation’s leading scholars of African American […]
Ep. 58 – How Black Women’s Activism Has Transformed American Democracy: A Conversation with Keisha Blain
October 27, 2020 05:00 - 70.2 MBKeisha N. Blain is an American historian and writer. She is an Associate professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh and President of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS). She is “one of the most innovative and influential young historians of her generation.”Blain is one of the nation’s leading scholars of African American […]
Ep. 58 – How Black Women’s Activism Has Transformed American Democracy: A Conversation with Dr. Keisha Blain
October 27, 2020 05:00 - 70.2 MBKeisha N. Blain is an American historian and writer. She is an Associate professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh and President of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS). She is "one of the most innovative and influential young historians of her generation." Blain is one of the nation's leading scholars of African American history, African Diaspora Studies, and Women's and Gender History. Upon completing her postdoctoral research in 2015, Blain accepted a fac...
Ep. 57 – Reimagining Public Safety in Austin and America: A Conversation with Sukyi McMahon
October 20, 2020 05:00 - 46.9 MBSukyi manages the Square One Project’s Roundtable on the Future of Justice Policy, and draws together academics, advocates, community leaders, and practitioners in three-day convenings to drive understanding and innovation in criminal justice reform. Sukyi hails from Austin, Texas, where she serves as the Board Chair at Austin Justice Coalition, a black-led grassroots organization focused on local and statewide criminal justice reform, educational justice, community empowerment, and civic ...
Ep. 56 – The Power of the Vote: Election 2020 and Racial Equity with Ambassador Ron Kirk
October 13, 2020 05:00 - 55.6 MBRon Kirk is Senior Of Counsel in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Dallas and Washington, D.C. offices. He is Co-Chair of the International Trade Practice Group and a member of the Sports Law, Public Policy, Crisis Management and Private Equity Practice Groups. Ambassador Kirk focuses on providing strategic advice to companies with global interests. Prior to joining the firm in April […]
Ep. 56 – The Power of the Vote: Election 2020 and Racial Equity: A Conversation with Ambassador Ron Kirk
October 13, 2020 05:00 - 55.6 MBRon Kirk is Senior Of Counsel in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Dallas and Washington, D.C. offices. He is Co-Chair of the International Trade Practice Group and a member of the Sports Law, Public Policy, Crisis Management, and Private Equity Practice Groups. Ambassador Kirk focuses on providing strategic advice to companies with global interests. Prior to joining the firm in April 2013, Ambassador Kirk served as the 16th United States Trade Representative (USTR) and was a member of President Ob...
Ep. 55 – Leadership in a Time of Racial Crisis: A Conversation with Mark Updegrove
October 05, 2020 05:00 - 34.3 MBMark K. Updegrove is the president and CEO of the LBJ Foundation. From 2009 to 2017, he was the director of the LBJ Presidential Library where, he hosted the Civil Rights Summit in 2014, which included Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Jimmy Carter, and oversaw a major renovation of the Library’s core museum exhibits. Earlier in his career, he served as the publisher of Newsweek and president of Time magazine's Canadian edition. Updegrove is the author of four books on the pre...
Ep. 55 – Leadership in a Time of Racial Crisis: A Conversation with Mark Updegrove, CEO of the LBJ Foundation
October 05, 2020 05:00 - 34.3 MBMark K. Updegrove is the president and CEO of the LBJ Foundation. From 2009 to 2017, he was the director of the LBJ Presidential Library where, he hosted the Civil Rights Summit in 2014, which included Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Jimmy Carter, and oversaw a major renovation of the Library’s core […]
Ep. 54 – Begin Again: James Baldwin’s American Ruins and Our Own with Dr. Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
September 29, 2020 05:00 - 64.2 MBEddie S. Glaude Jr. is a scholar who speaks to the black and blue in America. His most well-known books, Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul, and In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America, take a wide look at black communities and reveal complexities, vulnerabilities, and opportunities for […]
Ep. 54 – Begin Again – James Baldwin’s American Ruins and Our Own: A Conversation with Dr. Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
September 29, 2020 05:00 - 64.2 MBEddie S. Glaude Jr. is a scholar who speaks to the black and blue in America. His most well-known books, Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul, and In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America, take a wide look at black communities and reveal complexities, vulnerabilities, and opportunities for hope. Hope that is, in one of his favorite quotes from W.E.B Du Bois, “not hopeless, but a bit unhopeful.” Other muses include James Baldwin, Malcolm X, and...
Ep. 53 Black Education, Racial Justice, and Equity: A Conversation with Sonya Douglass Horsford
September 21, 2020 05:00 - 31 BytesFrom Dr. Horsford’s website: My name is Sonya Douglass Horsford, and I currently serve as Associate Professor of Education Leadership in the Department of Organization and Leadership at Teachers College, Columbia University. My research focuses on the politics of race in education leadership, policy, and reform. I am the Founding Director of the Black Education […]
Ep. 53 – Black Education, Racial Justice, and Equity: A Conversation with Sonya Douglass Horsford
September 21, 2020 05:00 - 29.9 MBSonya Douglass Horsford currently serves as Associate Professor of Education Leadership in the Department of Organization and Leadership at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research focuses on the politics of race in education leadership, policy, and reform. She is the Founding Director of the Black Education Research Collective (BERC) and Co-Director of the Urban Education Leaders Program (UELP) at Teachers College – an Ed.D. program for aspiring urban district leaders. Prior to ...
Ep. 52 – Race in Cinema: A Conversation with Rebecca Campbell
September 13, 2020 05:00 - 36.3 MBRebecca Campbell has served as chief executive of the Austin Film Society since 1998. Prior to joining AFS, she spent 12 years in the nonprofit sector, serving as Executive Director of two statewide California organizations, following which she earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in Video and Film Production from the University of Texas at Austin. During her tenure, the Film Society has created and developed Austin Studios (a 20-acre film and creative media production facility), founded the...
Ep. 51 Laurence Ralph on The Torture Letters: Reckoning with Police Violence
September 07, 2020 05:00 - 53.5 MBFrom Dr. Laurence’s website: I am a Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University. Before that, I was a professor at Harvard University for 8 years. I earned my Ph.D. (2010) and Masters of Arts degrees (2006) in Anthropology from the University of Chicago, and a Bachelor of Science degree (2004) from Georgia Institute of Technology […]
Ep. 51 – The Torture Letters – Reckoning with Police Violence: A Conversation with Laurence Ralph
September 07, 2020 05:00 - 53.5 MBLaurence Ralph is a Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University. He earned both a Ph.D. and also a Master of Arts degree in Anthropology from the University of Chicago, and a Bachelor of Science degree from Georgia Institute of Technology where he majored in History, Technology, and Society. Laurence has published articles on these topics in various venues. In 2014 Laurence’s first book, Renegade Dreams: Living Through Injury in Gangland Chicago, was published by the University of Chi...
Ep. 50 – Race, Humanism, and the Search for the Common Faith: A Conversation with Greg Epstein
August 31, 2020 05:00 - 66.6 MBA prominent leader in the national movement to build positive, inclusive, and inspiring humanist communities, Greg M. Epstein has served the country’s rapidly growing population of non-religious people for nearly two decades. Described as a “godfather to the [humanist] movement” by The New York Times Magazine in recognition of his efforts, Epstein was also named “one of the top faith and moral leaders in the United States” by Faithful Internet, a project coordinated by the United Church of C...
Ep. 49 – Mark Whitaker on Smoketown: Black Pittsburgh’s Forgotten Renaissance
August 24, 2020 05:00 - 50.1 MBMark Whitaker spent three decades as a reporter, writer and editor for Newsweek Magazine and in 1999 became the first African-American to lead a national newsweekly. In 2007, he joined NBC News and the following year replaced the late Tim Russert as Washington Bureau Chief. In 2011, Mark was appointed Managing Editor of CNN Worldwide, […]
Ep. 49 – Smoketown – Black Pittsburgh’s Forgotten Renaissance: A Conversation with Mark Whitaker
August 24, 2020 05:00 - 50.1 MBMark Whitaker spent three decades as a reporter, writer, and editor for Newsweek Magazine and in 1999 became the first African-American to lead a national newsweekly. In 2007, he joined NBC News and the following year replaced the late Tim Russert as Washington Bureau Chief. In 2011, Mark was appointed Managing Editor of CNN Worldwide, overseeing day-to-day news coverage across all television and digital platforms as well as the original programming team that created CNN Films and acquired A...
Ep. 48 – The Black Image in American Popular Culture: A Conversation with Van Lathan
August 18, 2020 05:00 - 73.7 MBVan Lathan is an established host and media personality from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He can be heard weekly on "The Red Pill" podcast, which garners over 50,000 listeners per episode, as well as on the podcast Higher Learning with Rachel Lindsay. Van's passion for sports, entertainment, and news comes across in his reporting and insightful interviews. At present, Van resides in Los Angeles and is developing both film and television projects. Join Peniel and Van in their discussion of black...
Ep. 47 – How Newt Gingrich Created Donald Trump: A Conversation with Julian E. Zelizer
August 06, 2020 18:37 - 43.1 MBJulian Zelizer is a professor in political history at Princeton University, frequent political commentator, and author of over 900 op-eds and books covering American political history. After obtaining his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University, Zelizer went on to write for The Atlantic and work as a weekly columnist at CNN. He has twice won the D.B Hardeman Prize. Among the 19 books he has authored and edited is Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974 - a book which received wide...
Ep. 47: How Newt Gingrich Created Donald Trump: A Conversation with Julian E. Zelizer
August 06, 2020 18:37 - 43.1 MBJulian Zelizer is a professor in political history at Princeton university, frequent political commentator, and author of over 900 op-eds and books covering American political history. After obtaining his PhD from Johns Hopkins University, Zelizer went on to write for The Atlantic and work as a weekly columnist at CNN. He has twice won the […]
Ep. 46 – Trymaine Lee on America’s Racial Reckoning
August 03, 2020 05:00 - 93 MBTrymaine Lee is a Pulitzer Prize and Emmy award-winning journalist. Having reported for both The New York Times and Huffington Post, Trymaine currently works as a national reporter for the digital arm of MSNBC. He has been recognized for his work covering social justice issues, including the case of Trayvon Martin in 2012, for which […]
Ep. 46 – America’s Racial Reckoning: A Conversation with Trymaine Lee
August 03, 2020 05:00 - 93 MBTrymaine Lee is a Pulitzer Prize and Emmy award-winning journalist. Having reported for both The New York Times and Huffington Post, Trymaine currently works as a national reporter for the digital arm of MSNBC. He has been recognized for his work covering social justice issues, including the case of Trayvon Martin in 2012, for which he won the April Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman Foundation. He is the founder and host of Into America podcast, a show discussing politics and how policy i...