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The Janus Adams Show
by Janus Adams
THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW is a weekly public radio program about race and courage. Host and Executive Producer—Janus Adams: Emmy Award-winning journalist, author, and historian. Co-Executive Producer—Matthew L. Mixon: Emmy Award-winning producer and director. Learn More: www.JanusAdams.com
Episodes
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A'Lelia Bundles, JOY GODDESS: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance
Preview, The Janus Adams Show, season 11, Fall 2026. Guest journalist, author, archivist, A'Lelia Bundles continues the Walker Legacy with this biography of her great-grandmother, A'Lelia Walker, Madam CJ Walker's only child.
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MENAH PRATT, BlackWildGirl
Black Wild Girl MENAH PRATT Power, Parenting, and Warrior Women When a five-year-old Black girl declares “I am the Queen of Sheba,” it sets her on a lifelong journey—from her father’s shattered dreams and punishing discipline to reclaiming her own superpower as a Black wild woman in a world on...
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Felipe Zurita Quintana, CHARTER FOR COMPASSION
In this wide ranging conversation, Janus Adams speaks with Felipe Zurita Quintana about his journey from a conservative upbringing in Chile and deep immersion in Mormonism—including serving a mission during California’s Prop 8 campaign— to coming out as queer, leaving the church, and dedicating…
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THREE WOMEN CLICK INTO A ZOOM...
Three women click into a Zoom. OMG. Why them? Why now? Why should anyone care? All it takes is one question -- the first question, “How are you?” -- and everything we think we knew about each other can suddenly change. Who are we? How do we come to be who we are? What’s in a name? What’s in a...
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HARRIET TUBMAN'S WAY - Spring Washam
HARRIET TUBMAN'S WAY - Spring Washam by Janus Adams
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Gail Straub, HOME INSIDE THE GLOBE
In a world often divided by borders, beliefs, and differences, Gail Straub offers a transformative vision of human connection. Author of "Home Inside the Globe: Embracing Our Human Family," Straub takes us on a remarkable journey from her childhood in Delaware to empowering women across Africa,...
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Gail Straub, HOME INSIDE THE GLOBE (Promo)
Gail Straub, HOME INSIDE THE GLOBE (Promo) by Janus Adams
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RAISING BLACK BOYS IN TOUGH TIMES: MaryAnne Howland and Raymond Winbush, PhD
What must we do to fortify our sons (and our daughters); to teach them not just how to survive but to thrive; to save their righteous minds, bodies and spirits? This week's show: RAISING BLACK BOYS IN TOUCH TIMES with our guests, MaryAnne Howland, author of "WARRIOR RISING: How Four Men Helped a...
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Amb. STUART EIZENSTAT, The Art of Diplomacy
At a time when the entire world is in turmoil and the brink of chaos seems not far off, what does it take to right the world—to right the world order to balance. Are these very goals—balance, world order—the root of the problem Ambassadar Stuart E. Eizenstat, veteran U.S. diplomat, member of the...
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JUNETEENTH: A FarmArts Collective Agri/Cultural Celebration
In this special broadcast, FarmArts Collective--an Agri/Cultural Center at Willow Wisp Organic Farm in Damascus, PA--discusses its second annual Juneteenth celebration. Guests: Tasa Faronii, Robin Grey Wolf Henderson, Adrienne Jensen, Faye Kaiser-Valdera, G. Oliver King, and FarmArts founder,...
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CHRISTINA HUNT WOOD, Artist
As an artist, Christina Hunt Wood is known for her paintings and printmaking; her “Human Nature” series which merges photography with clay imprints; her “Landscapes” of discarded "road soda" litter; her “Living Archive Project” which rethinks rural tradition through the lens of inclusive...
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TEAM DREAM
Two elite swimmers (Ann Smith, 82, and Madeline Murphy Rabb, 76) journey to the National Senior Games. TEAM DREAM--a serious contender in the run-up to awards season, this little star of a film flares with unexpected brilliance; capturing imaginations and challenging long-standing assumptions…
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Deborah G. Plant, OF GREED AND GLORY
What does it do to you when someone you love is ripped from the family, charged with a crime, wrongfully incarcerated, and – after nearly 25 years, continues to serve a life sentence without the possibility of parole in the infamous Angola prison – a national disgrace – despite evidence of his...
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BEFORE YOU GO, Nicole Franklin & Bryant Monteilh (FULL)
Nicole Franklin and Bryant Monteilh are the producers and co-hosts of an extraordinary podcast series, BEFORE YOU GO. Lurking in the background of that title is the taboo subject of death. But, “Before You Go” is, without question, about life. In on-site interviews, here are stories about life…
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BEFORE YOU GO: Nicole Franklin & Bryant Monteilh (Promo)
Coming up on THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW, "Before You Go"--centarians tell stories of a lifetime. Guests: Producers and Co-Hosts, Nicole Franklin and Bryant Monteilh.
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SCHOLARS & SCHOLARSHIP. Guests: Diana Hernandez & Sheila Walker
SCHOLARS & SCHOLARSHIP. Guests: Diana Hernandez & Sheila Walker by Janus Adams
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RAMON HERVEY II, The Fame Game
For four decades, Ramon Hervey II has been a manager and publicist to some of the entertainment industry's most famous talents. Quincy Jones, Bette Midler, Richard Pryor, Vanessa Williams and Muhammad Ali!! All have sought his counsel in confidence. He's also the executive producer who brought us...
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DR. PAMELA LARDE, The Joy Whisperer
“I see joy is a form of resistance. I see it as a source of power, because it's how we continue to stand on our two feet. Even when we're knocked down, we find that power and a lot of that power is sourced through joy that we create. And the reason why I say that joy is power is because when so...
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Frederick Joseph, COURAGE TO DREAM
He’s the New York Times bestselling author of "The Black Friend." A mover and maker, he made the Forbes “30 Under 30” list as Founder of “We Have Stories,” which provides free support to marginalized storytellers and organizations that shift cultural bias toward full inclusion. His #RentRelief...
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LAURA FLANDERS, Journalist
As the Israel-Hamas War evolves, what is the role of journalists and historians in deciphering the crisis? As professionals, they are trained to be well-researched, well-sourced, “objective,” and to cover “both sides” of a debate. But, what of context? That’s the question when journalist Laura...
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LAURA FLANDERS, Setting the Clock
LAURA FLANDERS, Setting the Clock by Janus Adams
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Chloe Dulce Louvouezo, LIFE I SWEAR
Chloe Dulce Louvouezo, author and podcaster, brings us her "undertaking of the heart"―a book so needed and so right for these times, "LIFE, I SWEAR: Intimate Stories from Black Women on Identity, Healing, and Self-Trust." With this interview, Chloe gifts us "the irony, the challenge, the faith…
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St. Stephen: A Passion Play, REHEARSAL (promo)
Decades after writing "St. Stephen: A Passion Play," Janus Adams' play takes on new life.
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DeNeen L. Brown, REPORTER
DeNeen L. Brown, REPORTER by Janus Adams
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Thank You, Harry Belafonte: a personal remembrance
Janus Adams remembers Harry Belafonte--the musician and human rights activist--who, together with Sidney Poitier, was her first interview as an NPR correspondent.
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David Lester & Marcus Rediker, PROPHET AGAINST SLAVERY
DAVID LESTER, graphic novelist, and MARCUS REDIKER, historian, on the story behind their graphic non-fiction novel: PROPHET AGAINST SLAVERY. Based on Rediker's book, "THE FEARLESS BENJAMIN LAY: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist."
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Chester Higgins, SACRED NILE
Journey to the Cradle of Civilization, as master photographer, CHESTER HIGGINS, JR. shares stories from his fifty-year pilgrimage through the ancient roots of modern-day faith.
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William H, Turner PhD, THE HARLAN RENAISSANCE
A rarely seen portrait of Appalachia―Black Appalachia. William H. Turner, coal miner's son, is author of the memoir, THE HARLAN RENAISSANCE: Stories of Black Life in Appalachian Coal Towns. From African American family life and culture in the boom years of Harlan County, Kentucky’s coal-mining...
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Solomon Jones, TEN DEMANDS
How do we rectify racial injustice? Through his power as a storyteller and his skills as a journalist, Solomon Jones leverages his own life experience to resurrects ten people whose lives were ravaged by racism. His indictment of what he calls the "Criminal Injustice System,” will get you…
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Otis Moss III, DANCING IN THE DARKNESS, Pt. 2
Otis Moss III. Author, DANCING IN THE DARKNESS: Spiritual Lessons for Thriving in Turbulent Times. A 2-part Janus Adams SPECIAL with Rev. Dr. Moss is Senior Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago--the congregation once pastored by the Obama family's minister, Rev. Jeremiah Wright....
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Otis Moss III, DANCING IN THE DARKNESS, Pt. 1
Otis Moss III. Author, DANCING IN THE DARKNESS: Spiritual Lessons for Thriving in Turbulent Times. A 2-part Janus Adams SPECIAL with Rev. Dr. Moss is Senior Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago--the congregation once pastored by the Obama family's minister, Rev. Jeremiah Wright....
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TEAM DREAM: A Janus Adams special
This “Janus Adams Show” Special features TEAM DREAM—a documentary film short about two elite swimmers (Ann Smith, 82, and Madeline Murphy Rabb, 76) and their journey to the National Senior Games. A serious contender in the run-up to awards season, this little star of a film flares with unexpected...
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Reece Jones, WHITE BORDERS | NOBODY IS PROTECTED
With pushback on immigration policies being shaped by White supremacist legacies, what is the United States' vision for the future? What can——and must——each of us do today to ensure the well-being of a multiracial tomorrow? Confronting the racist legacy of US immigration policy with our guest,...
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Josue Rivas, STANDING ROCK STANDING STRONG
As US government-backed Dakota Access Pipeline proponents wreaked havoc on Indigenous peoples, their lands, sensibilities, and on Nature herself, First Nations (Mexica and Otomi) documentary photographer, cinematographer, and film director, Josué Rivas was on the scene as witness and participant;...
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Andrea 'Philly' Walls, THE MUSEUM OF BLACK JOY
Meet "Philly" Walls: poet, photographer, and “multidisciplinary artist. She is curator and creator of the digital installation, THE MUSEUM OF BLACK JOY——a “borderless refuge for the observation, cultivation, celebration, and preservation of Black joy.” What does Black Joy mean and why do we need…
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The Sister Days Mother/Daughter Sistafest, PT2
On this episode of "The Janus Adams Show": The Sister Days Mother/Daughter* Sistafest (Part 2). Five guests gather in celebration of women and our lives: Elle Cole, MaryAnne Howland, Irma McClaurin, Dakota Nelson, and Deborah Payton-Jones.
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American Sanctuary (full show)
AMERICAN SANCTUARY: A Path Through History - Guest: Walter Gable This program was produced in cooperation with ILoveNewYork.
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Congressman Ritchie Torres of New York
Congressman Ritchie Torres (D-NY15) returns to the show. With all that’s going on in his New York City hometown, the state, the country, indeed the world; his unique perspective is right on time.
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The Sister Days Mother/Daughter Sistafest, PT1
On this episode of "The Janus Adams Show": The Sister Days Mother/Daughter* Sistafest (Part 1). Five guests gather in celebration of women and our lives: Elle Cole, MaryAnne Howland, Irma McClaurin, Dakota Nelson, and Deborah Payton-Jones.
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Thank You, Dr. King (Letter from a Birmingham Jail)
On the anniversary of Dr. King's "Letter from a Birmingham City Jail" (April 16, 1963), a message from his last speech, just four days before he was assassinated, becomes a call-to-action for today. With this episode of The Janus Adams Show, we pay tribute to the man and his legacy: THANK YOU…
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Keisha Blain on Fannie Lou Hamer, UNTIL I AM FREE
“We have a long fight and this fight is not mine alone. But you are not free whether you are White or Black until I am free.” Keisha N. Blain, Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh, MSNBC contributor brings us her new book, “UNTIL I AM FREE: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to...
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DeWitt Lacy, Civil Rights Attorney
Voter suppression. What’s at stake? With Republican-led state legislatures enacting laws designed to disfranchise Black and Brown voters, what impact will this surge have on our legal system? juries? convictions? fundamental human rights? Civil Rights Attorney DeWitt Lacy of California on the...
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Sarah Collins Rudolph & Tracy Snipe: THE FIFTH LITTLE GIRL
It's the infamous event known at the "Birmingham Church Bombing." A bomb, planted by White supremacists and pro-segregationists, was detonated at the 16th Street Baptist Church murdering "Four Little Girls" and severely injuring Sarah Collins Rudolph. This week's guest on The Janus Adams Show…
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Peggy Fitzsimmons: RELEASE
What are your hopes for the year ahead? How will you turn the page on one year and rethink priorities for a new? Tune into this week’s Janus Adams Show and podcast with my guest―psychologist and author Peggy Fitzsimmons―on life, work, the Omega Institute, Oprah Winfrey’s “Super Soul” series…
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"Dear Miki: Lucas Rotman's All-American Family Saga"
Singer, songwriter, teacher, descendant of two of the 20th century’s worst atrocities, Lucas Maehara Rotman’s very existence is also a miracle. “Dear Miki: An All-American Family Saga” on The Janus Adams Show.
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Denise Woods, The Power of Voice
The Janus Adams Show with guest, DENISE WOODS: voice, speech, and dialect coach to Hollywood's A-Listers; author of "THE POWER OF VOICE: A Guide to Making Yourself Heard."
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#DangerousWomen: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW: #DangerousWomen. What happens when a male congressman feels so threatened by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez―a powerful woman doing the job she was elected to do―that he verbally assaults her in the most sexist and racist of terms.
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Dawn Porter, filmmaker, RISE AGAIN: Tulsa and the Red Summer
From 1917 to 1923, there were 25 White Supremacist race massacres across the United States. There was also a determination by Blacks to rise from the ashes. Director, writer and producer DAWN PORTER brings the 1921 Tulsa Massacre into sharper focus and context with her film, "RISE AGAIN: Tulsa…
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Dear America, My Wish For Your Birthday is...
"Dear America, my wish for you on your birthday is..." © Janus Adams 2021 Excerpted from my forthcoming memoir for the July 4th edition of "Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper."
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Clint Smith, author, HOW THE WORD IS PASSED
With his #1 New York Times bestseller "HOW THE WORD IS PASSED: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America," CLINT SMITH takes us to the marrow of who we are as a nation, what we’ve done, where we’ve been, what must change, why, and—if we listen we are brave enough to take the...
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THE JANUS ADAMS SHOW is a weekly public radio program about race and courage. Host and Executive Producer—Janus Adams: Emmy Award-winning journalist, author, and historian. Co-Executive Producer—Matthew L. Mixon: Emmy Award-winning producer and director. Learn More: www.JanusAdams.com
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