All Episodes

81. Backtalking with Jamilah Lemieux

80. Whose America? Whose Story?

79. Introducing Backtalker: an American Memoir

78. Misogynoir, Basketball, and the Art of Accountability

77. Heroes, Harm and History: Chavez's Legacy and Women's History Month

76. The Story of Us 2026, Part 2

75. Unfinished Business: Racial Justice After Jesse Jackson

74. The Story of Us 2026, Part 1

73. The Sounds of Us

ENCORE: 54. #SayHerName - the Art of Bearing Witness on the Page and Stage

72. Why Authoritarians Fear Democracy

71. Why Authoritarians Fear Education

70. How Anti-Blackness Destroys Democracy

Part 2: United States of Amnesia: The Real Histories of CRT - Weaponizing (White) Parents' Rights

69. The Battle for America's Memory, Part 2

68. The Battle for America's Memory

67. Bloody Sunday, 60 Years Later

66. Executive Disorder

Part 1: United States of Amnesia: The Real Histories of CRT - The Students Who Protested

Coming Soon - United States of Amnesia: The Real History of Critical Race Theory

65. Views from the 92%: Black Women Reflect on the 2024 Election and the Road Ahead

64. Election 2024 Round Table, Part 3

63. Election 2024 Round Table, Part 2

62. Election 2024 Round Table, Part 1

61. Why We Need Police Reform

60. Tennessee: Tip of the Spear in the Fight for Democracy

59. A moment with Tim Wise

58. A moment with CJ Hunt

57. Never Too Much: The Untold Story of Luther Vandross

56. The Revolutionary Act of Self Care

55. Who gets to be a hero in the story of America?

54. #SayHerName: the Art of Bearing Witness on the Page and Stage

53. All My Heroes Were Stolen From Me

52. Democracy at Stake - Fighting for the Freedom to Learn

51. #SayHerName: I Am My Sister's Keeper

50. Freedom Readers: Why Kids Should Learn About Racism

49. We Won't Black Down: Why Black Voters Matter

48. Books Unbanned: From Freedom Riders to Freedom Readers

47. Freedom Summer 2022: Teaching Truth to Power

46. Yes, We Still Need To Talk About Cosby

45. Was This the Last Black History Month?

44. Drag At The Intersection

43. The Neverending Insurrection: Legacies of January 6th

42. Educators Ungagged: Teaching Truth in the Era of Racial Backlash

41. Believing Her: The Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill Hearings at 30

40. The Lies They Tell: Mass Media's Complicity in the Age of Disinformation

39. The Insurgent Origins of Critical Race Theory

38. Engendering the Politics of the Black Athlete

37. Black Women's Health Through the Twin Pandemics

36. A Love Song for Latasha

35. The Story Of Us (Part 2)

34. The Story Of Us (Part 1)

33. And Still We Fight

32. If Hindsight Is 2020, Why Are We Still Not Saved?

31. #TruthBeTold: The Destructiveness of Trump's Equity Gag Order & What Biden Must Do Now

30. Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?

29. Black Men For Trump?: The Overdue Conversation on Patriarchy & Misogynoir in Black Politics

28. Having Our Say: Black Women Respond to the Vice Presidential Debate

27. Why the Court Matters: RBG's Legacy and the Fight She Leaves Behind

26. Black Girls Speak: Creating Community in the Summer of COVID

25. From the Base to the Face of the Party: Kamala Harris, Black Women & Misogynoir in the Election

24. Storytelling While Black and Female: Conjuring Beautiful Experiments in Past and Future Worlds

23. Politics, Power, and the Struggle Against Black Precarity

22. COVID, White Power, and the Unseeing of Race Again

21. Under the Blacklight: Telling Stories of State Violence & Public Silence

20. India Kager: A Mother's Story of Loss & Erasure

19. Under the Blacklight: The Fire This Time

18. Under the Blacklight: Narrating the Nightmare & (Re)Imagining the Possible

17. Under the Blacklight: Virus, Voting & Vigilantism in Georgia

16. Under the Blacklight: Mobilizing Whiteness to 'Re-Open America'

15. Under the Blacklight: COVID in Confinement

14. Under the Blacklight: History Rinsed and Repeated

13. Under the Blacklight: COVID & Disaster White Supremacy

12. Under the Blacklight: Mapping COVID's Racial Geography

11. Under the Blacklight: COVID and Disaster Capitalism

10. Age Against the Machine: The Fatal Intersection of Racism & Ageism In the Time of Coronavirus

9. Under the Blacklight: The Intersectional Vulnerabilities that COVID Lays Bare

8. Defending the C.R.O.W.N.: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Nappyness

7. When They See Her: The Story of Michelle Cusseaux

6. What Slavery Engendered: An Intersectional Look at 1619

5. Stonewall 50: Whose Movement Is It Anyway?

4. The Anatomy of An Apology

3. #MeToo and Black Women: From Hip Hop to Hollywood

2. I Believe I Can Lie: R. Kelly (Still) In Denial

1. A Mother's Nightmare: The Life and Death of Korryn Gaines

Midterms Countdown: Will Vote Suppression Win or Will An Intersectional Clapback Against 45 Prevail?