All Episodes

Ep 195 - How the American Revolution Freed a Future Abolitionist, Virginia's Last Royal Governor Issued His Own Emancipation Proclimation

Ep 194 - Why Do Some Black Americans Not Celebrate the 4th?, A Focus on Diversity in Revolutionary Era, Keeping the Memory of Revolutionary War Soldiers of Color Alive

Ep 193 - How Smoking Has Declined, Medications That Can Cause Weight Gain, Lynn Whitfield Doesn't Do Broke

Ep 192 - Juneteenth Advocate's Memoir, MLK III on Fatherhood, Are Black Church Choirs Dying?

Ep 191 - Miss Teen KS to Compete in National Competition, Books for Black Music Month, Creator of Critical Race Theory Memoir

Ep 190 - Guide to the World Cup, Why Melanin Isn't a Shield, More Black Men Are Tuning Out Major Media Outlets

Ep 189 - Voting Rights Act Changed Georgia, Rodeo Fuels Revival in Historic Black Town, Robert Woodsen Obituary

Ep 188 - SPLC Leader Pleads Not Guilty to Fraud Charges, NAACP Scholarship, Should Black Britains Play African Americans?

Ep 187 - ATL Firm Faces Discrimination Investigation, USDA Cancels $300 Million Program, The Black Caucus Is the Conscience of Congress

Ep 186 - Review of new MLK Jr. Biography, Essential Black Books, Black Comic Books

Ep 185 - Kansas City Public Schools making strides in graduation rate, Is Your Joint Pain Actually A Bone Spur?, Rihanna makes history again by breaking RIAA singles certification record

Ep 184 - Introduction and 1st Chapter of the Book "The First Eight", Review of "The First Eight"

Ep 183 - Black Out Loud book review, Black Farmers Shut Out of Trump Event, 1st Group of Black Lawmakers in Georgia Remembered

Ep 182 - Mackenzie Scott Donates $42 Million to HBCU, 5 Black Churches Receive Million Dollar Grants, Atlanta's DAs Work to Change the Game

Ep 181 - What Does Marriage Look Like for This New Generation?, America’s Birthrate At Record Low, Unrivaled Gives Lisa Leslie Space to Impart Wisdom

Ep 180 - The Delta Dream Flight, Delta's 1st Black Flight Attendants, Challenger Disaster 40 Years Later

Ep 179 - Only 5% of American Doctors are Black, Rod Page Obit, An American Fugitive from Slavery in Britain

Ep 178 - 100 Yr Anniversary of Black History Month, 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre, DEI Work That Saved Lives

Ep 177 - Inspiration for Generations of Black Dems, Key Political Quotes of Jesse Jackson, How Jackson Touched Ireland With His Energy

Ep 166 - Erin Jackson -- Gold Medal Winner, Working Homelessness in KC, Lagos to Lombardi

Ep 165 - How One Place Shaped Generations, Black Athletes & the Nazis, Billy Bates Nelson Obit

Ep 164 - Claudette Colvin Obit, How the Red Scare Erased a US Icon, The Midwife of Black Nationalism

Ep 163 - Black History Month, Lincoln and Douglas's Complicated Relationship, An Excerpt from new Douglas Biography

Ep 162 - Miami Lawyers Navigate Legal Landscape, MLK Day and Juneteenth Could Be Restored as Nat'l Park Fee-Free Days

Ep 161 - Trump Releases FBI Files on MLK Jr., Excerpt from new MLK Biography, The Long and Unrelenting Battle to Establish MLK Jr Day

Ep 160 - Lincoln University Receives $25 Million Donation, 2025 W.E. Dubois Medal Recipients, Viola Fletcher Obit

Ep 159 - Timelessness of Christmas Spirituals, Kwanzaa -- What is It and How is It Celebrated, Origins of New Year's Day Food Traditions

Ep 158 - The History of Mac n Cheese, Short Story by Langston Hughes, Afro Carribean Christmas Traditions

Ep 157 - Founder of "Cowboys of Color" Has Died, Black WWII Veteran Plaque Removed, Black Modernist Architects

Ep 156 - Top 50 African American Podcasts (and ours is included!), Why Black Middle Class is Still Struggling, New Black-Led Movies in Theaters in 2025

Ep 155 - $400 Million Raised to Train Black Doctors, National Regristry Listing for Resting Place of Emmett Till, Black Communities Are Taking On Big Tech

Ep 154 - Mackenzie Scott Donates $40 Million to Preserve Black History, ATL's 1st Black History Museum Finds New Light, The President Who Re-Segregated the Federal Gov't

Ep 153 - Meet the 5 Black MacArthur Grant Recipients, Misty Copeland Hangs Up Her Point Shoes, The Slow Painful Decline of Black Celebrity Activism

Ep 152 - NASA Class First in 40 Years Without Black Recruits, Oposing Views on Million Man March, 'Black Arms to Hold You Up' Book Review

Ep 151 - Overwhelmingly White Administration Dismissing High-Ranking Black Officials, The Root is Black-Owned Again, How to Keep KY's Black-Led Farms Alive

Ep 150 - Assata Shakur Obit, George Hardy (Tuskegee Airmen) Obit, The Life of Tennis Champ Althea Gibson

Ep 149 - Have $ Gains Outgrown Value in HBCU Football?, $55 Million Gift Still Boosts Atlanta HBCUs, Unlocking Sickle Cell Mysteries

Ep 148 - Trump Shifts Millions to HBCUs and Tribal Schools, Center Receives Diversity Award, Better Access to Tech May Help African Americans Bridge Healthcare Gap

Ep 147 - Victoria Mboko: Has a New Star Been Born, Lees Summit Schools Serve Growing Number of English Language Learners, 25 Year Old Opens Don's Laundry in NYC

Ep 146 - ATL is Higher Ed Mecca for Black Students, Making Black Students Feel Validated, Millions Return to Schools This Month Struggling With Strained Resources and Divisive Culture Wars

Ep 145 - Malcolm Jamal Warner Obit, Improving Colorectal Cancer Treatment for Black Americans, 'Black Genius' Book Review

Ep 144 - Legacy Rooted in Vision & Family, Smurfs Director on Rihanna's Role, Paris Unveils Mural of Josephine Baker

Ep 143 - Fans Criticize Beyonce, Black Kids Are More Likely To Drown, Black Americans are Moving to Ghana

Ep 142 - Sly Stone Obit, Opal Lee on Road to Recovery, What Tariffs Mean for Braids and Wigs

Ep141 - Only Black All-Female WW2 Unit Honored, Uncle Sam's New Message to Young Black Americans, Nat'l African American Museum Faces Uncertainty

Ep 140 - Black Catholics React to New Pope, We Now Know Number of Enslaved Africans Trafficked Across Atlantic, How Black-Owned Luxury Brands Are Winning

Ep 139 - Spellman College Pageants Go Viral, Focus on Healthspan vs. Lifespan, Airyl Deniro Comes Out as Trans Woman

Ep 134 - HBCUs Ponder Their Future Amid Cuts, Georgia State Receives Grant to Preserve Gullah/Geechee Heritage, Patois is Not Broken English

Ep 133 - Pope Leo XIV's Creole Heritage, Savannah's Black Newspaper, Kidney Disease in Black Community

Ep 132 - America's Longest Black-Owned Radio Station Celebrates, Harry Edwards Isn't Done Just Yet, "The Dead Are Arising" Book Review

Ep 131 - Black Paternal Health Week, How Romantic Relationships Effect Mental Health, Post Eaton Fires

Ep 130 - One of America's Wealthiest Black Communities, Why the Black American Origins of Mac and Cheese is So Hotly Debated

Ep129 - The Black Women of Black Wall St, Best Exercises for Hip Arthritis, How Will Tariffs Impact America?

Ep 128 - AJC Black History Series Turns 10, These Giants of Black History Were Rivals, "Before Elvis" Book Review

Ep 127 - HBCU Marching Bands' Super Bowl Tradition, The Lost Black City Swallowed Up by The Pentagon, (James) Baldwin's Spell

Ep 126 - America's Oldest Black Town is Dying, Gil Scott-Heron's Son Talks Life Lessons

Ep 125 - Inside the 100 Year Fight to Get Black Revolutionary Pardoned, Thomas Gaither Obituary

Ep 124 - Reparations for black Californians, Black Indigenous Communities Work Together, Black Histories Protection

Ep 123 - Richard Parsons Obit, How the Slave Trade Shaped the World, Come Back to Ghana

Ep 122 - Kamala's Sorority, Oldest Black Schoolhouse Restored, 'The Strangers' Book Review

Ep 121 - Rachel Zegler as Snow White, Young at Heart or Are You?, Ten Black Holiday Traditions

Ep 120 - Kwanzaa 2024, The Meaning of Watch Night, The Timelessness of Christmas Spirituals

Ep 119 - In St Louis a Chance to Preserve Black History, Weight Loss Plans Are Less Effective for Black Women, Residents Take Reparations Deal in Palm Springs

Ep 118 - KC Black Rep Theater Presents "Hip Hop Cinderella", SLAM Magazine Iconic Cover T-Shirts, Whoopi's All-Women Sports Network

Ep 117 - Program Pairs Youngest Students With Relatable Instructors, Memphis: The Roots of Rock, Bill Lucy Obit

Ep 116 - Quincy Jones Obit, Justice Dept to Investigate Tulsa Race Massacre, Spell House Romances

Ep 115 - John Amos Obit, UK Sites Where Black Americans Fought to End Slavery, Young Black Athletes Try Out Sport of Kings

Ep 114 - Correct Arm Position for Blood Pressure Checks, Historic Number of Older Americans Live Alone, 'Blues People' Premiere at Africa International Film Fest

Ep 113 - Ta-Nehisi Coates Calls Out Injustice, A Review of Malcolm Gladwell's New Book, What's a Slave Road?

Ep 112 - Tito Jackson Obit, Why Black Churchgoers Are Staying Home on Sunday, Black Americans Who Didn't Participate in the "Great Migration"

Ep 111 - $4 Million Grant Helps Protect Historic Edifices, FL Freedom Schools Teach Black History, Georgia County With Racist Past Wants to Become a Model of Love

Ep 110 - The Power of Celebrity on Elections, Want to Feel Like You're Living a Longer, Fuller Life?, Tina Mabry Longs For the 90s Black Film Era

Ep 109 - What's Next for Black Nuns Who Leave Religion?, The Private LDS Church Battles, "Who's Down?" Short Story

Ep 108 - Founder of Famous Amos Cookies Dies, How Many Black Farmers Are There in the US?, Kamala Harris and the Black Elite

Ep 107 - 'Love & Whiskey' Book Review, Baldwin's Blues For Mr. Charlie, Categorizing Black American Literature

Ep 106 - Fierce Black Women Leaders, First Black Woman to Run for VP, The First Lady of Negro America

Ep 105 - Black Nature Enthusiasts, Biden Designates Black National Monument, Rep Sheila Jackson Lee Obit

Ep 104 - Black Farmers Finally Get Relief, Push for More Black Pilots, 5 Ways Black Panthers Shaped US Schools

Ep 103 - Navy Exonerates Black Sailors, The Fall of the Friedman Savings Bank, Bernice Johnson Reagon obit

Ep 102 - Kamala Harris' Faith, 24 Black Team USA Athletes to Watch, How Will Project 2025 Affect Black America?

Ep 101 - Willie Mays Obit, A Black Newspaper Gets a 2nd Life, Why Are People Leaving Black Greek Groups?

Ep 100 - Move over Cobb -- Gibson Reigns, James M Lawson's Obit, OK Supreme Court Dismisses Reparations Case

Ep 99 - KC Commends Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Alumnae, It's Bigger Than Whiskey, Ten Dating Green Flags

Ep 98 - Stevie Wonder Becomes Citizen of Ghana, Where the Slave Trade Started, How Bondage Built the Church

Ep 97 - A Dr. at 17 and Now She's Going to Prom, Reebok Isn't a Hobby for Shaq, Mary McLeod Bethune Sought to Unify African Diaspora

Ep 96 - Michelle Obama's Mother Dies, Inside NJ's Rollerskating Scene, Cat Williams Tells the Truth

Ep 95 - America's 1st Black Astronaut Finally Goes to Space, The Panthers, the producers, and the escape

Ep 94 - New KC Black Mental Health Program, Why the FAFSA is so Hard This Year, Dr Rae Wynn Grant Lives on the Wild Side

Ep 93 - Old School ATL Dance Club Stands the Test of Time, Where Are All the Black Girl Groups From ATL?, The Black Twin Peaks

Ep 92 - The Complicated Problem of Banning Menthol Cigarettes, Oldest Black Independent Library Still Making History, The Legend That Was Mattiwilda Dobbs

Ep 91 - NAACP Urgest Student Athletes to Reconsider FL Colleges, What OJ Simpson Meant to Black America, Fraternity Builds Bonds Through School Books

Ep 90 - Alternative Paths to Good-Paying Jobs, A Hiring Freeze for Wichita Schools, Tamara Blackwell Crowned Miss Wheelchair Kansas

EP 89 - Divine Love is a Gift, Wichita's Storytime Village, More Kansas Mothers are dying after giving birth

Ep 88 - The Complicated Legacy of Oscar Winner Hattie McDaniel, Black Couple's Kiss Is Not Just a Kiss, Why Black Americans Should Commemorate the History of Liberia

Ep 87 - How US Used Black Artists as Ambassadors During Cold War, This Time The Met Aims to Get Harlem Right, First Black Pilot Dies

Ep 86 - Emily Taylor Center Celebrates 1st Black Womens History Week, March is Womens History Month, Cindy Coghenour Taugh Thousands of Women to Protect Themselves When One Friend Couldn't

Ep 85 - Number of Black Americans Living in US Reaches New High, Is Moving to the South Really Better for Black Folks?, Les McCann Obit

Ep 84 - The Man Who Created Black History Month, New Funding to Preserve Historic Black Church, The Misunderstood Visionary Behind the Black Panther Party

Ep 83 - Tracing a Lost Ancestry, 'Smoke King' Book Review, Black History Month Through the Years

Ep 82 - College Board Revises AP Black Studies Class, Kwanzaa 12-26-2023, The Color Purple’s Evolution

Ep 81 - Quindero Ruins Receives Million Dollar Donation, Black Woman Architect at Top of Field, America’s Black Attorneys General Discuss Race, Politics, and the Justice System

Ep 80 - Fighter Pilot Assumes Top Military Post, National Cathedral Replaces Confederate-Honoring Windows, James McBride Wins Kirkus Prize

Ep 79 - Why So Many Black Americans are Moving Abroad, Black Americans Remain Deeply Skeptical of News Media, Disparities Remain an Obstacle in Health Equity in Eye Care

Ep 78 - Interview with Toni Townes-Whitley, Black farmers’ long fight for economic justice, Forging Connections: DNA from enslaved workers

Ep 78 - Oldest Survivor of Tulsa Massacre Still Waiting for Reparations, One of the Most Powerful Women in Finance, Why Black Audiences Love Italian-American Screen Icons

Ep 77 - Apollo Theater’s Bobby Schiffman Obit, Victims of Secret Cold War Era Spraying Seek Compensation, How a Court Answered a Forgotten Question About Slavery’s Legacy

Ep 76 - Is Oak Lawn Wichita’s Forgotten Neighborhood?, Richest NFL Players, Favorite Audio Books Narrated by Black Voices

Ep 75 - Kingdom Quarterback Book Review, Deion Sanders’ CO is Black America’s Team, The Forgotten Radicalism of The March on Washington

Ep 74 - Dismantling Racism in Nursing, How a Key Phrase from Islam Became a Pillar of Hip Hop, JC Nichols Pioneered Racial Covenants in KC’s Surrounding Enclaves

Ep 73 - Britain’s Racism isn’t America’s, Smithsonian’s Afro Futurism Exhibition, Critical Moments in the History of Cool

Ep 72 - Rev Jesse Jackson Steps Down from Rainbow Push, Tupac’s Stepfather’s Obit, I’ll Never Forget the Day Hip Hop Saved My Life