Best Africana Studies Podcasts (2024)

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Naila Ansari, John Torrey, and Marcus Watson - Department of Africana Studies, Buffalo State University 1:13:10

7d ago1:13:10

1:13:10

This is John Drabinski and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers …

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HoP 448 - Secondary Schools - Iberian Scholasticism 20:01

33m ago20:01

20:01

The “School of Salamanca,” founded by Francisco Vitoria, and the commentators of Coimbra are at the center of a movement sometimes called the “Second Scholastic.”By Peter Adamson

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Mary Hicks - Department of History, University of Chicago 55:03

9h ago55:03

55:03

This is John Drabinski and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers …

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Utz McKnight - Department of Gender and Race Studies, University of Alabama 1:03:03

3d ago1:03:03

1:03:03

This is John Drabinski and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers …

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Jessica Marie Johnson - Department of History, Johns Hopkins University 45:25

9d ago45:25

45:25

This is Ashley Newby and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers - …

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Jakeya Caruthers - Departments of English and Africana Studies, Drexel University 52:21

10d ago52:21

52:21

This is Ashley Newby and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers - …

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Huey Hewitt - Department of African American Studies, Harvard University 48:32

10d ago48:32

48:32

This is John Drabinski and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers …

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Cona Marshall - Department of Religion and Classics, University of Rochester 52:00

11d ago52:00

52:00

This is Ashley Newby and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers - …

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HoP 447 - Andrés Messmer on Spanish Protestantism 29:04

11d ago29:04

29:04

Yes, there were Spanish Protestants! Andrew (Andrés) Messmer joins us to explain how they drew on humanism and philosophy to argue for their religious agenda.By Peter Adamson

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HoP 446 - Not Doubting Thomas - the Aquinas Revival 25:20

26d ago25:20

25:20

Cajetan, Bañez and other thinkers make Aquinas a central figure of Counter-Reformation thought; we focus on their theories about analogy and the soul.By Peter Adamson

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HoP 445 - Band of Brothers - the Jesuits 22:21

1M ago22:21

22:21

Ignatius of Loyola’s movement begins modestly, but winds up having a global impact on education and philosophy.By Peter Adamson

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Charles McKinney - Department of Africana Studies, Rhodes College 1:06:12

1M ago1:06:12

1:06:12

Today’s conversation is with Professor Charles McKinney, author of the 2010 book Greater Freedom: The Evolution of Civil Rights Struggle in Wilson, North Carolina and the co-editor of two fantastic volumes: An Unseen Light: Black Struggles for Freedom in Memphis, Tennessee with Aram Goudsouzian from 2018 and the recently released From Rights to Liv…

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Ashley Newby and John E. Drabinski - Department of African American and Africana Studies, University of Maryland 53:07

1M ago53:07

53:07

You’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers - in order to explore the c…

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HoP 444 - The Dark Night Rises - Spanish Mysticism 23:13

2M ago23:13

23:13

Teresa of Ávila and John of the Cross push the boundaries of individual spirituality and offer philosophically informed accounts of mystical experience.By Peter Adamson

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HoP 443 - Marketplace of Letters - Iberian Humanism 21:47

2M ago21:47

21:47

Fray Luis de Leon, Antonio Nebrija, Beatriz Galindo and other scholars bring the Renaissance to Spain.By Peter Adamson

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HoP 442 - Scott Williams on Disability and the New World 43:27

3M ago43:27

43:27

In this interview we learn about the main issues in modern-day philosophy of disability, and the relevance of this topic for the European encounter with the Americas.By Peter Adamson

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HoP 441 - Lambs to the Slaughter - Debating the New World 20:54

3M ago20:54

20:54

Bartholomé De las Casas argues against opponents, like Sepúlveda, who believed that Europeans had a legal and moral right to rule over and exploit the indigenous peoples of the Americas.By Peter Adamson

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HoP 440 - Longitudinal Studies - Exploration and Science 17:31

4M ago17:31

17:31

Iberian expeditions to the Americas inspire scientists, and Matteo Ricci’s religious mission to Asia becomes an encounter between European and Chinese philosophy.By Peter Adamson

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HoP 439 - Cancel Culture - The Inquisition 24:07

4M ago24:07

24:07

How religious persecution and censorship shaped the context of philosophy in Catholic Europe in the sixteenth century.By Peter Adamson

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HoP 438 - Don't Give Up Pope - Catholic Reformation 18:26

5M ago18:26

18:26

How the Counter-Reformation or Catholic Reformation created a context for philosophy among Catholics, especially in Spain, Portugal, and Italy.By Peter Adamson

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HoP 437 - Jennifer Rampling on Renaissance Alchemy 34:59

5M ago34:59

34:59

An expert on Renaissance alchemy tells us how this art related to philosophy at the time... and how she has tried to reproduce its results!By Peter Adamson

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HoP 436 - Unpathed Waters, Undreamed Shores - Robert Fludd 19:29

6M ago19:29

19:29

Our last figure of the English Renaissance undertakes daring investigations of chemistry, medicine, agriculture, and cosmology – and gets accused of magic and Rosicrucianism.By Peter Adamson

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HoP 435 - Metal More Attractive - William Gilbert and Magnetism 17:54

6M ago17:54

17:54

The cosmological and methodological implications of breakthroughs in the understanding of magnetism and electricity at the turn of the 17th century.By Peter Adamson

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Africana Studies Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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The Black Studies Podcast

Ashley Newby and John E. Drabinski

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Rainbow Soul

Rainbow Soul

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History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

Peter Adamson

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Intro to AFAM

Jennifer

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NCC Forum

90.3 WHPC

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Stories from a Chinese studio

Tianqi Luo

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Naila Ansari, John Torrey, and Marcus Watson - Department of Africana Studies, Buffalo State University 1:13:10

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HoP 448 - Secondary Schools - Iberian Scholasticism 20:01

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Mary Hicks - Department of History, University of Chicago 55:03

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Utz McKnight - Department of Gender and Race Studies, University of Alabama 1:03:03

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Jessica Marie Johnson - Department of History, Johns Hopkins University 45:25

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Jakeya Caruthers - Departments of English and Africana Studies, Drexel University 52:21

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Huey Hewitt - Department of African American Studies, Harvard University 48:32

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Cona Marshall - Department of Religion and Classics, University of Rochester 52:00

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HoP 447 - Andrés Messmer on Spanish Protestantism 29:04

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HoP 446 - Not Doubting Thomas - the Aquinas Revival 25:20

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HoP 445 - Band of Brothers - the Jesuits 22:21

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Charles McKinney - Department of Africana Studies, Rhodes College 1:06:12

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Ashley Newby and John E. Drabinski - Department of African American and Africana Studies, University of Maryland 53:07

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HoP 444 - The Dark Night Rises - Spanish Mysticism 23:13

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HoP 443 - Marketplace of Letters - Iberian Humanism 21:47

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HoP 442 - Scott Williams on Disability and the New World 43:27

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HoP 441 - Lambs to the Slaughter - Debating the New World 20:54

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HoP 440 - Longitudinal Studies - Exploration and Science 17:31

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HoP 439 - Cancel Culture - The Inquisition 24:07

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HoP 438 - Don't Give Up Pope - Catholic Reformation 18:26

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HoP 437 - Jennifer Rampling on Renaissance Alchemy 34:59

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HoP 436 - Unpathed Waters, Undreamed Shores - Robert Fludd 19:29

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HoP 435 - Metal More Attractive - William Gilbert and Magnetism 17:54

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