Best Boston University Los Angeles Programs Podcasts (2024)

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Nathaniel Norment - Department of English, Morehouse College 31:27

5h ago31:27

31:27

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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Wendyliz Martinez - ACLS Leading Edge Fellow, New Jersey Institute for Social Justice 54:39

18h ago54:39

54:39

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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Brenda E. Stevenson - Department of African American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles 19:55

3d ago19:55

19:55

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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J. Kameron Carter - Department of African American Studies, University of California, Irvine 1:09:00

8d ago1:09:00

1:09:00

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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David Kalonji Walton - Department of History and African American Studies, Lincoln University 44:49

10d ago44:49

44:49

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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Austin Lee - Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, Boston University 44:42

15d ago44:42

44:42

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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Courtney Joseph - Department of History and African American Studies, Lake Forest College 1:04:23

17d ago1:04:23

1:04:23

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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Sophia Jahadhmy and Sofia Meadows-Muriel - Department of Africana Studies, Cornell University 1:07:46

22d ago1:07:46

1:07:46

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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Kyle T. Mays - Department of African American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles 55:07

29d ago55:07

55:07

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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Erika Denise Edwards - Department of History, University of Texas at El Paso 57:17

29d ago57:17

57:17

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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Regina Bradley - Department of English, Kennesaw State University 37:24

1M ago37:24

37:24

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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Rinaldo Walcott - Department of Africana and American Studies, University of Buffalo 1:11:52

1M ago1:11:52

1:11:52

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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Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor - Department of African American Studies, Princeton University 1:11:50

1M ago1:11:50

1:11:50

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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David Ikard - Department of African American and Diaspora Studies, Vanderbilt University 1:11:11

1M ago1:11:11

1:11:11

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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Charisse Burden-Stelly - Department of African American Studies, Wayne State University 44:53

2M ago44:53

44:53

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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Scot Brown - Department of African American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles 47:36

2M ago47:36

47:36

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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Shaida Akbarian - Department of Comparative Studies, Ohio State University 43:38

2M ago43:38

43:38

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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David Green - Department of English, Howard University 1:01:23

2M ago1:01:23

1:01:23

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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Stephanie Jones and Makeba Lavan - Department of African Diaspora Studies, Grinnell College 1:26:01

2M ago1:26:01

1:26:01

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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J. Marlena Edwards - Department of African American Studies, Penn State University 59:51

2M ago59:51

59:51

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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Michael E. Sawyer - Department of English, University of Pittsburgh 1:02:12

2M ago1:02:12

1:02:12

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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Dominick Quinney - Department of Ethnic Studies, Albion College 40:40

2M ago40:40

40:40

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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John Murillo III - Department of African American Studies, University of California, Irvine 1:17:59

3M ago1:17:59

1:17:59

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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Deirdre Cooper Owens - Department of History and Africana Studies Institute, University of Connecticut 53:50

2M ago53:50

53:50

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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Martha Biondi - Department of Black Studies, Northwestern University 46:55

3M ago46:55

46:55

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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Ruth Nicole Brown, Suban Nur Cooley, LeConté Dill, Yvonne Morris - Department of African and African American Studies, Michigan State University 1:07:42

3M ago1:07:42

1:07:42

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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Austin Jackson - Non-Fiction Writing in the Department of English, Brown University 1:10:37

3M ago1:10:37

1:10:37

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

3M 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

3M 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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Naila Ansari, John Torrey, and Marcus Watson - Department of Africana Studies, Buffalo State University 1:13:10

3M 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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Jessica Marie Johnson - Department of History, Johns Hopkins University 45:25

3M 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

3M 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

3M 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

3M 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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Charles McKinney - Department of Africana Studies, Rhodes College 1:06:12

4M 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

4M 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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“Bond” Screenwriter Bruce Feirstein 35:26

6y ago35:26

35:26

Bruce Feirstein—writer of GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, and the New York Times best-selling book Real Men Don't Eat Quiche—talks to Cody Brotter about the changing landscape of the movie marketplace, what his screenwriting pet peeves are, his experiences as a Vanity Fair Contributing Editor, and the time he encouraged a r…

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“Jimmy Kimmel Live” Segment Director Maureen Bharoocha 39:19

6y ago39:19

39:19

Maureen Bharoocha talks to Cody Brotter about going from behind-the-counter at Sprinkles Cupcakes to going behind-the-camera as their first-ever Digital Content Director. She also talks about directing a short (starring Ron Funches), selling a screenplay to Mar Vista (and getting repped), working with Funny Or Die (and College Humor and Lauren Lapk…

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“Billions” Writer Michael Gunn 36:20

6y ago36:20

36:20

Michael Gunn talks to Cody Brotter about being in Aaron Sorkin’s writer’s room fro “The Newsroom,” writing and pitching (and selling) feature-length screenplays, getting on The Black List, working in casting at HBO, and writing on “The Whispers,” “Black Sails,” and “Designated Survivor.”

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"Jack Ryan" Writer Daria Polatin 36:10

6y ago36:10

36:10

Daria Polatin talks to Cody Brotter about going from acting to playwriting to TV writing to novel-writing, working on “Dexter,” writing for a show created by a “Breaking Bad” writer, writing and producing a Hulu show, getting the encouragement from the late Jon Lipsky, becoming a bestselling author, and actively making the effort to diversify the t…

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Trailer Editor Adam Finkelstein 27:10

6y ago27:10

27:10

Adam Finkelstein talks to Cody Brotter about the long journey from aspiring intern to full-time editor at Trailer Park and what it’s like to cut trailers for giant studio movies and television shows ranging from “Brave” to “Wonder Woman” to “Stranger Things” to “Mad Max: Fury Road”—the latter of which won three Clio Key Art Awards for film marketin…

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“SEAL Team” Writer Corinne Marrinan 36:58

6y ago36:58

36:58

Corinne Marrinan talks to Cody Brotter about winning an Academy Award (at which she thanked the Academy for seating her next to George Clooney at the nominee’s luncheon), working at “CSI” for a full decade, the importance of diversity in writer’s rooms, and what it actually means to be called a “producer.”…

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“Animaniacs” Writer Greg White 40:20

6y ago40:20

40:20

Greg White talks to Cody Brotter about pitching and selling his own shows, finding his niche path in writing for animated half-hour comedies, being a part of the rebirth of “Animaniacs,” and how he manages his own managers in order to treat his TV writing career with the regularity of a blue collar job (advice Greg likely gleamed from his hero, New…

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“Scandal“ Actress Chelsea Kurtz 30:23

6y ago30:23

30:23

Chelsea Kurtz talks to Cody Brotter about getting from a one-day “guest star” role on “Scandal” and getting asked back for seven more episodes, inspiring words of wisdom she received from LL Cool J (at a party with Nina Tassler and Michael Chiklis), twisting her ankle out of excitement when she booked her first role (on “Criminal Minds”), doing imp…

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LA Chargers Producer/Editor/Videographer Chris Roewe 28:26

6y ago28:26

28:26

Chris Roewe talks to Cody Brotter about teaching himself VR, interning at Fox Sports Australia (before woking at Fox Sports San Diego), scoring a Production Assistant gig at the Boston Red Sox directly after graduation, and what it’s like to create content for the LA Chargers.

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The Women of "Better Call Saul" 37:05

6y ago37:05

37:05

In this Summer 2017 Panel moderated by Kevin Ott (former WGA Foundation Communications Director), three women who went from BU to AMC's "Better Call Saul" talk about working as the Associate Producer (Jenn Carroll), Writer’s Assistant (Ariel Levine), and Executive Producer’s Assistant (Desa Larkin-Boutté) on the critically-acclaimed successor to “B…

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“Brampton’s Own” Producer Mark DiCristofaro 34:08

6y ago34:08

34:08

Mark DiCristofaro talks to Cody Brotter about moving to Los Angeles and getting his first job (working on a Steven Spielberg movie), serving as Dan Harmon’s line producer, working on shows like “The League” and “House,” and producing Viceland’s first-ever scripted series (starring James Van Der Beek).…

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CBS Social Media Manager Martin Moakler 32:22

6y ago32:22

32:22

Martin Moakler talks to Cody Brotter about developing Hulu Latino (with another BU alum) when he was the Social Media Manager of Hulu, studying at the late great iO West, getting a fake ID to see comedy shows, and shedding a tear when “The Handmaid’s Tale” took home the Emmy and Golden Globe for Best Original Series of the year.…

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Talent Manager Amy Neben 26:41

6y ago26:41

26:41

Amy Neben talks to Cody Brotter about taking the leap from working at a management company to being a freelance manager on her own—and then back to a management company (in this case, Select Management Group), and what it’s like to personally represent some of America’s top influencers (like Brooklyn and Bailey, Sofie Dossi, and Sylvia Gani).…

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CEO of Scriptation Steven Vitolo 45:23

6y ago45:23

45:23

Steven Vitolo talks to Cody Brotter about writing freelance episodes for major television comedies (including "Blackish" on ABC) after being a Script Coordinator and Writer’s Assistant on several TV shows AND talks about creating his own successful app, Scriptation, which is already changing the game for TV writers' rooms around the country (and re…

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