Best Black Studies Podcasts (2024)

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Neil Roberts - Department of Africana Studies, Williams College 1:16:01

4h ago1:16:01

1:16:01

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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Donelle Boose - Department of History and African American Studies Program, Randolph-Macon College 56:25

14m ago56:25

56:25

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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Ashanté Reese - Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, University of Texas, Austin 59:07

1d ago59:07

59:07

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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Kameelah Martin - Department of African American Studies, College of Charleston 56:04

2d ago56:04

56:04

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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Melissa Daniels-Rauterkus - Department of English, University of Southern California 1:04:52

5d ago1:04:52

1:04:52

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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Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. - Department of African American Studies, Princeton University 44:12

7d ago44:12

44:12

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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Jasmine Lee - Associate Vice President for Community and Culture, University of Maryland, Baltimore County 58:58

9d ago58:58

58:58

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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Biko Caruthers - Department of English, New York University 56:24

12d ago56:24

56:24

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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Willie Mack - Department of Black Studies, University of Missouri 52:27

20d ago52:27

52:27

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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Sonya Donaldson - Department of African American Studies, Colby College 58:48

22d ago58:48

58:48

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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Chad L. Williams - Department of African and African American Studies, Brandeis University 1:02:32

23d ago1:02:32

1:02:32

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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Courtney Terry - Department of Black Studies, Portland State University 1:03:31

21d ago1:03:31

1:03:31

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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Elena Guzman - Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Indiana University 51:55

23d ago51:55

51:55

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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Christin Washington - Department of American Studies, University of Maryland 59:17

26d ago59:17

59:17

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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Walidah Imarisha - Department of Black Studies, Portland State University 42:46

28d ago42:46

42:46

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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Qiana Whitted - Department of English and African American Studies Program, University of South Carolina 47:45

30d ago47:45

47:45

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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LaToya Brackett - Department of African American Studies, University of Puget Sound 48:42

1M ago48:42

48:42

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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Christina Knight - Department of Art History, Rutgers University 46:14

1M ago46:14

46:14

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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Minkah Makalani - Department of History and Center for Africana Studies, Johns Hopkins University 1:22:12

1M ago1:22:12

1:22:12

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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Mark Anthony Neal - Department of African and African American Studies, Duke University 54:36

1M ago54:36

54:36

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

2M 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

2M 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

2M 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

2M 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

2M 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

2M 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

2M 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

2M 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

2M 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

3M 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

3M 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

3M 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

3M 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

3M 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

3M 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

3M 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

4M 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

4M 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

4M 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

4M 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

4M 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

4M 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

4M 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

4M 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

4M 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

4M 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

4M 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

5M 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

5M 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

5M 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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