Ali Muldrow welcomes David Blaska to her metaphorical table to talk about the stuff they don’t agree about! In this heated hour, we cover cops in schools, the Rittenhouse trial, and other deep divides that many of us might find on the Thanksgiving dinner table. Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes […]
In Conversation with Poet Clemonce Heard
For today’s show, Tuesday host Ali Muldrow spends a joyful hour talking about a difficult subject with poet Clemonce Heard, author of the new poetry collection Tragic City, which investigates the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Clemonce Heard is a poet from New Orleans. His debut collection is Tragic City (Anhinga Press, 2021). Did you enjoy […]
@jillisblack on Why You Should Unfollow Her
Instagram influencer @jillisblack says she’s tired of the constant curation of our identities. After garnering thousands of followers and millions of views, she wrote an incisive book of essays called Unfollow Me. Today, Tuesday host Ali Muldrow spends the hour with Jill Louise Busby talking about these essays on race, gender, sexuality, fame, performance, and […]
Youth Are Redefining Sexuality
When responding to surveys, young people are more likely to toss out the sex question than the race or ethnicity question. This got developmental psychologist Ritch Savin-Williams wondering: if youth are rejecting these categories, how are they experiencing sexuality and romance? So he set to work interviewing hundreds of young people (eighteen and up). What […]
Celebrating Black Women in Pop Culture
In 2013, culture critic Zeba Blay was the first person to use the hashtag #carefreeblackgirls. It would go on to become a viral term celebrating Black women online. Now, eight years later, she has published a book of pop culture essays with the same name, Carefree Black Girls, which she describes as “a meditation on […]
A Critical History of White Feminism
“White feminism is not the only feminism, and it never has been.” That’s Koa Beck, author of a new book tracing the history of white feminism and the queer and BIPOC women and non-binary people left behind in its wake. Today, she joins Ali on the show to talk about the ideological weaknesses of white […]
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