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 […]
Benjamin Lay, Prophet Against Slavery
Today, Thursday host Allen Ruff explores the life and times of the early anti-slavery rebel Benjamin Lay with historian Marcus Rediker and graphic artist David Lester, whose new book Prophet Against Slavery is out this week. Marcus Rediker is Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of many […]
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 […]
Rebroadcast: Clint Smith on Reckoning with Slavery in America
Slavery is not as deep in the past as some may think. That’s the premise of Clint Smith’s new book, How the Word is Passed, which was recently longlisted for a National Book Award. Wednesday host Ali Muldrow spoke with Clint Smith earlier this summer to discuss the history of slavery and its echoes in present-day […]
Rebroadcast: The History of Racism in the Midwest
In honor of the one-year anniversary of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, we’re re-airing this interview with host Ali Muldrow in conversation with historians Christy Clark-Pujara and Anna-Lisa Cox about the history of racism in the Midwest. This episode originally aired on September 2, 2020. There are myths that persist about […]
Grappling with Madison’s Racist Past – And Present
For today’s show, Tuesday host Carousel Bayrd talks about uncovering UW–Madison’s campus history with Kacie Lucchini Butcher, director of the Public History Project. They discuss some of the project’s research, including fraternity ties to the Ku Klux Klan, housing discrimination, blackface and minstrelsy on campus, and the UWPD. Then, Maia Pearson from Rise joins to […]
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