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Race and Democracy

Dr. Peniel Joseph

Dr. Peniel Joseph, Founding Director of the UT Center for the Study of Race and Democracy and Professor of History, discusses issues of race, democracy, public policy, and social justice wit...

Episodes

20 of 90 episodes

Ep. 89 — A Conversation with Dr. Nell Irvin Painter on Black History, Visual Art, and a Well Lived Life 

Nell Irvin Painter is a leading historian of the United States. She is the Edwards Professor of American History Emerita at Princeton Univer...

51:27Apr 23, 2025

Ep. 88 — Malcolm X’s Legacy at 100: A Conversation with Dr. Michael Simanga

Dr. Michael Simanga grew up in Detroit and moved to Atlanta where he has lived and worked for 40 years. He is an Africana Studies scholar/ed...

43:20Apr 14, 2025

Ep. 87 — Sito: An American Teenager and the City that Failed Him

Peniel sits down with Laurence Ralph to discuss his latest book, “Sito: An American Teenager and the City that Failed Him.” Laur...

43:03Mar 19, 2025

Ep. 86 — Reimagining Wealth Disparities: Barriers, Policy, and Pathways Forward

Darrick Hamilton is a university professor, the Henry Cohen Professor of Economics and Urban Policy, and the founding director of the I...

43:51Mar 7, 2025

Ep. 85 – Colored Conventions and the Long History of Black Organizing

P. Gabrielle Foreman, PhD, is an award-winning professor of English, African American Studies, and History. A leader in the field of Black d...

43:55Mar 28, 2024

Ep. 84 – Latino Voting Power, Democracy, and the 2024 Elections: A Conversation With Sergio Garcia-Rios

Dr. Garcia-Rios was born and raised in Durango, México, but considers El Paso, Texas, his second home. His research investigates the formati...

42:03Oct 12, 2023

Ep. 83 – Entertaining Race: A Conversation with Michael Eric Dyson

Michael Eric Dyson is a man of many talents. As a professor, he has taught at some of the most prestigious universities in the nation, inclu...

0:00Mar 2, 2023

Ep. 82 – Hiding in Plain Sight: A Conversation with Julia Sweig

Julia Sweig is an award-winning author of books on Cuba, Latin America, and American foreign policy. Her writing has appeared in the New Yor...

0:00Dec 15, 2022

Ep. 81 – How Change Happens: A Conversation with Cass Sunstein

Cass R. Sunstein is currently the Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard. From 2009 to 2012, he was Administrator of the White Hous...

0:00Oct 25, 2022

Ep. 80 – Truth Teaching Under Attack: Consequences of Failing to Teach America’s Racial Past and Present: A Conversation with Dr. Shaun Harper

A prolific and energizing speaker on a range of diversity, equity, and inclusion topics, Shaun Harper has delivered hundreds of keynote addr...

0:00Sep 26, 2022

Ep. 79 – Shoutin’ in the Fire: A Conversation with Danté Stewart about Black Joy, Grief, and Survival

Danté Stewart is a minister, essayist, and cultural critic. He is author of Shoutin’ In The Fire: An American Epistle. Named by Religion New...

0:00Jun 21, 2022

Ep. 78 – Divisions: A New History of Racism and Resistance in America’s World War II Military, A Conversation with Tom Guglielmo

Thomas A. Guglielmo is Associate Professor of American Studies at George Washington University. He has a PhD in History from the University...

0:00Jun 16, 2022

Ep. 77 – Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: A conversation with Estevan Delgado

Estevan Daniel Delgado (he/him) is the Director for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The Uni...

0:00Apr 7, 2022

Episode 76: Black Entrepreneurs and Social Justice: A Conversation with X-Factor Capital

Rodell Razor has over 10 years of experience in launching and coaching small and mid sized businesses. He has developed valuable skills in b...

0:00Mar 15, 2022

Episode 75: How the Word is Passed: Author Clint Smith on Reckoning with Racial Slavery

Clint Smith is a staff writer at The Atlantic. He is the author of the narrative nonfiction book, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With t...

0:00Nov 17, 2021

Episode 74: The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump’s America with Adam Serwer

Adam Serwer is an American journalist and author. He is a staff writer at The Atlantic where his work focuses on politics, race, and justice...

0:00Jul 13, 2021

Episode 73: The Struggle for Asian American and Pacific Islander Justice: A Conversation with Elise Hu

Elise Hu is a host-at-large based at NPR West in Culver City, Calif. Previously, she explored the future with her video series, Future You w...

0:00Jun 15, 2021

Episode 72 – Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War with author Vincent Brown

Vincent Brown is Charles Warren Professor of American History and Professor of African and African American Studies. He directs the History...

0:00Jun 8, 2021

Episode 71: Justice in the Middle East: The Struggle for Palestinian Human Rights with Peter Beinart

Peter Beinart teaches national reporting and opinion writing at the Newmark J-School and political science at the CUNY Graduate Center. He i...

0:00Jun 2, 2021

Episode 70 – The Future of American Democracy: A Conversation with Cass Sunstein

Cass R. Sunstein is currently the Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard. He is the founder and director of the Program on Behavior...

0:00May 11, 2021