Podcasts on Racism and Racial Justice
1619 NYT
1619 is a New York Times audio series, hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones, that examines the long shadow of American slavery. Listen to the episodes below or read the transcripts by clicking the icon to the right of the play bar. Learn more.
Black Lives Matter: What Matters
What Matters combines documentary narrative with interviews to illuminate specific, timely issues, aiming to create safe dialogue to promote freedom, justice, and collective liberation. Learn more.
Code Switch NPR
Code Switch is produced and hosted by a multi-racial, multi-generational group of journalists. They discuss the subject of race and the impacts on society. Learn more.
The Diversity Gap
This podcast focuses on the gap between good intentions and impact related to diversity, inclusion, and equity. Learn more.
Everyday Conversations on Race for Everyday People
This is the podcast for you if you've ever wanted to have a conversation about race but were afraid of saying the wrong thing. Bringing people together for open, comfortable discussions about race, guests from different backgrounds come together to get the conversations going. Learn more.
Good Ancestor Podcast
Layla Saad, the author of Me and White Supremacy shares her perspective as a Black Muslim woman on Good Ancestor Podcast. Through her podcast, Saad lists resourceful ways to nurture good ancestorship while studying the intersectionality of race and womanhood. Through the process of radical hope, Saad debunks the idea of being "super human," and instead welcomes a community of changemakers and culture-shapers. Learn more.
In the Thick
Journalists fill you in on what you're missing in the mainstream news cycle with discussions about race, identity, and politics. This podcast is co-hosted by award-winning journalists Maria Hinojosa and Julio Ricardo Varela. Learn more.
Intersectionality Matters!
Intersectionality Matters! is a podcast hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw, an American civil rights advocate and a leading scholar of critical race theory. Learn more.
Justice in America
A podcast for criminal justice enthusiasts striving to situate mass incarceration in a larger historical context, Justice in America both breaks down buzzwords and shares useful terminology for self-education. Duffy Rice and Clint Smith encourage their following to understand the ways in which the U.S. criminal justice system is linked to a deeply rooted history of slavery and Jim Crow laws. Learn more.
Mouthpeace
Michael Bennett is an NFL defensive lineman and self-described feminist while Pele is a food advocate. They take on racial justice together. The Bennetts invite listeners and guests into provocative and personal discussions. Learn more.
Pitchfork Economics
Venture capitalist Nick Hanauer and some of the world's leading economic and political thinkers dive into the inequalities in America and how we can do something about rising inequality. Learn more.
Pod Save the People
Organizer and activist DeRay McKesson gets into news, culture, social justice, and politics with analysis from activists Brittany Packnett and Sam Sinyangwe and writer Dr. Clint Smith III. Learn more.
Seeing White
Where did the notion of “whiteness” come from? What does it mean? What is whiteness for? Scene on Radio host and producer John Biewen took a deep dive into these questions, along with an array of leading scholars and regular guest Dr. Chenjerai Kumanyika, in this fourteen-part documentary series, released between February and August 2017. Learn more.