Imani Perry discusses her return to her Southern home in Alabama with fresh eyes, weaving in the stories of the good-tempered with a darker history.
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How a tuba saved a life
Richard Antoine White joins us to talk about how music gave his young life purpose and allowed him to dream big enough to become the first African American student to earn a doctorate in music for tuba performance.
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A Former Slave Tells His Story
Author Deborah Plant joins guest host John McCaa about the story of about a former slave’s life in Africa and America.
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Growing Up Biracial In America: One Woman’s Story
Julie Lythcott-Haims joins us to talk about her own upbringing as the child of a black father and white mother.
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A Black Feminist In White America
Morgan Jerkins joins us to talk about what it is to be a black feminist in America today.
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Best Of Think: Michael Eric Dyson’s Sermon To White America
Michael Eric Dyson joins us to talk about the difficult conversations that need to happen in order to heal racial divides.
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Michael Eric Dyson’s Sermon To White America
Michael Eric Dyson joins us to talk about the difficult conversations that need to happen in order to heal racial divides.
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On Being A Young Black Man
This hour, we’ll talk with Mychal Denzel Smith about coming of age in America today – and about rethinking assumptions of black masculinity. He explores these topics and more in his book “Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man’s Education.”
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In Defense Of Respectability Politics
This hour, we’ll talk to Harvard Law Professor Randall Kennedy about holding fast to a Civil Rights-era style of raising black children.
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The Jemima Code
This hour, we’ll talk to food writer Toni Tipton-Martin about the black contribution to American cuisine, the subject of her book “The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks.”
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Where Race And Medicine Intersect
This hour, we’ll talk with Damon Tweedy about his memoir “Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor’s Reflections on Race and Medicines.”
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The Aftermath Of Sandra Bland
We’ll talk about the relationship between African Americans and law enforcement with UNT assistant journalism professor Meredith Clark, Lancaster Chief of Police Cheryl Wilson and Fort Worth artist Christopher Blay.
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