African American Studies

a conversation around the field of African American Studies and the Exploring the Black experience in the 21st century, we focus on the political, economic, and cultural forces that shape our understanding of race within America. We invite you to listen as we explore outcomes, question and contextualize the dominant discourse, and consider evidence instead of myths.

Hosted by journalists of color, our podcast tackles the subject of race with empathy and humor. We explore how race affects every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, food and everything in between.

Collected is a project of the African American History Curatorial Collective at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Centering stories curated by the Collective’s members, this podcast offers compelling and accessible journeys through topics in African American history that are particularly relevant today.

Historically Black uses personal objects to map Black history. Each episode explores the story behind a listener-submitted artifact—a photograph, an instrument, a piece of jewelry—and in the process creates a sort of “people’s museum” that honors the lived experiences of various Black Americans.

New York's longest-running hip-hop radio show, bringing you the best music and smartest talk for lovers of the culture old young and in-between since 1991. Hosted and produced by Jay Smooth, who would like to think he's still in-between.

Intersectionality Matters! from the African American Policyis a podcast hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw, an American civil rights advocate and a leading scholar of critical race theory

Left of Black is a weekly video podcast hosted by Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal and produced by the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University

The TMI Project Podcast features stories from more than a decade of live performances, profiling the brave souls who stepped on stage and shared the stories they were most afraid to tell. Here we will take a deeper dive and share the stories behind the secrets, and what happened next.

Witness Black History features interviews with people who were actually present for, or have close ties to key moments in Black and civil rights history.