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David Farber Talks 'Crack: Rock Cocaine, Street Capitalism, and the Decade of Greed'

by Mark Anthony Neal / 16h

'NPR's Michel Martin speaks with historian David Farber about his new book, Crack: Rock Cocaine, Street Capitalism, and the Decade of Greed .

The New Yorker Radio Hour: A Visit with Thundercat

by Mark Anthony Neal / 16h

' Thundercat (né Stephen Lee Bruner ) started his career playing with the venerable punk band Suicidal Tendencies, but now he lives and works at the nexus of jazz, pop, and hip-hop. A bassist, producer, and songwriter, Thundercat was a key collaborator with Kendrick Lamar on the album To Pimp a Butterfly , which is widely regarded as a modern classic. His own music, though, is quirkier, marked by

Beyond Florence Price: Finding More Diverse Music Composers

by Mark Anthony Neal / 16h

'During Black History Month and Women's History Month, concert halls, music venues, and radio programs highlight diverse composers and musicians — like Florence Price . The African American composer's work was turned down by many symphonies, but in the past decade, she has started to get some air-time. WQXR writer James Bennett says, "my concern is that tastemakers will stop at that. You know the

How Teranga, a Migrant-run Afrobeats Club in Naples Helps Migrants Overcome Trauma

by Mark Anthony Neal / 17h

' Fata and Yankuba are two young Gambians with ambitious dreams, who fled dictatorship and poverty and landed in Naples, only to discover a new kind of violence: a pernicious climate of racism and an unhelpful immigration system. Their only escape from the psychological torture of years spent waiting for documents in squalid camps is a small underground club in the heart of the city. The Teranga

People's Party: Talib Kweli & Rapsody Talk Rap Influences, Being Pro Black, Kendrick, Jay Z & Eve

by Mark Anthony Neal / 17h

'In this episode of People's Party , Talib Kweli and Jasmin Leigh sit down with rapper and writer Rapsody . This introspective interview highlights the huge contribution this talented lyricist has made in bringing the B-Girl back to the forefront of the culture. They discuss her growing up in the tiny town of Snowhill, NC; she speaks on being largely inspired to rap from growing up listening to M

InMyTwenties: Kim Wayans Trusted Her Brothers And The Industry More Than Her Own Voice In Her 20s

by Mark Anthony Neal / 17h

' Kim Wayans was carefree with a teenage spirit in her 20s. She shares what she learned from the industry, from her brothers and so much more.' -- BETNetworks

Left of Black S10:E11 – Courtney R. Baker on Images of African American Suffering and Death

by Mark Anthony Neal / 17h

Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan) is joined in the studio by Dr. Courtney R. Baker ( @DrProfBlackLady ), an associate professor in the Department of English at the University of California, Riverside. She is the author of Humane Insight: Looking at Images of African American Suffering and Death (University of Illinois Press, 2015), which “questions the relationship between the s

Way More is Possible: On Depoliticization, Resurgent Radicalism and the Revolutionary Horizon

by Mark Anthony Neal / 18h

'Writer Asad Haider examines the problems of depoliticization in modern politics -- as the dominant ideological frame blinds us to the limits of our present politics and the possibilities of future alignments, the left must confront the failures of past revolutions and realize that another world is not just possible, it's necessary. Haider wrote the essay On Depoliticization for Viewpoint .' -- T

Cite Black Women S2:E1 -- A Conversation with Carole Boyce Davies, Yomaira Figueroa and Bedour Alagraa

by Mark Anthony Neal / 18h

'This episode of Cite Black Women features a conversation Professors Carole Boyce Davies , Yomaira Figueroa and Bedour Alagraa on Sylvia Wynter , Caribbean philosophy and the intellectual contributions of Black women to the Americas. It was recorded during the Black Women’s Intellectual Contributions to the Americas: Perspectives from the Global South (Lozano Long) Conference at The University of

Malcolm X and the Sudanese

by Mark Anthony Neal / 18h

'Ahmed Osman , a Sudanese development economist who met Malcolm X in July 1963, would go on to play a critical role in Malcolm X’s life and death — drawing him to Sunni Islam, organizing his hajj to Mecca, and even speaking at 

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