Episodes

  • Why I Can't Make Up My Mind About Race Policies & Reparations

    Why I Can't Make Up My Mind About Race Policies & Reparations
    Dec 22 2025
    In this episode, I unpack my conflicted thoughts on affirmative action, reparations, and race-conscious policies, using Black land loss as a case study for why this debate resists easy answers.

    Tech difficulties delayed us a week, but I hope you'll enjoy the final episode of the year.
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    44 mins
  • Why I Can't Make Up My Mind About Policing

    Why I Can't Make Up My Mind About Policing
    Dec 8 2025
    Here’s something you might not realize: Progressives focus on the harms of over-policing, but Black Americans are more worried about under-policing.

    While progressives shout “abolish the police,” most Black Americans don’t want that at all. In fact, they overwhelmingly want *more* effective policing, not less.

    There's a lot to unpack.

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    42 mins
  • Why I Can't Make Up My Mind About Implicit Bias

    Why I Can't Make Up My Mind About Implicit Bias
    Dec 1 2025
    First I was sure implicit bias explained everything. Then I was sure it explained nothing. These days, though, I'm in more of an awkward in-between.

    In this episode, I walk through how I got convinced, de-convinced, and and landed here — still side-eyeing the science on implicit bias, but not ready to write it off completely.

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    Oh, and here's that article I mentioned, and here's my past episode on implicit bias on Apple and Spotify.

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    46 mins
  • How the GI Bill Shut Out Black Americans

    How the GI Bill Shut Out Black Americans
    Nov 17 2025
    The GI Bill fueled America’s prosperity — but for Black families, it deepened inequality. I'll explain the racist design of the GI bill and what its connection is to the racial wealth gap.

    Following the money, we can see how a single policy helped shape the economic divide we still live with today.

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    32 mins
  • The Paradox of Black Patriotism: A Veterans Day Special

    The Paradox of Black Patriotism: A Veterans Day Special
    Nov 10 2025
    Black soldiers have fought in every American war. They have, by their own admission, fought for a country that didn't fight for them.

    This Veterans Day, we look at the history of Black military service — and the paradox of Black patriotism.

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    Oh, and here is Marie's article she mentioned, and here is the 2021 study on black patriotism.
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    45 mins
  • "We're Calling it Columbus Day" & Other Ways Trump is Redefining History

    "We're Calling it Columbus Day" & Other Ways Trump is Redefining History
    Oct 13 2025
    This Columbus Day—more aptly, Indigenous Peoples’ Day—we’re talking about the mounting efforts to rewrite American history in real time.

    From pushing pro-slavery cartoons into classrooms, to pressuring the Smithsonian polish up and whitewash the past, to scrubbing Harriet Tubman and Jackie Robinson from federal websites.....

    There's a lot to unpack.

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    43 mins
  • Progressives need to learn from our mistakes on antiracism. Here's how.

    Progressives need to learn from our mistakes on antiracism. Here's how.
    Aug 31 2025
    I'm laying out exactly what I have to say to people on the far-left, the far-right, and everyone in-between. And I'm not mincing words.

    (This first episode, I intended to only share with paid subscribers, but I decided to release for everyone. It just had to reach more ears, okay?)

    You can expect more new episodes, just for paid members, coming this week. If that's you, get excited. If it's not, there's still time to join. Get in on membership today, so you don't miss future episodes.
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    25 mins
  • Finally Filling You In: The Attacks on DEI, Where I’ve Been, & What's Ahead

    Finally Filling You In: The Attacks on DEI, Where I’ve Been, & What's Ahead
    Aug 25 2025
    We’re back, baby.

    In this honest, tell-all comeback episode, I’m sharing where I've been and what’s been happening behind the scenes in the world of DEI.

    I’m talking backlash, bans, breakthroughs, and what the future of the podcast — and the movement — really looks like.

    If you want to keep listening (and help make this work possible), I’d love to have you join me as a paid supporter. You gain access to all the goods: new podcast episodes each week, direct communication with me, hundreds of essays, and access to an online community.
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    42 mins