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African American Studies
Interviews with scholars of African American and Black studies about their new books.
October 13, 2026
Inquisition for Blood
For three years in the early 1900s, a serial killer zigzagged across the rice belt region of the United States, using an everyday ax to slaughter Blac…
October 8, 2026
The Centrality of Slavery
The Centrality of Slavery: Empire and Enslavement in Colonial Illinois and Missouri (U Pennsylvania Press, 2025) examines how French and American colo…
October 7, 2026
To Exist as a Problem
In the first pages of The Souls of Black Folk, W. E. B. Du Bois meditates on the question, "How does it feel to be a problem?" In this profound respon…
October 6, 2026
Strung Up
A powerful, unsettling, and unflinching exploration that forces readers to confront lynching as a devastating legacy of white childhood conditioning, …
October 3, 2026
Racist by Design
Kelly Lytle Hernández joins Michael Stauch to discuss how the US immigration system has always been “racist by design.” Many Americans’ understanding …
October 2, 2026
Indefensible Spaces
In this episode, Lilyanna D'Amato speaks with Rahim Kurwa about his book Indefensible Spaces: Policing and the Struggle for Housing (U California Pres…
October 1, 2026
Let the Oppressed Go Free
David N. Gellman interviews Nicholas P. Wood on Let the Oppressed Go Free: Abolitionism in Colonial and Revolutionary America In Let the Oppressed Go …
September 29, 2026
How Bright the Path Grows
There is no shortage of footage immortalizing the men who spoke at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, when 250,000 Americans gathered …
September 27, 2026
Apocalyptic Abolitionism
Shows how apocalypticism helped drive anti-slavery abolitionism and inspire progressive social reform in nineteenth-century America In March 1844, Mel…
September 23, 2026
A Matter of Complexion
In A Matter of Complexion: The Life and Fictions of Charles W. Chesnutt (St. Martin's Press, 2025), Tess Chakkalakal gives readers the first comprehen…
September 22, 2026
My America
Celebrated poet, essayist, playwright, and American artist Langston Hughes is one of the few American writers who consistently wrote about democracy f…
September 17, 2026
For Customers Only
Americans have nowhere to go. Nationwide, countless public spaces lack one crucial thing: bathrooms, never mind ones that are safe and functional. Yet…
September 15, 2026
Afroindigenization
In Afroindigenization: A Theory of Grassroots Cultural Practice (Duke University Press, 2026), Catherine A. John addresses the underbelly of spiritual…
September 15, 2026
Better Than Grandma's
We all love the desserts we grew up with-the ones tied to family, tradition, and the moments we remember most. But as much as we love those recipes, t…
September 15, 2026
Hate Speech
The United States has no hate speech laws; hate speech is generally considered to be free speech under the First Amendment. In Hate Speech: The Legal …
September 14, 2026
The Country People
Although historians have given considerable attention to the American Revolution, the agricultural history of the American War for Independence exists…
September 11, 2026
Soul
Today’s guest, Christopher Freeburg, is the author of Soul: A Brief History of Black Cultural Life (Yale University Press, 2026). This book explores t…
September 10, 2026
The Age of Atlantic Revolution
David Gellman interviews Patrick Griffin on The Age of Atlantic Revolution: The Fall and Rise of a Connected World The Age of Atlantic Revolution was …
September 9, 2026
The Containment
Winner of the MAAH Stone Book Award, Winner of the 2025 Avern Cohn Award, A New York Times Notable Book of 2025, A New Yorker Best Book of 2025 select…
September 8, 2026
Remembering Roots
As we approach the 50th anniversaries of Alex Haley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Roots (1976) and its landmark television adaptation (1977), journal…