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15 anti-racism podcasts that deserve your attention this week
15 anti-racism podcasts that deserve your attention this week
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Intersectionality Matters with Kimberlé Crenshaw

What is intersectionality? This podcast, hosted by American civil rights advocate and a leading scholar of critical race theory Kimberlé Crenshaw, brings the topic to life. 

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Lynching in America

This report documents more than 4440 racial terror lynchings in the U.S. between 1877 and 1950. This series disects how this era of racial terror lynchings continues to shape America to this day.

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The Receipts Podcast

Fronted by three women who are willing to talk about anything and everything, Milena, Tolly T and Audrey discuss celebrity news, race in the workplace, interracial dating, and generally just the hilarity of day-to-day life. 

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Yo, Is This Racist? 

Andrew Ti and Tawny Newsome are on hand to answer listener’s questions about talking about race. It’s informative, funny, factual and, most importantly, debunks whether or not something is, in fact, racist.

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Slay in Your Lane

If there’s anything we like more than a podcast that covers topical news and popular culture, it’s a podcast that covers topical news and popular culture with a PUN for a name. Slay in Your Lane is hosted by multi-award-winning authors Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené and tackles subjects like racial pay disparity, afro hair beauty tips, the Black Lives Matter movement and everything in between. 

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All My Relations

Each episode of All My Relations delves into a different topic about the problems that Native American peoples are facing today. Expect tears, laughs, and generally just all the feels. 

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Pod Save the People

Host DeRay Mckesson was a math teacher-turned-school administrator living in Minneapolis who watched footage of the ensuing protests after Michael Brown was shot and killed by police in 2014. He has since become one of the most prominent faces of the Black Lives Matter movement and a full-time activist campaigning for racial equality. 

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Good Ancestor

Host and bestselling author of Me and White Supremacy, Layla F. Saad, started her interview-based podast last year where she speaks with thought-leaders and change-makers about what it means to be a good ancestor.

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Pod for the Cause

Hosted by The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, this podcast delves into topics including: human rights, policing, education, fighting hate and bias, judicial nominations, fair courts, voting rights, media and tech, economic security and immigration.

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About Race

From the author behind the bestselling Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race, Reni Eddo-Lodge interviews key voices from the anti-racist activism community and addresses the recent history that lead to the politics of today.

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The Diversity Gap

Host Bethaney Wilkinson explores the intersections of community, racial justice, and social change.

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Groundings

The title “Groundings” is in honour of the revolutionary educator Walter Rodney, whose concept of “groundings” as a form of radical, political, dialogic, and communal education continues to inspire today. NGL, it is pretty high-brow and gets very complicated at times, so if you’re looking to take your knowledge to the next level, then this is what you need. 

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1619

Brought to you by The New York Times, 1619 is a six-part series that depicts the story of a ship carrying more than 20 enslaved Africans that arrive in the English colony of Virginia and the 250 years of slavery that ensued.

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Keep It

Comedians, journalists, actors, musicians, activists, politicians and more to discuss the latest ways pop culture and entertainment are intersecting with politics and society. Guests include Issa Rae, Kristin Davis, Jane Fonda and more.

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Desert Island Discs ft Bryan Stevenson.

Bryan Stevenson is the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, a private, not-for-profit organisation working on death penalty cases, cases of children sentenced as adults, prison and sentencing reform, and issues of race and poverty. His great grandparents were slaves and he himself went to a segregated school before enrolling in Havard Law School.

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