The Blackstudies Podcast
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Podcasted conversations on the past and future of Black Studies, hosted by our editorial collective - Ashley Newby, Brie Gorrell, Olivia Blucker, and John E. Drabinski. Follow via links at linktr.ee/blstpodcast. Contact us at [email protected]
Great podcast with Derrick White discussing cultural studies, political struggle, and historical study in the field of Black Studies. Listen in here or any streaming services:
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Derrick White - Department of African American and African Studies, University of Kentucky
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 03/21/2025 · 1h 9m
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December 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Great podcast with Derrick White discussing cultural studies, political struggle, and historical study in the field of Black Studies. Listen in here or any streaming services:
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Listen in as Jeffrey Ogbar discusses the place of historical study in the Black Studies tradition and the importance of both in times of political crisis. Here or on most streaming services:
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Jeffrey Ogbar - Department of History, University of Connecticut
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 03/19/2025 · 50m
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December 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Listen in as Jeffrey Ogbar discusses the place of historical study in the Black Studies tradition and the importance of both in times of political crisis. Here or on most streaming services:
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Amazing conversation with Ashley Smith-Purviance on the podcast, talking about Black girlhood studies, ethnography and Black Studies, and pedagogies of Black life. Worth your listening time! Here or most streaming services:
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Ashley Smith-Purviance - Department of African American and African Studies, Ohio State University
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 03/17/2025 · 54m
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December 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Amazing conversation with Ashley Smith-Purviance on the podcast, talking about Black girlhood studies, ethnography and Black Studies, and pedagogies of Black life. Worth your listening time! Here or most streaming services:
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New co-host Brie Gorrell talks with Ashley Newby and John Drabinski about the podcast’s 100th episode - what’s learned, what’s to come! Here and on most platforms:
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Brie Gorrell, Ashley Newby, and John E. Drabinski - Departments of Africana Studies and English, University of Maryland
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 03/15/2025 · 47m
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December 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
New co-host Brie Gorrell talks with Ashley Newby and John Drabinski about the podcast’s 100th episode - what’s learned, what’s to come! Here and on most platforms:
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Sharon P. Holland on the podcast talking about Black Studies, gender, animal life, and politics in Black study. Great convo, listen here or on most platforms:
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Sharon P. Holland - Department of American Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 03/14/2025 · 55m
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December 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Sharon P. Holland on the podcast talking about Black Studies, gender, animal life, and politics in Black study. Great convo, listen here or on most platforms:
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Listen to Marisa Fuentes on the podcast, talking about archival silences, fabulation and historical writing, and Black women’s history. Here on Apple Podcasts and on most platforms:
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Marisa Fuentes - Department of History and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Rutgers University
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 03/12/2025 · 41m
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December 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Listen to Marisa Fuentes on the podcast, talking about archival silences, fabulation and historical writing, and Black women’s history. Here on Apple Podcasts and on most platforms:
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Fred Moten joins the podcast to talk about Black Studies, Black study, and the meaning of education and expressive life in liberation struggle. Here and on most platforms:
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Fred Moten - Department of Performance Studies, New York University
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 03/10/2025 · 48m
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December 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Fred Moten joins the podcast to talk about Black Studies, Black study, and the meaning of education and expressive life in liberation struggle. Here and on most platforms:
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Abdul Alkalimat joins the podcast to discuss his life in Black Studies, the evolution of study, and questions of standardization and multiplicity that shape the future of the field. Here and most streaming services:
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Abdul Alkalimat - Department of African American Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 03/06/2025 · 1h 22m
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December 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Abdul Alkalimat joins the podcast to discuss his life in Black Studies, the evolution of study, and questions of standardization and multiplicity that shape the future of the field. Here and most streaming services:
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Martha S. Jones on the podcast discussing the place of history in Black Studies, the meaning of memoir work, and her new book The Trouble of Color. Listen here or on most streaming services:
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Martha S. Jones - Department of History, Johns Hopkins University
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 03/04/2025 · 53m
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December 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Martha S. Jones on the podcast discussing the place of history in Black Studies, the meaning of memoir work, and her new book The Trouble of Color. Listen here or on most streaming services:
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Zebulon Miletsky discusses public scholarship, Black Studies ways of knowing, and historical writing. Great convo, here at Apple Podcasts and other platforms:
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Zebulon Miletsky - Department of Africana Studies, Stony Brook University
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 02/28/2025 · 1h 8m
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December 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Zebulon Miletsky discusses public scholarship, Black Studies ways of knowing, and historical writing. Great convo, here at Apple Podcasts and other platforms:
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Listen in to Alex Lubin talking about transnational study, non-Atlantic world roots and routes, and varieties of diasporic identity. All platforms or here at Apple Podcasts:
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Alex Lubin - Department of African American Studies, Penn State University
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 02/26/2025 · 56m
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December 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Listen in to Alex Lubin talking about transnational study, non-Atlantic world roots and routes, and varieties of diasporic identity. All platforms or here at Apple Podcasts:
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Casey Wong joins the podcast to talk about education, community work, and hip hop pedagogy. Great conversation here at Apple Podcasts or any platform:
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Casey Wong - Department of Educational Policy Studies, Georgia State University
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 02/24/2025 · 1h 19m
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December 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Casey Wong joins the podcast to talk about education, community work, and hip hop pedagogy. Great conversation here at Apple Podcasts or any platform:
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Elizabeth Hamilton on the podcast talking about art, futurism, vernacular culture, and the deep archive of Black Studies from the museum to the everyday. Great listen, on all platforms or here:
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Elizabeth Hamilton - Art History and African American Studies, Fort Valley State University
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 02/21/2025 · 49m
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December 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Elizabeth Hamilton on the podcast talking about art, futurism, vernacular culture, and the deep archive of Black Studies from the museum to the everyday. Great listen, on all platforms or here:
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Listen in as Grant Farred discusses the political meaning of intellectual work, the significance of critical theory, and the legacy of Black Studies in the classroom. On all platforms, here at Apple Podcasts:
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Grant Farred - Department of Africana Studies, Cornell University
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 02/19/2025 · 1h 9m
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December 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Listen in as Grant Farred discusses the political meaning of intellectual work, the significance of critical theory, and the legacy of Black Studies in the classroom. On all platforms, here at Apple Podcasts:
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Kellie Carter-Jackson discusses Black women’s history, histories of resistance and refusal, and the deep political meaning of Black Studies in our moment. Listen on Apple Podcasts here or any platform:
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Kellie Carter Jackson - Department of Africana Studies, Wellesley College
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 02/17/2025 · 1h 4m
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December 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Kellie Carter-Jackson discusses Black women’s history, histories of resistance and refusal, and the deep political meaning of Black Studies in our moment. Listen on Apple Podcasts here or any platform:
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Listen as Noliwe Rooks discusses the relation of intellectual work to political struggle and the history of Black Studies. On your favorite platform and here at Apple Podcasts:
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Noliwe Rooks - Department of Africana Studies, Brown University
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 02/14/2025 · 1h 6m
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December 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Listen as Noliwe Rooks discusses the relation of intellectual work to political struggle and the history of Black Studies. On your favorite platform and here at Apple Podcasts:
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Anthony Smith and Geo Maher from Du Bois Abolition School talking about study, community work, and political transformation. Listen on any platform or here:
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Anthony Smith and Geo Maher - W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School for Abolition and Reconstruction
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 02/12/2025 · 1h 9m
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December 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Anthony Smith and Geo Maher from Du Bois Abolition School talking about study, community work, and political transformation. Listen on any platform or here:
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Mary Phillips on the podcasts discussing gender, freedom, and Black radical struggle. Great conversation, listen on your fave platform or here at Apple Podcasts:
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Mary Phillips - Department of African American Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 02/10/2025 · 1h 6m
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December 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Mary Phillips on the podcasts discussing gender, freedom, and Black radical struggle. Great conversation, listen on your fave platform or here at Apple Podcasts:
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Jared Ball talking about the cultural work and political meaning of Black Studies in times of crisis and what the field promises for better futures. On most platforms or here on Apple Podcasts:
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Jared Ball - Program in African American and African Diaspora Studies, Morgan State University
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 02/07/2025 · 1h 6m
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December 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Jared Ball talking about the cultural work and political meaning of Black Studies in times of crisis and what the field promises for better futures. On most platforms or here on Apple Podcasts:
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Artists and curators Romaine McNeil, Tatiana Esh, Sha-Shonna Rogers, Julia Mallory, and Jessica Newby discuss the exhibit Slavery in Motion. Listen on most platforms or here on Apple Podcasts:
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Romaine McNeil, Tatiana Esh, Sha-Shonna Rogers, Jessica Newby, and Julia Mallory - Slavery in Motion Collection, Baltimore Museum of Art
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 02/05/2025 · 1h 14m
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December 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Artists and curators Romaine McNeil, Tatiana Esh, Sha-Shonna Rogers, Julia Mallory, and Jessica Newby discuss the exhibit Slavery in Motion. Listen on most platforms or here on Apple Podcasts:
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Listen in as Gabrielle Williams discusses the impact of Black study on embodiment, literature, and the Black Studies classroom. On most platforms and here at Apple Podcasts:
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Gabrielle Williams - Department of Literary Studies, New School for Social Research
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 02/03/2025 · 58m
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December 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Listen in as Gabrielle Williams discusses the impact of Black study on embodiment, literature, and the Black Studies classroom. On most platforms and here at Apple Podcasts:
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The podcast welcomes Shingi Mavima, discussing African culture, politics, and history in a Black Studies context and the expansiveness of thinking blackness. Here on Apple Podcasts and most streaming services:
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Shingi Mavima - Department of History, University of Toledo
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 01/31/2025 · 1h 2m
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December 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The podcast welcomes Shingi Mavima, discussing African culture, politics, and history in a Black Studies context and the expansiveness of thinking blackness. Here on Apple Podcasts and most streaming services:
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Khalil Saucier joins the podcast to discuss the origins of Black Studies, ethnographic study in a Black Studies context, and the politics of the field. Listen in on most services and at Apple Podcasts:
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Khalil Saucier - Department of Critical Black Studies, Bucknell University
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 01/29/2025 · 1h 2m
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December 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Khalil Saucier joins the podcast to discuss the origins of Black Studies, ethnographic study in a Black Studies context, and the politics of the field. Listen in on most services and at Apple Podcasts:
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Chevy Eugene on the podcast talking about Caribbean modalities of thought and pedagogy, Black Studies politics, and reparations. Great listen, on most streaming platforms and here at Apple Podcasts:
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Chevy Eugene - Department of Political Science, Dalhousie University
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 01/27/2025 · 53m
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December 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Chevy Eugene on the podcast talking about Caribbean modalities of thought and pedagogy, Black Studies politics, and reparations. Great listen, on most streaming platforms and here at Apple Podcasts:
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Ashley Newby hosts Jeffrey McCune on the podcast to discuss his work on Black Studies, gender, sexuality, and the politics of thinking-doing Black study in the current political moment. Great listen, on most streaming platforms and here on Apple Podcasts:
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Jeffrey Q. McCune, Jr. - Department of Black Studies, University of Rochester
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 01/24/2025 · 57m
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December 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Ashley Newby hosts Jeffrey McCune on the podcast to discuss his work on Black Studies, gender, sexuality, and the politics of thinking-doing Black study in the current political moment. Great listen, on most streaming platforms and here on Apple Podcasts:
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