8 Podcasts to Stay Informed While Becoming a Better Ally
With social distancing becoming the new norm and the recent uprisings for the preservation of Black lives, our community has been in search of more ways to stay informed while understanding accurate ways of becoming a better ally. Add these podcasts to your playlist.
1. INTERSECTIONALITY MATTERS !
Hosted by civil rights advocate and leading critical race theorist Kimberlé Crenshaw, this podcast explores the real-life meaning of the term “intersectionality”, through vital discussions about current global issues and interviews with key figures.
2. WITNESS BLACK HISTORY
Listen to first-person accounts from people who were part of symbolic moments in Black and civil rights history.
3. POD SAVE THE PEOPLE
Activist, DeRay McKesson discusses a range of topics from news and culture to social justice and politics ‘with special focus on stories and topics that often impact people of color.’
4. TRUTH BE TOLD
A podcast from NPR, Truth Be Told is hosted by Tonya Mosley. In each 30 minute episode, Mosely discusses issues of diversity, feminism, race and culture, while revealing what it means to not only survive, but thrive as a person of color.
5. CODE SWITCH
Another podcast from NPR, Code Switch is hosted by a team of multi-racial journalists who cover stories on the cycles of police brutality, Black death and more topics related to race. While the podcast launched in 2016, all of the episodes remain relevant today.
6. ABOUT RACE
Hosted by Reni Eddo-Lodge, author of the bestselling book, Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race, this podcast takes this conversation a step further. Eddo-Lodge invites key voices and examines important questions around anti-racist activism.
7. 1619
From The New York Times, 1619, named after the year marked as the beginning of slavery, when a ship carrying enslaved Africans arrived in the English colony of Virginia is hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones. In the podcast, Hannah-Jones tells this story through a powerful yet sensitive script, discussing how Black America paved the way for everything from American music to healthcare.
THE DAILY
8. THE DAILY
Another podcast from The New York Times, The Daily offers a deeper insight on current events currently impacting the world. From dissecting the Coronavirus pandemic to exploring racial injustice in America, Michael Barbaro delivers fact-based information 20 minutes a day, 5 days a week.