After the marches and the social media posts, it’s crucial to carry on the conversation about race and racism and continue to educate, and re-educate ourselves. One way to do this is to tune into podcasts that amplify black voices, share the experience of black communities and discuss the #BlackLivesMatter movement. From culture to identity and history, this list features podcasts that expand those crucial conversations.
Hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw, an American civil rights advocate and a leading scholar of critical race theory, this podcast explores the meaning behind Crenshaw’s academic term "intersectionality” and brings journalists, artists, activists and scholars together to talk about race in an educational and thought-provoking way. Listen here
The Nod tells “the stories of black life that don’t get told anywhere else.” Hosted by Brittany Luse and Eric Eddings, the podcast celebrates the innovation and the resilience that is so particular to being black in America and beyond, and offers an insight first hand into black culture. In the latest episode, Brittany and Eric sit down to process their feelings on #BlackLivesMatter and memorialise the lives lost. Listen here
