Anthropologist Renato Rosaldo talks to me about (and reads from) his latest book of poetry which is about his high school group of friends the Chasers which let him "become" Mexican American, "going native" anthropologically speaking, his dad's contribution to the study of Mexican literature, and the relationship between anthropology and politics.
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Jun 25
Iran's Victory With Behrooz Ghamari, Ajamu Baraka & Clau O'Brien Moscoso
Katie talks to Iranian historian & sociologist Behrooz Ghamari about the revolutionary spirit of Iran & how it managed to strike a major victory against Israel & the U.S. But first, Katie talks about Colombia, the World Cup & more w/ Ajamu Baraka, a Colombia-based human rights de ... Show More
2h 17m
Jun 11
Fmr CIA Officer Ray McGovern & Iranian Analyst Trita Parsi on Iran, Israel & Ukraine Proxy War
Katie talks to Trita Parsi about the latest in the Iran war and former CIA analyst Ray McGovern about Iran, the Ukraine Proxy War, Israel's spying on the U.S. Government and the anniversary of the Israel's attack on The USS Liberty. But first, Katie talks to Arturo Desimone about ... Show More
1h 41m
Dec 2020
Lizania Cruz on the Fallacy of the American Dream
Dominican artist, curator, and activist Lizania Cruz, whose latest project, “Obituaries of the American Dream,” was commissioned by El Museo del Barrio for “Estamos Bien: La Trienal 20/21,” discusses the difference between integration and assimilation, storytelling as a means for ... Show More
31m 33s
Jan 2024
Jack Glazier, "Anthropology and Radical Humanism: Native and African American Narratives and the Myth of Race" (MSU Press, 2020)
Paul Radin was one of the founding generation of American cultural anthropologists: A student of Franz Boas, and famed ethnographer of the Winnebago. Yet little is known about Radin's life. A leftist who was persecuted by the FBI and who lived for several years outside of the Un ... Show More
1h 4m
Jul 2023
Anthony Russell Jerry, "Blackness in Mexico: Afro-Mexican Recognition and the Production of Citizenship in the Costa Chica" (UP of Florida, 2023)
Through historical and ethnographic research, Blackness in Mexico: Afro-Mexican Recognition and the Production of Citizenship in the Costa Chica (UP of Florida, 2023) delves into the ongoing movement toward recognizing Black Mexicans as a cultural group within a nation that has l ... Show More
47m 12s
Jun 2024
Laura Gómez, "Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism" (The New Press, 2020)
Latinos have long influenced everything from electoral politics to popular culture, yet many people instinctively regard them as recent immigrants rather than a longstanding racial group. In Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism (The New Press, 2020), Laura Gómez, a l ... Show More
1h 3m
