Eve L. Ewing breaks down the history behind the racial divide in America’s schools and explains what gets in the way of giving every child a high-quality education.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 15
The Precap | Josh Johnson on RNC Crashing Grindr, Offering Trump-Backed Bribes & Debuting Hasan Piker’s Meat
This week's host Josh Johnson sits down with Daily Show writer Joe Opio to recap the latest news, and preview the week to come. Josh Johnson and Daily Show writer Joe Opio break down this week's news, from Hasan Piker's semi-nude pic at the GOP's midterm convention to Apple's new ... Show More
52m 50s
Sep 14
TDS Time Machine | The War on Climate Change
Taking a look back at The Daily Show's coverage of the war on, and over, climate change. Jon Stewart talks climate change denialism in the U.S. Congress. Jordan Klepper investigates Trump's war on climate science. Roy Wood Jr. asks, what's wrong with our brains that we can't unde ... Show More
32m 1s
Sep 2020
Raising an Antiracist Generation
School is back in session as protests and calls for racial justice continue across America. So how should parents and teachers talk to kids about this national reckoning? Don speaks with clinical psychologist and race relations expert, Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhD, about the right t ... Show More
31m 54s
Jun 2023
The Today, Explained Center for Kids Who Can’t Read Good
For decades, American schools have taught reading with an approach that doesn’t work very well. Emily Hanford of the podcast “Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong” explains how things are starting to change.
This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Mat ... Show More
26m 6s
Feb 2023
S4E23: Race and Ethnicity in the U.S.
<p>Race, ethnicity, skin color, and the like are very sensitive topics. <br>The basis of today's episode is <br>a from Kimberlé Crenshaw: “<strong>Treating different things the same can generate as much inequality as treating the same things differently.</strong></p><p><br>Contac ... Show More
49m 33s
Sep 2024
Dr. Sarah Lewis on The Unseen Truth: When Race Changed Sight in America
In this episode, Dr. Sarah Lewis joins me again to talk about her new book, The Unseen Truth: When Race Changed Sight in America. With examples from her historical research, she walks me through the power of visual culture in generating equity and justice. We talk about how what ... Show More
52m 55s