We’d like to share another fiction podcast we think you’ll like, Radiotopia Presents: Red for Revolution, a six-part audio drama centering intergenerational stories of Black women, queer love, and liberation.
Meet Jazmine, an 18-year-old grappling with her queer identity, first crush, and the delicate task of mending her relationship with her homophobic mot ... Show More
Feb 2025
Sojourner Truth: American abolitionist, suffragist, preacher
Greg Jenner is joined in 19th-Century America by Dr Michell Chresfield and comedian Desiree Burch to learn all about abolitionist and suffragist Sojourner Truth. Born into slavery in a Dutch-speaking area of New England, Sojourner Truth fought to free herself and then others, bec ... Show More
57m 49s
Mar 2025
Robert Dudley: Elizabeth I's Forbidden Love
<p>Passion, scandal, and power collided in the tumultuous relationship between Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley. Rumours of secret trysts between them set the court ablaze, but their love was doomed from the start.</p><br><p>Professor Suzannah Lipscomb and Dr. Joanne Paul unravel t ... Show More
58m 10s
Jun 2024
Wordsmiths: Anita Cornwell
Anita Cornwell (1923-2023) made history as the first Black woman writer to openly identify as a lesbian in her published essays. From the 1950s to the 1980s, she wrote passionately about Black power and Black lesbian identity in magazines like Negro Digest, The Ladder, and Femini ... Show More
6m 31s
Jun 2024
Ideology Obscuring Orientation with Jules Louise
Jules Louise was same-sex attracted, but more importantly she wanted to be a Good Person and “safe space for others” — so wound up married to a man. How did that happen? In this nuanced, heartfelt, and open conversation, Jules recalls her indoctrination into an ideology which des ... Show More
1h 30m
Oct 2022
SEASON 1, EPISODE 1: “The Story I Grew Up With”
Session one. Dr. Knight (Julianne Moore) begins therapy with her new patient, an alleged time traveler known as Case 63 (Oscar Isaac).
Case 63, created and written by Julio Rojas. Adapted by Mara Vélez Meléndez. Directed by Mimi O’Donnell. Starring Julianne Moore and Oscar Isaac. ... Show More
10m 24s
May 2025
"I have not Finished...": Rokahya Diallo on being Black, Muslim, and frequently interrupted (Emilie Diouf, JP)
Emilie Diouf of Brandeis English, whose monograph on genocide and trauma is forthcoming, joins John to speak with the celebrated French journalist and activist Rokahya Diallo. Diouf places Diallo within a transnational black intellectual tradition, founded in the interwar period ... Show More
46m 39s
Aug 2024
Bonus Episode: The Murder of Lita McClinton - A Conversation with Author Deb Miller Landau
<p><em>A Devil Went Down to Georgia: Race, Power, Privilege, and the Murder of Lita McClinton</em>, written by Deb Miller Landau, is the story of the murder-for-hire of Lita McClinton Sullivan in 1987. </p> <p> </p> <p>Lita was a beautiful, accomplished woman from a respected At ... Show More
46m 39s
Aug 2024
Raphaëlle Red dans « les Rencontres » — CHANEL Les Rendez-vous littéraires rue Cambon
<p>Écoutez la journaliste Lauren Bastide en conversation avec Raphaëlle Red, autrice d’un premier roman, « Adikou », publié aux éditions Grasset en 2024 et dans lequel l’héroïne, en quête identitaire, part à la recherche de ses origines au Togo. Au cours de cet échange, Raphaëlle ... Show More
39m 43s