Cultural Artifacts is our version of a Top Ten list for the year.
G. Tyler Burns and Jemar Tisby are back for part two.
This time we’ve got a few albums, some books, and a variety of movies and television shows you’ll want to check out right away!
As always, the rules remain the same: these artifacts don’t have to be new.
They just have to be consumed thi ... Show More
Dec 24
Pass The Mic's Top 10 Cultural Artifacts From 2025 (PART 1)
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! No. I’m not talking about Christmas (that’s wonderful, too). Cultural Artifacts!!! For longtime PTM listeners, this will feel like slipping into a familiar groove. As always, the rules remain the same: these artifacts don’t have to be new ... Show More
1h 28m
May 2025
Aaron Robertson, "The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America" (FSG, 2024)
How do the disillusioned, the forgotten, and the persecuted not merely hold on to life but expand its possibilities and preserve its beauty? What, in other words, does utopia look like in black? These questions animate Aaron Robertson’s exploration of Black Americans' efforts to ... Show More
52m 58s
Jun 2024
Salman Rushdie - ‘I’d rather have had a different life’
TW: this episode contains graphic descriptions of violence and injuries. Two years ago, Sir Salman Rushdie, one of the most celebrated and famous authors in the world was on stage at the Chautauqua Institution in upstate New York, when a figure dressed in black clothes and a mask ... Show More
53m 39s
Oct 2023
Frederick V. Engram, "Black Liberation Through Action and Resistance: MOVE" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023)
Black Liberation through Action and Resistance: MOVE (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023) serves as a call to action for Black millennials and co-conspirators who are immersed in the work of Black liberation or want to begin their own journey toward anti-racism. Its central mission is to ... Show More
38m 35s
Mar 2023
Damien M. Sojoyner, "Joy and Pain: A Story of Black Life and Liberation in Five Albums" (U California Press, 2022)
This highly original story reflects on how the carceral state shapes daily life for young Black people--and how Black Americans resist, find joy, and cultivate new visions for the future. Joy and Pain: A Story of Black Life and Liberation in Five Albums (University of California ... Show More
1h 17m
Aug 2024
Devonya N. Havis, "Creating a Black Vernacular Philosophy" (Lexington Books, 2022)
What can philosophy do? By taking up Black American cultural practices, Devonya N. Havis suggests that academic philosophy has been too narrow in its considerations of this question, supporting domination and oppression.
In Creating a Black Vernacular Philosophy (Lexington Books ... Show More
49m 56s
Oct 2024
Super Soul Special: Barbara Brown Taylor: Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
<p>Original Air Date: August 13, 2018</p><p>Oprah sits down with one of America's leading theologians, the Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor, who was named one of Time magazine's most influential people in 2014. The former Episcopal priest, religion professor and best-selling author expl ... Show More
37m 24s