The Black Studies Podcast

by Ashley Newby and John E. Drabinski

The Black Studies Podcast is a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organi...

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Estimated Reach: 500 to 3K

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Categories: education · arts

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Frequency: Daily

250+ episodes since 2024

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black studies

cultural inquiry

literature

political meaning

african american history

race and gender

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500 to 3K

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🎙 Daily cadence·251 episodes·Last published 1mo ago
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150 to 900

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On the show

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Hosts

John Drabinski

25 eps

Ashley Newby

10 eps

John E. Drabinski

9 eps

Recent guests

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Joanna Cardenas

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Desiree Cooper

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Michelle B. Taylor

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Justin Leroy

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Kaiama L. Glover

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Imani Perry

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Kinitra Brooks

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andré carrington

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Kyra Gaunt

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LeRhonda Manigault-Bryant

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Andrea J. Queeley

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Ronald Angelo Johnson

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Bettina Judd

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Christel Temple

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Kevin Rigby, Jr.

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Ifetayo Flannery

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Tanisha M. Jackson

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Robert P. Robinson

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Melanie Holmes

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Yomaira Figueroa-Vásquez

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Recent episodes

Nadia Alahmed - Department of Africana Studies, Dickinson University

Jul 20, 2026

42m 25s

A.D. Carson - Department of Music, University of Virginia

Jul 17, 2026

55m 32s

Ousmane Power-Greene - Department of History, Clark University

Jul 15, 2026

43m 26s

Dylan C. Penningroth - Department of History, University of California, Berkeley

Jul 13, 2026

1h 13m 45s

Jessica Millward - Departments of History and African American Studies, University of California, Irvine

Jul 10, 2026

59m 39s

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Episodes

~2.4 per week

Avg length

56m 13s

38m 00s – 1h 13m 45s

Range

May 2024 – Apr 2026

Topics

black studies, cultural inquiry +94

Guests

Nadia Alahmed +24 · last 25 eps

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Date	Episode	Topics	Guests	Brands	Places	Keywords	Sponsor	Length
7/20/26	Nadia Alahmed - Department of Africana Studies, Dickinson University✨	Black Studiespolitical history+4	Nadia Alahmed	Department of Africana StudiesDickinson College+2	—	Black StudiesNadia Alahmed+5	—	42m 25s
7/17/26	A.D. Carson - Department of Music, University of Virginia✨	Black Studiesmusic+4	A.D. Carson	Department of Music, University of VirginiaAssociation of American Publishers+23	—	A.D. CarsonBlack Studies+5	—	55m 32s
7/15/26	Ousmane Power-Greene - Department of History, Clark University✨	Black Studieshistory+4	Ousmane Power-Greene	Clark UniversityAgainst Wind and Tide: The African American Struggle against the Colonization Movement+2	—	Black StudiesOusmane Power-Greene+5	—	43m 26s
7/13/26	Dylan C. Penningroth - Department of History, University of California, Berkeley✨	Black StudiesAfrican American history+3	Dylan Penningroth	Department of History, University of California, BerkeleyLiveright+2	—	Black StudiesDylan Penningroth+5	—	1h 13m 45s
7/10/26	Jessica Millward - Departments of History and African American Studies, University of California, Irvine✨	Black StudiesAfrican American history+3	Jessica Millward	University of California, IrvineFinding Charity’s Folk: Enslaved and Free Black Women in Maryland	—	Black StudiesAfrican American Studies+4	—	59m 39s
7/8/26	Karla FC Holloway - Departments of English and African American Studies, Duke University✨	African American StudiesBlack Studies+3	Karla FC Holloway	Duke UniversityThe Character of the Word: The Texts of Zora Neale Hurston+9	—	Karla FC HollowayAfrican American Studies+3	—	1h 00m 54s
7/6/26	Kevin Holt - Department of Music, Stony Brook University✨	Black Studiesmusicology+4	Kevin Holt	Department of Music, Stony Brook University	—	Black Studiesmusicology+5	—	1h 08m 00s
7/3/26	Maurice J. Hobson - Department of Africana Studies, Georgia State University✨	Black Studiescommunity work+4	Maurice J. Hobson	Department of Africana StudiesGeorgia State University+2	—	Black StudiesAfricana Studies+5	—	1h 01m 53s
7/1/26	Michelle M. Wright - Department of English, Emory University✨	Black Studiescultural inquiry+4	Michelle M. Wright	Emory UniversityDomain Errors: Cyberfeminist Practices+4	—	Black StudiesMichelle M. Wright+5	—	1h 05m 31s
6/29/26	Chrystel Oloukoï - Department of Geography, University of Washington✨	Black Studiescinema studies+4	Chrystel Oloukoï	Department of Geography, University of WashingtonCIFAR	—	Black Studiesurban politics+5	—	55m 14s
6/12/26	W. Lawrence Hogue - Department of English, University of Houston✨	Black Studiesliterary production+3	W. Lawrence Hogue	University of HoustonDiscourse and the Other: The Production of the Afro-American Text+4	—	Black StudiesW. Lawrence Hogue+3	—	54m 20s
6/10/26	Laurian Bowles - Department of Anthropology, Davidson College✨	Black StudiesAnthropology+4	Laurian Bowles	Department of Anthropology, Davidson CollegeHeadstrong: Women Porters, Blackness, and Modernity in Accra	GhanaAfrica	Black StudiesAnthropology+5	—	57m 12s
6/8/26	Amanda Boston - Department of Africana Studies, University of Pittsburgh✨	Black Studiesurban studies+4	Amanda Boston	Department of Africana StudiesUniversity of Pittsburgh	Brooklyn, New York	Black Studiesurban studies+5	—	38m 00s
6/5/26	Skye Jackson - Writer and Poet✨	Black Studiespoetry+4	Skye Jackson	Xavier Universitya faster grave+1	—	Skye Jacksonpoet+5	—	41m 29s
6/3/26	Michele Prettyman - Department of Communication and Media Studies, Fordham University✨	Black Studiesmedia studies+4	Michele Prettyman	Fordham Universityliquid blackness: journal of aesthetics and black studies+2	—	Black Studiesmedia studies+4	—	52m 17s
6/1/26	Andrea J. Queeley - Departments of Anthropology and Africa and African Diaspora Studies, Florida International University✨	Black StudiesCaribbean history+3	Andrea J. Queeley	Florida International UniversityRescuing Our Roots: The African Anglo-Caribbean Diaspora in Contemporary Cuba+1	—	Black StudiesCaribbean history+5	—	1h 05m 54s
5/29/26	Ronald Angelo Johnson - Department of History, Baylor University✨	Black StudiesAmerican Revolution+3	Ronald Angelo Johnson	Baylor UniversityEntangled Alliances: Racialized Freedom and Atlantic Diplomacy During the American Revolution+2	—	Black StudiesAmerican Revolution+5	—	1h 01m 25s
5/27/26	Bettina Judd - Department of African American Studies, Emory University✨	Black StudiesBlack feminist methods+3	Bettina Judd	Department of African American Studies, Emory UniversityPatient+1	—	Black StudiesBettina Judd+4	—	52m 07s
5/25/26	Christel N. Temple - Department of Africana Studies, University of Pittsburgh✨	Black StudiesAfricana cultural memory studies+4	Christel Temple	Department of Africana Studies, University of PittsburghLiterary Pan-Africanism: History, Contexts, and Criticism+4	—	Black StudiesAfricana Studies+5	—	59m 56s
5/22/26	Kevin Rigby, Jr. - Department of African American Studies, University of Illinois✨	Black Studiesafropessimist theory+3	Kevin Rigby, Jr.	Department of African American StudiesUniversity of Illinois	Urbana-Champaign	Black Studiesafropessimism+5	—	1h 10m 30s
5/20/26	Ifetayo Flannery - Department of Africology and African American Studies, Temple University✨	Black StudiesAfricology+4	Ifetayo Flannery	Department of Africology and African American StudiesTemple University+2	—	Black StudiesAfricology+5	—	46m 57s
5/18/26	Tanisha M. Jackson - Department of African American Studies, Syracuse University✨	Black Studiescommunity art practice+4	Tanisha M. Jackson	Department of African American Studies, Syracuse UniversityCommunity Folk Art Center+3	—	Black Studiesart+5	—	44m 33s
5/15/26	Robert Robinson - Department of Africana Studies, John Jay College✨	Black StudiesAfricana Studies+5	Robert P. Robinson	John Jay CollegeCUNY+2	—	Black StudiesAfricana Studies+8	—	57m 56s
5/13/26	Melanie Holmes - Department of African American Studies, University of South Carolina✨	Black StudiesAfrican American Studies+4	Melanie Holmes	Department of African American Studies, University of South CarolinaJournal of African American History+1	—	Black StudiesAfrican American Studies+5	—	54m 11s
5/11/26	Yomaira Figueroa-Vásquez - Director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies and Department of Africana, Puerto Rican and Latino Studies, Hunter College✨	Black StudiesAfro-Atlantic Literature+3	Yomaira Figueroa-Vásquez	Center for Puerto Rican StudiesDepartment of Africana, Puerto Rican and Latino Studies+3	—	Black StudiesYomaira Figueroa-Vásquez+4	—	1h 02m 17s