About the show
From 2018 to 2020, I produced and hosted an interview-style podcast that focused on history, philosophy and contemporary issues in American culture with a particular focus on African Americans. The interviews range from scholars to activists and have included guests, such as former U.S. Representative Cynthia McKinney and New York Times best-selling author, Ijeoma Oluo. Other notable guests: Dr. Thomas Shapiro, Dr. William Smith III, Dr.Gerald. Horne, American Book Award winner, Dr. Tommy J. Curry and 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction winner and MacArthur Genius fellow, Kiese Laymon.
Racial Battle Fatigue w/ Dr. William A. Smith – Maladjusted Life
I chat with University of Utah education professor Dr. William A. Smith about his concept of "Racial Battle Fatigue." This psychosocial phenomenon reveals itself in the lives of many African Americans in the form of adverse health effects (e.g. hypertension). We discuss how the phenomenon manifests differently among men and women, shpecifically how health effects are exacerbated for black men as a subordinated male group (listeners should explore the subordinate male threat hypothesis). Overall, we explore the general health consequences of being continually armored against in an anti-black society.
- Racial Battle Fatigue w/ Dr. William A. Smith
- Purgatory of Consciousness: Black Politics in the Age of Obama w/ Dr. Joseph Jones
- Black Life in Euromodernity and 400 Years of the African-American Experience (1619-2019 )w /Dr . Lewis Gordon
- Past Is Prologue: African-American Genealogy w/ Antoinette Harrell
- The Racial Wealth Gap and Reparations w/ Dr. Thomas Shapiro
dr. James Edward Murray, Jr. 