Producer Ozzy Wilson, a Washington state native, speaks with Aaron Dixon, co-founder of Seattle's Black Panther Party chapter, exploring the pivotal moments in the Black Panther movement & fight for racial justice.
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Producer Lily Sones talks with Dina Gilio-Whitaker (Colville Confederated Tribes) about how industrialization halted traditional indigenous food ways and how extractive industries cause health effects across today’s indigenous communities.
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Producer Ashley Kim sits down with Sofi Thanhauser, the author of Worn: A People’s History of Clothing to learn how clothing can teach us about economics, gender and imperialism.
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Producer Sydne Clarke sits down with Dr. Joshua Bennett, the author of Spoken Word: A Cultural History. His nonfiction debut is a personal investigation into the history of spoken word, specifically the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. This is a cultural hub that started in the Lower East Side living room of Miguel Algarin.
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UnTextbooked producer Faith Stanley sits down to talk with journalist and author Charles Glass. His recent book Soldiers Don't Go Mad is a comprehensive history of the Craiglockhart Military Hospital, detailing how early psychiatrists treated PTSD and how soldiers turned to poetry and brotherhood to heal.
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UnTextbooked producer Oliver Wang talks to author Sebastian Mallaby to learn about the shadow history of venture capital. What once started as a way to liberate eight scientists from a difficult boss now is a medium to inspire innovation across the world.
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Producer Ismail Assafi sits with Dr. Beverly Gage, author of G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century, to talk about former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. A man of contradictions, Hoover’s tenure lasted more than 40 years, during which he spearheaded homophobic, racist, and anti-communist policies – which arguably shaped half a century of the United States. But he also had an intimate personal relationship with a man and believed in the role of government to support social conservatism.
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Women including Ida B. Wells and Nellie Bly were on the front edge of investigative journalism in the 1800s. But even with these historical trailblazers, why were women excluded from reporting hard news until recent history? Producer Jordan Pettiford sits down with author, journalist and professor Brooke Kroeger to find out.
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From banned books to freedom of speech in academic settings, censorship affects the everyday lives of young people. Censorship has existed since the dawn of language, consistently targeting themes like sex, religion and politics. But why does censorship exist? And does censorship even work?
UnTextbooked producer and college student Karly Shepherd talks to Eric Berkowitz, whose latest book covers about 2,000 years of censorship history.
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