Category: Media Studies
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The Impact of an Unfree Internet on the World’s Majority with Joe Torres
Joe Torres joined us today to discuss the threat to internet freedom and what this means particularly for communities of so-called “color.”…
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What the Corporate Media Won’t Tell You about MLK
What the Corporate Media Won't Tell You about MLK | Interview with Drs. Jared Ball & Wilmer LeonWatch this video on YouTube
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Malkia Cyril On Net Neutrality
As we have previously argued the Internet is already not the democratizing mass medium many think it to be. But what is…
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Hafrocentric w Juliana “Jules” Smith
Juliana “Jules” Smith joined us to discuss her brilliant comic book Hafrocentric. And here is our earlier interview with Dr. Jared Sexton.
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Hip-Hop, Prisons and Mass Media: The Evil Triplets of Corporate Ownership
Homeboy Sandman joined us May 17, 2013, for a discussion of his recent article on the corporate ties that bind private prisons…
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Pambazuka News And Media Coverage Of The African World With Dr. Ama Biney
Dr. Ama Biney Editor-In-Chief of Pambazuka News joined us for a discussion of that news outlet, their history, purpose and, in particular,…
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Not All Drones Kill, Some Deliver! The Amazon World Order With Dr. Todd Burroughs
Amazon is taking over! Drones, CIA, food and more! Dr. Todd Steven Burroughs talked with us about the latest in tech crazes,…
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Uncrossed Rivers and Intellectual Opportunism with Dr. Todd Burroughs
Todd Steven Burroughs rejoined us to review Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross. *And here is the…
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The Backlash Against Boycotts with The Truth Minista Paul Scott
The Truth Minista Paul Scott joined us to discuss his recent article, “I Saw Black Leaders Kissin’ Santa Claus.” We talked about…
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Malcolm X and The Politics of Historiography with Dr. Scot Brown
Dr. Scot Brown, author of Fighting For US, invited me to discuss A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable’s Malcolm X with…
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Losing Our Memory: A Lie of Reinvention w Todd Burroughs and Jared Ball
A discussion of A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable’s Malcolm X. This event took place November 5, 2013 at the East…
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Enemies of the State? The Super Funky Soul Power Hour for October 18, 2013
This week we were joined by Joseph Torres of Free Press who talked with us about an upcoming event he is convening, Enemies of the State? Government Surveillance of Communities of Color…
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Freedom Journalism and the Black Public Sphere in an Age of “Networked Authoritarianism”
Over the summer I had been invited to contribute to the new online journalism review from Morgan State University. Editorial decisions being…
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Digital Neo-Colonialism with Dr. Umaru Bah
Dr. Umaru Bah is an Associate Graduate Professor of Communication Studies at Morgan State University. His two main areas of scholarship are…
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Paul Porter and Scarface Speak: Who Runs Hip-Hop?
Paul Porter of RapRehab.com joined us today to add some context and history to the comments made recently by legendary rapper Scarface…
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Colonialism, Media and Psychological Warfare
https://youtu.be/QQ1IvTsi0bMA classic presentation to the Black Is Back Coalition in Washington, D.C. in 2011.
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The History and Politics of Black Radio
National Public Radio (NPR) hosted a historic but never-to-be-aired panel on the history, politics and contemporary state of Black radio. Panelists included…