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Episode 61 - Your Money or Your Life: COVID-19 and the False Choice of the Far-Right from 2020-05-07T15:37:18
In this episode, I discuss the anti-lockdown protests and opposition to ongoing quarantining in the face of COVID-19. Rather than focusing on the extremist gun nuts, anti-vaxxers, and conspiracy lo...
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Episode 60: Political Organizing with Gratitude&Humility Rather than Guilt and Shame from 2020-04-16T01:32:31
In this episode, I explore the importance of gratitude and humility, in terms of how we think of our own place and the place of others in the economy (especially in this moment of quarantine), and ...
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Episode 59 - Facts Don't Care About Your Feelings, But Decent People Do: The Dangerous Emotional Detachment of the Right from 2019-11-27T20:09:06
In this episode, I examine the right's new favorite mantra -- "facts don't care about your feelings" -- and what it says about modern conservatism's deeply stunted emotional core.
Looking a...
Episode 58: Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and the Need for Solidarity from 2019-11-02T03:47:20
On this episode, taped live at the 2019 National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education, Tim and his guests discuss the need for solidarity between Jews and Muslims in the face of gro...
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Episode 57 - Affirmative Action, the Model Minority Myth&Right-Wing Divide-and-Conquer from 2019-10-14T16:33:59
In this episode, taped live at the 2019 National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education, Tim and his panelists discuss the way in which Asian Americans have long been viewed by some a...
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Episode 56 - When Hate Comes to Campus: Responding to the New White Nationalism in the Age of Trump from 2019-07-31T00:55:19
In this episode, taped live at the 2019 National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education (NCORE), Tim and his panel discuss the rise of overt racist and white nationalist organizing in...
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Episode 55 - Antifa: Myths and Realities with Daryle Lamont Jenkins from 2019-06-25T19:30:06
In this episode, Tim speaks with Daryle Lamont Jenkins, founder of One People's Project and a leading figure in the American antifa (anti-fascist) movement.
With so much misinformation abou...
Episode 54 - Redemption&Restoration for the Formerly Incarcerated: A Conversation with Bettie Kirkland of Project Return from 2019-05-14T17:04:58
On this episode, Tim speaks with Bettie Kirkland of Project Return: a Nashville-based non-profit that has been working for forty years to help formerly incarcerated persons find jobs, and most rece...
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Episode 53 - Dying of Whiteness: A Conversation with Scholar Jonathan Metzl from 2019-04-02T20:54:06
In this episode, Tim speaks with Dr. Jonathan Metzl, a professor of sociology and psychiatry at Vanderbilt University, and the author of the new book, Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial...
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Episode 52: Palestine/Israel, the Firing of Marc Lamont Hill&the Limits of Open Inquiry from 2018-12-04T22:51:11
On this episode, Tim discusses CNN’s firing of contributor Marc Lamont Hill (a former guest on the show), for comments he made in favor of full equality and justice for the Palestinian people.
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Episode 51 - Analyzing the Midterms: What Do They Mean for Progressives, the Democrats&the Fight Against Trumpism? from 2018-11-07T23:34:51
Well the midterm elections are over and the Democrats have retaken the House of Representatives, though losing ground in the Senate. What do the outcomes of key races mean for the Democratic Party,...
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Episode 50: Donald Trump, the Myth of Meritocracy and Building Solidarity Through Radical Humility from 2018-10-23T19:17:39
The recent New York Times expose on the Trump family—and how Donald’s father passed along hundreds of millions of dollars to his son—has once again exposed the way great wealth is often the result ...
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Episode 49 - Talking About Race in a Time of Turmoil: Dr. David Campt on the White Ally Toolkit for Constructive Dialogue from 2018-10-09T13:41:57
On today’s episode, I speak with Dr. David Campt, racial dialogue facilitator, educator, and creator of the new White Ally Toolkit Workbook, which aims to provide white folks with the rhetorical an...
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Episode 48: Educational Inequity is a Feature not a Glitch: Racism and Schooling in America from 2018-09-19T21:21:18
On this episode — the last before returning to the regular interview format of the program — please enjoy Tim's presentation to the teachers, staff and administrators of the Cahokia Illinois School...
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Episode 47: The Psychological Effects of Police Violence, Racism&Inequality in America from 2018-09-04T21:22:32
This week’s episode features Tim’s plenary presentation at the 2018 American Psychological Association’s National Conference in San Francisco, this August. In this speech, Wise addresses the way th...
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Episode 46: Facts Matter (No They Don't!) Well, Actually They Do (But it's Complicated)... from 2018-08-21T18:43:16
On this episode, I explore what it means for progressive political movements that so much recent research suggests “facts don’t matter” when it comes to persuading people on various social issues. ...
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Episode 45 - First Amendment Follies: What the Right Gets Wrong About Free Speech&the College Campus from 2018-08-14T19:53:21
As I wind down my summer hiatus from interviewing guests, enjoy this extended commentary on the issue of free speech, and what it means—and doesn’t mean—on campuses and in the nation at large.
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Episode 44: Why Identity Politics is Necessary (But Whiteness is a Fraud): Race&Class Inequity in America from 2018-07-24T17:58:19
While I take a break from guest interviews for the summer, enjoy these three commentaries: one new and two previously available in my 2017 Patreon archives.
In the first (and new) piece, I ...
Episode 43: It’s Not About Bigotry: Institutional Racism, Gentrification and the Perpetuation of Inequality from 2018-07-17T11:21:48
While I take a break from guest interviews for the summer, enjoy this compilation of two previous (but still highly relevant) commentaries from my 2017 Patreon archives.
In the first, I exp...
Episode 42: White Nationalism and the Absurdity of Neo-Nazi Rhetoric (A Best of Tim Wise Episode) from 2018-07-10T16:35:46
While I take a break from guest interviews for the summer, enjoy this compilation of two previous (but still highly relevant) commentaries from my 2017 Patreon archives, in which I discuss, dissect...
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Episode 41 Free Speech, Hate Speech&Equal Protection on Campus: Challenges&Obligations in Higher Ed from 2018-07-03T16:19:25
This episode features the third of three public dialogues held specifically for the show at the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education (NCORE), last month in New Orleans.
Episode 40: Immigration&the Meaning of America: From the Muslim Ban to Family Separation&the Rhetoric of Hatred from 2018-06-27T16:31:15
On this special episode, I offer an extended commentary on the extraordinary events of the past two weeks with regard to the issue of immigration policy, including the Administration’s cruel and in...
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Episode 39: Movement Building for Justice: Black Self-Determination, White Allyship&Intersectionality from 2018-06-19T15:29:16
Today’s episode features a conversation on social justice movement building between Tim and three of the nation’s most engaging thinkers and activists: Tia Oso, Dayvon Love and Chris Crass. The dia...
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Episode 38 - Psychologies of Oppression: Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome, the Death of Empathy&the Assimilation Blues from 2018-06-05T14:38:16
This episode is the first of three programs taped in front of a live audience at the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education (NCORE), held from May 29 to June 2, 2018 in New O...
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Episode 37 - Before You Call the Cops: A Conversation w/ Tyler Merritt About Personal Narrative&the Power of Empathy from 2018-05-30T19:23:23
On this week’s episode, Tim speaks with Tyler Merritt, whose original video “Before You Call the Cops” recently went viral, provoking conversations across the nation about racism, stereotypes, and ...
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Episode 36: Equal Opportunity for Dummies: Reclaiming Progressive Principles from Right-Wing Distortion from 2018-05-22T19:50:37
On this episode of Speak Out with Tim Wise, I offer an extended analysis of the issue of equal opportunity and its real meaning. Often the right insists that they are the ones who believe in equal ...
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Episode 35: Coffee, Community and Justice: A Conversation with Keba Konte of Red Bay Coffee from 2018-05-15T17:05:06
On today’s episode, I speak with Keba Konte, founder of Red Bay Coffee in Oakland CA. On a mission to diversify the look and feel of the specialty coffee business in America, Konte’s business model...
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Episode 34: Raising White Kids for Racial Justice in a Racially Unjust Society: A Conversation with Dr. Jennifer Harvey from 2018-05-08T16:09:32
On today’s episode of Speak Out with Tim Wise, Tim speaks with Dr. Jennifer Harvey, Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Drake University, and author of the new book, Raising White Kids: Bringin...
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Episode 33: Jody David Armour - Examining&Confronting"Negrophobia"in White America and the Legal System from 2018-05-01T19:33:13
On today's episode of Speak Out with Tim Wise, Tim speaks with Jody David Armour, the Roy P. Crocker Professor of Law at the University of Southern California, and a leading expert on the intersect...
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Episode 32: Monifa Bandele - Empowering Black Women and Reducing Racial Disparities in Maternal Health from 2018-04-24T15:23:43
On today’s episode, Tim speaks with Monifa Bandele, Vice President and Chief Partnership & Equity Officer for Moms Rising: an organization committed to amplifying women's voices within the nati...
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Episode 31: (LIVE Taping) Victories from Inside Out: Dismantling the Prison-Industrial Complex from 2018-04-17T15:56:41
On today's episode, Tim sits in conversation with two of the nation’s most inspiring criminal justice and prison reform activists, Taina Vargas-Edmond and Dorsey Nunn, during the first-ever recordi...
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Episode 30: #WeCounterHate - Creating an Innovative Digital Response to Racism on Twitter from 2018-04-10T17:55:38
On today’s episode of Speak Out With Tim Wise, Tim speaks with the folks behind the We Counter Hate project: an ingenious and creative new effort to counter hate speech on Twitter. As you’ll hear o...
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Episode 29: Jasmine Tyler (Human Rights Watch) -Criminal Justice Policy in the Age of Trump from 2018-04-03T23:16:08
On today’s episode of Speak Out With Tim Wise, Tim speaks with Jasmine Tyler, of Human Rights Watch, about criminal justice policy in the age of Trump and under the watch of Attorney General Jeff S...
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Episode 28: Marc Lamont Hill on Youth-Led Justice Movements, Police Violence, and the Racialization of Terror from 2018-03-27T11:09:06
Today’s guest on Speak Out With Tim Wise is Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, one of America’s leading public intellectuals. Hill is a Temple University professor, host of BET News, a regular political contrib...
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Episode 27: Bradley Onishi on What Really Motivates White Evangelical Politics (and Why?) from 2018-03-20T18:38:07
On today’s episode, Tim speaks with Bradley Onishi, an Assistant Professor of Religion at Skidmore College and author of the forthcoming book, The Sacrality of the Secular, from Columbia University...
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Episode 26: Robin DiAngelo/Debby Irving - White Fragility, Obliviousness&White Allyship from 2018-03-13T20:48:21
On this episode of Speak Out With Tim Wise, Tim speaks with antiracism educators and authors, Robin DiAngelo and Debby Irving. They’ll discuss the ways in which white obliviousness to the reality o...
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Episode 25: Rashad Robinson (Color of Change) on Race and Representation in Hollywood from 2018-03-06T19:12:48
Today on Speak Out With Tim Wise, Tim speaks with Rashad Robinson Executive Director of Color of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization. Driven by over one million members,...
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Episode 24: Hugh Vasquez on Understanding and Undoing Subconscious Racial Bias from 2018-02-28T04:41:34
On this episode Tim speaks with activist and educator Hugh Vasquez of the National Equity Project about the role of subconscious bias in perpetuating racial inequities, and how individuals and inst...
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Episode 23: Guns, Violence and the Cult of the Firearm in America from 2018-02-20T14:52:37
On today’s episode Tim offers an extended personal commentary on the gun crisis in America, following last week’s horrific mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Florida....
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Episode 22: Loretta Ross on Race, Reproductive Justice and Movement Building in an Age of Backlash from 2018-02-13T19:37:04
On this week’s episode, Tim speaks with Loretta Ross, one of the nation’s leading scholars and activists in the movement for reproductive justice. She was the co-founder and National Coordinator of...
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Episode 21: Activist/Author Rinku Sen on Movement Building and Intersectionality in the Age of Trump from 2018-02-06T19:25:02
On this week’s episode, Tim speaks with activist, author, and leading progressive movement strategist, Rinku Sen. They discuss why it's important for progressives to bridge the work being done by a...
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Episode 20: Dr. Chris Emdin - For White Folks Who Teach in the 'Hood (and the Rest of Y'all Too) from 2018-01-30T16:15:40
This week on Speak Out with Tim Wise, Tim speaks with Dr. Christopher Emdin, author of the award-winning and best-selling books, "Urban Science Education for the Hip-Hop Generation," and "For White...
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Episode 19: Filmmaker Ramsey Denison - Corruption and Cover Up in the Las Vegas Police Department from 2018-01-23T15:18:36
This week on Speak Out With Tim Wise, Tim speaks with filmmaker Ramsey Denison, whose award-winning documentary, "What Happened In Vegas" exposes the corrupt and brutal workings of the Las Vegas Me...
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Episode 18: CNN Contributor Sally Kohn on Trump, Progressive Resistance and Oprah (for President?) from 2018-01-16T18:57:24
With many progressives focused on fighting Donald Trump — exposing collusion with Russia, possible money-laundering, and other misdeeds — and others continuing (as before the election) to focus on ...
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Episode 17: Black Conservatism in Transition in an Age of Trump - A Conversation with Charles Badger from 2018-01-09T21:31:30
What does it mean to grow up a black Republican, and conservative in America? And especially as the right has increasingly relied upon race-baiting and white racial resentment for votes? On this we...
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Episode 16 - Writer/Poet Michael Harriot: On Racism, Whiteness and Honesty in America from 2018-01-02T19:07:25
Words are just letters on a page, or sounds traveling through the air when spoken, except when they’re more than that. For Birmingham-based writer and poet Michael Harriot — whose essays are featur...
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Episode 15 - Singer/Songwriter Will Hoge on Making Country Music With Progressive Politics from 2017-12-26T17:14:46
Conscience or Commerce? Sometimes the choice is a difficult one, especially as a songwriter, and particularly in a mostly country genre, where political music (especially with an unapologetically p...
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Episode 14 - Framing the Black Family: Dr. Travis Dixon on Race and Media Misrepresentation in America from 2017-12-19T15:30:47
Amid competing concerns about “fake news” and media bias — whether coming from conservatives who think the media is slanted left, or progressives who feel the press carries too much water for Trump...
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Episode 13: Fake News, Post-Truth Politics and the Future of American Democracy from 2017-12-12T16:06:46
Tired of living in a “post-truth” political world where lies become “alternative facts” and social media facilitates the spreading of nonsense faster than ever before? Worried about the way we ofte...
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Episode 12 - Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza on Public Theology, Intersectional Activism and Social Justice from 2017-12-05T15:57:39
When we think of theology or philosophy or ethics, we often think of mere theory, either received from authorities on high or taught in stale classrooms, without real world, daily applicability to ...
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Episode 11 - Activist/Actor Matt McGorry (How to Get Away With Murder) on Fighting Racism and Misogyny in Hollywood and America from 2017-11-28T14:50:24
Although Matt McGorry is best known for his role as Asher Millstone on ABC's How to Get Away With Murder, he is also increasingly known for speaking out on issues of sexism, racism and white male a...
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Episode 10 - Frances Lee on Social Justice Activism, Call-Out Culture and the Pitfalls of Progressive Proselytizing from 2017-11-21T15:49:01
Fighting for a better world in a society beset by multiple injustices can be incredibly exciting and rewarding — and it’s obviously necessary. But can it also sometimes bring out the worst in peopl...
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Episode 9 - Meghan Linsey on Taking a Knee for Justice, Anti-Racist Solidarity and Progressive Country Music from 2017-11-14T18:03:54
This September, singer/songwriter Meghan Linsey, the 2015 runner-up on "The Voice" took a knee as she sang the final note of the national anthem before the Tennessee Titans and Seattle Seahawks gam...
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Episode 8 - Spare the Kids: Dr. Stacey Patton on Race, Corporal Punishment and Why Whuppins Won't Save Black America from 2017-11-07T15:14:36
Perhaps you’ve heard it said before: “I got spanked as a kid and I turned out alright!,” or “If I don’t whoop you, the police will do far worse” as rationales for corporal punishment, in general, a...
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Dangerous Knowledge: Dr. Curtis Acosta Discusses the Assault on Mexican American Studies in Tucson from 2017-10-31T13:05:54
Imagine a high school program whose students are 5 times more likely than their counterparts to go to college, and only 1/20th as likely to drop out. Now imagine lawmakers banning that program and ...
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Episode 6 - Teaching Black Students in the Crosshairs of Injustice: A Conversation with St. Louis Teacher Erika Whitfield from 2017-10-24T16:02:59
In this episode, I talk with Erika Whitfield, a 7th grade teacher in St Louis, whose recent Washington Post article about her students’ reaction to police misconduct (and the acquittal of yet anoth...
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Equity, Justice and the White Church (Rob W. Lee and John Pavlovitz) from 2017-10-17T14:21:32
What does one do when their church no longer wants them as a pastor? When speaking out against white supremacy, on behalf of black lives, and in solidarity with LGBTQ liberation, ultimately costs t...
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Episode 4: Cephus (Uncle Bobby) Johnson and Nissa Tzun (Families United 4 Justice) from 2017-10-10T14:47:47
In this episode, I'll be speaking to Cephus ("Uncle Bobby") Johnson -- the uncle of Oscar Grant, who was shot and killed by a transit officer in Oakland in 2009 -- as well as Nissa Tzun of Families...
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Episode 3: Activist and Educator Tia Oso from 2017-09-30T22:19:49
There’s an old saying: “You gotta dance with the one that brought ya.” But as my guest Tia Oso explains in this week’s episode, too often Democrats and white liberals fail to acknowledge the centra...
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Episode 2: Former Skinhead Christian Picciolini from 2017-09-30T17:17:56
For those who wonder why people join hate groups, much like those who gathered recently for the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, my guest on this episode knows the answers all too well. ...
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Episode 1 : Filmmaker Qasim Basir from 2017-09-30T17:06:30
How does it feel to be a problem? It’s a question sociologist W.E.B DuBois asked over a century ago in The Souls of Black Folks, and which my guest this week also addresses, regarding both blacknes...
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