Host Cathy Hannabach interviews scholar and artist Nicosia Shakes about political activism and performance across the African diaspora.
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Katie Walkiewicz on Indigenous and Black Freedom
Cathy Hannabach interviews Katie Walkiewicz about the role of states’ rights in US settler colonialism, enslavement, and dispossession.
Mairead Sullivan on Lesbian Feminist World-building
Cathy Hannabach interviews women’s and gender studies professor Mairead Sullivan about the histories and futures of lesbian feminism.
Josen Masangkay Diaz on Postcolonial Configurations
Cathy Hannabach interviews ethnic studies scholar Josen Masangkay Diaz about US–Philippine relations during the Cold War and Filipino America today.
Erin Durban on the Sexual Politics of Empire
Cathy Hannabach interviews Erin Durban about how the relationship between the US and Haiti shapes the lives of queer and trans Haitians.
Jennifer Lynn Kelly on Anticolonial Solidarity Tourism
Cathy Hannabach interviews Jennifer Lynn Kelly about the temporality of ethnographic research and letting our writing projects change over time.
Anima Adjepong on Interdisciplinary Intuition
Cathy Hannabach interviews Anima Adjepong about intuition in the research process, intellectual promiscuity, and their book Afropolitan Projects.
Sandra Ristovska on Seeing Human Rights
Cathy Hannabach interviews Sandra Ristovska about the ethical, political, and legal relationship between imagery and human rights.
Priya Kandaswamy on Embracing Permanent Change
Cathy Hannabach interviews Priya Kandaswamy about embracing permanent change in our classrooms, communities, and creative endeavors.
Christen A. Smith, Dána-Ain Davis, and Sameena Mulla on Cite Black Women
Cathy Hannabach interviews Christen A. Smith, Dána-Ain Davis, and Sameena Mulla about the Cite Black Women movement.
Liat Ben-Moshe on Community beyond the Carceral State
Cathy Hannabach interviews Liat Ben-Moshe about the intersections of disability justice and prison abolition.
Gwen D’Arcangelis on Inspiration for Scholar-Activists
Cathy Hannabach interviews scholar-activist Gwen D’Arcangelis about cultivating inspiration in academic life and research.