Host Cathy Hannabach interviews scholar and artist Nicosia Shakes about political activism and performance across the African diaspora.
Resources: politics and political science
Kristie Soares on Joy in Latinx Media
Cathy Hannabach interviews Kristie Soares about the political power of pleasure, laughter, and joy in Latinx media.
Cynthia Franklin on Narrative and Activist Politics
Cathy Hannabach interviews Cynthia Franklin about movement politics, life writing, and radical solidarity beyond the human.
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.
Christopher Ali on Building a More Connected World
Cathy Hannabach interviews Christopher Ali about the politics of of rural broadband access and connectivity.
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.
Gwen D’Arcangelis on Inspiration for Scholar-Activists
Cathy Hannabach interviews scholar-activist Gwen D’Arcangelis about cultivating inspiration in academic life and research.
Siobhan Brooks on Reckoning with Violence
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Siobhan Brooks about what it means to reckon with violent histories without losing hope for the future.
Ani Maitra on Media and Identity in the Public Sphere
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews media studies scholar Ani Maitra about the interplay between identity, media, and capitalism.
Jenn M. Jackson on Black Feminist Love and Community Building
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Teen Vogue columnist Jenn M. Jackson about Black feminism, public scholarship, and justice as love in public.
Jade S. Sasser on Reproductive Justice and Climate Change
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Jade S. Sasser about the reproductive justice movement and climate change activism.
Alyshia Gálvez on NAFTA and Transnational Food Justice
Host Cathy Hannabach interviewsAlyshia Gálvez about NAFTA’s destruction of public health in Mexico and the need for public engagement.
J. Kēhaulani Kauanui on Hawaiian Sovereignty
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews J. Kēhaulani Kauanui about Hawaiian sovereignty, independent media, and consent politics.
Jenny L. Davis on Chickasaw Language Revitalization
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Jenny L. Davis about Chickasaw language revitalization and language activism.
Macarena Gómez-Barris on Fighting Extractive Capitalism
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Macarena Gómez-Barris about using art to fight extractive capitalism and the politics of translation.