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S4E18 Equity Week- All of Us. All the Time. with- Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter
Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter is back in the classroom — and this time, the lesson is urgent.One week out from Equity Week 2026, Dr. Hunter — professor of sociology and African American studies, author…
S4E17 Greenwood Was Never Just a Place. It Was a State of Mind.
There are moments in this work when you sit across from someone and realize you're not just talking to a lawyer. You're talking to a son. A keeper. A man who has spent his entire adult life making…
S4E16 The Klan Never Left. They Just Changed Their Clothes.
This one is different. No guest. Just me—and the truth I can't stop sitting with.The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is gone. Not weakened. Not under threat. Gone. The legal architecture that turned 7%…
S4E15 Black. Single. Mother. with Jamilah Lemieux
Jamilah Lemieux is a writer, cultural critic, and — officially, loudly, and necessarily — a published author. Her debut book, Black. Single. Mother.: Real Life Tales of Longing and Belonging, dropped…
S4E14 UNtrending Rundown- Wins & Warnings
The news cycle will not save you. This month, Dr. David J. Johns breaks down the stories that slid quietly past the headlines while our communities’ futures were being decided. We open with a win—the…
S4E13 How Black Women Built the Democracy We Keep Almost Losing
What does it actually take to build a democracy that lasts—and who has always done that work? In this class session, Dr. David J. Johns sits down with award-winning political strategist, founder of…
S4E12 Julie Wenah on AI and Civil Rights
What if the technology deciding your housing, your credit, your medical care, and your freedom was never designed with you in mind? Julie Wenah has been inside the rooms where those decisions get…
S4E11 AI Is Not Coming for You. It's Waiting on You with Dee Marshall
AI is already here. The question is whether it's working for you—or leaving you behind. In this conversation, Dr. David J. Johns sits down with Dee C. Marshall, CEO of AI Training Plus, creator of…
S4E10 How Vouchers Are Destroying Public Schools with Fred Jones
Vouchers aren't new—they're the same resistance to integration we've been fighting since 1954.Fred Jones (Southern Education Foundation) joins the class to trace a direct line from Brown v. Board of…
S4E9 Dr. Zakiya Smith Ellis on DEI, Public Schools, and Refusing to Stop
In this conversation, Dr. David Johns welcomes back a colleague, a co-conspirator, and a genuine friend from their Obama White House days—Dr. Zakiya Smith Ellis—for an honest, urgent, and…
S4E8 The White People Whisperer: On Authenticity with Maya Rupert
What does it really cost to be yourself in America—and who gets to decide if you're "real" enough? In this class session, Dr. David J. Johns sits down with political strategist, presidential campaign…
S4E7 Take Up Space, Y'All w/Tess Holliday
When was the last time you gave yourself permission to just exist? Not shrink, not apologize, not mold yourself into what somebody else needs—but to simply take up space?Dr. David Johns sits down…
S4E6 Black Girls Deserve More Than Resilience with Dr. Monique Couvson
Dr. David J. Johns sits down with fellow TIME Magazine 2025 "Closer" Dr. Monique Couvson, President and CEO of Grantmakers for Girls of Color. Dr. Couvson has moved over $26 million to more than 400…
S4E5 The Decline of Learning is a National Emergency- w-Dr. Christina Grant
Dr. Christina Grant returns to Teach the Babies with an urgent message: the decline of learning in America should be considered a national emergency. From her work leading the Center for Education…
S4E4 Fighting for Reparations Integrity with Dr. Marcus Hunter
What happens when the process meant to deliver justice becomes part of the problem?Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter, author of Radical Reparations and professor at UCLA, was denied even the chance to…
S4E3 Minneapolis Teaches Us to Fight Back with Robin Wonsley
What does leadership look like when your city is under federal occupation? When ICE agents are killing civilians in your streets? When thousands of your neighbors are being hunted, arrested, and…
S4E2 Will Democrats Act- With Dr. Jason Johnson
On January 7, 2026, ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother and poet, in Minneapolis. One week earlier, an off-duty ICE agent killed Keith Porter Jr., a Black…
S4E1 Know Your Rights with Allen Orr
In this urgent conversation, immigration attorney Allen Orr—the first Black president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and founder of Orr Immigration Law Firm—breaks down what's really…
S3E39 Racism K*lls: Dr. Chris Pernell on Health, Vaccines, and Guarding Joy
Dr. Chris Pernell joins the class for a conversation that is equal parts urgent and tender. As a public health physician, strategist, and NAACP Fellow, Dr. Pernell breaks down the Black maternal…
S3E38 Preston Mitchum on Revolutionary Love
Preston Mitchum returns fresh from a wedding that was equal parts celebration and declaration. He opens up about the revolutionary act of Black men loving Black men, what it means to center abundance…
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