Episodes 23
Avg. Duration 47m
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Since Feb 2022
Latest Episode Jan 2025

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Join host Rogiérs in this insightful analysis of Black history, faith traditions, non-belief and the ways those dynamics play on Black communities in the United States and abroad. This podcast uses an Africana studies framework to examine and celebrate the history of religious dissent in the African diaspora and serves as the companion to the ”LEGACY series” with support from the American Humanist Association.

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Africa Tour: Liberia, "Nollywood" & Diaspora Pentecostalism

Jan 20, 2025 51m

Today, in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s holiday we break hiatus and continue the "Abroad Series" stopping in Brasil and a tour of Africa. We delve into entertainment, the shifting sands of…

Ivory Coast Abroad: Mohamed Cisse & Islam

Aug 11, 2023 47m

This week we continue our abroad series-opening with special insights from co-host Verdell Wright on the importance of centering Black narratives of religious freedom and experience. We briefly visit…

Religion Abroad: The Mission Field

Mar 17, 2023 1h 5m

Admittedly one of our more atheist-y episodes, today we offer the second installment of our “Abroad Series”. This show takes a deep-dive, critical look into the phenomenon of missionary work-mostly…

Christianity Abroad: 🎼 The ”Devil’s Music” & Indigenous Sounds

Feb 10, 2023 32m

We’re back with a new season as this February marks the first anniversary of the WWH podcast!! To celebrate, we’re launching Season 2 with our Abroad series. In this first episode our first stop is…

Where We’re Headed in 2023! (PSA)

Feb 06, 2023 3m

In keeping with our show title, we owe it to the listeners to comment on where we're really headed...and it's in a new direction! The new year has brought about some changes behind the scenes. Going…

Sikivu Hutchinson & ”Conversations” w/Verdell Wright

Jun 17, 2022 1h

After 18 episodes we're wrapping our premier season covering Black history, race consciousness, religion, freethought & liberation movements. We hope you have listened, questioned, gained…

Conversations! (Black Church Culture, Islamic Persecution & Bible Studies)

Jun 10, 2022 1h 1m

On this episode, we talk everything from the Bible, to the Black Church, Islamic persecution around the globe and back! Part II of our CONVERSATIONS series features the WWH co-host: the insightful,…

The Black Socrates (IV) w/Jeffrey B. Perry

May 27, 2022 35m

Dr. Jeffrey B. Perry brings us together with this ultimate appearance in our Legacy series on WWH. He has been active in the working class movementfor 50 years studying, writing and speaking on two…

The Black Socrates (III) w/Jeffrey B. Perry

May 20, 2022 57m

A giant of both Afro-Caribbean and African-American history, we rejoin Jeffrey B. Perry in his second Legacy appearance covering Volume II of his autobiography and treatment of the one and only…

The ”Black Georgians” w/S.I. Martin

May 13, 2022 1h 10m

Who and what were are the “Black Georgians” of the British empire? And how did their struggles of dissent shape our past and present freedom narratives? Author, historian and professor S.I. Martin,…

Forgetfulness & ”The Momentum of Memory”

May 06, 2022 36m

"The Momentum of Memory" vs. "The Violence of Forgetting." Throughout history a well-documented feature of authoritarianism, totalitarian regimes, religious indoctrination and myth-making is the…

The Black Socrates (II) w/Jeffrey B. Perry

Apr 29, 2022 41m

More than 100 years ago a Black skeptic/atheist/agnostic/freethinker from the Danish West Indies framed a conversation on Pan-Africanism, modeled Socialist Black political organizing, advocated for…

The Black Socrates (I) w/Jeffrey B. Perry

Apr 22, 2022 39m

Who is one of the greatest icons of movement history that you’ve likely never heard of? Someone who 100+ years ago conceptualized Pan-Africanism, modeled new Black political organization, labor…

Conversations!

Apr 08, 2022 1h 13m

Dialogue, Dialogue, Dialogue! Today’s episode is all about dialogue, reflection and conversation with the co-host and co-creator of Where We’re Headed, Mr. Verdell Wright. If you missed his…

Reimagining Community w/Sabrina Dent (II)

Apr 01, 2022 52m

What is the relevance of "community" at all? Why is it important to apply a critical racial lens in conversation around faith, stigma and our future? How do these dynamics show up when we're not…

Reimagining Community w/Sabrina Dent (I)

Apr 01, 2022 47m

Perhaps one of the biggest slept-on challenges we face moving through life and all its stages is how do we form community, maintain it, hold it accountable, reconcile it and how we discard community…

”Not my Ancestors?” - Prof. Christopher Cameron

Mar 18, 2022 1h 2m

To be or not to be...our ancestors. Over the last few years of Civil Rights protests here within the United States has been common to hear the phrase “I am not my ancestors”. And increasingly,…

Verdell Wright’s ”Good God Gone”

Mar 04, 2022 1h 22m

For Verdell Wright, one of the first and hardest things to let go in his journey out of faith was the idea of "Good God". Because with all that he’d seen around him concerning the historical plight…

Faith of our Fears

Feb 28, 2022 26m

The “Doubting Thomas” of the Bible has special resonance for our communities. Fear of doubt will reliably illicit a negative reaction and anxiety for many regardless of the faith tradition (e.g.…

Andrew Seidel on ”The Founding Myth”

Feb 18, 2022 29m

"Life is too good to waste on bad ideas" and Andrew Seidel (author, constitutional lawyer & activist) is convinced the idea that America's foundational principles are Christian, is not only…

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