June 28, 2018
On Immigration & Internationalism

May 3, 2018
Marx at 200
A specter is haunting human affairs these days: it’s the thought that Karl Marx (on his 200th birthday this week) may have been more right...| More

March 31, 2010
Nell Painter’s History of White People: it’s...
Click to listen to Chris’s conversation with Nell Irvin Painter. (27 minutes, 16 mb mp3) Nell Painter and I seem to have opposite takes on...| More

May 3, 2007
Mortgage Meltdown
People all over the country are losing their homes, in rather startling numbers. Because of a meltdown in the subprime mortgage market, in Detroit, one...| More

April 28, 2007
Ralph Ellison's America
Click to Listen to the Show (24 MB MP3) [This show records at 4:00pm Eastern to accommodate our guests’ schedules.] America is woven of many...| More

April 13, 2007
Race, Class, and Language
[Since we ended up covering many of these issues on our Ralph Ellison’s America show, we sent this one to the graveyard.] Leave it to...| More

April 24, 2006
Race, Class and Racism
Click to Listen to the Show (24 MB MP3) Eracism[Allie Holler / Flickr] In response to Martin Luther King’s assassination, schoolteacher Jane Elliott devised a...| More

December 1, 2005
Race and Class: Hip-Hop
Click to Listen to the Show (24 MB MP3) Two MCs and one DJ [Experience Music Project] Hip-hop is a major American cultural tour de...| More

November 29, 2005
Race and Class: The Artists' Take
Click to Listen to the Show (24 MB MP3) Mobility, by British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare. Image courtesy of James Cohan Gallery, NY. [Yinka Shonibare /...| More

October 24, 2005
Racial Inequalities in Healthcare
Click to Listen to the Show (24 MB MP3) [sjaces / Flickr] The color line in America’s healthcare system has surfaced repeatedly in our ongoing...| More