The moth radio hour is produced by the moth and jay allison of atlantic public media. How a civil war podcast became urgent listening in todays. An introduction to our series exploring what it means to be white. Garrison keillor, creator and former host of a prairie home companion, talks at his st. Chenjerai kumanyika is a scholar, journalist, and artist who researches and teaches in the department of journalism and media studies at rutgers university. He is a contributing editor to harpers, the new york times magazine, and this american life. Chenjerai kumanyika is a scholar, activist, and artist who holds a creativity professorship in clemson universitys department of communication studies. His january 2015 article on vocal color in public radio produced for spawned a nationwide discussion of diversity and voices in public media. Despite the sad and inexplicable disappearance of npr shows like tell me. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. Minnesota public radio has announced it is cutting ties with keillor and his production company owing to allegations of inappropriate behavior. Join us tonight to talk about the whiteness of public. Dec 21, 2017 big listen host lauren ober recommends a drama set in chicagos bronzeville neighborhood, an entire show about selfhelp books and a musical based on the 36 questions that allegedly lead to love.
For hundreds of years, the whitedominated american culture has raised the specter of the dangerous, violent black man. He has also been a contributor to transom, npr codeswitch, all things considered, invisibilia, vice, and he is a news analyst for rising up radio with sonali kolhatkar. Chenjerai kumanyika is a journalist, activist, researcher, and cohost of npr s peabody winning uncivil. Because we all know that free and public love is the best kind of love out there.
The company was founded in 2014 by alex blumberg and matthew lieber, who serve as the companys ceo and president respectively. Podcasts are a very convenient way for both learning and entertainment. Chenjerai kumanyika buzzfeed, vice, npr journalist. In this manifesto, chenjerai kumanyika sounds out our need for. Chenjerai kumanyika is a scholar, journalist, organizer and artist who holds a creativity professorship in clemson university. At a prayer vigil for victims in the recent south carolina church shooting, professor chenjerai kumanyika found himself unable to join hands. Apr 15, 2015 chenjerai kumanyika npr photo by david goldman ap mourners arrive for the funeral of walter scott at w. Code switch chenjerai kumanyika writes from the small south carolina town where zachary hammond was killed. Other people, projects and books mentioned in the episode. His january 2015 article on vocal color in public radio produced for transom.
Chenjerai kumanyika is a researcher, journalist, and activist who works as an assistant professor in rutgers universitys department of journalism and media studies. Do you have links to the books of the authors you had on as guests for this 3part series. Levar burton, jon ronson, selfhelp books and so much more. For technical questions or comments about wprs website, streaming or other digital media products, please use our website feedback form find out how to support wpr view our privacy policy. On air fest brings the biggest voices in audio together for an innovative gathering on march 14 at brooklyns wythe hotel buzzy new event will present programs featuring my dad wrote a porno. Currently, kumanyika is the coexecutive producer and cohost of gimlet medias new podcast on the civil war. Hes writing a book about the history of hiphop and activism. He thought of chenjerai kumanyika, a young journalist and assistant professor at clemson hed met at cds events. This moral panic is inspired by a report from chenjerai kumanyika, a black clemson professor and hiphop artist, who wrote that in. His research and teaching focus on the intersections of social justice and emerging media in. Teaching digital literacy and social justice at the 1hood media. Chenjerai s challenge seeing white, part 7 by john biewen with special guest chenjerai kumanyika from scene on radio how attached are you to the idea of being white.
He is a board member for several youth mentoring programs including streetpoetsinc. Chenjerai kumanyika, an assistant professor of journalism and media studies at rutgers newbrunswicks school of communication and information, has won a peabody award which honors enlightening and invigorating stories in tv, radio and digital media for an episode of uncivil, a podcast that tells the overlooked stories of the american civil war. National public radio is worried that it sounds too white. Well examine some recent incidents that have ratcheted up. A white teen was killed by a cop and no one took to the streets. Ministries christian center, saturday, april 11, 2015, in summerville, s. Thanks to chris julin, whose 1991 npr report on the wisconsin fishing rights dispute we featured. Historical records and family trees related to chenjerai kumanyika. But with those thick history books and long articles one needs to deal with, it can sometimes be a challenge to love history. January 29, 2015 chenjerai kumanyika loves public radio, but when its his turn at the microphone, he worries that he doesnt sound like himself. Finally, our correspondent chenjerai kumanyika joins us to discuss hate, racism, and violence in trumps america. Hailing from the city of clemson, south carolina, chenjerai kumanyika, an artist, activist, assistant professor, producer, vocalist and philosopher came to the university of minnesota duluth on oct. Chenjerai kumanyika, producer and cohost of peabody award. Hoodie contributor chenjerai kumanyika visits bonita and jay wise, an africanamerican mom and son grappling with the power of clothes to protect him from racial profiling.
James shuter finds himself in germany near the cold wars end. Chenjerai kumanyika school of communication and information. Invisibilia latin for invisible things is about the invisible forces that control human behavior ideas, beliefs, assumptions and emotions. Mar 31, 2015 over the past few years, podcasts have slowly but surely taken up the time i usually spend listening to music, but since earlier this year, chenjerai kumanyika s piece on diversity in public radio. He is also the cohost and cocreator of gimlet medias peabody winning uncivil podcast. Chenjerai has also contributed to public media such as transom, npr codeswitch, all things considered, invisibilia, the moth, vice, rising up radio with sonali kolhatkar.
Hosted by the moths artistic director catherine burns. Chenjerai kumanyika historical records and family trees. Records may include photos, original documents, family history, relatives, specific dates, locations and full names. Chenjerai kumanyika is an artist, activist and scholar who holds an assistant professorship in clemson universitys department of communication studies and a creative professorship in the. Chenjerai kumanyika puts that question to host john biewen, as they revisit an unfinished conversation from a previous episode. For years, if you tuned into a podcast, the voice streaming through your headphones would most likely belong to a man. Chenjerais challenge seeing white, part 7 center for. Here we give you 17 of the best story podcasts in varying genres. View chenjerai kumanyikas profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. On air fest brings the biggest voices in audio together for.
Hitt and kumanyika deftly connect these historical events to our perceptions of the civil war, slavery and race today as a national debate wages. Kumanyika is a former hiphop rapper who once performed as hypno, front man for a group called the. Npr itself suggested thursday that the answer might be yes in an. Thats not us, so were clean seeing white, part 6 when it comes to americas racial sins, past and present, a lot of us see people in one region of the country as guiltier than the rest. Chenjerai kumanyika is an assistant professor of popular culture at clemson university. Japan, india, and forty american states and has appeared on npr. But before he adopted the persona and moniker of hypno, chenjerai was a quirky sixth grader at rowland park elementary in baltimore. Contributor chenjerai kumanyika visits bonita and jay wise, an africanamerican mom and son grappling with the power of clothes to protect him from racial profiling.
Kumanyika cv revised updated 114 rutgers school of. Chenjerai kumanyika is a researcher, journalist, an artist who works as an assistant professor in rutgers universitys department of journalism and media studies. Host frank stasio talks to host and producer john biewen and collaborator chenjerai kumanyika about the roles that democracy and capitalism. Uncivil, an excellent new podcast about the civil war hosted by jack hitt and chenjerai kumanyika, begins with a visit. The show is hosted by jack hitt, an awardwinning journalist, and chenjerai kumanyika, an author and professor who recently collaborated with john biewen on the very good seeing white series. A white teen was killed by a cop and no one took to the.
Thats not us, so were clean seeing white, part 6 center. University of north carolina press, 2017 race traitor by noel ignatiev routledge, 1996 class, race and marxism by david roediger verso, 2017. Chenjerai kumanyika loves public radio, but when its his turn at the microphone, he worries that he doesnt sound like himself. Host john biewen spoke with some white southern friends about that tendency. How a civil war podcast became urgent listening in todays america. Rutgers professor wins peabody award for uncivil rutgers. He has also been a contributor to transom, vice, and npr s code switchand invisibilia podcasts and all things considered, and he is a news analyst for rising up radio with sonali kolhatkar. Code switch chenjerai kumanyika writes from the small south carolina town. Npr s black and hispanic journalists received tweets from thousands of sympathetic twits. In his manifesto, chenjerai confronts this question of how we sound, how we want ourselves to sound, and whats permitted. Author chenjerai kumanyika will join code switch along with africanamerican public radio journalists in a twitter chat thursday moderated by lead blogger gene demby.
Jan 29, 2015 challenging the whiteness of public radio. The ones marked may be different from the article in the profile. Good thing there are podcasts to save you from this drama. His january 2015 article on vocal color in public radio produced for was featured on npr, the washington post and buzzfeed, trending nationally. Chenjerai kumanyika is a professor of journalism and media studies at rutgers university. Chenjerai kumanyika npr photo by david goldman ap mourners arrive for the funeral of walter scott at w. But surprisingly, it was his older sister that introduced him to the genre of hip hop. For technical questions or comments about wprs website, streaming or other digital media products, please use our website feedback form.
Aug 30, 2015 a white teen was killed by a cop and no one took to the streets. Scene on radio listen to podcasts on demand free tunein. Chenjerai kumanyika assistant professor department of journalism and media studies school of communication and information 4 huntington street new brunswick, new jersey 08901 chenjerai. Npr has some super cute evalentines you can send to all your friends and lovers. He has also been a contributor to transom, vice, and npr s code switch and invisibilia podcasts and all things considered, and he is a news analyst for rising up radio with sonali kolhatkar. Hes a contributor to npr codeswitch, all things considered, and other mainstream and independent media outlets. Kristen meinzer on twitter kristens book, so you want to start a podcast by the book podcast tamara keith on twitter npr politics podcast katie mingles autoreply at 99 percent invisible study on vocal fry and success of young women in the labor market study on preference for leaders with masculine voices this american life piece on vocal. Season 4 of scene on radio, the peabodynominated podcast from the center for documentary studies, launches january 8, 2020. Feb 03, 2015 nprs black and hispanic journalists received tweets from thousands of sympathetic twits. Triangulism in lisa delpits book the skin that we speak. Alix spiegel and lulu miller are the hosts of hit new science podcast invisibilia. Kumanyika is the coexecutive producer and cohost of uncivil, gimlet medias podcast on the civil war. His work has appeared on code switch, all things considered, invisibilia, the moth, vice, scene on radio, and rising up with sonali.
In a widely circulated piece, chenjerai kumanyika, who is black, wonders if he has to sound white to make it on public radio. Kumanyika is a former hiphop rapper who once performed as. Dec 27, 2018 in todays world, you dont even need to stop what youre doing to listen to a good story. Over the course of 12 biweekly episodes, host john biewen and collaborator chenjerai kumanyika will explore a theme both evergreen and immediately urgent. He is also an activist, a hiphop artist, and an amateur journalist. In the maledominated world of podcasts, more women are.
His research and teaching focus on the intersections of social justice and emerging media in the cultural and. Its a question sometimes whispered but never boldly confronted. With coeditor alexa dilworth, he edited the book, reality radio. Then he and recurring guest chenjerai kumanyika discuss that longstanding image and its neglected flipside. Uncivilization with chenjerai kumanyika team human. His research, and teaching focus on the intersections of social justice and emerging media in. Chenjerai, your post is a really generous and nuanced exploration of the intersection of many things about public radio that ive been working to change for years, especially as a national trainer and voice coach for public radio stations when npr had a training department in the 1990s. Chenjerai kumanyika, collaborator on the seeing white series, is a researcher, journalist, and artist who works as an assistant professor in rutgers universitys department of journalism and media studies. Shannon sullivans books, revealing whiteness and good white people. Chenjerai kumanyika is a journalist, activist, and researcher who works as an assistant professor in rutgers universitys department of journalism and media studies. Npr s michel martin talks about the new partnership between the nfl and jayzs roc nation with professor chenjerai kumanyika, political consultant dru ealons and npr hip. Host john biewen tells the story of a confrontation with an african american teenager.
Npr s michel martin talks about the new partnership between the nfl and jayzs roc nation with professor chenjerai kumanyika, political consultant dru ealons and npr hiphop writer rodney carmichael. Jul 31, 2019 hitt and kumanyika deftly connect these historical events to our perceptions of the civil war, slavery and race today as a national debate wages over confederate monuments, reparations and our. In february 2019, spotify announced it had entered into a. Chenjerai kumanyika seeks protection through tradition and faith. Code switch chenjerai kumanyika loves public radio, but when its his turn at the microphone, he worries that he. As a black person, when youre asked to talk about race in popular media, youre dealing with a situation where the gatekeepers are white, the audience is.
Here, for example, the first episode of npr s codeswitch podcast, from. He needed a copilot, someone to help him process what he would learn. In this hour, stories of moments of beauty, awe, and clarity uncovered amidst chaos and the quotidian. By john biewen, with special guest chenjerai kumanyika. Chenjerai kumanyika has addressed issues like trump rallies, protests by africanamerican athletes, and white privilege in the media.
Code switch chenjerai kumanyika loves public radio, but when its his turn at the microphone, he worries that he doesnt sound like himself. He has produced for the npr newsmagazines, this american life, studio. Cohosted by lulu miller, hanna rosin and alix spiegel, invisibilia interweaves narrative storytelling with scientific research that will ultimately make you see your own life differently. Chenjerai kumanyika, a professor at clemson university and aspiring public radio journalist, sparked a challenging conversation with his. The moth radio hour sword fight, hip hop, amnesia, berlin. In season 4, john biewen and chenjerai kumanyika will explore democracy in. Uncivil hosts chenjerai kumanyika and jack hitt throw the book at traditional history narratives.