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Notes from America with Kai Wright

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Notes from America with Kai Wright is a show about the unfinished business of our history, and its grip on our future.

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This is the last episode of Notes from America with Kai Wright.

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Host Kai Wright celebrates the many years and iterations of Notes from America by revisiting some of the show’s most engaging listener moments.

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Recent Guests

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British writer and curator, known for his contributions to cultural discourse.
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Danielle Surratt
Executive Director of Common Justice
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Philip V. McHarris
Sociologist and author of Beyond Policing
University of Rochester
Episode: An America Without Police is Safer Than You Think
Denis Flores
Community activist from New York
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Hisham Matar
Libyan writer and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Return, which chronicles his experiences related to the Gaddafi regime.
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Episode: Writer Hisham Matar on James Baldwin’s Patience
Hanif Abdurraqib
Poet, essayist, and author from Columbus, Ohio.
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Episode: Presenting This is Uncomfortable: Writer Hanif Abdurraqib on what it Means to “Make it”
Ronnie James
Director of National Community Engagement for the UndocuBlack Network
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Episode: It’s Trump’s Policy, But Both Parties Set the Stage for Mass Deportations
Jasmine Garst
Immigration correspondent for NPR
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Hosts

Kai Wright
Host known for his engaging storytelling and ability to tackle complex socio-political issues with sensitivity and depth.
Razia Iqbal

Reviews

4.3 out of 5 stars from 1.8k ratings
  • I LOVE Kai Wright & team’s work!

    This show has fantastic educational, interesting content that I do not hear elsewhere.

    I have been listening since 2016 and have enjoyed each show.

    Thank you Thank you for your work!

    I want this show to continue!

    With Love,

    +a+

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    ASBehn
    United Statesa year ago
  • Great Podcast For Discussion & Debate

    As someone who is majoring in Psychology and Political Science, but who is required to take heavy Sociology classes, I would like to ask and Cottom a question. She states the White Male Political Patriarchy is afraid of beautiful Latino politicians because they are attracted to them. That’s a blanket statement and untrue. Also, VP Kamala Harris marrying a white man, and choosing a white man as her running mate (which I realize may NOT have been her choice COMPLETELY). Trump admits that AOC is at... more

    Apple Podcasts
    3
    AutymnCynn
    United Statesa year ago
  • Baldwin

    I wouldn’t be able to write in words how James Baldwin changed my life. And as we go through this time in America, I have been yearning to hear his words now more than ever. So I stumbled upon this podcast. And it is a great one. Also, there is a bookstore dedicated to Baldwin in New Orleans. Definitely check it out!!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    The Honesty Critic
    United Statesa year ago
  • Biased garbage…

    Navel-gazing naive babble.

    You’ll hear a lot of “my truth” 😂

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    LobePDX
    United Statesa year ago
  • Loving the James Baldwin episodes

    Six episodes talking to people who met Baldwin, know his work, are writers and critics themselves…offers a depth and level of reflection I didn’t know I needed. He was such a man of his time, and a tormented soul of his century, and he grappled with so much, long before the shortcuts of our recent generations of slogans. He returned to be such a worthy, striving public figure at such a critical time - these shows have been a good tribute, and both balm and inspiration in these crazy, noisy, divi... more

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    nick from islip
    United Statesa year ago

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I Was A Child of Dread
Q: What is your relationship to your father like now?
It has softened over the years; he has started to make amends, and I sense his pride in my work.
I Was A Child of Dread
Q: What was your relationship to Rastafari now?
Rastafari shaped me significantly; I value its anti-colonial roots and the celebration of my blackness, even as I process the restrictions tied to my upbringing.
I Was A Child of Dread
Q: What was your relationship to your mother within the context of this as someone who was an enforcer of these changing roles?
My mother made my world feel expansive, introducing me to literature and nature, expanding my understanding despite strict rules.
Presenting This is Uncomfortable: Writer Hanif Abdurraqib on what it Means to “Make it”
Q: What are the immediate needs of your community?
If the community is equitable and if the people who are at the margins of this community that I love have opportunities to make art and live a little bit more free, that makes it a more livable city for me too.
Presenting This is Uncomfortable: Writer Hanif Abdurraqib on what it Means to “Make it”
Q: What was the story you told yourself about why you were stealing from your family or wherever else?
I remember just needing and wanting more things in order to feel, to kind of keep up with my friends.

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