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The Slave Revolt They Tried to Erase
In 1811, hundreds of enslaved people in what’s now Louisiana joined together to burn down plantations, free captives, and kill their enslavers. They …
9 hours ago
Gloria Richardson and The Revolutionary Road to Change
When Gloria Richardson pushed a National Guardsman’s bayonet out of her face, she captured the defiant spark that made her one of the most important …
1 week, 1 day ago
Dick Gregory and The Art of Subversive Comedy (with Josh Johnson)
Season 1 Episode 3
How did comedy get so… political? Well, we have Dick Gregory to partially thank for that. Garrison and comedian/The Daily Show host Josh Johnson talk…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
How to Expose a Genocide: The George Washington Williams Story
Season 1 Episode 2
Do you ever feel powerless in the face of an atrocity? Well, that never stopped George Washington Williams, a Black man who went from being a “barely…
1 month ago
The Future According to Octavia Butler
Season 1 Episode 1
Episode 1 - The Future According to Octavia Butler
Sci-Fi author Octavia Butler seemed to have predicted our dystopian present over 30 years ago. But…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Introducing About That Life on video
Lessons from the defiant ones– past and present. Coming August 26, 2026.
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Introducing About That Life with Garrison Hayes
Lessons from the defiant ones– past and present. Coming August 26, 2026.
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1 month, 3 weeks ago