Podcast Episodes

The Cast of Reasonable Doubt!

Episode 210

Join Karen Hunter for a conversation highlighting the third season of 'Reasonable Doubt' on Hulu with its cast - featuring Emayatzy Corinealdi, McKinley Freeman, & Joseph Sikora! Also includes never-…

Published on 4 weeks ago

A Thousand Ways to Die: Trymaine Lee on Gun Violence

Episode 209

Karen Hunter sits down with Emmy and Pulitzer Prize winner Trymaine Lee to discuss his powerful new book A Thousand Ways To Die, examining the legacy of violence, systemic racism, and the fight for s…

Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago

We Resist! Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson

Episode 208

Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson tells us about her book We Resist!, exploring the history and power of Black protest in shaping justice and democracy.

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Published on 1 month ago

Gov. Andy Beshear on Leadership (Part Two of My Convesation)

Episode 207

Why should people govern and lead? In part two of our conversation, we seek answers from Gov. Andy Beshear.

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Published on 1 month ago

My Conversation with Gov. Andy Beshear (Part 1)

Episode 206

Governor of Kentucky Andy Beshear sits down with Karen Hunter to share the good work he's done throughout his state, and the example it can set for the rest of the country, as well as his new partner…

Published on 1 month ago

Meet Benjamin Montgomery: Brilliant & Resilient Inventor

Episode 205

In our final edition of the Patent Series, Shontavia Johnson sits down with Karen Hunter to discuss Benjamin Montgomery, a formerly enslaved inventor and landowner whose innovation—a special steamboa…

Published on 1 month ago

Meet Marion Rogers Croak: Innovative Computer Scientist

Episode 204

On the third episode of the Patent Series, Shontavia Johnson teaches us about Marian Rogers Croak, the prolific engineer and inventor behind Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and over 200 patents, …

Published on 1 month ago

Meet Sarah Goode: Inventor of the Murphy Bed

Episode 203

Shontavia Johnson introduces us to Sarah Goode, who made history in 1885 as one of the first Black women to receive a U.S. patent for a folding cabinet bed—the direct ancestor of the Murphy bed—revol…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Meet Marie Van Britton Brown: Inventor of the Home Security System

Episode 202

Patent Attorney Shontavia Johnson shares how Marie Van Britton Brown's groundbreaking invention of the home security system in the 1960s paved the way for modern surveillance and two-way communicatio…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

The Legacy of Black Inventions

Episode 201

After President Trump's recent comments on America 'inventing everything,' Karen Hunter takes a deep dive on who really is responsible for the inventions he's touting...

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Published on 1 month, 1 week ago