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English
United States
12 episodes
since Feb. 10, 2021
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Hip Hop is 50!

On this episode, we pay homage to Hip-Hop culture by discussing the significance, growth, changes and longevity of the genre.  We pay particular attention to Chuck D's PBS documentary "Fight the Power:  How Hip-Hop Changed the World!"

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In courtrooms across America, defendant-authored rap lyrics are being introduced as incriminating evidence. Prosecutors describe these lyrics as an admission of guilt.   Please join us as we speak with McKinley "MAC" Phipps, a rap artist that spent 21 years in prison for a crime he mainta…
The story of FN Meka — a fictitious character billed as the first musical artist partly powered by artificial intelligence to be signed by a major record label — might seem like a bizarre one-off if you have not been paying attention to the digital world.But to seasoned observers of technology in p…
This episode begins by detailing controversial positions taken by Hip Hop artists including Da Baby and Lil Boosie and homophobic social media as well as performance made comments, while also discussing the rise of queer identified artists such as Young MA, Azalea Banks, Breezy, Lil Nas X, ILoveMak…

The 1619 Project

Throughout history African Americans have enacted numerous forms of resistance including violent and non-violent tactics in all arenas, political, social and economic. Media, both broadcast and print in the Black community has always represented a counter-public for ideas and attitudes of this comm…

Karen

Racism is nothing new, and continuous media representation never fails to remind us of that. In this episode, we discuss the controversy of "Karen," microaggressions in modern-day society

COVID Revisited

Episode one of season two of the Intersection revisits COVID. This season, the conversation will focus more on current socioeconomic problems we face with Vaccines, Mask Mandates, and other issues currently being debated across the nation.

Summer 2020

It is described as a summer that changed the lives of millions. A summer that opened the eyes of a nation. A summer that helped propel a movement.   As we get ready to enter the Summer season and reflect on the events of the past few weeks – in particular the Derek Chauvin trial in Minnesota – it o…
Although social justice is typically thought of as a political agenda, many justice movements have used music as a way of inviting and maintaining broad-based participation in their initiatives.  Join us in our conversation with multi-Grammy and Brit Award winner, singer/songwriter/artist Seal as w…
The relationship between anime and hip hop culture and in turn Asian and black American culture is a long one.  This timely episode examines the cross-cultural exchange between Black and Asian cultures, featuring interviews with Dr. Dawn Elissa Fischer and Mark McCray.
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