What’s At The Heart Of Black Disability Polit...

Chris Appleton takes a seat in JVN's chair! JVN and Chris talk about how vulnerability not only changed Chris’ life, but allowed him to write his debut memoir Your Roots Don’t Define You. Plus! JVN and Chris talk: bleach and tones, celebrity clientele (like Kim Kardashian, Jennif ...  Show more

Queer Eye Press Week, WICED Oscar Snubs, Ariana Grande in Sunday in the Park with George, Victoria Beckham the Wedding Crasher, ICE Warrants, Ice Skating Video Games, IU Football. The Monday Edit, now on YouTube! Check out the JVN Patreon for exclusive content, bonus episodes, an ...  Show more

Dr. Dan interviews Professor Dána-Ain Davis about reproductive racism and injustice as well as her recent book reproductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth  on today’s important episode.  Today’s conversation sheds much-needed light on one of today’s most import ...  Show more

Today’s book is: Black and Queer on Campus (NYU Press, 2023) by Michael P. Jeffries, which offers an inside look at what life is like for LGBTQ college students on campuses across the United States. Dr. Jeffries shows that Black and queer college students often struggle to find s ...  Show more

In Episode 57, we are joined by Dr. Cedric G. Johnson, Professor of Black Studies and Political Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, to discuss his book After Black Lives Matter: Policing and Anti-Capitalist Struggle. We discuss the origins of modern polici ...

What happens when an inquisitive, naturally hopeful, critical-thinking civics-oriented teacher educator gets a position in an Office of Equity, Social Justice, and Multicultural Education? She gets fired for not being "the right kind of Black person", and then speaks out about it ...  Show more