Black Voices /black-voices Black Voices en-US Copyright Fri, 23 May 2025 15:15:00 GMT The protests of 2020 were historic, but how much has actually changed? /show/disrupted/2025-05-23/the-protests-of-2020-were-historic-but-how-much-has-actually-changed It has been five years since George Floyd was murdered. We'll discuss whether rates of police violence have changed and try to understand the broader historical context of 2020's protests. Fri, 23 May 2025 15:15:00 GMT /show/disrupted/2025-05-23/the-protests-of-2020-were-historic-but-how-much-has-actually-changed Kevin Chang Barnum, Khalilah Brown-Dean, Robyn Doyon-Aitken , Megan Fitzgerald Police reform in CT and beyond, five years after George Floyd’s murder /show/the-wheelhouse/2025-05-21/police-reform-in-ct-and-beyond-five-years-after-george-floyds-murder In the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis five years ago, ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø enacted landmark police reform. This hour, what’s stuck, and what still needs to be done to protect Black lives? Wed, 21 May 2025 11:12:00 GMT /show/the-wheelhouse/2025-05-21/police-reform-in-ct-and-beyond-five-years-after-george-floyds-murder Frankie Graziano, Chloe Wynne Oral histories preserve the stories of communities that might otherwise be lost /show/disrupted/2025-04-25/oral-histories-preserve-the-stories-of-communities-that-might-otherwise-be-lost This hour, we learn from oral historians about a Black person imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp and the history of ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø Puerto Rican communities. Fri, 25 Apr 2025 14:12:00 GMT /show/disrupted/2025-04-25/oral-histories-preserve-the-stories-of-communities-that-might-otherwise-be-lost Kevin Chang Barnum, Khalilah Brown-Dean, Robyn Doyon-Aitken , Meg Dalton, Megan Fitzgerald Julia Bullock and Terence Blanchard are changing how we understand opera /show/disrupted/2025-04-11/julia-bullock-and-terence-blanchard-are-changing-how-we-understand-opera We talk to legendary jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard and classical singer Julia Bullock, two musicians who are changing the world of opera. Fri, 11 Apr 2025 14:15:00 GMT /show/disrupted/2025-04-11/julia-bullock-and-terence-blanchard-are-changing-how-we-understand-opera Kevin Chang Barnum, Khalilah Brown-Dean, Robyn Doyon-Aitken , Meg Dalton, Megan Fitzgerald Martha S. Jones explores racial identity by looking at her own family history /show/disrupted/2025-03-28/martha-s-jones-explores-racial-identity-by-looking-at-her-own-family-history While writing The Trouble of Color, historian Martha S. Jones saw how the complexities of her racial identity had been part of her family for generations. Fri, 28 Mar 2025 18:46:28 GMT /show/disrupted/2025-03-28/martha-s-jones-explores-racial-identity-by-looking-at-her-own-family-history Kevin Chang Barnum, Khalilah Brown-Dean, Robyn Doyon-Aitken , Meg Dalton, Megan Fitzgerald COVID has exacerbated existing inequities in race and disability /show/disrupted/2025-03-21/covid-has-exacerbated-existing-inequities-in-race-and-disability We discuss the inequities that the pandemic exposed, from how COVID-19 impacted people with disabilities to a broader look at the history of health and race. Fri, 21 Mar 2025 17:20:15 GMT /show/disrupted/2025-03-21/covid-has-exacerbated-existing-inequities-in-race-and-disability Kevin Chang Barnum, Khalilah Brown-Dean, Robyn Doyon-Aitken , Meg Dalton, Megan Fitzgerald