Robert F. WIlliams and The Kissing Case (featuring Bob the Drag Queen)
Live from the Drapetomaniax Library of Black History, in a special storytime episode, Michael is joined by Bob the Drag Queen to shed light on the har...
Drapetomaniax: Unshackled History
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From Dean of Black Twitter, Michael Harriot, comes a Black history podcast like you've never heard before. Using a recipe that includes detailed research, barbershop humor and a little seasoned salt, a parade of cookout-certified celebrity guests helps Michael Harriot serve up a compelling, hilarious and more accurate version of Black history that was conveniently whitewashed from your social studies book.
The Original 33: Why Everybody Ain’t Invited To The Cookout (featuring Roland Martin, Nina Hibbler Webster and Brian Forte)
After the Civil War, so many newly freed African Americans registered to vote that Georgia elected 3 Black state senators and 30 Black state represent...
Onesimus & The Great Vaccine Debate (featuring Damon Young and J-L Cauvin)
In the midst of disease and death in the colonies, an enslaved man named Onesimus introduces America to the smallpox vaccine. But much like today, the...
What is Drapetomania???
What is Drapetomania??? In a conversation with writer, comedian Roderick Morrow & Karen Morrow of ‘The Black Guy Who Tips’, Michael defines ‘drapetoma...
Diaspora Wars Part 2: The FIRST First 48 Investigates (featuring Yvette Nicole Brown and Roderick Morrow)
Last week we heard from the enslaved Louisiana rebels who secretly organized the largest revolt in U.S. history. In this episode Michael enlists the h...
Diaspora Wars Part 1: The Multicultural Revolt of 1811 (featuring W. Kamau Bell and Carvell Wallace)
In 1811 after Haiti achieved the most successful slave revolt in history, the French were shook and their former colony of New Orleans was facing its ...
Who Was the First African American Part 2 (featuring Brandon Victor Dixon and Angelica Ross)
Last week, Conquistador Juan Garrido helped Michael establish that Africans arrived in America as early as the 1500’s. But who was the first African A...
Who Was the First African American Part 1 (featuring Panama Jackson and Charlamagne tha God)
Africans set foot on “American soil” as early as the 1500’s. But who was the first African American? In this historical game show episode Michael Harr...
Charley Case: The Original King of Comedy (featuring KevOnStage and Monét X Change)
Humor in live performance has been around since the beginning of time. In the 1800s this kind of entertainment mostly showed up as live theater and mi...
The Outlandish Forest Joe (featuring Roy Wood Jr. and Joy Reid)
EP 1 - The Outlandish Forest Joe featuring Roy Wood Jr. and Joy Reid The concept/definition of Drapetomania is introduced, which is a fictitious disea...