The Re-Freshed Prince of Bel-Air (2022)
In March of 2019, Morgan Cooper dropped a video on YouTube that quickly went viral. It was a short film that he made as a passion project, after he wa...
Into America
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Into America is a show about being Black in America. These stories explore what it means to hold truth to power and this country to its promises. Told by people who have the most at stake.
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Into America with Trymaine Lee is nominated for two Webby Awards! The show is nominated for best overall News & Politics podcast, and our Reconstructe...
The Case of LaKeith Smith
In 2015, a police officer shot and killed LaKeith Smith’s friend, A’Donte Washington, during a burglary gone wrong. But years later, LaKeith is the on...
Sacrifice Zones
When toxic chemical spill from a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio last month led to health concerns in the area, the disaster attracted widesp...
Teaching the Truth
Retired Florida professor Marvin Dunn has been dismayed at recent efforts to battle so-called critical race theory and limit the way educators can tal...
UPDATE: Into Injustice for Breonna Taylor
The Louisville Metro Police Department has engaged in sweeping civil rights abuses against Black people, women, and people with disabilities, accordin...
How Basquiat Earned His Crown (2022)
Jean-Michel Basquiat was an iconic American artist who rose to fame in the downtown New York City cultural scene of the late 1970s and early 80s. Toda...
Street Disciples: We Gon’ Be Alright
Trymaine Lee reflects on the direction of hip-hop over the last decade: through the Trump and Biden administrations, the rise of Black Lives Matter, a...
Street Disciples: If I Ruled the World
By the late 90s, rap was the world’s pop music. The money was flowing, creating hip-hop moguls and welcoming in the Bling Era. But as hip-hop went mai...
Street Disciples: America’s Most Wanted
As hip-hop found its rhythm in the late 80s and early 90s, artists had to grapple with the scars of violence the drug war was causing within the commu...