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Notes from America with Kai Wright is a show about the unfinished business of our history, and its grip on our future.

Notes from America with Kai Wright WNYC Studios

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Notes from America with Kai Wright is a show about the unfinished business of our history, and its grip on our future.

    Message Received: Listener Questions About Trump, What ‘The Wiz’ Means and Stories About Summer

    Message Received: Listener Questions About Trump, What ‘The Wiz’ Means and Stories About Summer

    Every week, we ask you to talk to us. Host Kai Wright spends some time responding to listener messages from our various inboxes.

    • 15 min
    Tony-Nominated Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins on Using Theater to Make Sense of Nonsense

    Tony-Nominated Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins on Using Theater to Make Sense of Nonsense

    Ten years after its original staging, “Appropriate” has received eight Tony Award nominations. Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins talks about the moments of his life that inspired it.

    • 45 min
    Still In Recovery From Being Shot, Hisham Awartani Commits To a Summer of Activism

    Still In Recovery From Being Shot, Hisham Awartani Commits To a Summer of Activism

    Student activists like Hisham Awartani are spending the summer organizing around a push for Brown University to divest from companies that contribute to human rights abuses in Gaza.

    • 15 min
    Is Donald Trump's Historic Felony Conviction Just a Part of Our New Political Normal?

    Is Donald Trump's Historic Felony Conviction Just a Part of Our New Political Normal?

    A majority of voters polled about Donald Trump’s felony conviction say the outcome of his hush money trial didn’t sway their opinion of the former president.

    • 38 min
    What Does It Mean To Be Free?

    What Does It Mean To Be Free?

    Ayana Mathis joins us to discuss her novel, The Unsettled. It's an intergenerational story centered around one Black family's struggle to find freedom.

    • 50 min
    Class Of 2024 Grads Reflect On Being Expected to Change the World

    Class Of 2024 Grads Reflect On Being Expected to Change the World

    Today’s grads are being heralded as the generation that will change the world. And while many in Gen Z are eager to rise to the occasion, some wonder how fair of an expectation that is.

    • 49 min

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