Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction 1

1 Meet the Hosts 15

2 Interrogation and Critique 42

3 Counter-narrative Production 80

4 Community Activism 110

5 Recolonizing Podcasts: Moving beyond the Frontiers of Instrumentarianism 131

Index 147

About the Author

Dr Nicholas L. Baham III is Professor of Ethnic Studies at California State University East Bay where he teaches courses in Black Studies and Genders & Sexualities in Communities of Color. His research, publications, teaching, and professional conference presentations focus on alternative Black cultural, spiritual, and sexual experiences; Jazz Studies; James Baldwin; Comparative Ethnic Studies; and Afrofuturism.

Dr. Nolan Higdon is an author and university lecturer of history and media studies at California State University East Bay. His research focus is on digital culture, news media history, and critical media literacy. He is a founding member of the Critical Media Literacy Conference of the Americas.