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Every drama deserves a good backstory. For New Orleans, this narrative takes place during the "long 1970s," a time when political transformation, cultural rebirth, and urban reimagining revived a fading port city. Hosted by historian Justin Nystrom and journalist Jack Davis, each episode of the Making Modern New Orleans podcast explores how the city we know came into being through first-hand accounts of the people who made them happen.
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Listening to America

Listening to America

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Listening to America aims to “light out for the territories,” traveling less visited byways and taking time to see this immense, extraordinary country with fresh eyes while listening to the many voices of America’s past, present, and future. Led by noted historian and humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson, Listening to America travels the country’s less visited byways, from national parks and forests to historic sites to countless under-recognized rural and urban places. Through this exploration ...
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Context with Brad Harris

Brad Harris, Historian

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What led to the rise of the modern world? How have we made so much progress, and what are its consequences? What are humanity's best ideas? Join award-winning historian Brad Harris as he engages these fundamental questions and interprets the biggest historical forces that shape their answers, from the rise of civilization and the development of modern science to the spread of disease and the growth of globalization.
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Currents: A IUME Podcast

The Edmund W. Gordon Institute for Urban and Minority Education

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Currents: A IUME Podcast is a new podcast from the The Edmund W. Gordon Institute for Urban and Minority Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Hosted by Professor Cally Waite, historian of education, this series engages our network of IUME scholars and stakeholders in casual conversation. For those of you who are interested in how professors construct knowledge and formulate their research, you’ll definitely want to take a listen. We’ll get to hear their views on current events ...
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The Professional Homegirl Podcast, hosted by Eboné, is an inspiring and informative platform dedicated to showcasing the powerful and diverse stories of women of color who have triumphed over a myriad of obstacles in their lives. Our mission is to provide these women with a platform to openly share their experiences while also offering valuable insights and advice to listeners navigating similar issues. A distinctive feature of The Professional Homegirl Podcast is the anonymity of our interv ...
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The Seventies was a calamitous decade, a low point in the history of New York City. City Hall continually failed to balance budgets and turned to austerity, privatization, and sheer negligence when it came to running city services. Roads disintegrated, buildings and overpasses collapsed, garbage piled high, and crime ran rampant. The city literally crumbled under the weight of austerity. At the same time, underground culture surged with energy, from subway graffiti to experimental theater an ...
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The History Quine

Fiona-Jane Brown

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History is under our feet and on our doorstep; local historian, Dr Fiona-Jane Brown delves into Aberdeen's forgotten and lost past with material from her Evening Express column "The History Quine".
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Introducing a new podcast from City of Sydney's history team: Letters of Complaint. Part live-action, part discussion, Letters of Complaint is a lively exploration of Sydney residents' grievances in the 19th century. Join City of Sydney historian Dr Lisa Murray as she delves into the city archives to reveal the best, worst and most bizarre letters of complaint.
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Art Attack w/ Lizy Dastin and Justin BUA

Lizy Dastin, art historian, Justin BUA, artist

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Art Attack with Lizy Dastin and Justin BUA is a new kind of art podcast—engaging, informed, accessible and raw. Join artist BUA and art historian Lizy as they debate topical artworld happenings, bringing their unique—often contradictory—perspectives to the conversation. BUA is an internationally distinguished painter, television personality, writer, entrepreneur and teacher. He is perhaps best known for his renderings of often-overlooked characters that define the urban landscape; for instan ...
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In the spine-tingling finale of the Spooky Series on The Professional Homegirl Podcast, Eboné sits down with a Black horror film historian whose lifelong love for the genre was inspired by her mother’s passion for horror movies. Together, Eboné and her guest delve into the evolution of Black horror films, exploring how Black characters have shaped …
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Clay discusses his foray into Texas on Phase Three of the great John Steinbeck Travels with Charley 2024 tour. How is Texas different from other states? Can anyone really eat at the Big Texas Steak Ranch and survive? Is the Cadillac Ranch near Amarillo as worthy as Carhenge in Alliance, Nebraska? Why are Texans nicer IN Texas than when they drive t…
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Jack and Justin discuss their interview with Charlie Ferguson - who was once Jack's boss back in the 1970s and early 1980s when they were both at the States-Item and after when that paper's team took over the Times-Picayune. Jack suggests that Ferguson had more of a positive impact on New Orleans journalism than anyone else in the latter half of th…
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The Black Effect Presents... The Professional Homegirl Podcast! In this powerful episode of The Professional Homegirl Podcast, Eboné’s guest, a former CIA agent, reveals her shocking story of discovering that her ex-fiancé was a serial killer. After meeting him on a dating app, she became entangled in a nightmare that led to the devastating loss of…
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When singer Debbie Harry helped form Blondie in 1974 she developed a unique stage persona to front the band. Though she may have appeared to fans as a hyper-femme caricature, Harry recalls her role as androgynous or "transexual" in her 2019 memoir Face It. In the third episode, host Ryan Purcell talks with Cornell University professor of music Judi…
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In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, this episode of The Professional Homegirl Podcast features two brave women sharing their deeply personal journeys with breast cancer. Eboné’s first guest, diagnosed in her mid-40s, opens up about receiving her diagnosis at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and the emotional and physical toll it took a…
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Guest host Russ Eagle interviews Clay about the third phase of his 2024 Steinbeck "Travels with Charley" tour. Russ was in North Carolina, Clay, at an RV park in eastern New Mexico on the legendary Route 66. They discussed Steinbeck's purpose for his 1960 truck camper Odyssey. Did he achieve his goal? Why wasn't Steinbeck interested in America's Na…
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This week Jack and Justin talk about their 2013 interview with self-exiled New Orleanian and iconoclast, Ben C. Toledano. Whether you agree or disagree with his point of view, it would be difficult to find a more interesting or complicated individual than Toledano. Born to one of the city's old families, he grew over time to see the failings of wha…
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In this powerful episode of The Professional Homegirl Podcast, Eboné engages with a guest who shares his transformative journey through race, identity, and forgiveness in a divided America. Straddling both Black and white worlds, he opens up about the challenges he faced in reconciling his identity, particularly after learning that his mother was w…
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Clay Jenkinson is joined by sports historian Kurt Kemper of Dakota State University and sports fan David Nicandri of Washington State. Our subject: the Caitlin Clark phenomenon. Clark of the University of Iowa now holds the NCAA collegiate basketball record for most career points in either the men’s or women’s league. What is next for her? How does…
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In this episode, Jack and Justin discuss their interview with New Orleans political insider and businessman Robert Tucker. As a young army veteran and civil rights activist, Tucker joined the 1969 mayoral campaign of Maurice "Moon" Landrieu and eventually served as the city's first African American deputy mayor. Landrieu came to rely on Tucker when…
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In the second episode of Soundscapes, host Ryan Purcell talks with Tony Zanetta. In the late 1960s, Zanetta worked in Off-Off-Broadway theater and ultimately landed a role playing the Andy Warhol character in Pork, an absurdist play based on Warhol’s phone recordings. Zanetta followed the cast to London where he befriended David Bowie who subsequen…
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In Part 2 of I Was Haunted by Demonic Spirits, Eboné and her guest continue the chilling journey as they dive deeper into her supernatural encounters. Together, they explore how watching scary movies and engaging with dark entertainment can open portals to demonic forces, shedding light on the spiritual risks many overlook. Eboné's guest recalls th…
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Clay speaks with Richard Rhodes, eminent author of numerous books, including The Making of the Atomic Bomb. The subject: industrial agriculture and the death of rural America. Other countries pass legislation protecting small family farms, but the U.S. government throws its weight behind agribusiness and industrial gigantism. Rhodes believes we nee…
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Jack and JustinCreators & Guests Jack Davis - Host Justin Nystrom - Producer interviewed noted civil rights attorney and political observer Lolis Edward Elie at his home on Henriette DeLille Street on November 16, 2012. Born in the neighborhood known today as the "Black Pearl" in 1930, Lolis Elie grew up doing all manner of odd jobs, from waiting t…
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In Part 1 of this gripping episode of The Professional Homegirl Podcast, Eboné's guest reveals her chilling journey, beginning with how she learned to cast a spell on her boyfriend after watching a witchcraft movie. Raised in a Baptist household, she opens up about how her curiosity in tarot and horoscopes led her down a dark spiritual path, attrac…
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Clay interviews author and frequent guest Lindsay Chervinsky about her splendid new book on the John Adams administration: Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents that Forged the Republic. In the second of two conversations about the book, Clay asks Lindsay to justify some of her unscrupulous attacks on the life and character of Thomas…
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In the premiere episode of Soundscapes, host Ryan Purcell talks with celebrated writer Lucy Sante about the landscape of gender logics within the New York rock scene. It was a nebulous soundscape of counterculture formed around gender explorations and social upheaval set to the soundtrack of an aggressive style of rock ’n’ roll that critics would i…
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In this episode of PHG Unlocked, Eboné sit down with a legendary urban fiction author whose groundbreaking work has defined a generation of readers. With best-selling novels that vividly capture the struggles, triumphs, and complexities of urban life, Eboné's guest reflects on his journey from writing as a teenager to becoming a cultural icon. Ebon…
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Clay talks with eminent historian Joseph Ellis, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of over a dozen books. Today’s question? Were we ever a republic, and are we now a republic? What did the Founding Fathers mean when they created the American republic? How is a republic different from a democracy? Was Jefferson’s small-r republican idealism realistic…
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Guest host Russ Eagle interviews Clay about Phase II of his 2024 Travels with Charley tour. What has Clay learned from retracing Steinbeck's famous 1960 cross-country journey? This time from Bismarck to Seattle, then Monterey, Salinas, and Route 66. Clay describes a few mishaps that have occurred. Plus, a visit to the Sylvia Beach literary hotel in…
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In this week's episode of The Professional Homegirl Podcast, Eboné continues the crossdressing conversation with a fresh perspective. Inspired by the previous episode, Eboné's new guest, a Black heterosexual married man with over 40 years of crossdressing experience, shares his unique story. He provides a comprehensive understanding of his journey,…
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Clay Jenkinson’s interview with adventurer Alan Mallory about his family’s ascent of Mount Everest. That’s 29,032 feet, a third of it in the Death Zone, where your body actually starts to die from lack of oxygen and other factors. Mallory walks us through the process—getting to Nepal, the cost, the outfitters, the journey to base camp, where you st…
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In this powerful episode of The Professional Homegirl Podcast, Eboné's guest shares her harrowing story of survival, shedding light on the dark world of human trafficking. From loving the strip club scene to being trapped by the men who trafficked her, Eboné's opens up about the painful reality of having children by those who exploited her. Despite…
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Clay interviews regular guest Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky about her new book, Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents that Forged the Republic. It’s a wonderfully readable study of the one-term presidency of John Adams. Lindsay sheds new light on some of the most interesting moments of the Adams presidency and examines the first peaceful tr…
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In this premiere episode of PHG Unlocked, Eboné delves into the inspiring life of a Professional Homegirl whose childhood was deeply affected by her father, a renowned music producer celebrated for his work with one of the greatest hip-hop groups of all time. While his career soared, the trauma he inflicted on his daughter—including fathering all o…
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Clay Jenkinson converses with historian Larry Skogen about his new book, To Educate American Indians. Skogen’s book examines US policy of assimilating Native Americans into European-derived white America, including the nightmare of the Indian Boarding Schools, personified by Carlisle Indian School’s superintendent Richard Pratt’s racist mission sta…
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In this compelling episode of The Professional Homegirl Podcast, Eboné's guest shares her extraordinary journey living with Pfeiffer syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that has shaped her life from birth. She bravely discusses enduring numerous surgeries and navigating the foster care system while coping with a childhood marred by her mother’s addic…
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Clay interviews former NPR CEO Ken Stern, author of a provocative 2018 book, Republican Like Me: How I Left the Liberal Bubble and Learned to Love the Right. Weary of living in a liberal cosmos that found the other side “deplorable,” Ken traveled America to experience rituals that many associate with the political Right. He hunted a pig in Texas, v…
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In Part 2, Eboné and her guest dive into pressing issues surrounding modern Christianity. They begin by exploring whether Christianity faces more ridicule than other religions, delving into the cultural and social factors at play. The conversation then shifts to the guest’s personal experiences with spirituality, including the controversial use of …
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Clay talks with Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky about her just-published book, Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents that Forged the Republic. Lindsay explores how, in the nation's early days, John Adams and others pioneered a framework for the American presidency that we now take for granted. One example: The U.S. Constitution was largely si…
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In this episode of The Professional Homegirl Podcast, Eboné sits down with an inspiring guest to explore her profound journey with Christianity. Eboné's guest shares intimate stories and experiences that have shaped her beliefs, discussing the foundational Christian principles that guide her life, the challenges in maintaining her faith, and the tr…
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Historian Lindsay Chervinsky talks with Clay about the enemies of the second president of the United States, John Adams. Somewhat tongue in cheek, Lindsay believes that Jefferson was one of those enemies because he was a disloyal vice president to Adams. Others included Alexander Hamilton, who considered himself the shadow president. Hamilton also …
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In this deeply personal episode of The Professional Homegirl Podcast, Eboné's guest bravely opens up about their journey with cross-dressing and its impact on their life. From their college days with a girlfriend to embracing their true self, they share the challenges and triumphs of navigating societal norms and expectations. Eboné's guest delves …
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Skidmore College political scientist Beau Breslin joins Clay to discuss how America might prepare for its 250th birthday on July 4, 2026. Topics include the collapse of civility and mutual respect and the breakdown of respect for American institutions, from the Supreme Court and the FBI to the media and the church. They discuss the possibility of a…
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