The Black Studies Podcast

Ashley Newby, John E. Drabinski

blackstudiespodcast@gmail.com

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Booking Overview

This is an interview podcast focused on the history, methods, and cultural and political meaning of Black Studies, featuring scholars, activists, culture workers, and political organizers across career stages. PR agencies could credibly pitch Black Studies scholars, historians, authors, artists, educators, and organizers with substantial expertise or public-facing work; booking difficulty is medium because the show is specialized but open to emerging as well as established voices.

Metrics

Episodes: 291

Frequency: Multiple_weekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Contact Information

blackstudiespodcast@gmail.com

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Host

Ashley Newby - Co-host of a Mellon grant-sponsored series examining the history, cultural meaning, and critical methods of Black Studies.

John E. Drabinski - Co-host of a Mellon grant-sponsored series examining the history, cultural meaning, and critical methods of Black Studies.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Black Studies scholars, historians, authors, artists, educators, activists, culture workers, and political organizers with substantive expertise in Black intellectual, cultural, or political life.
Required Achievements:  
Published scholarly or public-facing books and articles, University teaching or research appointments, Award-winning or widely recognized scholarship, Established creative, activist, or organizing work

Recent Guest Discussions

A.D. Carson - Race, Place, History, Literature, Hip Hop, Rhetoric, Performance, And The Relationship Between Creative Practice And Black Studies.

Ousmane Power-Greene - Intellectual Work And Black Politics, The Relationship Between Art And Political Life, And The Intersection Of Creative Work And Historical Writing.

Dylan C. Penningroth - African American History, Law, Black Social Movements, Black Community Life, Civil Rights, And The Relationship Between Legal Thought And Social Change.

Recent Topics

Black Studies, Black History, Critical Theory, Activism, Politics

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Black Studies Podcast
:

Nadia Alahmed - Department of Africana Studies, Dickinson University

July 20, 2026

This is John Drabinski and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, graduate students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers - in order to explore the cultural and political meaning of Black Studies as an area of inquiry and its critical methods.Today’s conversation is with Nadia Alahmed, who teache...

A.D. Carson - Department of Music, University of Virginia

July 17, 2026

This is Ashley Newby and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers - in order to explore the cultural and political meaning of Black Studies as an area of inquiry and its critical methods.Today's conversation is with A.D. Carson, who teach...

Ousmane Power-Greene - Department of History, Clark University

July 15, 2026

This is John Drabinski and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, graduate students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers - in order to explore the cultural and political meaning of Black Studies as an area of inquiry and its critical methods.Today’s conversation is with Ousmane Power-Greene, who...

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