Kai Wright

Decoding the Jan. 6th Insurrection – what we should have learned from the past and what we must remember for the future.

Plus, a reflection on the significance of LGBT Pride in a scary political time for the community. 

The history. The party. The food. Black Texans school us on the holiday they created.

Plus, the story of 91-year-old artist Faith Ringgold, as told by her daughter.

Plus, follow the season of a girl’s varsity volleyball team, and find one Brooklyn school building’s effort to bridge its stark racial divide. From WNYC’s new miniseries, Keeping Score.

After publishing 34 books, Alice Walker talks through her latest release, a collection of personal journals spanning four decades.

There are no “lone wolves” in the terrorist violence of white identity politics. So what’s that mean for white people who want to confront it?

An intergenerational meditation on Ntozake Shange’s iconic Broadway play, "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf."

His leaked opinion tells us more about a powerful minority’s view of the U.S. than it does about the Constitution or the history of abortion.

A broken democracy. A Supreme Court showdown. And a group of Alabama women who continue to provide care despite it all.

Michigan State Sen. Mallory McMorrow and The Nation Magazine’s John Nichols explain how the Democrats can fight – and win – the culture wars. 

Kai Wright talks with WNYC colleague Nancy Solomon about her new podcast: Dead End: A New Jersey Political Murder Mystery.

Plus, a follow up to our episode on names and identities: One trans woman’s story of finding her name, and fighting to have it respected.

We never resolved the core political debates that emerged from the Civil War. And they remain the fundamental  debates of this year’s elections. 

Asian American New Yorkers explain how Covid-era violence changed their lives, and what’s at stake for everybody when we fear each other. Then, rediscovering community through food.

A slap at the Oscars tarnished Will Smith’s legacy. What about him did Hollywood treasure? Is this institution just a screen for projecting our own social anxieties and cultural debate?

Plus, a National Geographic explorer’s story of diving for sunken slave ships.

What’s in a name? A lot. A listener's voicemail inspired us to explore the sometimes complicated relationship between our names and our racial and ethnic identities.

The social fabric is torn. People nationwide are scared, some going so far as to arm themselves. What can we learn from our history as we react to this fear?