Kai Wright appears in the following:
Kai Wright Presents Blindspot Episode 5: What If I Could Have Grown Old With My Brother?
Friday, March 15, 2024
How one woman refused to accept the status quo and helped save the lives of thousands of people in her neighborhood.
How Actor Danielle Brooks 'Already Won' Before The Oscars
Monday, March 11, 2024
"The Color Purple" actor discusses her rise to fame and carrying on the legacy of "The Color Purple" at the 96th Academy Awards.
Kai Wright Presents Blindspot Episode 4: Respectability Politics and the AIDS Crisis
Friday, March 08, 2024
Why it took the Black community so long to respond to the AIDS crisis.
Are We Really Having a 'Migrant Crisis?' Depends Who You Ask.
Monday, March 04, 2024
Three reporters in El Paso, New York City and Chicago explain the nuances and realities of migration in America today.
We Could End AIDS. So Why Are People Still Dying?
Friday, March 01, 2024
If the problem of HIV and AIDS were still primarily a medical one, it’d be over. So why is the disease still spreading and what can be done about it?
Leading with Love: Care and Compassion in the Early Days of AIDS
Sunday, February 25, 2024
Where institutions failed at the onset of the AIDS epidemic, individuals led with love to respond in their communities. What did that look like and what can we learn from the experience?
It's Giving ‘Hell No’ — Danielle Brooks On Becoming ‘The Color Purple’s’ Sofia
Friday, February 23, 2024
Actor Danielle Brooks pays homage to her beloved character from “The Color Purple,” Sofia.
A Palestinian-American Victim of American Gun Violence Becomes A Reluctant Poster Child
Monday, February 19, 2024
Brown University student Hisham Awartani is processing his injuries, and the trauma of his community back home in the West Bank.
Kai Wright Presents Blindspot Episode 3: ‘Women Don’t Get AIDS, They Just Die From It’
Friday, February 16, 2024
The story of how a group of women changed the very definition of AIDS.
The AIDS Epidemic and Black Communities
Monday, February 12, 2024
How communities of color struggled with, and eventually reckoned with the HIV and AIDS crisis.
Intercultural Relationships Are More Common, But Are They Less Taboo?
Monday, February 12, 2024
For Valentine’s Day, we hear your love stories about dating across racial and cultural differences…and what you’ve learned about yourself in these relationships.
Kai Wright Presents Blindspot Episode 2: If I Didn’t Have HIV, I Wouldn’t Have Met You
Friday, February 09, 2024
Stories From Harlem Hospital’s pediatric AIDS ward.
Voter Vibe Check: Anti-Trump Conservatives On Republican Party Politics In 2024
Monday, February 05, 2024
Notes From America kicks off a series of conversations leading up to the 2024 presidential election. First up: conservatives who do not support Donald Trump or the MAGA movement.
Kai Wright Presents Blindspot Episode 1: Mourning In America
Friday, February 02, 2024
The dawn of HIV and AIDS.
What A Segregated Mental Asylum Can Tell Us About Health Care in the US Today
Monday, January 29, 2024
Madness, by Antonia Hylton, documents how systemic racism has shaped mental health treatment for Black Americans throughout history.
Kai Wright Hosts Blindspot: The Plague In The Shadows
Friday, January 26, 2024
Kai Wright hosts the third season of Blindspot, which tells stories of the AIDS epidemic and its early activism.
Doom. Denial. ‘Hopium.’ What About Climate Action?
Monday, January 22, 2024
Fatalism is becoming as harmful as denial in our efforts to face climate change. So, let’s talk solutions.
Introducing Blindspot Season 3: The Plague in the Shadows
Thursday, January 18, 2024
A listen to some of the lesser told stories from the early days of the AIDS epidemic.
Reclaiming Woke: Celebrating The Legacy Of Martin Luther King Jr. Live At The Apollo
Monday, January 15, 2024
At the center of our culture wars lies a single word: woke. But how was it turned from a call to action for Black folks to a political slur – and is it too late to reclaim it?
What the Ozempic Craze Means for Our Personal Health
Monday, January 08, 2024
A new class of weight loss drugs is poised to transform our nation’s health by effectively treating chronic obesity. But what might we stand to lose?