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Unruly Subjects

Unruly Subjects is a weekly show about politics and culture hosted by Chenjerai Kumanyika, media professor and Peabody Award-winning audio journalist. Each week, Chenjerai makes sense of the week’s…

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Latest episodes

  1. How Trump and Tech Elites Are Branding AI Resistance as Terrorism — and How We Can Fight Back11 Jun 2026
  2. On the ground at the Delaney Hall Detention Center in Newark, NJ4 Jun 2026
  3. From Detention Centers to Data Centers: Why the Fight Against Data Centers is a Fight for Democracy28 May 2026
  4. How the Informed Consent Coalition is Fighting the Family Policing System in Hospitals and Beyond21 May 2026
  5. Locked Up for Being Poor: The Reality of Cash Bail and the Copaganda Machine14 May 2026
  6. Being Dope, Staying Unruly: Why We Need Hip-Hop to Understand Power, to Build Power and to Fight the Power7 May 2026
  7. Getting Unruly on May Day: Education Workers, Labor Power, and the Fight Ahead30 Apr 2026
  8. When the President Declares Martial Law: What We Can Learn From South Korea’s Struggle to Defeat an Authoritarian Turn23 Apr 2026
  9. Creating Conditions for Black Mothers to Thrive16 Apr 2026
  10. Steph Curry, Sportswashing, and Why NBA players are investing in Israeli Security Tech9 Apr 2026