Kai Wright appears in the following:
Inside the Prison Pandemic
Friday, May 01, 2020
There are roughly 2.3 million people in jails and prisons. They can’t socially distance. They can barely wash their hands. So now what?
Why Covid-19 Is Killing Black People
Friday, April 24, 2020
The pandemic has hit black communities uniquely hard. To understand why, we explore how racism shows up in black bodies — all the way down to the cellular level.
Questions to Ask While Waiting
Monday, April 13, 2020
Many of us are bracing for the changes Covid-19 will bring, including to our relationships. So reporter Jenny Casas turned to Benji Hart’s poem as a tool for connecting with one another.
A History of Style in a Pandemic
Wednesday, April 08, 2020
Here’s how black women in Chicago used lace and jewels to turn their mandatory face masks into works of art, more than 100 years ago.
Dispatches from People Stranded in Place
Friday, April 03, 2020
From the homeless in San Francisco to immigration detention centers, here's how the response to Covid-19 is undermined by choices that have little to do with healthcare.
Keep Calm and Check Your Bias
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Research shows that racism and other prejudices are most acute when the stakes are high, so Kai talks with Dr. Gail Christopher about how to control for that reality, during a pandemic.
Last Chance at Justice
Thursday, March 19, 2020
Salah Hasan Nusaif al-Ejaili knows the atrocities that can be committed during a time of crisis. Seventeen years after the American invasion of Iraq, he's still trying to get justice.
Alone Together: A COVID-19 Call-In
Friday, March 13, 2020
Your calls about how the coronavirus is impacting your life, your relationships, and your plans—and how you're coping with it all.
Alone Together During COVID-19: Live Call-in
Friday, March 13, 2020
The coronavirus has turned our thoughts back to anxiety. In this bonus episode, Kai Wright teams up with Anna Sale to take listener calls, and to talk about people are coping.
Black Power at the Polls
Thursday, March 12, 2020
Liberal politics have relied on the same coalition for 160 years. But do black people have any real power in that alliance? Kai Wright and Rashad Robinson discuss presence versus power.
Keeping White Power at the Polls
Thursday, March 05, 2020
We present: What Next, a daily podcast from Slate. In this special episode, our friends at What Next share a story about a radical new voter suppression plan.
A Secret Meeting in South Bend
Thursday, February 27, 2020
We speak to descendants of the Great Migration in South Bend, Indiana about their family stories of housing in the “heartland,” and inequity in home ownership today.
Fragility in Liberty
Thursday, February 20, 2020
We travel from Liberty Island to U.S.-Mexico border to discover how the end of Reconstruction and America's present-day immigration crisis are inextricably bound.
Paralysis at the Crossroads
Thursday, February 13, 2020
We talk to voters about their fear of making the wrong decision, and remember an election so consequential it split a major party - and the country - in two.
OTM Presents: U.S. of Anxiety's "40 Acres in Mississippi"
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Our WNYC colleagues fact-check a family legend about "40 acres and a mule," and find a story about the promise and peril of the American Dream at the end of Reconstruction.
America, Are We Ready? New Hampshire Edition
Monday, February 10, 2020
WNYC's Brian Lehrer and NHPR's Laura Knoy join forces as the polls close in New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary with calls from NH and around the country.
Two Schools in Marin County
Thursday, February 06, 2020
In the classrooms and town meetings of Marin, California we witness a community grappling with what desegregation and reparations might look like in the 21st century.
The United States of Anxiety: School Desegregation
Thursday, February 06, 2020
Kai Wright, host of The United States of Anxiety from WNYC Studios, joins us to discuss their latest episode, which focuses on the difficulties of school desegregation.
History's Unfinished Business and the 2020 Election
Thursday, January 30, 2020
Kai Wright on unresolved issues in U.S. history, like wealth distribution and racial equity, and their impact on the election.
40 Acres in Mississippi
Thursday, January 30, 2020
We fact check a family legend about "40 acres and a mule," and find a story about the promise and peril of the American Dream at the end of Reconstruction.
