KalaLea

KalaLea appears in the following:

The Writer Dmitry Bykov on Putin’s Russia, the Land of the “Most Free Slaves”

Friday, July 15, 2022

Dmitry Bykov was a force in Russian cultural life; now he’s effectively in exile, probably for as long as Putin remains in power. The regime is “the final stage of Russian decline.”

Forget Dating Apps—the “Marriage Pact” Goes for the Long Haul

Friday, June 17, 2022

At campuses across the country, students are taking an online survey designed to find them a long-term match.  Can algorithms point the way to more satisfying relationships?

Sara Nelson on the Drive to Unionize Delta Flight Attendants

Friday, June 03, 2022

The head of the largest flight attendants’ union is leading her members through turbulent times. Nelson speaks with The New Yorker’s Jennifer Gonnerman.

Sheldon Pearce on Three Records that Aren’t Getting Their Due at the Grammys

Friday, April 01, 2022

The New Yorker music writer would like to right some wrongs in the nominations for pop’s biggest awards.

The Chef Bryant Terry on How To “Blackify” Fennel

Friday, March 25, 2022

Helen Rosner talks with the cookbook author and food-justice activist about uplifting diverse traditions in Black cooking and reclaiming veganism from white hipsters.

Returning to the Office . . . While Black

Friday, March 18, 2022

The Radio Hour producer KalaLea talks frankly with some Black workers about returning to the fraught dynamics of the office after two years away.

Jonathan Blitzer on Caetano Veloso

Friday, March 11, 2022

Blitzer recently profiled the living giant of Brazilian music for The New Yorker. Now he picks some key tracks from Veloso’s vast catalogue that illuminate his long career.

'Blindspot: Tulsa Burning' & American History Today

Thursday, February 10, 2022

KalaLea, host of the Dupont award winning podcast, Blindspot: Tulsa Burning, on what it means when the teaching of history is contested.

Black Thought Takes the Stage

Friday, February 04, 2022

The legendary rapper of the Roots turns to musical theatre with “Black No More,” based on a novel from the Harlem Renaissance.

The Olympic Games Return to China, in a Changed World

Friday, January 21, 2022

With COVID-19 restrictions in place and a diplomatic boycott from many nations planned, will anyone watch the 2022 Beijing Games? 

Is the Gift of Tuition Enough?

Friday, December 17, 2021

Élite universities want to diversify. A college senior explains how, even when schools give full scholarships, they may misunderstand the needs of the students they seek to recruit.

Life After Prison

Friday, December 03, 2021

In 2019, Jonathan was released from prison. Our producer shadowed him to learn what emancipation feels like after two decades of being locked up.

A Dozen Years After “The New Jim Crow”

Friday, December 03, 2021

In 2010, Michelle Alexander’s best-selling book spelled out how mass incarceration harms communities of color. Assessing its impact, she looks back, and forward, with David Remnick.

Wole Soyinka on His New Satire of Corruption and Fundamentalism

Friday, October 29, 2021

In a conversation with Vinson Cunningham, the Nobel laureate, known as a playwright and poet, explains why it took him almost fifty years to write his third novel.

Kara Walker Talks with Thelma Golden

Friday, October 08, 2021

The influential artist on how she uses historical imagery to address the issues of our moment.

Susan Orlean and David Remnick on Animals

Friday, October 08, 2021

The staff writer talks about her obsession with animals, and the ways we communicate with them.

Jelani Cobb on the Kerner Report, an Unheeded Warning about the Consequences of Racism

Friday, September 17, 2021

More than half a century after the report was published, white America still struggles to acknowledge its conclusion: racism is the root cause of inequality in the United States.

Klancy Miller Talks with Helen Rosner

Friday, August 20, 2021

The author of “Cooking Solo” talks with our food correspondent about her underlying philosophy: you should treat yourself as well as you would treat anyone else.

Episode 6: The Lesson

Friday, July 02, 2021

The HISTORY® Channel
WNYC Studios
What’s next for Tulsa?

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Episode 5: The Body

Friday, June 25, 2021

The HISTORY® Channel
WNYC Studios
Moving through and beyond. 

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