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Episode 3 of the 1619 Project's podcast: The Birth of American Music: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/podcasts/1619-black-american-music-appropriation.html h
by aaronbrethorst 7y ago
Episode 3 of the 1619 Project's podcast: The Birth of American Music: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/podcasts/1619-black-american-music-appropriation.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/podcasts/1619-black-ameri...
And generally Why Is This Happening is fantastic. Here are three of my favorite episodes from the past year:
Michael Lewis of Moneyball fame: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/how-break-federal-government-michael-lewis-podcast-transcript-ncna1000586 https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/how-break-federal-gove...
David Wallace-Wells on climate change: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/fighting-climate-action-uninhabitable-earth-author-david-wallace-wells-podcast-ncna979551 https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/fighting-climate-actio...
Jesse Eisinger from ProPublica on the challenges of taxing the super-rich: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/can-we-tax-rich-jesse-eisinger-explains-ncna970581 https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/can-we-tax-rich-jesse-...
- dpeck 7y agoI'd recommend episodes 4/5 (one story split over two episodes) of the 1619 Project as well, learned a lot about how finance works in an agriculture setting.
- aaronbrethorst 7y agoYeah, that absolutely blew me away. The whole podcast series is fantastic, and Nikole Hannah-Jones is a national treasure.