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Invisible Blackness with Adrian Younge

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27 episodes

8 months ago

The Amazon Original podcast “Invisible Blackness with Adrian Younge” documents the development and evolution of racism in America. This miniseries analyzes the Black consciousness with new historical parallels to the future and the past. Join Adrian Younge weekly for reflection, accompanied by interviews of Black Filmmakers, Actors, Musicians, and Scholars.

Listen to the songs that inspired Adrian Younge during the creation of the podcast, only on Amazon Music.

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The Amazon Original podcast “Invisible Blackness with Adrian Younge” documents the development and evolution of racism in America. This miniseries analyzes the Black consciousness with new historical parallels to the future and the past. Join Adrian Younge weekly for reflection, accompanied by interviews of Black Filmmakers, Actors, Musicians, and Scholars.

Listen to the songs that inspired Adrian Younge during the creation of the podcast, only on Amazon Music.

Show more...

Personal Journals

Society & Culture,

Music Interviews

Episodes (20/27)

Invisible Blackness with Adrian Younge

Beyond the Black Psyche

Racism has fermented into an ever-evolving system that is difficult to recognize, without the right sensors.

4 years ago

17 minutes 17 seconds

Invisible Blackness with Adrian Younge

The end of slavery marks the rise of a secularized Black American culture; a transition whereby secularization found the Black community creating its own social systems.

4 years ago

14 minutes 58 seconds

Invisible Blackness with Adrian Younge

The Cancer of America

Within the first 150 years of Colonial America, it was clearly established that Blacks had no place in America, short of being the property of white colonists.

4 years ago

24 minutes 31 seconds

Invisible Blackness with Adrian Younge

Predetermined Prejudice

This episode breaks down the etiology of institutionalized racism.

4 years ago

33 minutes 39 seconds

Invisible Blackness with Adrian Younge

Follow the Money, an Interview with Estelle

In this episode, Adrian and Estelle discuss the African diaspora, Britain's National Front and Parallels between the racial justice movements in the UK and the United states.

4 years ago

53 minutes 4 seconds

Invisible Blackness with Adrian Younge

Understanding Cultural Comedy, an Interview with Russell Peters

In this episode Adrian Younge and Russell Peters discuss the expression of cultural intelligence through comedy, the power of hiphop to inspire identity and the subtitles of understanding intention when applied to humor.

4 years ago

36 minutes 6 seconds

Invisible Blackness with Adrian Younge

My Great Great Grandfather was not an American Hero, an Interview with Caroline Randall Williams

On this episode Adrian and Caroline discuss the romanticism of the South, American patriotism, and how she uses her "white" or ancestral privilege to denounce the evils of America's past.

4 years ago

53 minutes 48 seconds

Invisible Blackness with Adrian Younge

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, an Interview with Brian Jackson

In this episode, Adrian and Brian discuss Music as a tool for education, the nuances of segregation and how the struggle for civil rights informed revolutionary music in America.

4 years ago

56 minutes 5 seconds

Invisible Blackness with Adrian Younge

Perspective and Longevity in the Music Business, an Interview with Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis

On this episode, Adrian, Jimmy, and Terry discuss the duo's journey to success and how the cultural zeitgeist made way for them to crossover from urban to pop charts.

4 years ago

1 hour 1 minute 26 seconds

Invisible Blackness with Adrian Younge

The Rise of the Black Superstar, an Interview with Nelson George

No-one has articulated the nuances of Hip Hops' emergence like Nelson George. In this episode Adrian Younge and Nelson discuss black popular culture and the consciousness of the African Diaspora in America.

4 years ago

47 minutes 6 seconds

Invisible Blackness with Adrian Younge

Equality Begins with Food, an Interview with Roy Choi

In this episode, Roy and Adrian discuss the power of food justice and the meaningful dance between food and identity.

4 years ago

1 hour 28 seconds

Invisible Blackness with Adrian Younge

The Notorious PhD: A Level Playing Field, an Interview with Todd Boyd

In this episode Adrian Younge and Todd Boyd discuss Defining American, Racial Politics and the revolution of revisionist history occurring.

4 years ago

40 minutes 41 seconds

Invisible Blackness with Adrian Younge

Discovering the Black Family, an Interview with Malcolm Jamal Warner

In this episode Adrian Younge and Malcolm have a vulnerable discussion about how the Huxtables redefined the public perception of the black family in America.

4 years ago

43 minutes 11 seconds

Invisible Blackness with Adrian Younge

When Art Becomes Ethnicity, an Interview with Jeff Chang

In this episode, Adrian Younge and Jeff Chang discuss hip hop's evolution from its community roots to its worldwide phenomena.

4 years ago

1 hour 6 minutes 53 seconds

Invisible Blackness with Adrian Younge

White Privilege, an Interview with Keyon Harrold

In this episode Adrian Younge and Keyon discuss the triple pandemic that black Americans faced in 2020, SOHO Karen, and the evolution of the social justice movement in America.

4 years ago

40 minutes 42 seconds

Invisible Blackness with Adrian Younge

The Writer's Room: Commercial Conformity for the Hip Hop Culture, an Interview with Cheo Hodari Coker

In this episode, Adrian Younge and Cheo discuss black culture, and our responsibility to ensure the perseveration of our story.

4 years ago

44 minutes 21 seconds

Invisible Blackness with Adrian Younge

How Black is Black Enough? An Interview with Wayne Brady

In this week's episode Wayne Brady and Adrian discuss the power of code switching, defining success and exploring the idea of blackness in America.

4 years ago

1 hour 13 minutes 27 seconds

Invisible Blackness with Adrian Younge

The Language of My Story, an Interview with Meshell Ndegeocello

In this episode Adrian Younge speaks with Meshell Ndegeocello about the concept of feminism, language and her role in the evolution of Black music.

4 years ago

51 minutes 23 seconds

Invisible Blackness with Adrian Younge

Black Dynamite on Black Hollywood, an Interview with Michael Jai White

In this episode Adrian Younge and Michael Jai White discuss institutionalized racism, the challenges of being a black actor, and the benefits of the Blaxploitation Era.

4 years ago

1 hour 47 seconds

Invisible Blackness with Adrian Younge

Becoming Culturally Competent, an Interview with Dr Melina Abdullah

In this episode Adrian Younge speaks with Dr. Abdullah about womanism, the work of dismantling White supremacy, and the role white allies must play in designing a healed America.

4 years ago

53 minutes 18 seconds