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Jamil introduces the show, and future guest Linda Villarosa talks about her "queer marriage."
View ArticleIntersectionality, and Queering Marriage
Author-journalists Alexander Chee and Linda Villarosa discuss marriage equality, Linda's 19-year-old daughter, Kali, shares stories of growing up in a "queer family," and law professor Kimberle...
View ArticleGive Us the Ballot
Guests Ari Berman and Dale Ho discuss voting rights, a former state senator talks about black women's role in the suffrage battle, and Jamil remembers Michael Brown.
View ArticleIt's Not Mother Nature Who's Racist
Derrick Evans relives the day Katrina changed his Mississippi hometown forever. The NAACP's Jacqui Patterson and CityLab's Brentin Mock discuss how climate and race intersect.
View ArticleAre You Man Enough for Some Football?
How do you balance a love of football with disapproval of its deeply aggressive culture? Ex-NFL player Wade Davis, sports journalists Kavitha Davidson and Jessica Luther, and masculinities professor...
View ArticleIt’s a Good Time to Be a Black Thinker
What does it mean to be a black public intellectual today? Michael Eric Dyson, Jamilah Lemieux and Salamishah Tillet discuss how the black digital intelligentsia is using the Internet to transform...
View ArticleMarco Rubio and the New Cuban Identity
How is Marco Rubio's Cuban American identity shaping his presidential campaign? Guests Julio Ricardo Varela, Andrea Pino, and Alfredo Estrada talk it out.
View ArticleJanet Mock Contains Multitudes
Janet Mock is a transgender role model, pop culture critic, successful TV show host, and diehard Beyonce fan. But she’s more than just a list of labels.
View ArticleThe Loneliness of the Black Republican
The black Republican identity has completely transformed over the past 100 years. Will Ben Carson be able to woo black voters back to the GOP? Historian Leah Wright Rigueur, conservative TV anchor Amy...
View ArticleTamir Rice Has Been Dead For a Year
It's been one year since 12-year-old Tamir Rice was shot dead by Cleveland police. The boy's grandmother and a panel examine the fight for justice.
View ArticleBeing Melissa Harris-Perry Is a Full-Time Job
Professor, feminist, TV host, activist, mom, rabid hip-hop fan. Melissa Harris-Perry works seven days a week balancing all her identities. Now, she's on the front lines of an intersectional fight for...
View ArticleWho's Afraid of Donald Trump?
Donald Trump is dominating the GOP presidential primary. How? By catering to some very American fears and resentments. New Republic editors Jeet Heer and Elspeth Reeve, and Al Jazeera correspondent...
View ArticleWhy Is Santa's Helper Wearing Blackface?
Karen Attiah from the Washington Post explains why, in the Netherlands, Santa has a companion in blackface named "Black Pete." Then, we look back at some of our favorite Intersection moments from 2015.
View ArticleBody Image from All Angles
Every person has a different set of body image concerns and standards that they bring to the table. We talk to Lindy West, Isaac Fitzgerald, Andia Winslow, and Erika Nicole Kendall about how they feel...
View ArticleIntroducing the New Republic’s Next Podcast
This week, Jamil Smith introduces a brand new podcast from the New Republic. Intersection will be back next week with a full episode.
View ArticleFighting for Black Lives, in Flint and Beyond
This Black History Month, we're thinking about racist violence and the people who fight against it. Host Jamil Smith explores three stories, and talks with Rebecca Leber, Chloe Angyal, Lisa...
View ArticleHillary Clinton Gets Intersectional
Take an intersectional look at Hillary Clinton's candidacy and the broader Democratic primary race with guests Michael Eric Dyson, Rebecca Traister, Dorian Warren, and Bryce Covert.
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