39 Podcast Episodes
American Crisis, Ep. 6: Jelani Cobb on the transcendent power of good reporting
American Crisis, Ep. 6: Jelani Cobb on the transcendent power of good reporting
In the past few weeks alone, student journalists have been on a remarkable roll.Impressive reporting at The Stanford Dai... Read more
9 Aug 2023
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33mins
326. Saving Journalism, Saving Our Democracy With Florangela Davila, Jelani Cobb, Michael McPhearson, and Frank Blethen
326. Saving Journalism, Saving Our Democracy With Florangela Davila, Jelani Cobb, Michael McPhearson, and Frank Blethen
If journalism is the lifeblood of our democracy, then why does it feel like its chronically on life support? Nationally,... Read more
28 Jun 2023
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1hr 25mins
Jelani Cobb studies what's driving present-day institutional racism
Jelani Cobb studies what's driving present-day institutional racism
In the aftermath of the 2020 murder of George Floyd, researchers at Columbia worked to trace the roots of America's raci... Read more
16 Jun 2023
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35mins
To the Hip Hop You Don’t Stop with Jelani Cobb
To the Hip Hop You Don’t Stop with Jelani Cobb
Ben and Khalil are joined by their friend Jelani Cobb, Dean of Columbia Journalism School and New Yorker staff writer, t... Read more
7 Jun 2023
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46mins
Jelani Cobb on 50 Years of Hip-Hop and the Future of Journalism
Jelani Cobb on 50 Years of Hip-Hop and the Future of Journalism
To Jelani Cobb, reading, writing, and education are inherently acts of empowerment, and sometimes even ones of defiance.... Read more
24 May 2023
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1hr 17mins
Jelani Cobb on debate over how race and history are taught
Jelani Cobb on debate over how race and history are taught
Washington Post senior critic-at-large Robin Givhan speaks with Jelani Cobb, dean of Columbia Journalism School, about t... Read more
6 Feb 2023
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26mins
Columbia’s Jelani Cobb: ‘Everything is on the table’
Columbia’s Jelani Cobb: ‘Everything is on the table’
The Columbia Graduate School of Journalism announced today that Jelani Cobb will be its new dean. Cobb is a professor at... Read more
13 May 2022
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22mins
Black History Month Week: Capital B w/ Jelani Cobb
Black History Month Week: Capital B w/ Jelani Cobb
This week, we’re doing a number of episodes around the history of… Black History Month. Over the course of this country’... Read more
15 Feb 2022
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31mins
Jelani Cobb on The Matter of Black Lives, and what Black Lives Matter means today
Jelani Cobb on The Matter of Black Lives, and what Black Lives Matter means today
Journalist, historian and New Yorker staff writer Jelani Cobb has co-edited a vast collection of writing from the magazi... Read more
30 Nov 2021
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23mins
'21 Favorite: The Kerner Alarm (1967) w/ Jelani Cobb
'21 Favorite: The Kerner Alarm (1967) w/ Jelani Cobb
This Thanksgiving week, we’re running some favorite episodes from the year that you may have missed. We’ll be back the T... Read more
21 Nov 2021
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21mins