Jelani Cobb

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

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

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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

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

46mins

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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

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

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

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

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

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

21mins

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