Videos & Podcasts

Created by the New York Times in 2020, 1619 is “An audio series on how slavery has transformed America, connecting past and present through the oldest form of storytelling.” — Description from the New York Times

In this AAMC 2020 podcast, “Hosts Toni Gallo and assistant editor Dr. Dorene Balmer (@dorenebalmer) and guests medical students Bri Christophers (@BriChristophers) and Naomi Nkinsi (@NNkinsi) discuss how race is portrayed in medical education and what individuals and institutions should do to address racism in the curriculum and learning environment.” –Description from the Association of American Medical Colleges

“All My Relations is a podcast hosted by Matika Wilbur (Swinomish and Tulalip) and Adrienne Keene (Cherokee Nation) to explore our relationships— relationships to land, to our creatural relatives, and to one another.” –Description from All My Relations

“Breakdances With Wolves is Gyasi Ross, Wesley (“Snipes Type”) Roach and Minty LongEarth, a few Natives with opinions and a platform.” –Description from SoundCloud

A podcast series by National Public Radio (NPR). “Hosted by journalists of color, our podcast tackles the subject of race head-on. We explore how it impacts every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, sports and everything in between. This podcast makes ALL OF US part of the conversation — because we’re all part of the story.” –Description from NPR

“David J. Skorton, MD, AAMC president and CEO, talks with Lonnie G. Bunch III, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, about racism in academic medicine.” –Description from the Association of American Medical Colleges

“Hosted by Max Tiako, MD Candidate at the Yale School of Medicine, and Alumnus of Howard University. On this podcast, Max discusses societal and healthcare issues that disproportionately affect the health of minorities . . . on a national and global scale. These discussions are centered around the work of healthcare, public health and health humanities professionals who dedicate their work in various ways to addressing health disparities.”–Description by Flip the Script

in this October 2020 Healthcare Insider podcast, Intelligent Medical Objects CEO Ann Barnes discusses opportunities and challenges for women in healthcare

2020 podcast from National Public Radio (NPR), “Dr. Owen Garrick speaking with Stanford student Javarcia Ivory. The Oakland Health Disparities Project asked if the race of a physician made a difference in patient health outcomes.” –Description from NPR

“L&S Elevate is dedicated to elevating and celebrating UW-Madison DEI champions who are driving change in our community and beyond, to create a more inclusive culture and climate. Host DeVon Wilson encourages guests to share their challenges and triumphs, with some takeaways that you can implement in your own work setting.” –Description from L&S Elevate

“Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast features movement voices, stories, and strategies for racial justice. Co-hosts Chevon and Hiba give their unique takes on race and pop culture, and uplift narratives of hope, struggle, and joy, as we continue to build the momentum needed to advance racial justice in our policies, institutions, and culture.” — Description from Momentum

In Gimlet’s The Nod, “Brittany Luse and Eric Eddings gleefully explore all the beautiful, complicated dimensions of Black life.” –Description from Gimlet

Podcast series by Dr. Brian H. Williams. “Constructive dialogue challenging your worldview and inspiring you to action. Always at the intersection of race, violence, and medicine.” — Description by Williams

“Where did the notion of ‘whiteness’ come from? What does it mean? What is whiteness for? Scene on Radio host and producer John Biewen took a deep dive into these questions, along with an array of leading scholars and regular guest Dr. Chenjerai Kumanyika, in this fourteen-part documentary series, released between February and August 2017.” — Description from Scene on Radio

“Hosted by Rebecca Nagle, an Oklahoma journalist and citizen of the Cherokee Nation, this podcast will provide an in depth look at how a cut and dry murder case opened an investigation into half the land in Oklahoma and the treaty rights of five tribes.” –Description from Crooked Media

“WELL FOR CULTURE is is a grassroots initiative which aims to reclaim and revitalize Indigenous health and wellness. We study and implement the lifestyle teachings of our ancestors, meanwhile incorporating new information to contribute to this ancient and ongoing chain of knowledge. Indigenous culture has always been dynamic, and wellness is an inherent aspect.” –Description from Well for Culture

“Black Studies in Video is an award-winning black studies portfolio that brings together seminal documentaries, powerful interviews, and previously unavailable archival footage surveying the black experience. The collection contains 500 hours of film covering African American history, politics, art and culture, family structure, gender relationships, and social and economic issues.” –Description from Alexander Street

“Directed by a schoolteacher, this film became a lightning bolt in the immigration debate as the Rockefeller Foundation labeled it ‘One of the most important films on American race relations.’ Hoover Elementary is located in Pico-Union, known as the ‘Ellis Island’ of Los Angeles. After the passage of Proposition 187 into law, teacher Laura Angelica Simon feared she would be forced to turn in her undocumented students to the INS. She was equally disturbed by the support the Proposition was receiving from teachers, even though it would harm their own students. Armed with borrowed equipment, Simon began chronicling this troubled and divisive chapter at Hoover Elementary. ” –Description by Kanopy

“Story of the journey of two Coeur d’Alene Indian boys from Idaho to Arizona. Victor is the stoic, handsome son of an alcoholic father who has abandoned his family. Thomas is a gregarious, goofy young man orphaned as an infant by a fire which Victor’s father accidentally started while drunk. Thomas is a storyteller who makes every effort to connect with the people around him; Victor, in contrast, uses his quiet demeanor to gain strength and confidence. When Victor’s estranged father dies in Arizona the two young men embark on a journey to recover his ashes.” Physical copies available from UW Libraries

A 2017 PBS documentary, “The Talk – Race in America is a two-hour film about ‘the talk’ that parents have with their children of color (primarily boys) to teach them how to act around the police in order to remain safe.” –Description from PBS

“For years, acclaimed author and speaker TIM WISE has been electrifying audiences on the college lecture circuit with his deeply personal take on whiteness and white privilege. In this spellbinding lecture, the author of White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son offers a unique, inside-out view of race and racism in America. Expertly overcoming the defensiveness that often surrounds these issues, Wise provides a non-confrontational explanation of white privilege and the damage it does not only to people of colour, but to white people as well.” –Description from Kanopy

“White Like Me, based on the work of acclaimed anti-racist educator and author Tim Wise, explores race and racism in the US through the lens of whiteness and white privilege. In a stunning reassessment of the American ideal of meritocracy and claims that we’ve entered a post-racial society, Wise offers a fascinating look back at the race-based white entitlement programs that built the American middle class, and argues that our failure as a society to come to terms with this legacy of white privilege continues to perpetuate racial inequality and race-driven political resentments today.” –Description from Kanopy

“Wind River is a modern-day story of cowboys and Indians. White ranchers on the Wind River Indian Reservation in central Wyoming are fighting to protect their long-held water rights for irrigated agriculture.”