Notes from America with Kai Wright is a show about the unfinished business of our history, and its g
This is the last episode of Notes from America with Kai Wright.If you’ve been with the show through
The drumbeat of Washington, D.C. and the surrounding area is not politics. It’s go-go music.The genr
Host Kai Wright celebrates the many years and iterations of Notes from America by revisiting some of
College student Hisham Awartani, 21, was visiting family in Vermont over Thanksgiving break in 2023
This episode was originally published March 1, 2024.Host Kai Wright started his career covering the
Our guest on the final episode of “Notes on a Native Son” is British writer Ekow Eshun. He has been
The public debate over policing has made more of us more familiar with ideas like defunding or aboli
In the 10th episode of “Notes on a Native Son,” host Razia Iqbal sits down with writer and former ar
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For nearly a decade, Donald Trump and his political allies have made it clear that one of their prim
As a young woman, poet and writer Nikki Giovanni could see that no one was interested in a Black gir
What do the results of the presidential election tell us about our country? We asked a veteran movem
Award-winning Irish writer Colm Toibin has long admired James Baldwin, ever since he read “Go Tell I
Former President Donald Trump has spent the last days of his 2024 campaign casting doubt on the U.S.
In the seventh episode of “Notes on a Native Son" our guest is writer, philologist and James Baldwi
This presidential election is likely to be a squeaker, decided by a handful of votes in some key swi
With the 2024 presidential election right around the corner, all eyes are on the swing states. In th
In the sixth episode of “Notes on a Native Son,” writer Caryl Phillips shares the experience of gett
There is a longstanding, widely held belief that the best chance at a better future is to go off to
In the fifth episode of Notes on a Native Son, our guest is Turkish-British writer Elif Shafak. She
