Best American Social History Project Center For Media Podcasts (2025)

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A History of the Puerto Rican Independence Movement (1800-1958) with Francisco A. Santiago Cintrón & Sebastián Castrodad Reverón 2:36:38

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This episode is part of a two part project covering the Puerto Rican Independence Movement from the beginning of the 19th Century until the present. For this conversation our guests are Francisco A. Santiago Cintrón and Sebastián Castrodad Reverón. Francisco A. Santiago Cintrón was born in Guayama, Puerto Rico. He is an activist that currently form…

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Act 1 Part 1 42:02

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CONTENT WARNING! XIMER A New Musical podcast dives into content of violence, death, hate crimes, religious trauma, sexual content, blood and gore. There will also be situations of hate speech, slurs against the queer community and graphic audio sounds that include violence. Listener Discretion is advised. Act 1, Part 1 When a celebrity DJ's younger…

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S2. E8. Disco's Revenge 59:02

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In the wake of Disco Demolition Night in 1979—a cultural bonfire that seemed to signal the end of disco—something unexpected began to rise from Chicago’s underground. This episode traces the story of Frankie Knuckles, the Bronx-born DJ who became known as the “Godfather of House.” After the backlash against disco pushed the genre out of the mainstr…

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"Remember to Blot Out the Memory" - The Biblical Recipe for Endless Genocide with Reverend Darren 2:20:30

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In this episode we interview Reverend Darren who is a minister in the Presbyterian Church USA in Wisconsin. This conversation started as a text and google doc exchange around the story of Amalek within the Old Testament of the Christian Bible and the Tanakh, or the Hebrew Bible. We talk about how we should understand the relationship between these …

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Signal Award Re-Release. S2.S2. Lost Women of Disco 50:33

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We're thrilled to announce that our episode “S2.E2. Lost Women of Disco” has been named a finalist in the Best Indie Podcast category at the 2025 Signal Awards! This powerful episode dives deep into the untold stories of the trailblazing women who shaped the culture we now call “disco”, but were overshadowed by history. We are re-releasing this epi…

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2 Years of Genocide, 2 Years of Resistance (Live-stream Audio) with Abdaljawad Omar & Lara Sheehi 2:29:27

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Abdaljawad Omar and Lara Sheehi joined us on the 2nd anniversary of the beginning of Tufan Al-Aqsa! From the youtube livestream (which I encourage people to watch): We will remember the morning of October 7th 2023. In the two years since then there has been a genocidal counterinsurgency war waged against the whole Palestinian population, most acute…

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S2.E7. Disco Sucks 1:01:40

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On July 12, 1979, Chicago’s Comiskey Park erupted into chaos during what was supposed to be a quirky baseball promotion. Shock radio jock Steve Dahl’s “Disco Demolition Night” incentivized listeners to bring disco records to a White Socks doubleheader, where, between games Dahl promised to blow them up in center field. Instead, the event descended …

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The "New" US Assassination Program & the Hybrid War on Venezuela with Joe Emersberger 1:04:41

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Recently the US Military has been bombing boats in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Venezuela. This marks a major escalation, and a new development in the US Empire's hybrid war on Venezuela that has been waged over the last 20 years. In this episode we speak with Joe Emersberger who along with Justin Podur authored the book Extraordinary Threat:…

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Making Queer History Public Episode 5: Crossing Gender in the 18th and 19th Century 17:29

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In this episode of Making Queer History Public, we talk to Tristan, a high school student who worked with us to develop a brand new collection on our website, Social History for Every Classroom (SHEC). In Their Own Words: Crossing Gender in the 18th and 19th Centuries is a collection containing primary and secondary sources where gender-non conform…

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European Class Struggle Starts at the Bottom of the Sea with Iker Suárez 1:16:56

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In this episode, we speak with Iker Suárez, who authored a searing piece in the Monthly Review titled "The Migrant Genocide: Toward a Third World Analysis of European Class Struggle." In it, he challenges the dominant humanitarian framing of migrant deaths at sea, arguing that it isn't a moral crisis but a structural necessity of late imperialism. …

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S2. S6. Night at the Baths 59:50

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Disco didn't just happen—it emerged from the vibrant gay club scene of 1970s New York City. In this episode, hosts Ryan Purcell and Kristie Soares explore how iconic venues like the Continental Baths, the Mineshaft sex club, and the legendary Paradise Garage became part of a musical revolution that transformed popular culture. Joining them is Lucas…

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Jordan as a Structural Byproduct of US-Led Imperialism with Tara Alami 1:59:07

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This is an episode recorded this week with Tara Alami to talk about a piece she wrote about Jordan for Vox Ummah last Spring. The essay's title is "The Price of Peace" and it delves into Jordan's role within the US-Imperialist led world system. And Alami discusses the history of the Hashemite monarchy, and the political legacy of Jordanian rulers w…

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Palestine & the Struggle Against the International Fascist Counterrevolution with Corinna Mullin 1:43:37

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In this discussion we talk with Professor Corinna Mullin who is a member of the Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective. Corinna Mullin is an anti-imperialist academic who teaches political science and economics. Her research examines the historical legacies of colonialism and the role of capitalist expansion and imperialist imbrications in producing …

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S2. S5. From Stonewall to Studio 54 47:33

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In the fifth episode of Season Two of Soundscapes NYC, hosts Ryan Purcell and Kristie Soares sit down with the legendary DJ Nicky Siano. The history of dance music in 1970s New York is synonymous with the life and work of Siano. He was among the early attendees of David Mancuso’s Loft dances, where he learned to organize parties and DJ for an audie…

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S2.E4. Disco's "Latin Tinge" 1:01:02

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In the 1930s, musician Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton identified the influence of Latin American rhythms like the habanera in jazz, as a sonic “tinge” that fundamentally shaped his style as a stride pianist. In the Seventies, disco presented its own Latin tinge. The Latin American and Latino influence on 1970s New York disco extended far beyond the …

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"The Story Where Truth Goes to Die" - Nora Barrows-Friedman on the Genocide in Gaza 2:09:10

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This is the lightly edited audio from a recent livestream episode we hosted with Nora Barrows-Friedman. Nora Barrows-Friedman is a staff writer and associate editor at The Electronic Intifada, and is the author of In Our Power: US Students Organize for Justice in Palestine (Just World Books, 2014). She hosts the Electronic Intifada (EI) Livestreams…

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Hala Sabbah from the Sameer Project (Recent Livestream Audio) 2:11:57

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We hosted an emergency livestream with Hala Sabbah of the Sameer Project back on July 21st to talk about the absolutely horrific situation in Gaza as a result of the US-funded and supported Israeli enacted genocide. Since conditions have not changed substantially, I wanted to also make sure to get a lightly edited version of that conversation out t…

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S2.E3. A Spatial History of Disco 1:14:07

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In the third episode of Season Two of Soundscapes NYC, hosts Ryan Purcell and Kristie Soares take you on an immersive journey through the hot nights and wild streets of Lower Manhattan during the Seventies. For this episode, Jesse Rifkin, a New York-based music historian and the owner and sole operator of Walk on the Wild Side Tours NYC, designed a…

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"Arrested in the Office of DEI" - On the New Racial Regime with Alana Lentin 2:11:57

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In this conversation we're exited to welcome Alana Lentin back to the show to talk about her new book The New Racial Regime: Recalibrations of White Supremacy, which works with the concept of the racial regime put forth by Cedric Robinson in his book Forgeries of Memory and Meaning. The book features a foreword by Elizabeth Robinson, long time inte…

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S2.E2. Lost Women of Disco 49:47

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Women have been central to the evolution of dance music culture since its earliest days, yet their contributions have often been overlooked. From Régine Zylberberg's pioneering work in creating the modern discotheque in 1950s Paris to Sharon White's trailblazing presence at New York's legendary venues in the 1970s, female DJs have shaped dance floo…

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S2.E1. Love Saves the Day 59:37

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The Loft was a dance party series organized by DJ David Mancuso in his Manhattan warehouse apartment at 647 Broadway from Valentine’s Day 1970 to June 1974. The parties offered an alternative to New York’s commercial nightclub scene. The invitation-only events featured an egalitarian space for music and dance with a top-of-the-line sound system, ec…

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Eric Mann's Radical Journey through the Long 1960s (Part 2) 1:44:56

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This is part two of a two-part episode. This part of the conversation deals more with the actions that led to Mann's political imprisoment and his experiences as a political prisoner. In this two-part episode, we are joined by special cohost PM, and we speak with veteran civil rights organizer Eric Mann about his journey from his upbringing in New …

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Eric Mann's Radical Journey through the Long 1960s (Part 1) 1:42:27

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In this two-part episode, we are joined by special cohost PM, and we speak with veteran civil rights organizer Eric Mann about his journey from his upbringing in New York to his involvement in political struggles during the 1960s. Mann discusses his early influences, including his parents' activism. He reflects on his work with the Congress of Raci…

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"Individual Acts of Resistance Can Lead to New Terrains of Struggle" Garrett Felber on the Life of Martin Sostre 1:46:13

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In this conversation we talk with Garrett Felber about their latest book A Continuous Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Martin Sostre. In discussing this new political biography, we cover Sostre's ideological and political journey, history as a jailhouse lawyer, his forms of organizing practice, and the ways that people supported his campaign for…

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A History of the Puerto Rican Independence Movement (1800-1958) with Francisco A. Santiago Cintrón & Sebastián Castrodad Reverón 2:36:38

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Act 1 Part 1 42:02

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S2. E8. Disco's Revenge 59:02

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"Remember to Blot Out the Memory" - The Biblical Recipe for Endless Genocide with Reverend Darren 2:20:30

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Signal Award Re-Release. S2.S2. Lost Women of Disco 50:33

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2 Years of Genocide, 2 Years of Resistance (Live-stream Audio) with Abdaljawad Omar & Lara Sheehi 2:29:27

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S2.E7. Disco Sucks 1:01:40

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The "New" US Assassination Program & the Hybrid War on Venezuela with Joe Emersberger 1:04:41

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Making Queer History Public Episode 5: Crossing Gender in the 18th and 19th Century 17:29

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European Class Struggle Starts at the Bottom of the Sea with Iker Suárez 1:16:56

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S2. S6. Night at the Baths 59:50

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Jordan as a Structural Byproduct of US-Led Imperialism with Tara Alami 1:59:07

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Palestine & the Struggle Against the International Fascist Counterrevolution with Corinna Mullin 1:43:37

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S2. S5. From Stonewall to Studio 54 47:33

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S2.E4. Disco's "Latin Tinge" 1:01:02

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"The Story Where Truth Goes to Die" - Nora Barrows-Friedman on the Genocide in Gaza 2:09:10

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Hala Sabbah from the Sameer Project (Recent Livestream Audio) 2:11:57

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S2.E3. A Spatial History of Disco 1:14:07

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"Arrested in the Office of DEI" - On the New Racial Regime with Alana Lentin 2:11:57

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S2.E2. Lost Women of Disco 49:47

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S2.E1. Love Saves the Day 59:37

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Eric Mann's Radical Journey through the Long 1960s (Part 2) 1:44:56

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Eric Mann's Radical Journey through the Long 1960s (Part 1) 1:42:27

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"Individual Acts of Resistance Can Lead to New Terrains of Struggle" Garrett Felber on the Life of Martin Sostre 1:46:13