The Black Sub-World Podcast with DeWayne R. Stallworth dives deep into the forces that shape Black life (from the lingering legacy of slavery and systemic oppression to social manipulation and cultural resistance)—a religious studies scholar and cultural critic, Dr. Stallworth unpacks religion, history, society, and culture with unflinching honesty, exposing the hidden structures that influence our world. Bold, insightful, and unapologetic, this is where honest commentary, critical thought, ...
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DeWayne R Stallworth Podcasts

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I Don't Want You… But I Do: The Soul Conflict in Seeing a Black Woman with a White Man
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32:21In this deeply introspective episode, DeWayne R. Stallworth explores the silent, ancestral tension that stirs within the collective Black soul when witnessing a Black woman with a White man. This is not a conversation about judgment or ownership (i.e., it is about memory, spirit, and the echoes of history that live in the body). DeWayne unpacks wha…
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You Can Never Be My Nigga. I Can Never Be Your Nigger: The Power of Black Self-Worth and White Ignorance.
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15:25In this powerful and unflinching episode, DeWayne R. Stallworth explores the language, history, and psychology behind two of the most charged words in the English language: Nigga and Nigger. Drawing from James Baldwin’s testimony before Congress, Supreme Court rulings, hip-hop culture, and personal experience, Stallworth examines how these words ha…
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Low Pitch: Black Spirituality and the Limits of Progress
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22:27In this episode of The Black Sub-World Podcast, host DeWayne R. Stallworth returns from a spiritual sabbatical to unpack what he calls the “low pitch” of Black life today. From poisoned food and music to compromised politics and clergy to the ongoing commodification of Black bodies under capitalism, Stallworth explores why our collective vibration …
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