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Unruly Subjects is a weekly show about politics and culture hosted by Chenjerai Kumanyika, media professor and Peabody Award-winning audio journalist. Each week, Chenjerai makes sense of the week’s struggles with some of his favorite people - thinkers, journalists, friends, and folks who can help us laugh through the pain.The show is created in partnership with Rowhome Productions. Support Unruly Subjects at Patreon.com/UnrulySubjects
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- 1 weeks ago51 min
Hasan Piker: Beyond the Stream - Live in NYC
What does it mean to build an independent media platform, and what responsibilities come with it? Recorded before a live audience in New York City, Chenjerai talks with political commentator and streamer Hasan Piker about his path from The Young Turks to Twitch, playing Fortnite while discussing Israel and Palestine, and why telling the truth requires more than claiming neutrality. They also discuss holding Zohran Mamdani accountable, why movements must remain bigger than their leaders, and w...
- 3 weeks ago1h 32m
From Being Right to Being Powerful: Reaching Beyond a Politics of Powerlessness, with Yotam Marom
What does it take to move from being right about the world to actually having the power to change it? What happens within our movements and organizations and in our hearts when we stop believing that we can actually win? Organizer, facilitator, and writer Yotam Marom joins Chenjerai to talk about what our movements can sometimes get wrong about power, leadership, conflict, strategy, and winning. They also discuss what it might take to build movements big and strong enough to meet this mom...
- Sep 24, 202656 min
A Reckoning with our Moment LIVE at the Socialism Conference
Unruly Subjects is back in the building and back in your feed! After a long, hot summer hiatus we’re returning with a very special episode recorded live at the Socialism Conference in Chicago, featuring a conversation with the legendary scholars and thinkers Ruth Wilson Gilmore and Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò. Chenjerai, Femi, and Ruth dig into these big questions: How do we reckon with this moment? And where do we go from here? (A huge thank you to our comrades at Haymarket Books for organizing ...
- Sep 2, 20261 min
Natalie Bencivenga, Hasan Piker & UNRULY SUBJECTS Live from the Socialism Conference!
Before we relaunch our new season later this month, we wanted to share a special update! We just dropped an interview with journalist and media producer Natalie Bencivenga for our Patreon community. [ LISTEN HERE ] Natalie is also joining us at the Socialism Conference this weekend, where Chenjerai will be taking the stage across four live events alongside a lineup that includes Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Hasan Piker, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Demetrius Noble, Cat Salonek Schladt, Alex Hanna, Sarah ...
- Jun 11, 202650 min
How Trump and Tech Elites Are Branding AI Resistance as Terrorism — and How We Can Fight Back
Text the Unruly Hotline Here This week, Chenjerai interviews reporter Daniel Boguslaw about his recent WIRED article, US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows. They discuss how tech corporations, law enforcement at the federal level, and even local institutions are collaborating to frame people in the fast growing resistance to AI and data centers as terrorists and threats to domestic security. Bogsulaw lays out what’s happening in detail and also tells us how...
- Jun 4, 202640 min
On the ground at the Delaney Hall Detention Center in Newark, NJ
Text the Unruly Hotline Here This week, Chenjerai reports from ground zero outside Delaney Hall, the detention facility in Newark, NJ where hundreds of ICE detainees have been on hunger strike due to the horrible, egregious conditions. You’ll hear an interview that Chenjerai recorded with Sally Pillay, an immigration activist with the Eyes on Ice Coalition who volunteers outside the detention center, helping to support the families visiting the facility. 🙏 We make Unruly Subjects 100% ...
- May 28, 20261h 10m
From Detention Centers to Data Centers: Why the Fight Against Data Centers is a Fight for Democracy
Text the Unruly Hotline Here 🙏 We make Unruly Subjects 100% independently! Support the show on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/UnrulySubjects This week, Unruly Subjects is diving back into one of our most popular and urgent topics: the explosive growth of corporate data centers and the community-led movements rising up to stop them. We are joined by Astra Taylor (writer, filmmaker, and co-founder of the Debt Collective) and Saul Levin (environmental policy advocate and host of the...
- May 21, 202647 min
How the Informed Consent Coalition is Fighting the Family Policing System in Hospitals and Beyond
Text the Unruly Hotline Here This week’s show is about informed consent, pregnancy, drug testing, hospitals, and the family policing system. Specifically, we break down a form of surveillance called “test-and-report” that's being used to punish parents and newborns in medical settings. And we hear from a coalition that's been organizing against it. 📝 Got a minute to tell us a little bit about yourself? Take the Unruly Subjects Audience Survey. 🙏 We make Unruly Subjects 100% independentl...
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Unruly Subjects is a weekly show about politics and culture hosted by Chenjerai Kumanyika, media professor and Peabody Award-winning audio journalist. Each week, Chenjerai makes sense of the week’s struggles with some of his favorite people - thinkers, journalists, friends, and folks who can help us laugh through the pain.The show is created in partnership with Rowhome Productions. Support Unruly Subjects at Patreon.com/UnrulySubjects
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