What were ancient Chinese philosophical texts written on? How did writing relate to orally transmitted wisdom? How were texts read and used? And what even counted as a “text” in ancient China?Oleh Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

The historical context of classical Chinese philosophy, and how ancient Chinese historical works themselves became works of philosophy.Oleh Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

Co-host Karyn introduces herself to the listeners and talks about the challenges of tackling classical Chinese philosophical texts.Oleh Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

Early Chinese philosophers were deeply aware of a world that is constantly changing: we look at how Confucians, Legalists, and Daoists responded to this challenge.Oleh Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

Introducing Chinese philosophy through the concept of "dao," a fundamental word in classical Chinese philosophy, with a range of meanings across its different traditions.Oleh Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

How Africana philosophy looked to a young Chike Jeffers, coming into the field in the early 21st century.Oleh Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

The key events and figures in philosophy as an academic discipline, in both Africa and the diaspora.Oleh Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

Cornel West joins us to look back on the development of his thought and the many authors who have inspired him.Oleh Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

An introduction to Cornel West, focusing on his early essay “Philosophy and the Afro-American Experience.”Oleh Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

A movement of legal scholars diagnoses the limitations of merely “formal” measures against discrimination, a point they connect to issues like affirmative action, democratic process, and intersectionality.Oleh Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

What inspired Asante's controversial philosophy of Afrocentricity, and its relationship to religion, nationalism, and feminism.Oleh Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

How writers like George G.M. James, John Henrik Clarke, Cheikh Anta Diop, Yosef ben-Jochannan, and Chancellor Williams prepared the way for the Afrocentricity of Molefi Asante and captured the imaginations of hip hop artists and intellectuals like Ta-Nehisi Coates.Oleh Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

Sylvia Wynter offers a bold and provocative assessment of the role of the humanities in understanding humankind.Oleh Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

Cedric J. Robinson reflects on the power and limitations of Marxism while charting the past and prospects of black radical thought.Oleh Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

The author of an important book on Glissant joins us to talk about his approach to this major Caribbean thinker.Oleh Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

Poet, novelist, playwright and philosopher Edouard Glissant, his theory of "creolization", and the Creolists who were influence by him.Oleh Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

Stuart Hall pioneers “cultural studies,” offering tools for analysis of films, television, fiction and music that were put to use by followers like Paul Gilroy and Hazel Carby.Oleh Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

The great Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o joins us to speak about his career, his influences, and the power and politics of language.Oleh Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

How one of Kenya's greatest writers came to argue that African literature should be written in African languages.Oleh Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

We bring the story of black feminism up to the turn of the century with the incisive works of bell hooks and Patricia Hill Collins.Oleh Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

In poetry and prose, especially her collection "Sister Outsider," Audre Lorde explores ideas of difference, eroticism, and feminist theory.Oleh Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

The eventful life and penetrating philosophy of Angela Davis, an icon of resistance deeply informed by Marxism and influential on black feminist thought.Oleh Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou and Alice Walker explore the themes of black feminism (or “womanism”) in their fiction. Warning: this episode contains discussion of sexual violence and suicide.Oleh Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

1970s black feminists like Toni Cade Bambara, the Combahee River Collective, and Awa Thiam critique white feminist and black nationalist failures to recognize the unique struggle of the black woman.Oleh Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

Another Caribbean thinker, Walter Rodney of Guyana, explores Africana history from a Marxist perspective.Oleh Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers