Colors: A Dialogue on Race in America Podcast
1) 236 | 400 Years Forward: Dr. Wanda Tucker’s Journey Home
In this episode, Dr. Wanda Tucker shares her extraordinary story as a direct descendant of the first African child born in the English colonies. From Hampton University to Angola, she retraces her fam...Show More
2) The Hate-Symbol Reversal That Shook Up the Military
The U.S. Coast Guard has walked back a contentious policy change on hate symbols after public reporting revealed an internal draft that softened restrictions on displaying swastikas and nooses. Vetera...Show More
3) Colors Wins the Belva Belva Davis Award from SAG-AFTRA's American Scene Awards
We go behind the scenes. In this special episode of Colors: A Dialogue on Race in America, we reflect on an extraordinary milestone—winning the 2025 Belva Davis News and Broadcast Award from SAG-AFTRA...Show More
Colors Wins the Belva Belva Davis Award from SAG-AFTRA's American Scene Awards
22:21 | Nov 22nd, 2025
4) 233 | Targeted at Home: Natasha Ghoneim on Race, Roots, and Resilience
When veteran international journalist Natasha Ghoneim returned to Iowa City, the town where she grew up as “the little brown girl,” she didn’t expect to be reminded what that label still meant. But at...Show More
5) 232 | UNDER THE GUN: The Albany Park Encounter
Illinois State Representative Hoan Huynh says on October 21, 2025, he was surrounded by six armed federal agents in Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood after he tried to warn his community about a poss...Show More
6) Tortured Justice: The Burge Legacy
For more than two decades, a shadow hung over Chicago’s South Side; a police commander named John Burge and his so-called “midnight crew.” Their legacy: more than 110 Black men tortured into confessio...Show More
7) Two Classes of Americans: Texas State House Rep. Gene Wu speaks out on Texas SB-17
We’re joined by Texas State Representative Gene Wu, Minority Leader and Chair of the Democratic Caucus. In his thirteenth year in the House, Wu is sounding the alarm on Texas Senate Bill 17, a new law...Show More
Two Classes of Americans: Texas State House Rep. Gene Wu speaks out on Texas SB-17
28:02 | Sep 27th, 2025
8) "Plain Jayne", Extraordinary Life: A Conversation with Jayne Kennedy - Part Two
In Part 2 of our special Colors: A Dialogue on Race in America series, Jayne Kennedy opens up about the most difficult chapter of her life — a season of heartbreak, isolation, and doubt that nearly si...Show More
"Plain Jayne", Extraordinary Life: A Conversation with Jayne Kennedy - Part Two
23:31 | Sep 20th, 2025
9) "Plain Jayne", Extraordinary Life: A Conversation with Jayne Kennedy - Part One
Jayne Kennedy is more than a trailblazer—she’s a cultural force who has broken barriers in beauty, sports, television, and film. From Miss Ohio to Hollywood, from Bob Hope’s world tours to making hist...Show More
"Plain Jayne", Extraordinary Life: A Conversation with Jayne Kennedy - Part One
27:45 | Sep 6th, 2025
10) 227 | Courts, Treaties, and Power — A Conversation with John Echohawk
On this episode of COLORS, we’re joined by John Echohawk—a citizen of the Pawnee Nation and the co-founder/longtime executive director of the Native American Rights Fund, the legal backbone behind har...Show More