Episode 7: Defund the Police? Mayor Ras Baraka on a Newark Alternative

May 26th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  38 mins 46 secs

black politics, newark, politics

What made Mayor Ras Baraka reject calls for de-funding the police in Newark, NJ after the George Floyd killing last summer in Minneapolis? Listen to Mayor Baraka talk about reliance upon his Office of Violence Prevention and a new Community Museum to help create a culture of non-violence in Newark.

Episode 6: Has Gen Z Been Scarred Forever by COVID? A Discussion with the Experts and Young People Themselves

April 28th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  51 mins 2 secs

Junius Williams, the Host of Everything's Political, will interview Julie Cai of the Center for Economic and Policy Research to talk about job prospects for young people in high school and college. Then he will be joined by Kelly Prempeh, a senior at Fairleigh Dickinson University, and Sarah Sciortino, a senior at the University of Vermont, to see what changes they foresee in their lives because of Covid. Are they optimistic about the future? Does it matter that Sarah is a white woman, living in Vermont; and Kelly, is a black man from Newark?

Episode 5: Don't Erase My History! How Black Youth Changed their High School Curriculum in Denver, Colorado

March 31st, 2021  |  Season 1  |  52 mins 53 secs

Episode 4: What Happened to The Blues? The Politics of The Music that You Hear

February 24th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  44 mins

black, blues, history, music, politics

Episode 3: What Will President Biden Do? What to Know Before the Inaugural Address

January 18th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  51 mins 32 secs

Episode 2: Racism Part II: The White Perspective

December 30th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  48 mins 19 secs

Episode 1: Will Racism Last Forever? A Williams Family Discussion.

November 25th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  52 mins 33 secs

black lives, political, racism

Episode 0: I'm a Black Man of a Certain Age from the South

October 28th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  37 mins 46 secs

Junius Williams introduces his new podcast Everything's Political because all politics matter.