Notes from America with Kai Wright

Notes from America with Kai Wright is a show about the unfinished business of our history, and its grip on our future.

Notes from America with Kai Wright is a news podcast hosted by Kai Wright, with 424 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Kai Wright hosts Notes from America with Kai Wright, a news show with 424 episodes published.

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  Episode #65

  Not Just Forgotten, but Erased From History: A Final Note from Notes from America

  Dec 30, 202453 minS0

  <p>This is the last episode of Notes from America with Kai Wright.</p><p>If you’ve been with the show through its multi-year history and iterations as a NYC-based narrative podcast and local call-in show called The United States of Anxiety before becoming a nationally distributed program, then you may remember the conversation in this finale.</p><p>It’s with cultural historian, Columbia University professor and MacArthur fellow Saidiya Hartman, who introduces host Kai Wright to young women whose lives were obscured by respectability politics. Hartman is the author of "Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riot...

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  Episode #66

  The Real Heartbeat of D.C. Isn’t Politics. It’s Go-Go Music.

  Dec 23, 202452 minS0

  <p>The drumbeat of Washington, D.C. and the surrounding area is not politics. It’s go-go music.</p><p>The genre developed by Chuck Brown in 1976 features syncopated rhythms, a large ensemble of musicians and a rich drum beat to create a live experience that has fans dancing ’till they can't dance no more. Go-go has been nurtured by D.C. natives for decades, from the time the District was considered a majority Black “Chocolate City,” and the music has significantly influenced the broader region into Maryland and Virginia, known as the DMV. Its influence can be seen from fashion...

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  Episode #64

  Dear Listener: A Celebration of Our Best Moments with You

  Dec 16, 202450 minS0

  <p>Host Kai Wright celebrates the many years and iterations of Notes from America by revisiting some of the show’s most engaging listener moments.</p><p>He’s joined by producer Regina de Heer to open up the listener mailbag of responses to recent episodes and highlights from live events and focus groups. Then, we listen back to a conversation with Lindsay Kimball, program director for Minnesota Public Radio’s renowned music station The Current, accompanied by a holiday music playlist curated with the help of listeners (who also graced us with some impromptu live performances).</p><p>Dear Listen...

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  Episode #63

  A Year After Being Shot in Vermont, Palestinian Student Hisham Awartani Sets His Sights on Home

  Dec 9, 202451 minS0

  <p>College student Hisham Awartani, 21, was visiting family in Vermont over Thanksgiving break in 2023 when he and two of his friends were shot. All three victims are of Palestinian descent and were wearing traditional Palestinian scarves when the attack happened. Awartani and the other two young men, Kinnan Abdalhamid and Tahseen Ali Ahmed, all survived. However, Awartani was left paralyzed from the waist down and over the past year, he’s been learning how to live a new life that involves using a wheelchair.</p><p>Over that year, Notes From America has spent time with Awartani, following his physical re...

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  Episode #62

  We Could End AIDS. So Why Are People Still Dying?

  Dec 2, 202450 minS0

  <p>This episode was originally published March 1, 2024.</p><p>Host Kai Wright started his career covering the impact of HIV and AIDS on communities in America. A new project brings that experience full circle. Kai hosts the latest season of the Blindspot podcast, “The Plague In The Shadows,” which introduces listeners to people who were affected in the early years of the HIV and AIDS epidemics. </p><p>Decades later, AIDS is still with us and its status as an epidemic remains accurate. In this episode, we learn why that is from two women whose careers have centered around this disea...

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