Unpacking 1619 - A Heights Libraries Podcast

Unpacking 1619 features interviews with scholars from around the country in which we unpack topics relating to the 1619 Project and race in America. Hosted by Adult Services Librarian John Piche.

Unpacking 1619 - A Heights Libraries Podcast is a history podcast hosted by Heights Libraries, with 96 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.

Heights Libraries hosts Unpacking 1619 - A Heights Libraries Podcast, a history show with 96 episodes published.

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  Episode 115 – Why Everyone Hates White Liberals with Kevin M Schultz

  Aug 17, 2026—

  Kevin M. Schultz discusses his book Why Everyone Hates White Liberals (Including White Liberals). In it Schultz lays out some of the objections to liberals—ineffective, spineless, judgmental, authoritarian—placing these objections in a historical frame. It turns out that how one defines a “white liberal” is less a reflection of reality and more a Rorschach test […]

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  Episode 113 – Racial Formation Theory with Michael Omi and Howard Winant

  Jul 20, 2026—

  Michael Omi and Howard Winant discuss their foundational work, Racial Formation in the United States. Unlike other traditional race theories, in Omi and Winant’s view, racial meanings pervade US society, from defining individual racial identities to the structuring of collective political action. Race as a master category, the rise of colorblindness, and how the Right […]

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  Episode 109 – African Kings, Iberian Traders, and Black Slaves with Herman Bennett

  May 25, 2026—

  Herman Bennett talks about his book, African Kings and Black Slaves Sovereignty and Dispossession in the Early Modern Atlantic. It is an examination of how early modern African-European encounters offer a rethinking of these exchanges as being solely about the slave trade and racial difference. By asking how Europeans and Africans thought about sovereignty, polities, […]

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  Episode 108 – The Violence of the Great Replacement with Luke Baumgartner

  May 11, 2026—

  Luke Baumgartner discusses his paper “Where did the white people go? A thematic analysis of terrorist manifestos inspired by replacement theory.” By delving into the long history of immigration resentments and fears, Baumgartner defines two stages of the imagined “great replacement” grievance. Further, he examined four mass shooter manifestos to demonstrate how this toxic ideology […]

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  Episode 107 – Race and The Roberts Courts’ Criminal Cases with Daniel Harawa

  Apr 27, 2026—

  Daniel Harawa discusses his article, “Lemonade: A Racial Justice Reframing of The Roberts Court’s Criminal Jurisprudence. Professor Harawa points out how the Court has recently issued a series of decisions addressing racism in the criminal legal system: Peña-Rodriguez v. Colorado and Flowers v. Mississippi. Both teach that race history matters, those who discriminate must be […]

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