50 Best Racism Podcasts

1. Throughline

The past is never past. Every headline has a history. Join us every week as we go back in time to understand the present. These are stories you can feel and sounds you can see from the moments that shaped our world.
Podcast npr.org
Hosts Ramtin Arablouei, Rund Abdelfatah
Email ****@npr.org
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 6.7MTwitter Followers 20.1K Frequency 2 episodes / month Avg Length 51 min Since Jan 2019 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. Code Switch

What's CODE SWITCH? It's the fearless conversations about race that you've been waiting for! Hosted by journalists of color, our podcast tackles the subject of race head-on. We explore how it impacts every part of society - from politics and pop culture to history, sports and everything in between.
Podcast npr.org
Email ****@npr.org
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 49KTwitter Followers 154.5K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 34 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

3. Created Equal

Season Three of the podcast Created Equal explores 'Writers on Race: From Ralph Ellison to Colson Whitehead,' and features some of the most important voices in literature as well as the national conversation on racial inequities. The conversations were conducted by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Stephen Henderson on the radio program, Detroit Today, in the WDET studios on Wayne State University's campus throughout the pandemic and civil unrest of 2020.
Podcast wdet.org
Email ****@wdet.org
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 35.6KTwitter Followers 32.4KInstagram Followers 16.6K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 51 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

4. Becoming Bridge Builders

Racial equity, anti-racism, and critical race theory are terms that are breaking us as a community. This podcast seeks to focus on these diverse issues. We will delve deeper into the subjects many are reluctant to debate. On this podcast, we analyze ways to build bridges over the streams of disharmony. The focus will be on practical solutions to complex issues. Only truth can build the bridge to wholeness. Hosted by B. Keith Haney, pastor and thought leader.
Podcast becomingbridgebuilders.buzzsprout.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Instagram Followers 851 Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 43 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

5. Yo, Is This Racist?

Yo, Is This Racist?, hosted by Andrew Ti, creator of the popular blog of the same name, is now a weekly podcast! Every Wednesday, Ti, co-host Tawny Newsome, and their guests answer questions from fan-submitted voicemails and emails about whether or not something is, in fact, racist.
Podcast podcasts.apple.com
Email ****@earwolf.com
Apple Rating 4.2 / 5Twitter Followers 18.5K Frequency 4 episodes / month Avg Length 44 min Play Get Email Contact

6. MIXED COMPANY

Eavesdrop as Kai and Simeon bring the silo'd and uncomfortable conversations about diversity equity & inclusion in creative industries to the forefront, so everyone can participate. They'll say all the things you never hear in mixed company.
Podcast soundcloud.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 262Twitter Followers 857Instagram Followers 1.7K Frequency 2 episodes / month Avg Length 65 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

7. Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay dissect the biggest topics in black culture, politics, and sports. Two times per week, they will wade into the most important and timely conversations, frequently inviting guests on the podcast and occasionally debating each other.
Podcast theringer.com
Hosts Van Lathan, Rachel Lindsay
Email ****@theringer.com
Facebook Followers 211.9KTwitter Followers 531.4KInstagram Followers 229.1K Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 92 min Play Get Email Contact

8. Intersectionality Matters

Intersectionality Matters! is a podcast hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw. This podcast is brought to you by The African American Policy Forum (AAPF), which is an innovative think tank. The Policy Forum is dedicated to advancing and expanding racial justice, gender equality, and the indivisibility of all human rights.
Podcast soundcloud.com
Host Kimberlu00e9 Crenshaw
Email ****@aapf.org
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 377Twitter Followers 50.4KInstagram Followers 33.5K Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 50 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

9. Focus: Black Oklahoma

Focus: Black Oklahoma is an exciting experiment in citizen journalism covering various topics relevant to Oklahoma's African-American community, featuring segments on politics, education, health, business, arts and culture, and more.
Podcast npr.org
Email ****@publicmediatulsa.org
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 6.1KTwitter Followers 2K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 52 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

10. Groundings

Decolonising minds one podcast at a time, this podcast is a place where organizing, theory, and history come in contact with dialogue, experience, and storytelling. The title 'Groundings' is in honor of the revolutionary educator Walter Rodney, whose concept of 'groundings' as a form of radical, political, dialogic, and communal education continues to inspire today.
Podcast groundings.simplecast.com
Email devynspringer.journoportfolio.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 41.1K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 61 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

11. Hope & Hard Pills

Exploring practical insight on racial justice and social change.
Podcast hope-hard-pills.simplecast.com
Email ****@hopeandhardpills.com
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 15.9KTwitter Followers 30K Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 39 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

12. My American Meltingpot

My American Meltingpot is a podcast where we have conversations about the intersection of race and real life.
Podcast myamericanmeltingpot.podbean.com
Email ****@MyAmericanMeltingpot.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 518 Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 38 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

13. Democracy in Color with Steve Phillips

A color-conscious political podcast, hosted by Steve Phillips offers candid and data-driven analysis on how progressives can win. Join Steve for a conversation that is unafraid and unapologetic about grappling with some of the toughest issues in politics today.
Podcast democracyincolor.com
Email ****@democracyincolor.com
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 9KTwitter Followers 6K Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 46 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

14. Momentum : A Race Forward Podcast

This podcast features movement voices, stories, and strategies for racial justice. Co-hosts Chevon and Hiba give their unique takes on race and pop culture, and uplift narratives of hope, struggle, and joy, as we continue to build the momentum needed to advance racial justice in our policies, institutions, and culture. Deepen your racial justice lens and get inspired to drive action.
Podcast raceforward.org
Email ****@raceforward.org
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 28.2KTwitter Followers 45.6K Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 33 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

15. Black Gals Livin'

Two girls from London and Essex chatting about mental health, pop culture and random shenanigans.
Podcast soundcloud.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Twitter Followers 3.3K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 54 min Play Get Email Contact

16. The Smartsistah Show

The world from a Black woman's point of view about life, race and politics straight no chaser.
Podcast podomatic.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 401Twitter Followers 812 Frequency 7 episodes / year Avg Length 19 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

17. the (sub)URBAN podcast

Kim and Dennis are two black millennials living in Huntsville, Alabama. Each week on their podcast, they discuss everything from Music, Politics, Religion, Racism and Sexism. Just two suburban kids discussing blackness in white spaces. Strong Language.
Podcast soundcloud.com
Hosts Kimberly Nicole, Dennis Woods
Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 107Twitter Followers 220Instagram Followers 751 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 79 min Play Get Email Contact

18. The Antioch Podcast

In every episode of the Antioch Podcast, a number of antiracism trainers and advocates gather to have discussions about books, articles, ideas, and theology through the lens of Biblical antiracism. Other episodes feature long-format interviews with Christian thought leaders in the growing Biblical Antiracism movement.
Podcast antiochpodcast.org
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 648Twitter Followers 25 Frequency 1 episode / week Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

19. Counter Stories

We discuss race, identity, social justice and culture in a region grappling with demographic changes.
Podcast mprnews.org
Email ****@mpr.org
Facebook Followers 201.9KTwitter Followers 283.5K Frequency 5 episodes / quarter Avg Length 56 min Play Get Email Contact

20. The United States of Anxiety

Hosted by award-winning journalist Kai Wright, this podcast gives listeners a take on current events by brilliantly tying them to the past. Wright's extensive journalism background elevates the commentary with critical insights into social, racial, and economic injustice. In its fourth season episodes, he examines the historical intricacies of racism and how it permeates all sectors and continues to plague society today.
Podcast wnycstudios.org
Facebook Followers 22.2KTwitter Followers 8.8K Frequency 1 episode / week Listen on YouTube Play Get Email Contact

21. Dope Black Dads

The Dope Black Dads Podcast is an adult-only podcast for all parents or adults preparing for parenthood. Lead by Marvyn Harrison and with contributions from the Dope Black Dads leadership as well as a host of special guests from the world of healing, media, parenting, TV/Film, Music and beyond. We discuss everything from co-parenting, masculinity, the black experience all the way to our favourite Netflix show.
Podcast shows.acast.com
Email ****@dopeblackdads.com
Facebook Followers 14.9KTwitter Followers 7.2K Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 48 min Play Get Email Contact

22. Dear White Women

The award-winning weekly podcast that helps ease you into uncomfortable conversations about racism, identity, and social justice. Sara and Misasha, want to help move the needle with conversations around race, identity, happiness and more. Join the community, as we look through different lenses like law and history, life coaching and positive psychology, to engage in uncomfortable conversations that will make change.
Podcast dearwhitewomen.com
Hosts Sara Blanchard, Misasha Suzuki Graham
Email ****@dearwhitewomen.com
Facebook Followers 582Twitter Followers 170 Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 32 min Play Get Email Contact

23. The Stoop

The Stoop podcast digs into stories that are not always shared out in the open. Hosts Leila Day and Hana Baba start conversations about what it means to be black and how we talk about blackness. It's a celebration of black joy with a mission to dig deeper into stories that we don't hear enough about.
Podcast thestoop.org
Email ****@thestoop.org
Facebook Followers 989Twitter Followers 2.9K Frequency 12 episodes / year Play Get Email Contact

24. Interchangeable White Ladies Podcast

This is a podcast where two white 'Interchangeable White Ladies' deconstruct privilege, confront biases, and work on being less basic. They ponder upon the question : How can white women use their privilege to deconstruct white culture, confront their own biases, be better allies, and be less basic? Listen to the Interchangeable White Ladies podcast to learn about all that and more!
Podcast hopeteague.com
Facebook Followers 524Twitter Followers 839 Frequency 2 episodes / month Play Get Email Contact

25. Conversations with Nova Reid

Often described as a force to be reckoned with, Nova is an inspirational TED speaker, writer and diversity and anti-racism campaigner. Conversations with Nova Reid are raw, unedited conversations about race, identity, allyship and everything in-between as we navigate this funny thing called life.
Podcast novareid.com
Email ****@novareid.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 1.8KTwitter Followers 2.7K Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

26. In Good Company Podcast

Created by founder Otegha Uwagba, who is also the author of the book 'A toolkit for working women', this podcast brings fresh insights on topics like racism in beauty, microaggressions, invisible labour, office politics and raising investment. Themes include entrepreneurship, navigating discrimination and sharing smart solutions to move forward.
Podcast womenwho.co
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Twitter Followers 8.3K Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

27. See Something Say Something

Each week, Ahmed Ali Akbar covers everything that American Muslims are talking about right now - misrepresentation in the media, equality in the mosque, Asahd memes, and much more.
Podcast seesomethingpodcast.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 13.8KTwitter Followers 4.7K Frequency 3 episodes / quarter Avg Length 48 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

28. Shots in the Back

'Shots in the Back: Exhuming the 1970 Augusta Riot' tells the story of one of the first major Civil Rights Era riots in the South. The Augusta Riot was a collective rebellion of Black citizens and the largest urban uprising in the Deep South during the Civil Rights era. Fueled by long-simmering grievances about racial injustice, it was sparked by White officials' stonewalling in the face of Black citizens' demand for answers about the beating death of Black teenager Charles Oatman.
Podcast gpb.org
Email ****@gpb.org
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 41.9KTwitter Followers 8.3KInstagram Followers 7.6K Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

29. Kinswomen

Introducing The Kinswomen Podcast: a series of candid conversations on race, racism, and allyship between women, hosted by Hannah Pechter and Yseult Polfliet.
Podcast kinswomen.libsyn.com
Email ****@epp.nyc
Apple Rating 5 / 5 Frequency 2 episodes / year Avg Length 45 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

30. Still Processing

Step inside the confession booth of Wesley Morris and Jenna Wortham, two culture writers for The New York Times. They devour TV, movies, art, music and the internet to find the things that move them - to tears, awe and anger. Still Processing is where they try to understand the pleasures and pathologies of America in 2020.
Podcast nytimes.com
Email ****@nytimes.com
Facebook Followers 18.2MTwitter Followers 51.4M Play Get Email Contact