
Afro Futures
Afro Futures is a new podcast from WAER exploring culture, politics, sports and everything in between from a Black perspective. Each episode, host Yusuf Abdul-Qadir brings context and nuance to important conversations.
Latest Episodes
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Yusuf Abdul-Qadir chats with Wisdom Cole from the NAACP about student debt relief.
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Yusuf Abdul-Qadir chats with with author and professor Alex Vitale about the current state of policing.
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Yusuf Abdul-Qadir chats with Cjala Surratt about black feminism and the intersection of art and activism.
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Yusuf Abdul- Qadir chats with Trevor Smith form Liberation Ventures about reparations in the United States.
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Yusuf Abdul-Qadir chats with Jawanza Williams from Voices of Community Activists and Leaders.
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Yusuf Abdul-Qadir is joined by attorney Ariel Smallwood to talk about incarcerated labor, retelling history with a fresh narrative and more.
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Yusuf Abdul-Qadir is joined by politician and grammy award nominated musician Pierce Freelon. The former roommates go back in time to recall when they both first gained an understand of Afrofuturism.
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Yusuf Abdul-Qadir chats with the City of Syracuse’s Director of Communications and Marketing, Ruthnie Angrand. She speaks about her personal journey, what ingredients she feels made Haiti’s independence possible, and what connections we can draw between Syracuse and Haiti.
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On this week’s episode of Afro Futures, Yusuf Abdul- Qadir chats with Jay Arzu about how black and brown communities are being impacted by transportation infrastructure decisions.
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Yusuf Abdul-Qadir, Latavius Murray and Joe Lee chat about the pressure to be recognized as "black enough".