Afrofuturism

Kendall Phillips chats with Tiffany Bender Abdallah about the recent rise in Afrofuturistic content in Popular Culture. Tiffany is a Supervising Producer at Conde Nast, with a hunger for storytelling. Over the past few years she’s gained a diverse skill set for producing entertainment, beauty/fashion, conflict, and human interest.They open the show by discussing their reaction to the recent Marvel film, Black Panther. From there they explore examples of Afrofuturism in Pop Culture prior to the Black Panthers films, and how the future of Afrofuturism will continue to evolve in Pop Culture.

Yusuf Abdul-Qadir chats with Wisdom Cole from the NAACP about student debt relief.

Yusuf Abdul-Qadir chats with with author and professor Alex Vitale about the current state of policing.

Yusuf Abdul- Qadir chats with Trevor Smith form Liberation Ventures about reparations in the United States.

Yusuf Abdul-Qadir chats with Jawanza Williams from Voices of Community Activists and Leaders.

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.