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n this episode, I sit down with Allyn Maxwell Steele, co-executive director of the Highlander Research and Education Center — one of the most influential yet often overlooked institutions in American social movement history. Founded in 1932, Highlander played a critical role in shaping labor organizing, the Civil Rights Movement, and grassroots leadership across generations, hosting figures like R...

In the Bronx, there’s a photograph that feels less like it was taken and more like it was found . Captured by photographer David Gonzalez, the image shows two Afro-Latino dancers, possibly Puerto Rican, moving together in the middle of a city street. No stage. No spotlight. Just a shared rhythm as brick buildings, hanging flags, and everyday life blur into the background. This photograph isn’t abo...

This conversation was recorded before the capture of Nicolás Maduro, at a moment when Venezuela stood in deep uncertainty, but also quiet hope. In this episode, I sit down with Venezuelan historian Amanda Arroyo to talk about her country—not as a headline or a political chessboard, but as a place filled with people, memories, contradictions, and dreams. Amanda shares what it feels like to watch Ve...

New York has always been a city built on hope. From immigrants crossing oceans, to Black families moving north during the Great Migration, to Puerto Rican communities building new lives—this city has long been a place where people come searching for possibility. In this episode, recorded live during Zoran Mamdani ’s inauguration and block party, we talk directly to New Yorkers about what hope mean...

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Dr. Tim Johnson is a trained Academic Historian. Dr. Tim's research focuses on environmental and political history.