Nubian Tigers Talk

In this episode, our guests, Janella T. Hinds and David Adams discuss some of the challenges around culturally responsive teaching in the K-12 curriculum. Janella is the United Federation of Teachers Vice-President of Academic High Schools and she is also a classroom teacher in NYC. David is the Executive Director of The William Casper Graustein Memorial Fund which addresses the challenges of raci...

Law Professor Kenneth Nunn joins us to discuss the push by conservative Republican states to ban so-called Critical Race Theory or CRT.  We discuss what the definition of critical race theory is and what the push to ban it is really about. Florida leads the nation is extreme legislation trying ti suppress teaching about the racial history of this country. We take a look at their recent legisl...

This episode is an interview with Dr Hadiya Green, PT, DPT. In our conversation she talks about the impact of race on the ability of communities of color to get access to physical therapy. She also encourages listeners to think about physical therapy in broader terms. It is, of course, a tool for helping a person recover from injury or illness but, physical therapy can also be a part of an overall...

This episode is part of a series where we are introducing our listeners to information about the other communities that are contained in the acronym BIPOC. Our guest is Yolandra Gomez Toya, a Native American pediatrician from the Jicarillo Apache nation. Yolandra discusses the impact of COVID-19 on the health of Native Americans and other related issues.

We talk with Aida Pacheco from the Virginia Latino Advisory Board. She is the first guest in a series we hope to do this season where we talk to other members of the BIPOC community. We want to understand their issues and learn how we can all be better allies to one another.

After a short holiday hiatus we are back with our guest, Glennon Threatt, an experienced trial law from St. Louis. We discuss the recent trials of Derek Chauvin, The McMichaels and Bryan, and Kim Potter, for the shooting deaths of Black men.

In this last episode of season 3, we welcome St. Louis broadcaster Mike Claiborne to the show. Mike joins us in discussing a broad range of issues from Black athletes and their political activism in the areas of social justice, work pay and conditions, and mental health. We also compare how the professional leagues are handling the task of diversifying their front offices and their coaching staffs...

This is the conclusion of our  two part conversation with Colonel Dr. Alicia Christy and Cmdr (CDR) David Steigman. They discuss whether race impacts officer selection and training as well as the involvement of so many retired and active military in the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol building.

This is part 1 of a conversation with Dr. Alicia Christy of the Veterans Administration and Cmdr. Steigman of the Navy Reserves. It's our first opportunity to talk with veterans about some of the issues the armed services are wrestling with now: violence against women, participation in the Jan. 6th insurrection, racism and extremism, and just the regular concerns of enlisted men and women.

The horrific conditions of detention at New York City's Rikers Island correctional complex have percolated back into the news. The city continues to fail to ensure a safe environment for the detainees of the staff. Recently, a record number of suicides have taken place there. Join us as we invite our Nubian Tigers, Katrina Peters and Deborah Jordan to discuss some of their experiences working with...

This episode is the conclusion of our conversation with Mark Robinson and Ray Smaltz about their book: Young, Black and Privileged in an Unexpected Place of Privilege, which recounts their experiences as young Black students at one of New York's city's elite, predominately white high schools. At the end Ray and Mark share what their experiences can teach today's students of color in NYC's schools...

We feature two Black Owned businesses started and run by young Black people, Nicholas Antoine and Alicia Scott.. Although the two businesses are vastly different, the two owners share some common experiences, but the episode also highlights how different the experience can be for a founder who has access to resources and information versus one that starts out without those resources.

On this first episode of our third season, we talk with two accomplished Black Playwrights: Sharon Washington and Roger Q. Mason. They discuss the intersection of the challenges brought to the theater by COVID-19, combining with the movement for social justice during the summer of 2020. We get their views on whether these two monumental stressors have changed how American theater will confront rac...

In this episode Dominique Johnson from the Center for Policing Equity joins us to discuss how police reform is aided by having robust data analysis, which can be used to highlight where police agencies are engaged in race based practices.  information gained from the studies can also help empower communities to have their voices heard and to have significant impact on improving policing in th...

Join us for part 2, the concluding segment of our conversation with Professor Michelle Jacobs about the myriad ways Black women are sometimes left out of the social justice framework, despite the fact they are often the movers and shakers of progressive movements. Their struggle to broaden solutions to make sure they are not just male centered continues today.

This is part one of a two part series exploring the issues that confront Black women as they struggle to have their issues included in the broader fight for a more just racial environment. We explore some of the ways societal views of Black women impact their ability to be treated as full human beings in American society as a whole, but also within our own Black communities.

In this episode we speak with Tracy McCurty of Black Belt Justice Center. She explains the racist treatment our nation's Black farmers have been experiencing at the hands of the United States Department of Agriculture. The farmers have been in a decades long battle with USDA and have achieved little relief despite winning two settlements against the government. Thanks to Senator Warnock, Booker an...

In this episode Hans Hageman, the Executive Director of Land to Learn nonprofit talks to us about the importance of connecting children to the idea of where our food comes from, and the connection between growing healthy food and wellness. If the pandemic taught us anything at all, it's that we cannot take food or health for granted. Hans is full of ideas and our conversation with him was very ins...

This is Part II of our discussion with Dr. Herman Taylor and Dr. Ross Zafonte, where we continue to discuss some of their findings on health outcomes for retired NFL players.

This episode is part 1 of a conversation with Dr. Herman Taylor and Dr. Ross LaFonte, two of the doctors on an interdisciplinary team working with retired NFL players to assess their health outcome in retirement.

Heirs Property is a term few of us have heard of. It is family held land that is passed down without a will or if a Will is available, without specifically naming a beneficiary who will inherit the land. Commercial speculators can then take advantage of the family by convincing an heir to sell his or small interest in the land. Dr. Sandra Thompson walks us through this process and highlights steps...

In this episode we talk with Linda Darryl Chatman about the COVID stimulus bill. At the time the podcast was recorded only the House had passed the Bill. Now, the Senate voted to adopt the bill as well. Chatman explains the major points of the bill and takes care to highlight how those excluded from relief in prior stimulus cycles can be helped under the current bill.

This is part 2 of Dr. Cheryl Holder's discussion of how environmental racism negatively impacts the health of Black and Brown communities.

This episode kicks off Season 2 of Wake Up with Nubian Tigers Talk podcast. Our guest is Dr. Cheryl Holder who takes us through the ways in which toxic substances in the environment negatively impact the health outcomes for Black and Brown communities.

This is the last episode of season 1 of the podcast. Our political commentators get back together to discuss what they saw on Election day and to analyze what's been going on since with Trump's maneuvers to avoid the election results.