Chenjerai Kumanyika
@chenjerai
Study & teach critical media studies of empire Creator and host of Empire City @nyu_journalism Stories/ Political ed @crookedmedia @sceneonradio @uncivilshow @mothstories @streetpoetsinc
@hammerandhope.bsky.social More 🔥🔥🔥in the brand new issue of Hammer and Hope hammerandhope.org/forums/mamda...
NEW EP OF UNRULY SUBJECTS! How can we defeat authoritarianism? This week we talk to someone did it I spoke w/ Mikyung Ryu of the KCTU about South Korea’s 2024 martial law crisis, the union-led response, the general strike, & what folks in the U.S. might learn 👇🏿 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
What an honor to do this deep dive interview with @mollycrabapple.bsky.social about her powerful urgent and essential new book for Hammer and Hope! “A new history of the Jewish Bund explores the beauty and fragility of solidarity across difference.” hammerandhope.org/article/moll...
We need to talk about Steph Curry Y’all. New Unruly Subjects! Steph Curry, Israeli tech, & the politics of sports-washing. Chenjerai talks w/ Dave Zirin & Demetrius Noble about how star power gets used to normalize war, occupation, & profit. Wherever you get podcasts. pod.link/1849696769/e...
Lots of Unruly Subjects walking the line at NYU contract faculty united local 7902 strike! nyucontractfacultyunion.org/2026/03/23/e...
New Unruly Subjects! April Lee on family policing, survival, parenting, and what real community care requires — plus a stop at Black Dragon in West Philly, and a call with Professor D Noble on Jack Harlow’s “getting Blacker” comments. Listen wherever you get podcasts. pod.link/1849696769/e...
Join us Wednesday! Heather Ann Thompson joins Chenjerai Kumanyika to discuss Fear and Fury, her new book on Bernie Goetz, white rage, vigilantism, and the politics of public safety in New York and beyond. A sharp look at how that 1984 shooting still echoes today. www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cbh...
Unrulies!! New episode is out! Subjects: Ronald Young Jr. on platform, power, and how to argue in public without losing your soul. + Ms. Rachel/Rahaf from Gaza + NYU contract faculty strike update. Listen: pod.link/1849696769/e...
New Unruly Subjects! Ronald Young Jr. on platform, power, and how to argue in public without losing your soul. + Ms. Rachel/Rahaf from Gaza + NYU contract faculty strike update. Listen here! pod.link/1849696769/e...
Obvious to everyone here but If you really want to understand what's happening and how to fight it, you need to look at U.S. History and American policing.
New Flavor in your ears! @rowhomeproductions.bsky.social @fedworkersunited.bsky.social
Unruly Time! Trump’s attack on federal workers—and how workers are fighting back. Interview w/ Federal Unionist Network organizers Paul Osadebe + Chris Dols plus an excerpt from my live convo w/ Rep. Summer Lee on why history matters. Listen anywhere + support on Patreon.
THANK YOU to all of our Patreon supporters and here’s why joining our Patreon ( as a paid supporter or free!) will help us cover even more serious & unserious news, politics and culture.Lets build and make Unruly into the community YOU want it to be. Join the Unruly Mob at unrulysubjectspodcast.com
BREAKING on the Unruly Patreon, Chenjerai talks with Elisabeth Fay (NYU; CFU-UAW bargaining committee) about NYU’s stalled contract talks and CFU-UAW’s strike authorization vote this week—and why it matters to everyone. Patreon exclusive, but free to share. www.patreon.com/posts/patreo...
‼️ New Unruly Subjects is out now! @chenjerai talks policing in America with Mac Muir (@copcophq), co-author of Cop Cop and former Oakland CPRA / NYC CCRB investigator—inside stories + what real accountability takes. + a striking nurse/@unacuhcp negotiator! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
‼️ New Unruly Subjects is out now! I talk policing in the US with Mac Muir), co-author of & former Oakland CPRA / NYC CCRB investigator - NYPD update and what real accountability takes. Plus: a nurse/ negotiator on the front lines of the Kaiser strike! @unacuhcp pod.link/1849696769/e...
FREE PATREON EXCLUSIVE! Chenjerai interviews nurse and union negotiator Kim Mullen of @unacuhcp about the Kaiser Permanente strike that’s ongoing in multiple states. Over 31K health care professionals are in one of the largest strikes of this kind in US history. tinyurl.com/yznuefda
New Ep of Unruly Subjects! Bill Fletcher Jr. on what “general strike” really means—how strike power differs from protest power, & what it takes to win. Plus: Minneapolis workers Dr. Robert Mills III & Nakia Dunbar on working under ICE escalation!
New UNRULY SUBJECTS episode is out now 🎙️ Interview with @theconsciouslee. George “Conscious” Lee Jr. (orator/educator) breaks down why power analysis sits at the center of his work, what debate taught him (lessons journalists + organizers need Listen wherever you get podcasts.
In this Ep (4) Daryl Li discusses a new report on the Weaponization of Civil Rights Law to Repress Campus Speech on Palestine by the AAUP & Middle East Studies Association. We discuss the history of Title VI, academic freedom, and the roles Democrats and Republicans played in how we got here.
Update: After last weeks talk w/ Hands Off NYC, Chenjerai and his wife Saadiqa attend an action in NYC. Our main interview is w/Darry Li on Discriminating Against Dissent: the Weaponization of Civil Rights Law to Repress Campus Speech on Palestine”, by @AAUP & MESA podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
This week - on the heels of Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory in NYC’s mayoral election -I’m talking to Maya Meredith, a Brooklyn-based leader in the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America’s Afrosocialists and Socialists of Color Caucus. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
George “Conscious” Lee a special appearance on the most recent episode of Unruly Subject (ep2)We’ll be dropping the full conversation in a future episode but check Ep 2 to hear his insight on news and our full interview with the brilliant Lovia Gyarke! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
George “Conscious Lee” made a special appearance on the most recent episode of Unruly Subject (ep2) to break down how he approaches the news. We’ll be dropping the full conversation in a future episode but check Ep 2 to hear his insight on news and our full interview with the brilliant Lovia Gyarke!
Three progressive organizations have launched the “Spotify Unwrapped” campaign in response to the music streamer running ICE recruitment adson its platform, its alleged promotion of AI generated music, and CEO Daniel Ek’s investment in an AI military defense company.
How do you balance your love life with the struggle? Call 215 436 9212 and leave a short message on our Unruly subjects hotline. Let us know how you balance love work, dating protest, writing, etc. not trying to keep that spark in your life @rowhomeproductions.bsky.social
EVENT ALERT! For the last year we've been cooking up a critical conversation between myself and orator, educator, and influential content creator Conscious Lee. We’ll discuss how he determines what's true, communicates complex stories, and promotes compelling, accessible public political education
BIG NEWS: Here’s the trailer for my new, fully independent weekly podcast. UNRULY SUBJECTS, produced in partnership with @rowhomeproductions.bsky.social I made this show so we can hang out more often and make sense of the world. Check out the trailer now —and subscribe to the show! surl.li/mhavhk
