10 Best Black Writers Podcasts

1. Black & Published

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Black & Published brings you the journeys of writers, poets, playwrights, and storytellers of all kinds to discuss what it means to be a writer, dissect the writing process, and demystify the steps between concept and publication.MORE Host Nikesha Williams
Producer/Network Nikesha Elise Williams
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2. Black Writers Read

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Black Writers Read showcases, celebrates, and honors the words, work, and traditions of Black writers from across the country, across genres, across experiences, and across the African Diaspora.MORE Producer/Network Nicole M. Young-Martin
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 573Twitter 1.2KInstagram 1.8K Avg Length 80 min Get Email Contact

3. The Palo Santo & Thoughts

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Come join one of your new homies, CARTER, as he shares his thoughts about literature from Black writers.
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 54 min Get Email Contact

4. Writing Black Joy

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Writing Black Joy is a podcast where we celebrate and feature all types of Black writers and storytellers with joyful tales to tell. We talk about their creative process, as well as their projects, and have lots of laughs along the way.This podcast is perfect for you if you are a creative and you want inspiration and to hear how others have brought their stories into the world as well as tips and strategies that you can use for your own projects.MORE Host Safiya Robinson
Producer/Network Safiya Robinson
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Apple Rating 5/5Twitter 53 Avg Length 50 min Video Podcast YouTube
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5. Michelle D. Jackson hosts the Black Writers Workspace Podcast

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Hear from black writers, editors, publishers, and book lovers who support the creation of dynamic black literary works during our high-energy podcast hosted by Author Michelle D. Jackson.
Producer/Network Michelle Denise Jackson
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 2.3KTwitter 3.8KInstagram 4K Avg Length 54 min Get Email Contact

6. Black Prose

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Black Prose is the podcast where Black writers talk amongst themselves. Join journalist Yolanthe Fawehinmi as she interviews some of the best and most talented Black writers of our time from journalists, and authors to songwriters and rappers about their careers, top tips and writing rituals.Produced by New Strange.MORE Producer/Network New Strange
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Apple Rating 5/5Twitter 285Instagram 993 Avg Length 57 min Get Email Contact

7. Black Writer Guy Podcast

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A podcast discussing film and television, writing, and life that happens in between.
Producer/Network Miles Presha
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Twitter 206 Avg Length 78 min Get Email Contact

8. The 5 Freeway Podcast

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Just two black writers catching up once a week. Javon Johnson and Rudy Francisco have spent years navigating world events and life developments, and now you get a front row seat to some of their conversations. Your hosts are longtime friends hailing from two cities who met in California, connected by a love of poetry and The 5 Freeway. Through the years, they have remained close and explored success, fatherhood, love, heartbreak, blackness, and just existing and growing in the world around them.MORE Producer/Network The 5 Freeway Podcast
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 97 min Get Email Contact

9. The Black Writer's Studio

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The Hurston/Wright Foundation presents The Black Writer's Studio, a podcast dedicated to showcasing Black Writers who are transforming the world today with their literary pen. Host Dr. Khadijah Ali-Coleman interviews novelists, poets, scholars, screenwriters and more.MORE Host Dr. Khadijah Z. Ali-coleman
Producer/Network Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 3.2KTwitter 7.7K Avg Length 39 min Get Email Contact

10. Writing Black with Maiysha Kai

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Writing Black is an entertaining and compelling podcast featuring Black writers and showcasing the myriad of ways Black people tell their stories by interviewing writers from across the diaspora. Each week, host Maiysha Kai, theGrio's lifestyle editor, talks to some of the best Black playwrights, songwriters, comics, journalists, authors, and more about the process, popular culture, publishing, and how race inherently inspires and informs their work.MORE Producer/Network TheGrio Black Pod Network
Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 41 min Get Email Contact