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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Apple Rating 4.7/5Twitter 431Instagram 1.1K Avg Length 47 min Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.(Export Full Database)Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

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. This podcast series is produced and hosted by performance poet, playwright, events curator, and educator Nicole M. Young-Martin. Find us on Instagram: @blackwritersread. Find Nicole on Instagram: @coco_penexplore.MORE Producer/Network Nicole M. Young-Martin
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 574Twitter 1.2KInstagram 1.8K Avg Length 80 min Get Email Contact

3. The Palo Santo & Thoughts Podcast

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Come join one of your new favorite homies, CARTER, as he talks about love and share his experiences. In Season Two, he talks to different homies about their experiences with love and why it's important for us to return back to love. The Palo Santo stick is..LIT!MORE Host Carter
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 58 min Get Email Contact

4. Writing Black Joy

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Writing Black Joy is a celebration of Black creatives whose joyful narratives are changing the world - one story at a time.The seasonal podcast showcases conversations between host Safiya Robinson and a myriad of Black creatives crafting joyful narratives - including writers of fiction and non-fiction, poetry and music, as well as other creatives. Be prepared to hear conversations that question current narratives, celebrate Black joy and discuss creativity in it's many forms...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. Author Michelle D. Jackson hosts the #PenPOSSE 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. Also, watch us on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvLTqx4GsQWed70-zOPDZTQ.MORE Producer/Network Michelle Denise Jackson
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 2.4KTwitter 3.8KInstagram 4.3K Avg Length 52 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 1K 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 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. Available on Anchor FM, Spotify, YouTube and SoundcloudMORE 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