5 Best Illinois Black Podcasts

1. 28 Days of Black Excellence

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28 Days of Black Excellence, a podcast series celebrating Black History Month, featuring the powerful and inspiring stories of University of Illinois Chicago Black students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends. Host Aisha El-Amin, UIC associate vice chancellor for equity and belonging, leads conversations with luminaries, visionaries and waymakers about their journeys and what it means to give back to the university and community while creating impact in Chicago and beyond.MORE Host Aisha El-Amin
Email ****@uic.edu
Location Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Facebook 95KTwitter 9.8KInstagram 33.8K Avg Length 22 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. Off the Shelf: Revolutionary Readings in Times of Crisis

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'Off the Shelf: Revolutionary Readings in Times of Crisis' is a podcast series featuring in-depth conversations with Black scholars on the University of Illinois campus and beyond. Each episode explores books and scholars they recommend we take 'off the shelf' to help us understand these revolutionary times and creative agendas for the here and now. Hosted by Dr. Augustus Wood, a scholar of political economy and gentrification, labor, and social movements in late 20th and early 21st century African American urban history.MORE Producer/Network Humanities Research Institute
Email ****@illinois.edu
Location Urbana, Illinois, United States
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1Facebook 1.3KTwitter 1.1KInstagram 1.4K Avg Length 56 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

3. Research in the Streets

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Taking research to the streets with a couple of Black women in the Chi. The official podcast of the Black Researchers Collective, Research in the Streets is intended to provide a forum to discuss how research and data can be used by everyday people in everyday life. Tune in to hear how writer, researcher, poet, and community organizer Dr. Glenance Green and community advocate and lifelong Chicagoan Shari Runner make an unnecessarily complicated subject make sense in a practical way.Season 1 of Research in the Streets is funded by the Field Foundation of Illinois.MORE Producer/Network Black Researchers Collective
Email ****@blackresearcherscollective.com
Location Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 10Facebook 527Twitter 139Instagram 1.5K Avg Length 43 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

4. Chicago's Black Business Radio Network

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Just a few of the folks that we've interviewed on Chicago's Black Business RADIO Network: Reverend Wheeler Parker (Emmett Till's Cousin), Tuskegee Airman (The Original), Actor and Producer Charles S. Dutton, Cook County Clerk Dorothy Brown, Mayoral Candidates William 'Dock' Wall and Patricia Van Pelt-Watkins, Illinois Senator Donne Trotter, Ms. Chantay Bridges (Real Estate Agent to President Clinton), Turtel Onli (Father of da Black Age of Comics), and Ms. Khalilah Camacho Ali (Former wife of Muhammad Ali.) and many, many more...MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Location Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Facebook 887Twitter 1.7K Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

5. The 'Head Honcho' Sports Podcast With Jaylin Short

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Hey everybody, my name is Jaylin Short, and I am a 22-year-old black male, and former-athlete, from the south suburbs of Chicago. I currently attend Western Illinois University as a Sports Broadcasting major. I am starting this podcast because I have a passion for discussing football and basketball, as well as current issues with different athletes across the world. You can expect weekly episodes from my channel, with more episodes to come as we get deeper and deeper into the NFL, NBA, and NCAA basketball and football seasons. Hopefully you enjoy listening, and if you do, tell a friend!MORE Host Jaylin Short
Producer/Network Jaylin Short
Email ****@gmail.com
Location Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1Facebook 4Twitter 98Instagram 707 Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact