Host Michelle Tyrene Johnson tackles different ways to unwrap and unpack race and identity.
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Signup to Generate a PitchRecent episodes include "Join us for our season 5 (Un)Wrap Party!" (11 August 2026, 1 minute), "‘Look how we find joy.’ Dr. J. Drew Lanham on poetry and justice" (5 August 2026, 45 minutes), and "‘Artists are still crossing those boundaries.’ Dr. Minkah Makalani on the legacy of the Harlem Renaissance" (29 July 2026, 32 minutes).
Race Unwrapped publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 30 minutes across 28 episodes.
Booking probability for Race Unwrapped is 20%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Race Unwrapped requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Race Unwrapped's contact route on record: verified email.
Race Unwrapped is a news podcast with 28 episodes published.
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Race Unwrapped
Join us to celebrate the end of “Race Unwrapped," season five ! Since its launch in 2020, this podcast has unwrapped the ways race affects our lives, whether we’re thinking about it or not. We spent the latest season...
Episode #10
Dr. J. Drew Lanham is an academic, poet, creative writer, curator, ornithologist and, in his words, “trending feral.” He joins us to talk about poetry, particularly his own poetry that unravels themes of representation...
Episode #9
You can't tell the story of art and social change without visiting the brilliant minds of the Harlem Renaissance. For Dr. Minkah Makalani, Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Africana Studies at Johns...
Episode #8
When you think of knitting, you might think of a little old white lady in a rocking chair. Our host, Michelle Tyrene Johnson, and her extensive collection of self-made knitwear, would disagree. Or as our guest on this...
Episode #7
So far this season, we’ve been talking to people who create art. But art also needs an audience — people who receive it, and let it change how they think and feel. So in this episode, we’re talking to someone whose role...
Race Unwrapped
When you dance in protest, or to ask for justice, you’re putting your body itself on the line. And our guest on this episode says if you can move, you can dance. Ananya Chatterjea is a choreographer, a dance maker, and...
Race Unwrapped
Television writer, showrunner and Nkechi Okoro Carroll is a strong believer in the power of her medium to reach people’s hearts. “When people are watching TV, they're watching it to relax,” she says. “So their guards...
Race Unwrapped
While her work is often rooted in choreography and movement, amara tabor-smith calls herself a performance maker. She’s the founder of Deep Waters Dance Theater and an educator at Stanford University, where she teaches...
Episode #3
There's something so human about live theatre. Real people are telling a story in a shared space, while you share space with other people watching. It’s intimate. For playwright Gabriel Diego Hernández, it’s also a way...
Episode #2
There’s nothing like the right combination of music and lyrics to crystalize a moment... or a movement. It’s why we’re asking every guest this season their favorite protest songs: everyone has an answer to that...
Episode #1
Most people know her as a political juggernaut. She’s a former minority leader of the Georgia state House, whose coalition building in that state became a blueprint for campaigns across the country. But Stacey Abrams is...
Race Unwrapped
Race Unwrapped returns on June 3, with a season about art as an agent of social change. Over ten episodes, host Michelle Tyrene Johnson will speak with artists of color from many disciplines. Music, movement...
Race Unwrapped
Race Unwrapped returns on June 3, with a season about art as an agent of social change. Over ten episodes, host Michelle Tyrene Johnson will speak with artists of color from many disciplines. Music, movement...
Race Unwrapped
Juneteenth is the perfect time to talk about community, resilience, and strategic organizing. Join host Michelle Tyrene Johnson and A'shanti Gholar, leader of Emerge, for a conversation about how we can rise to meet the...
Race Unwrapped
The winter holidays are sneaking up on us again, and this year, more of you joined us on Race Unwrapped than ever before! To celebrate, and to thank you, we hope you don't mind a regift. We're resharing our holiday...
Episode #7
Production was well underway on this season of Race Unwrapped when America experienced what our guest just calls “The Switch.” President Joe Biden dropped out of the race, and suddenly we were witnessing a...
Episode #6
Back in the day, Jesse Jackson told us to keep hope alive. And when Barack Obama first ran for president, his image became almost synonymous with hope (maybe you still have one of the posters). We’ve spent this season...
Episode #5
Four million people won’t be allowed to vote in the upcoming election because of laws in 48 states that restrict your right to vote if you’ve ever been convicted of a felony. Most of the folks affected have already...
Episode #4
So you live in one of the states that require some form of ID to vote. Everyone has one, right? In fact, there are lots of reasons someone might not have a valid ID. And getting one takes time, transportation, specific...
Race Unwrapped
So far this season we’ve learned a lot about voter suppression tactics and how they weaken our democracy. This episode and next, we’ll meet some folks who are working to reverse the damage and make voting more...
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academic, poet, creative writer, curator, ornithologist, Clemson University
Chair of the Recording Academy
politician, author and Howard University’s inaugural Ronald W. Walters Endowed Chair for Race and Black Politics, Fair Fight Action
Executive Director, Brown Girls Guide to Politics
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