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Unruly Subjects is a weekly show about politics and culture hosted by Chenjerai Kumanyika, media professor and Peabody Award-winning audio journalist. Each week, Chenjerai makes sense of the week’s struggles with some of his favorite people - thinkers, journalists, friends, and folks who can help us laugh through the pain. The show is created in partnership with Rowhome Productions. Support Unruly Subjects at Patreon.com/UnrulySubjects
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Signup to Generate a PitchUnruly Subjects is a weekly show about politics and culture hosted by Chenjerai Kumanyika, media professor and Peabody Award-winning audio journalist. Each week, Chenjerai makes sense of the week’s struggles with some of his favorite people - thinkers, journalists, friends, and folks who can help us laugh through the pain. The show is created in partnership with Rowhome Productions.
Unruly Subjects is hosted by Chenjerai Kumanyika. The show has published 32 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Hasan Piker: Beyond the Stream - Live in NYC" (22 October 2026, 52 minutes), "From Being Right to Being Powerful: Reaching Beyond a Politics of Powerlessness, with Yotam Marom" (8 October 2026, 92 minutes), and "A Reckoning with our Moment LIVE at the Socialism Conference" (24 September 2026, 56 minutes).
Unruly Subjects publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 62 minutes across 32 episodes.
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Chenjerai Kumanyika hosts Unruly Subjects, a news podcast with 32 episodes published.
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Episode #28
What does it mean to build an independent media platform, and what responsibilities come with it? Recorded before a live audience in New York City, Chenjerai talks with political commentator and streamer Hasan Piker...
Episode #27
What does it take to move from being right about the world to actually having the power to change it? What happens within our movements and organizations and in our hearts when we stop believing that we can actually...
Episode #26
Unruly Subjects is back in the building and back in your feed! After a long, hot summer hiatus we’re returning with a very special episode recorded live at the Socialism Conference in Chicago, featuring a conversation...
Episode #25
Before we relaunch our new season later this month, we wanted to share a special update! We just dropped an interview with journalist and media producer Natalie Bencivenga for our Patreon community. [ LISTEN HERE ]...
Episode #24
<p>Text the Unruly Hotline Here</p><p>This week, Chenjerai interviews reporter Daniel Boguslaw about his recent WIRED article, US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows. They discuss how tech...
Episode #23
<p>Text the Unruly Hotline Here</p><p>This week, Chenjerai reports from ground zero outside Delaney Hall, the detention facility in Newark, NJ where hundreds of ICE detainees have been on hunger strike due to the...
Episode #22
<p>Text the Unruly Hotline Here</p><p><b>🙏 </b>We make Unruly Subjects 100% independently! Support the show on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/UnrulySubjects </p><p>This week, Unruly Subjects is diving back into...
Episode #21
<p>Text the Unruly Hotline Here</p><p>This week’s show is about informed consent, pregnancy, drug testing, hospitals, and the family policing system. Specifically, we break down a form of surveillance called...
Episode #20
<p>Text the Unruly Hotline Here</p><p>This week, we hear the story of how the "punishment bureaucracy" uses narrative and media to maintain state violence. We’re looking at the devastating impact of jailing someone...
Episode #19
<p>Text the Unruly Hotline Here</p><p>Before he was a scholar, journalist, and podcast host, Chenjerai was a rapper. And this week’s show is all about how hip-hop is connected to our larger political struggles...
Episode #18
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Episode #17
<p>Text the Unruly Hotline Here</p><p>This week, we look back at the martial law crisis that happened in South Korea in 2024, the Union-led opposition that organized swiftly, and the nationwide general strike that...
Episode #16
<p>Text the Unruly Hotline Here</p><p>It’s Black Maternal Health Week! So on this week’s show we’re taking a deep look at the conditions Black mothers face before and after giving birth. </p><p>🙏 We make Unruly...
Episode #15
<p>Text the Unruly Hotline Here</p><p>This week on <b>Unruly Subjects</b>, Chenjerai finally gets into sports. Kind of. Recently, it came to his attention that Steph Curry - one of the greatest NBA players of all time...
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<p>Text the Unruly Hotline Here</p><p>This week on <b>Unruly Subjects</b>, Chenjerai is joined by his close friend <b>Professor D Noble</b> to unpack the viral fallout surrounding white rapper Jack Harlow. Following...
Episode #14
<p>Text the Unruly Hotline Here</p><p>This episode is all about the fight against data centers. Specifically, we’re sharing the story of how the residents of Monterey Park, California waged a successful campaign against...
Episode #13
<p>Text the Unruly Hotline Here</p><p>This week, Chenjerai drives down to Philly to break bread with his friend - community activist and advocate April Lee. They visit Black Dragon, an innovative takeout spot in West...
Episode #12
<p>Text the Unruly Hotline Here</p><p>This week, the show features a long conversation between Chenjerai and his good friend Ronald Young Jr. Ronald is the creator and host of Weight For It, an award-winning narrative...
Episode #11
<p>Text the Unruly Hotline Here</p><p>This week, we have an episode all about the Trump administration's attack on federal workers and how people are mobilizing to fight back. We feature an interview with two prominent...
Episode #10
<p>Text the Unruly Hotline Here</p><p>This week, we have an episode all about what’s happening right now in Brazil - and how we got here. </p><p>We feature an interview with Gilberto Porcidonio, a journalist...
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Democratic Socialists of America
Professor of Geography in Earth and Environmental Sciences at CUNY
Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute, Distributed AI Research Institute
author of From the Ashes: Grief and Revolution in a World on Fire, The Nation
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