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Urban Connections conducts guest interviews covering issues effecting our local, national, international and global communities from a Black perspective. Subjects include current events, trends, history, education, economics, science, political science, health, race, law and more.
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Booking probability
40%
Guest openness
Selective
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Signup to Generate a PitchUrban Connections conducts guest interviews covering issues effecting our local, national, international and global communities from a Black perspective. Subjects include current events, trends, history, education, economics, science, political science, health, race, law and more.
Recent episodes include "Suzanne Johnson, "first waver" Korean adoptee, shares a different perspective of discrimination, injustice and immigration" (12 July 2025, 60 minutes), "American History preserved, slavery at the Whitney Plantation in Wallace, Louisiana" (5 July 2025, 60 minutes), and "Wasim Khan and Andrea Smith Khan of Baraza African Cultures Center on immigrant experiences in Kansas City" (28 June 2025, 60 minutes).
Urban Connections publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 59 minutes across 194 episodes.
Booking probability for Urban Connections is 40%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Urban Connections requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Urban Connections's contact route on record: public web form.
Urban Connections is a society podcast with 194 episodes published.
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Suzanne Johnson was born of Korean parents, somewhere in the Korean countryside, at sometime in 1966. Suzanne does not know her true birthdate. She explains why that is the case […] The post Suzanne Johnson, "first...
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Whitney Plantation is a non-profit museum dedicated to the history of slavery, situated on a historical sugar, indigo and rice plantation which operated from 1752-1975. The museum preserves over a […] The post American...
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Wasim Kahn, CEO of Baraza African Cultures Center is a Certified Diversity Professional and is Yan-Koloba Certified and has vast experience working with immigrants, refugees & indigenous peoples. He has […] The post...
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Adenike AmenRa is also known as Kandaki-Ma Beqsu Nuta AmenRa-Mosley. Kandaki equals Queen-Mother, Minister, Priestess, Teacher, Artist, Environmentalist, Maker, Recycler, Wife. Adenike AmenRa graduated from the...
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Lewis W. Diuguid is a multimedia consultant, lecturer, freelance writer and editor, certified diversity facilitator. He is a former columnist, editorial board member, op-ed page editor, and letters editor at […] The...
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Tracie Canada, Ph.D, is socio-cultural anthropologist whose ethnographic research uses sport to theorize race, kinship and care, gender, and the performing body. Dr. Canada's work focuses on the lived experiences […]...
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Andrew LaMont Eanes was nominated twice by then President Barak Obama as Deputy Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA). Eanes served at the SSA from July 2014 through December […] The post LaMont Eanes...
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Over four decades ago, Laura moved to Kansas City to begin her career at a local Social Security Administration service center. In this episode, she shares firsthand reflections on her […] The post Inside the SSA – A...
Bird Ellington Fleming, is the Executive Director and founder of the Traditional Music Society. The Traditional Music Society (TMS) offers a dynamic global journey through music and dance from multiple […] The post Bird...
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Lewis W. Diuguid is a multimedia consultant, lecturer, freelance writer and editor, certified diversity facilitator. He is a former columnist, editorial board member, op-ed page editor, and letters editor at […] The...
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On Tuesday, March 25th, the Kansas City Defender and the Kansas City Call hosted an urgent town hall titled Kansas City’s Crisis of Black Food, Land & Survival — And […] The post Carl A. Stafford, founder of My Region...
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Marilyn McCleod, Anne Calvert and Harry Bognich discuss concerns and activities of Leagues of Women Voters. They are interviewed by Radio Active Magazine regular Spencer Graves. Marilyn is President of […] The post KC...
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Joseph Jackson is host, producer and engineer of KKFI public affairs program, Cow Town Conversations, which airs every Thursday, 9 am to 10 am, www.kkfi.org, following Democracy Now. Joseph is […] The post Joseph...
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Damron Russel Armstrong is the founder, CEO and Executive Artistic Director of The Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City (BRTKC). The mission of BRTKC is to educate and inspire our […] The post Damron Armstrong...
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Lewis W. Diuguid is a multimedia consultant, lecturer, freelance writer and editor, certified diversity facilitator. He is a former columnist, editorial board member, op-ed page editor, and letters editor at […] The...
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Dr. Wylin D. Wilson is Assistant Professor of Theological Ethics at Duke Divinity School, where she teaches within the Theology, Medicine and Culture Initiative. Her teaching and research are at […] The post Dr. Wylin...
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Kansas City native Karen E. Griffin (KE) is a self-taught visual, teaching, and performing artist who creates vibrant abstract works that explore themes of identity and urban landscapes. She is […] The post Local artist...
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Dr. Terry Ann Scott is the CEO and Director of TAT Health Solutions, a nonprofit organization dedicated to chronic disease prevention and weight loss through innovative online programs. With a […] The post Dr. Terry Ann...
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Racquel Rodriguez is a local entrepreneur, and owner of El Café Cubano, a mobile Cuban Coffee Café that brings the flavors of Cuba to Kansas City. Racquel is deeply inspired […] The post Entrepreneur Racquel Rodriguez...
D. Rashaan Gilmore is the founder and CEO of BlaqOut, established in 2017 as a grassroots movement to organize and mobilize Kansas City’s Black LGBTQ+ community and develop a leadership […] The post Catching up with D...
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Dillon Professor of American History and Professor of African and African American Studies and of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Educational Alliance
President Emeritus, Hive Head Studios
Professor of Communications and Africana Studies, Morgan State University
historian, author, and the inaugural Carter G. Woodson Endowed Chair in History for the College of Arts and Sciences at Howard University, author of the original book referenced
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