In the 1980s, there were only 63 Black films by, for, or about Black Americans. But in the 1990s, that number quadrupled, with 220 Black films making their way to cinema screens nationwide. What sparked this “Black New Wave?” Who blazed this path for contemporaries like Ava DuVernay, Kasi Lemmons and Jordan Peele? And how did these films transform American culture as a whole? Presenting The Class of 1989, a new limited-run series from pop culture critics Len Webb and Vincent Williams, hosts ...
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When I start to feel overwhelmed by the climate challenges we face, I think about Hannah Ritchie, a researcher at Our World in Data. Her data-driven approach is an essential antidote to environmental doomsday-ism and provides some much-needed optimism about humanity’s ability to tackle big problems. Hannah recently joined me on my podcast, Unconfuse Me, to talk about her terrific new book "Not the End of the World", why it’s so hard to wrap our minds around human progress, what we would ask a time traveler about the future, and more. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. Learn more at https://spoti.fi/3SqOvSq
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When I start to feel overwhelmed by the climate challenges we face, I think about Hannah Ritchie, a researcher at Our World in Data. Her data-driven approach is an essential antidote to environmental doomsday-ism and provides some much-needed optimism about humanity’s ability to tackle big problems. Hannah recently joined me on my podcast, Unconfuse Me, to talk about her terrific new book "Not the End of the World", why it’s so hard to wrap our minds around human progress, what we would ask a time traveler about the future, and more. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. Learn more at https://spoti.fi/3SqOvSq
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