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Intersectionality Matters!

86 episodesLatest Aug 3, 2026
Recorded in United States of AmericaAbout United States of AmericaEnglishNews
Intersectionality Matters! is a podcast hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw, an American civil rights advocate and a leading scholar of critical race theory.

Episodes

  1. 81. Backtalking with Jamilah Lemieux

    Host Kimberlé Crenshaw and author Jamilah Lemieux reflect on how it feels to release their first memoirs. On the heeels of the release of Backtalker: An American Memoir, author Ki…

    49:42
  2. 80. Whose America? Whose Story?

    America turns 250—the momentous milestone comes to us cloaked in surreality. Anniversaries usually ask us to remember. This one asks whether we are willing to remember everything.…

    33:09
  3. 79. Introducing Backtalker: an American Memoir

    Host Kimberlé Crenshaw and celebrated legal professor Cheryl Harris discuss the creative process and anticipated release of Crenshaw's latest book, Backtalker: An American Memoir.…

    58:12
  4. 78. Misogynoir, Basketball, and the Art of AccountabilityExplicit

    Host Kimberlé Crenshaw is joined by award-winning radio host Dr. Kaye Wise Whitehead and playwright and feminist activist V (formerly Eve Ensler), author of The Apology. Together t…

    58:54
  5. 77. Heroes, Harm and History: Chavez's Legacy and Women's History MonthExplicit

    On Cesar Chavez Day and the close of Women's History Month, host Kimberlé Crenshaw and award-winning radio host Kaye Wise Whitehead unpack a painful reckoning: recent New York Time…

    41:19
  6. 76. The Story of Us 2026, Part 2

    This episode is an act of recovery, uplifting the artistic careers that McCarthyism upended through an immersive blend of conversation and artivism performances. This is part two.…

    26:06
  7. 75. Unfinished Business: Racial Justice After Jesse Jackson

    This episode explores the life and legacy of Jesse Jackson—from organizing alongside Martin Luther King Jr. to building the Rainbow PUSH Coalition and reshaping the American electo…

    59:01
  8. 74. The Story of Us 2026, Part 1

    This episode is an act of recovery, uplifting the artistic careers that McCarthyism upended through an immersive blend of conversation and artivism performances. Host Kimberlé Cr…

    51:17
  9. 73. The Sounds of Us

    Music has long been central to the fight for freedom—the rhythmic heartbeat of the struggle for justice. From Beyoncé to Shaboozey to L’il Nas X and Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, Black a…

    01:04:35
  10. ENCORE: 54. #SayHerName - the Art of Bearing Witness on the Page and Stage

    It's the 11th anniversary of the #SayHerName Campaign. To commemorate, we're uplifting a favourite #SayHerName episode from our archive. Please join us on Dec 8 in NYC for a stag…

    01:05:24
  11. 72. Why Authoritarians Fear Democracy

    This episode features Legal Defense Fund President and Director-Counsel Janai Nelson with professors Carol Anderson and Nancy MacLean, in conversation with our host Kimberlé Crensh…

    01:36:27
  12. 71. Why Authoritarians Fear Education

    Host Kimberlé Crenshaw is joined by authors Jason Stanley and Randi Weingarten to discuss why authoritarians and fascists target education on the path to destabilizing democracy. T…

    57:26
  13. 70. How Anti-Blackness Destroys Democracy

    As we slide into autocracy, disparities impacting Black Americans are being ignored while Black excellence is actively erased from our workplaces, museums, and history books. These…

    01:16:37
  14. Part 2: United States of Amnesia: The Real Histories of CRT - Weaponizing (White) Parents' Rights

    In part 2 of this series, host Kimberlé Crenshaw, refutes the myth that book and curricula bans seek to restore “parental choice” over what kids are exposed to, linking attacks on…

    40:32
  15. 69. The Battle for America's Memory, Part 2

    A special collaboration with Today with Dr. Kaye, this episode was taped live at Busboys and Poets in Washington, D.C. Host Kimberlé Crenshaw, with Kaye Wise Whitehead and guests…

    42:11
  16. 68. The Battle for America's Memory

    At the Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama, Kimberlé Crenshaw is joined by Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative. They explore how museums shape national identi…

    47:40
  17. 67. Bloody Sunday, 60 Years Later

    Host Kimberlé Crenshaw takes listeners to Alabama to learn about the contemporary importance of Bloody Sunday and the march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. Featuring: Cliff Alb…

    45:01
  18. 66. Executive DisorderExplicit

    In this episode, host Kimberlé Crenshaw is joined by some of the country's brightest legal minds to discuss the Trump administration's executive orders, how they'll affect progress…

    01:11:40
  19. Part 1: United States of Amnesia: The Real Histories of CRT - The Students Who Protested

    In the first episode of this limited series, Critical Race Theorist Kimberlé Crenshaw takes listeners on a journey through the origin story of Critical Race Theory (CRT), from her…

    40:06
  20. Coming Soon - United States of Amnesia: The Real History of Critical Race Theory

    In a new series, host Kimberlé Crenshaw takes listeners on a journey through the real history of critical race theory (CRT). She explores the "anti-CRT" legislative attacks against…

    04:45
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