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Notes from America with Kai Wright

A podcast by: WNYC Studios

Notes from America with Kai Wright is a show about the unfinished business of our history, and its grip on our future.

Our American listeners can also listen to Notes from America with Kai Wright at our American site

360 Episodes

Are we really having a 'migrant crisis?' Depends who you ask.
Published 2024-03-04

We Could End AIDS. So Why Are People Still Dying?
Published 2024-03-01
Leading with Love: Care and Compassion in the Early Days of AIDS
Published 2024-02-25
It's Giving ‘Hell No’ — Danielle Brooks On Becoming ‘The Color Purple’s’ Sofia
Published 2024-02-23
A Palestinian-American Victim of American Gun Violence Becomes A Reluctant Poster Child
Published 2024-02-19
Kai Wright Presents Blindspot Episode 3: ‘Women Don’t Get AIDS, They Just Die From It’
Published 2024-02-16
Intercultural Relationships Are More Common, But Are They Less Taboo?
Published 2024-02-12
Kai Wright Presents Blindspot Episode 2: If I Didn’t Have HIV, I Wouldn’t Have Met You
Published 2024-02-09
Voter Vibe Check: Anti-Trump Conservatives On Republican Party Politics In 2024
Published 2024-02-05
Kai Wright Presents Blindspot Episode 1: Mourning In America
Published 2024-02-02
What A Segregated Mental Asylum Can Tell Us About Health Care in the US Today
Published 2024-01-29
Kai Wright Hosts Blindspot: The Plague In The Shadows
Published 2024-01-26
Doom. Denial. ‘Hopium.’ What About Climate Action?
Published 2024-01-22
Reclaiming Woke: Celebrating The Legacy Of Martin Luther King Jr. Live At The Apollo
Published 2024-01-15
What the Ozempic Craze Means for Our Personal Health
Published 2024-01-08
Raoul Peck Fights for Justice With His Movies
Published 2024-01-01
I Was A Child of Dread
Published 2023-12-25
Why NYC’s Move to Privatize Public Housing Could Impact the Rest of the Country
Published 2023-12-18
Remembering Rapper Prodigy As A Cure For Sickle Cell Emerges
Published 2023-12-13
What the New Cure for Sickle Cell Disease Really Means
Published 2023-12-11

Notes from America with Kai Wright is a show about the unfinished business of our history, and its grip on our future.

360 Episodes

Are we really having a 'migrant crisis?' Depends who you ask.

We Could End AIDS. So Why Are People Still Dying?

Leading with Love: Care and Compassion in the Early Days of AIDS

It's Giving ‘Hell No’ — Danielle Brooks On Becoming ‘The Color Purple’s’ Sofia

A Palestinian-American Victim of American Gun Violence Becomes A Reluctant Poster Child

Kai Wright Presents Blindspot Episode 3: ‘Women Don’t Get AIDS, They Just Die From It’

Intercultural Relationships Are More Common, But Are They Less Taboo?

Kai Wright Presents Blindspot Episode 2: If I Didn’t Have HIV, I Wouldn’t Have Met You

Voter Vibe Check: Anti-Trump Conservatives On Republican Party Politics In 2024

Kai Wright Presents Blindspot Episode 1: Mourning In America

What A Segregated Mental Asylum Can Tell Us About Health Care in the US Today

Kai Wright Hosts Blindspot: The Plague In The Shadows

Doom. Denial. ‘Hopium.’ What About Climate Action?

Reclaiming Woke: Celebrating The Legacy Of Martin Luther King Jr. Live At The Apollo

What the Ozempic Craze Means for Our Personal Health

Raoul Peck Fights for Justice With His Movies

I Was A Child of Dread

Why NYC’s Move to Privatize Public Housing Could Impact the Rest of the Country

Remembering Rapper Prodigy As A Cure For Sickle Cell Emerges

What the New Cure for Sickle Cell Disease Really Means