Khalilah Brown-Dean
Host, Disruptedis an award-winning scholar and author of . She is Wesleyan University Professor and Executive Director of the Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life. She's also a frequent contributor to media outlets across all platforms.
With a keen eye toward the practical implications of democratic conflict, Dr. Brown-Dean is a preeminent expert on issues of American politics, criminal punishment, mass incarceration, voting rights, and U.S. elections. In 2021 she was recognized by the 海角换妻 Women's Hall of Fame as a Spotlight Recipient for her work on justice and civic engagement.
Learn more about Disrupted here.
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We listen back to our candid hour with Reginald Dwayne Betts. We talk about what books meant to him when he was incarcerated and how his time in prison still impacts him. -
Exploring love and politics. Activist Dean Spade believes political organizing requires emotional work and psychology professor Terri Conley examines power dynamics. -
Brandon J. Dirden directed Yale Repertory Theatre's production of Eden. He joins us to talk about his career and the complex racial dynamics in the play. -
This hour, we reflect on two of the most prominent civil rights thinkers in U.S history and how they connect to our present political moment. -
We talk to the director and producer of the new documentary, "The Body Politic," featuring Baltimore mayor Brandon Scott. Plus, how Future Caucus brings young lawmakers together to create bipartisan solutions. -
New Haven nonprofit leader Erik Clemons offers his thoughts on community, how choosing love can be difficult and the way that Dr. King's legacy has impacted him. -
This hour, we鈥檙e talking to historians and educators to learn what it's like to teach and study the past in all its complexity in today's polarized political climate. -
We return to our wide-ranging conversation with Amy Tan who reflects on birds and mortality and discusses her experience of racism and moving past her fear of sharks. -
This hour, Yale law professor James Forman Jr. talks about dismantling mass incarceration at every level, from policing to prisons to courts. -
We discuss how people thought about queerness during the Harlem Renaissance and talk to the curator of a recent exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
