Footnotes with Dr. Jemar Tisby

Footnotes with Dr. Jemar Tisby


Latest Episodes

Fighting Racism: Fighting Racism as a White Ally
July 19, 2023

Racism is not an ideology invented by people of African descentpeople of European descent who are considered white hold that dubious distinction. So what is the role of white people in fighting racism?In part four of the Fighting Racism series, I talk

Fighting Racism: Racial Justice at Work and in the Environment with Abigail Oduol
July 12, 2023

In this episode we are going to talk with someone who knows all too well the challenges of environmental racism externally and the challenges of fighting for racial and ethnic diversity internally at a company.  We are joined by Abigail Oduaol. She works

Fighting Racism: Confronting Racism in Homeschooling with Brytni McNeil
July 05, 2023

In this episode we hear what one homeschooling parent, Brytni McNeil is doing to create a more racially inclusive and honest culture in homeschooling. Brytni is so graciously vulnerable in sharing her story of coming from a colorblind approach to race to

Fighting Racism: Real Stories from Real People
July 01, 2023

Welcome to the FIGHTING RACISM series, a project that explores how realpeople just like you are fighting racism in their everyday lives. My name is Dr. Jemar Tisby. I'm a historian, an author, a speaker, and a professor of history at Simmons College of

Christianity and Critical Race Theory
May 30, 2023

"Critical Race Theory has become a lightningrod in contemporary American politicsand evangelical Christianity. This irenic book offers a critical but constructive and sympathetic introductionwritten from a perspective rooted in Scripture and Christian

More Than I Imagined- An Interview with CNN Journalist John Blake
May 11, 2023

In his new book, "More Than I Imagined: What a Black Man Discovered About the White Mother He Never Knew", CNN journalist John Blake shares an intimate story of his journey with race, faith, and forgiveness.  In this interview we talk about racial identi

Homelessness, Mental Health, and How We Failed Jordan Neely
May 09, 2023

Jordan Neely used to dress up and do Michael Jackson impersonations. But on May 1, 2023, a Marine veteran on a subway train put him in a chokehold that led to his death. Neely had allegedly been shouting on the train about how he was thirsty, hungry, and

No Confession without Truth: The Firing of Professor Julie Moore
May 01, 2023

In what is becoming a disturbing pattern in Christian higher education, I was contacted by another professorwho was fired for her teachings about racial justice.Professor Julie Moore, formerly of Taylor University, taught a composition class with a ra

Inside the Evangelical Movement that Failed a Generation with Jon Ward
April 11, 2023

Jon Ward is senior political correspondent for Yahoo News, author of Camelot's End: Kennedy v Carter and the Fight that Broke the Democratic Party (Twelve Books, 2019), and host of The Long Game podcast. Jon has covered American politics and culture for

They See You Now: Caitlin Clark vs Angel Reese
April 04, 2023

The 2023 women's NCAA championship game broke records for viewership, and racist reactions also broke the internet.Two phenomenal players--Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese--used the same "can't see me" gesture during basketball games in the series. One pl