In this Episode on The Black Podclass we had guest speaker, Arionne Nettles. She is a lecturer and director of audio journalism programming at Northwestern University's Medill School. She is a culture reporter who has contributed to outlets such as the New York Times Opinion, Chicago PBS station WTTW, and NPR affiliate WBEZ. She is also the host of the HBCU history podcast Bragging Rights and Is That True? A Kids Podcast About Facts. She is a Ph.D. student at DePaul University, studying educational leadership in higher education, and her book, We Are the Culture: Black Chicago’s Influence on Everything, will be published with Chicago Review Press in 2024.

This episode was produced by Madeline Seck.