After 1954
Episodes
Everything Happens: A Not-So Hallmark Christmas
28 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you living your best life now? Not always? This is a podcast for you. Duke Professor Kate Bowler is an expert in the stories we tell about success...
Happier with Gretchen Rubin: Did We Get Everything Done on Our “25 for ’25” Lists?
21 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gretchen Rubin is HAPPIER, and she wants you to be happier too. The #1 bestselling author of The Happiness Project and Better Than Before gets more pe...
When It Clicked: A Better Way to Treat Kids Who Make Mistakes
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How can we think differently about accountability for kids in the justice system? Hollywood producer Scott Budnick built his career making blockbuster...
Listen Now: Julia Gets Wise with Jane Curtin
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the premiere episode of Wiser Than Me’s new season, Julia Louis-Dreyfus sits down with 78-year-old comedy icon and Saturday Night Live ...
Bonus: Now is the time to invest in Black education
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Traditionally, Black-led nonprofits have only received 2 to 4 percent of total philanthropic funding nationally. That’s in part why Liz Thompson...
The teacher shortage is a global crisis
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The United Nations has declared the teacher shortage a global crisis. Who will teach the next generation of students? How will we recruit and retain B...
No Black teachers in the building
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The culture of our schools needs to change. In this episode, we hear from Morgan Jackson and her son and daughter, Kaleb and Aaliyah, about their educ...
From the hood to Hogwarts
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As a teen, Jason Brooks left his hometown of Watts in South L.A. to attend an all-boys boarding school. While he was there, he encountered many racist...
Student parent work is racial justice work
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Forty percent of Black female undergraduates attending college are parents. This week’s guest is author of “Pregnant Girl,” Nicole L...
It’s a sin to waste Black talent
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An estimated 38 thousand Black educators and administrators in public schools were fired in the South after the Brown v Board of Education decision in...
After 1954 (Official Trailer)
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After the historic Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling in 1954, thousands of Black teachers lost their jobs in the process of integration...