New Dawn
This podcast engages the intersection of race and capitalism by talking to experts and activists in the field, hosted by Professor Michael C. Dawson from the University of Chicago.
- Update frequency
- every 31 days
- Average duration
- 49 minutes
- Episodes
- 44
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2024
Nefarious Laws - Digital Currencies and the Gig Economy: Veena Dubal and Rohan Grey
In this conversation recorded at the Futures of Finance Retreat, Prof Veena Dubal and Prof Rohan Grey discuss the implications of new regulatory regimes for poor consumers and working-class people as…
Origins and Aims of the Futures of Finance Project - Emily Katzenstein, Hannah Appel, and Michael Dawson
In this conversation Emily Katzenstein, Hannah Appel, and Michael Dawson discuss the origins and aims of the Futures of Finance Project. It is a culmination of Michael's and Hannah's shared interest …
Socialism and Empire: Labor, Migration, and Racial Politics
Inés Valdez, Associate Professor of Political Science at The Ohio State University, joins the New Dawn Podcast and discusses the role of labor and migration as a form of racial politics. As a critica…
Celebrating Charles W. Mills, 1951-2021 | Retheorizing (Racial) Justice
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Professor Charles W. Mills. To celebrate his life, New Dawn is re-releasing the episode Michael recorded with Charles almost two years ago called, "Retheorizi…
Decolonizing Discourse about Africa: An Anti-Imperialist Framework
In this episode of New Dawn, Michael C. Dawson along with special guest host, Charisse Burden Stelly, invite Dr. Takiyah Harper-Shipman, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Assistant Professor of …
A Conversation w/ Charisse Burden-Stelly & Boots Riley - Part I
In this special two-part series, the Race & Capitalism's Post-Graduate Fellow, Charisse Burden-Stelly, is in conversation with writer, rapper, director, and filmmaker, Boots Riley. Part I was produce…
A Conversation w/ Charisse Burden-Stelly & Boots Riley - Part II
In this special two-part series, the Race & Capitalism's Post-Graduate Fellow, Charisse Burden-Stelly, is in conversation with writer, rapper, director, and filmmaker, Boots Riley. Part II focuses on…
Neoliberalism and Gentrification in a Chocolate City
In this episode of New Dawn, Michael Dawson invites Brandi Thompson Summers to the show. Summers is an Assistant Professor of Geography and Global Metropolitan Studies at the UC Berkeley. She receive…
Normalizing Foreclosure: Land, Credit, and Early Colonial Experiments
K-Sue Park joins Michael Dawson to launch Season 5 of New Dawn. Park is an Associate Professor of Law at Georgetown University. She has written extensively on foreclosure, land, dispossession, and di…
Anti-Black Violence and the Ongoing Fight for Freedom
“Anti-Black Violence and the Ongoing Fight for Freedom” was a live conversation held on July 7, 2020. Megan Ming Francis moderated the discussion between Barbara Ransby, Juliet Hooker, and Vesla Weav…
Why Du Bois Still Matters
In this episode, Michael Dawson chats with Charisse Burden-Stelly (Asst. Professor of Africana Studies and Political Science at Carleton College) about her research on W.E.B Du Bois, as well as lesso…
COVID-19 and Racial Inequities: Unpacking the Anti-Black Response
This episode is a recording of a conversation between Michael Dawson, Rhea Boyd, Aresha Martinez-Cardoso, and Brandi Summers during an event titled "COVID-19 and Racial Inequities: Unpacking the Anti…
Creating a Caring World
Deva Woodly, an Associate Professor of Politics at the New School, discusses the movement for black lives and how to create a kinder world with Michael Dawson.
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgen…
Capitalism in Legal Studies
In this episode, Amna Akbar (Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University) discusses the imbrication of capitalism and social movements in legal studies today.
Akbar, Amna, Toward a Radical Ima…
King and His Fight for the Poor People's Campaign
Sylvie Laurent joins Michael Dawson in conversation about her recent publication, King and the Other America: The Poor People's Campaign and the Quest for Economic Equality (University of California …
The Poor Pay More
Patricia Posey is Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Chicago and the Political Science Department’s junior faculty member for the Race and Capitalism Project. She specializes in race …
Housing and the Construction of the Black Urban Identity
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (Assistant Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University) speaks with Michael Dawson about her new book, Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industr…
Neoliberal Economics and Race
In this episode, Darrick Hamilton, the Executive Director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at The Ohio State University, joins Michael Dawson to discuss neoliberal economic…
On the Resurgence of Nationalism
To commence Season 4, Michael Dawson invited Adom Getachew (University of Chicago) and Quinn Slobodian (Wellesley College) to speak about the discourse on nationalism. They discuss a recent issue of …
Settler Colonialism in the Nuclear Age
Iyko Day, Associate Professor of English at Mount Holyoke College, joins Michael Dawson to discuss her research on the logics of settler colonialism and waste landing, in addition to her takeaway fro…