“A More Perfect Union” with Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey will serve as a daily pop culture and political news digest with unfiltered conversations, unafraid to say the quiet part out loud. Whether it’s the headlines shaping the world or the bold voices shaping the culture, Dr. Quartey will curate a smarter, more meaningful take on the day’s news and events without fluff, fear, or favor.
Latest episodes
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29 min
Common Ground in a Divided America
Peace photographer John Noltner has sat with people on every side of the line — from the border to the Supreme Court steps. What he's learned about actually bridging the gap.
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30 min
The Real Story Behind Graceland
Ashley Kahn on Paul Simon's Graceland — the anti-apartheid boycott he defied, and the true, complicated story of Ladysmith Black Mambazo's role in it.
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26 min
The Data They Don't Want You to See
Germar Reed unpacks Meta's $1.4 trillion addiction trial, nearly 400 federal datasets that quietly vanished, and why betting markets could throw the midterms into chaos.
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34 min
A Grassroots Win Nobody Saw Coming
Vincent Jones and Al Reynolds on Angie Nixon's underdog Senate upset in Florida, the Karmelo Anthony judge recusal, the Buss family's Lakers drama, and the $40 trillion debt bomb n…
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21 min
Danielle Brooks Is Already an Oscar Conversation
Danielle Brooks and director Walter Thompson-Hernández on "If I Go Will They Miss Me" — a Black story already generating serious awards buzz
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18 min
Altadena: A Black Community Fighting to Survive
Zaire Calvin lost his sister and his home in the Eaton Fire. Now he's fighting to keep what's left of a historic Black community from disappearing for good.
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27 min
They Coined It. The Media Weaponized It.
Our kids created "teen takeover" on TikTok. Dr. Kevin Beckford and Yasmin Salina (Co-Founders, The Hustler Guild) break down how it got turned into a crime panic pointed straight a…
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20 min
Celebrity Crime Scene: Diana
Nearly 30 years later, the questions still won't die. Rich Staropoli previews the new special reopening Princess Diana's case.
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29 min
Todd Belcore & Tiffany Raspberry on Citizenship, DOGE & Surveillance
Civil Rights Attorney Todd Belcore and former NYC Deputy Mayor Tiffany Raspberry on Trump's renewed birthright citizenship push, a bombshell DOGE audit, and cops selling surveillan…
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19 min
Tiger King's Director Is Back — This Time It's Reptiles
Eric Goode takes us inside Monsters of God, his new HBO docuseries on the underground world of exotic reptile smuggling.
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37 min
Vincent Jones & Al Reynolds on Michigan's Political Earthquake
Donavan McKinney's stunning primary upset puts Detroit a step closer to Black congressional representation. Vincent Jones and Al Reynolds break it down.
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28 min
Rashad Robinson: Being Seen Isn't the Same as Winning
"From Presence to Power" Author Rashad Robinson on the difference between visibility and leverage — and what it actually takes to win, not just be seen.
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27 min
The First-Ever Report on Black Men Nobody Wanted to Write
Dr. Wes Bellamy unveils the Langston Institute's first annual report on Black men and boys: a stalled HBCU pipeline, a labor market where they're the only group losing ground, and…
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29 min
The Trauma You Don't Talk About Is Talking Through You
Author CC Rice on how unprocessed trauma lives in your voice, your posture, and the way you show up in every room.
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33 min
Altadena: 18 Months Later, We Know Who Caused the Eaton Fire
LA County Fire has an answer: SCE equipment sparked the blaze that killed 19. NAACP Pasadena President Brandon Lamar and James Farr unpack the report — and its eerie echo in Spokan…
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27 min
Spies in Cuba, AI in the Classroom, and Who Pays When the Machine Hacks You
Data scientist Germar Reed connects U.S. intelligence in Cuba, AI creeping into campus life, and the legal gray zone nobody's ready for: who's liable when an algorithm hacks you.
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34 min
Cornel West LIVE: Healthcare, Nolan Wells & Destination Crenshaw
Live from Bethesda Temple Church — philosopher, professor, activist, and a moral conscience for America, Dr. Cornel West. He weighs in on rising healthcare costs, the Nolan Wells c…
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20 min
Dressing Sally Hemings: The Art of Costume Design
Costume designer Niiamar on the storytelling power of fabric and silhouette — how she dressed Sally Hemings for PBS's national broadcast, and what it means to costume a woman histo…
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29 min
Court Records, Racial Slurs & the Netanyahu Arrest Poll
Dr. Calvin John Smiley breaks down court records exposing racial slurs used in LA immigration raids, a bombshell poll showing nearly half of Americans back arresting Netanyahu, and…
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31 min
Pepper-Spray Drones, Fauci's Fifth & the CBC Under Fire
Richard Fowler (Fox News Contributor) and Bishop Joseph Tolton (Interconnected Justice Founder) join Dr. Nii-Quartelai as Fauci pleads the Fifth, schools deploy pepper-spray drones…