Truth Time with Dr. Cornel West and Nina Turner
KBLA Talk 1580
The renowned scholar and powerhouse public intellectual join forces weekdays to sound off on the news of the day from an unapologetically progressive perspective.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Feb 11, 2025 • 40min
Neo Nazi in Cincinnati
Dr. Cornel West and Nina Turner discuss bigotry on full display. We draw historical comparisons and touch points. Lincoln Heights is a predominantly Black working class neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio. Neo-Nazis came to an overpass with swastika flags and people pulled up on them and took their flags and burned them.
Feb 11, 2025 • 38min
Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Performance: A Wave in a Deep Tradition
Dr. Cornel West and Nina Turner discuss the utility of joy, hope and determination in the mist of this chaotic political environment. They also bring forward the political links to Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl performance, campaign finance reform and the Democratic Party’s leadership conundrum
Feb 7, 2025 • 40min
Teach-in Thursday: The History of DEI
Dr. Cornel West and Nina Turner take a deep dive into the history connected to DEI. Why it is insufficient to address and redress the harms done to descendants of enslaved people and why this is such a hot button issue in this moment.
Feb 6, 2025 • 54min
Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely
Dr. Cornel West and Nina Turner discuss President Trump’s declaration that he would take over Gaza, send American troops to the Middle East and displace millions of Palestinians and the various protest spring up across the country.
Feb 5, 2025 • 38min
Impact of Migrant Labor on America
Dr. Cornel West and Nina Turner unpack the negative impact of mass deportations on all Americans.
Feb 4, 2025 • 40min
Can the Democratic Party chart a new path?
Dr. Cornel West and Nina Turner discuss the potential path forward for the DNC in light of the resent election of a new chairman.
Jan 31, 2025 • 38min
Act Like You Have Some Common Sense
Dr. Cornel West and Nina Turner unpack the madness of the Trump administration’s preoccupation with DEI and his lack of empathy for the families who lost loved ones in the crash between an American Airline Jet and a Black Hawk helicopter.
Jan 30, 2025 • 41min
The Power of Muscle Memory
Dr. Cornel West and Nina Turner discuss the power of historic muscle memory for combating injustice in the 21st century.
Jan 29, 2025 • 42min
Joy as Resistance
Dr. Cornel West and Nina Turner discuss the necessity of holding on to joy even in the most of resistance and how absolute power can corrupt absolutely
Jan 29, 2025 • 42min
Target Boycott
Dr. Cornel West and Nina Turner unpack activist efforts to boycott Target over resent reversal of DEI programs as well as a discussion about not giving in to despair.
