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Midday Morning on Knocking the Hustle

by kspence | Jan 14, 2016 | Announcements, Knocking the Hustle, Media Appearances, Neoliberalism, NPR

A few weeks ago Tom Hall at WYPR interviewed me about the book, one of the first interviews I conducted. Began with a nice version of Cannonball Adderley’s Work Song.

Is Obama becoming the President Blacks Wanted?

by kspence | Jul 18, 2015 | Black Politics, Media Appearances, NPR, Obama, Politics | 1 comment

On Thursday July 18, David Greene of NPR’s Morning Edition interviewed me for about a half hour or so on the shift in President Obama’s rhetoric on race and racism. Although I haven’t performed the “for real for real” type of analysis to...

Pensions, Parenting, and My Brother's Keeper

by kspence | Feb 28, 2014 | Media Appearances, Neoliberalism, NPR, Obama | 2 comments

Earlier this week I was on Tell Me More in their parents roundtable. We were talking about the idea of paternal leave. Before Michele Martin conducted that roundtable, she had an interview with “Money Coach” Alvin Hall about how corporations are changing...

Parenting Hits and Misses 2013 (NPR)

by kspence | Jan 6, 2014 | Black Family, Media Appearances, NPR

I’ve been doing less work on Tell Me More’s The Barbershop and much more work on their parenting roundtable over the last half of 2013. I was asked to participate in an end of the year discussion about hits and misses, what i was least and most proud of...

Who were the most important teachers in YOUR life?

by kspence | Nov 27, 2011 | Education, NPR | 9 comments

I’ve always been interested in the power of narratives. Given my professional interests I’ve focused on their political power–what is rap if not a story?–but I’ve also recognized their power to change lives in other ways. No program...

On Herman Cain, Amber Cole, and others….

by kspence | Oct 31, 2011 | Black Family, NPR, Politics | 1 comment

Herman Cain’s been getting a big bang out of a little buck, at least as evidenced by his recent ad campaign: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhm-22Q0PuM[/youtube] This past Friday I addressed this on The Barbershop. The quick and dirty of it is that I...
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