Podcasts
Podcasts
Every year, Delaware Humanities releases a podcast on relevant topics happening in our communities. Click the links below to access full episodes of the podcasts and hear how these discussions have changed over the years!
A More Just Delaware
Delaware Humanities’ 2024 podcast A More Just Delaware highlights pivotal moments and legislation related to hate, prejudice, and the fight for equal rights for all in Delaware from the 1950s to today. Learn about Delaware’s history and current landscape through a series of interviews with Delaware representatives, legislators, tribal leaders, and pillars of our community.
This podcast is produced is partnership with Delaware Public Media.
Funding for A More Just Delaware has been provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the United We Stand: Connecting Through Culture initiative.
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Episode 6: Tribal Recognition
August 2, 2024
Featuring Chief Dennis Coker, this episode discusses state recognition of the Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware.
Episode 5: Healthy Delaware Families Act
July 12, 2024
Featuring Delaware state Senator Sarah McBride, this episode discusses the recently passed Healthy Delaware Families Act and how that legislation advances equity for workers and families in Delaware.
Episode 4: Marriage Equality
June 7, 2024
Featuring former Delaware state Senator Karen Peterson, this episode focuses on discrimination in the LGBTQ+ community, looking at the lead up to Delaware’s legalization of same-sex marriage in 2013, and what has changed since that moment.
Episode 3: The Crown Act
May 10, 2024
Featuring Delaware state Senator Darius J. Brown, this episode looks at Delaware Senate Bill 192 (the CROWN Act), passed in 2021, prohibiting discrimination in the workplace based on hairstyles historically associated with race.
Episode 2: Brown v. Board of Education
April 12, 2024
Featuring educator Kathy Trusty, this episode looks at Delaware’s complex history of school segregation and its lasting impact on Delaware’s school system today. This episode complements Delaware Humanities’ 2024 traveling exhibit on the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education.
Episode 1: House Bill 198
March 7, 2024
Featuring Delaware State Representative Sherry Dorsey Walker, this episode looks at Delaware House Bill 198, passed in 2021, which requires every Delaware school district and charter school serving K-12 students to provide instruction on Black history.