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Columbia Race Talks: Critical Race Theory (CRT2) is a project of the Studio for Law and Culture at Columbia Law School. Produced by students in the Critical Race Theory Seminar Workshop, CRT2 uses critical race theory as a lens to look at charged issues, contested histories and contemporary debates about law, culture and the politics of race. See more information at https://crt2.podcasts.library.columbia.edu

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S4 · E4
Sep 5, 2025 · 28 min
Season 4, Episode 4: Echoes of Freedom: Artivism, Censorship and the Civil Rights Movement
The civil rights era was not only a period of political revolution but of profound cultural revolution. Led by Black artists radicalized by the political and social realities of the time – the segregation, disenfranchisement and racial violence that was
S4 · E3
Sep 4, 2025 · 40 min
Season 4, Episode 3: Sixty Years of the Civil Rights Act : Built by a Movement
Following one of the largest mass public demonstrations in U.S. history, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, ending legalized segregation and marking a significant step toward racial equality. While the movement triumphed, its leaders were keenly aw
S4 · E2
Sep 3, 2025 · 44 min
Season 4, Episode 2: 60 years of the Voting Rights Act: Race, Citizenship and Redemption
With the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, great change was promised. 60 years on, that promise remains an empty one for millions of americans. While Voting rights and the integrity of American elections have been a constant and exhausting part o
S4 · E1
Sep 2, 2025 · 44 min
Season 4, Episode 1: Echoes of History in the Future of Immigration: Revisiting the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
This episode reflects on the 60th anniversary of pivotal Civil Rights Acts, including the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which reshaped Americas racial and immigration landscape. We examine the profound intersection of race, immigration, and th
S3 · E4
Jun 21, 2025 · 40 min
Season 3, Episode 4: The Right to Literacy
In 2016, students at five schools in Detroit sued the state government for failing to provide them with even the most basic public education. Their teachers were overworked, their school buildings were falling apart, and students frequently lacked the re
S3 · E3
Jun 20, 2025 · 42 min
Season 3, Episode 3: Digital Literacy: Unveiling the Roots of Surveillance Capitalism
In this episode, we navigate the complex landscape of digital literacy and the systematic surveillance of people of color. We unravel the layers of bias ingrained in our technological systems. Focusing on the #NoTechForICE campaign as a poignant example,
S3 · E2
Jun 19, 2025 · 34 min
Season 3, Episode 2: Eminent Domain: Discriminatory Land Takings and the Fight for Reparations
“It takes people knowing about what happened and galvanizing communities and bringing people together to fight for policy change that would allow for land to be returned.”  – Kavon Ward This episode of CRT2 takes a look at eminent domain under the F
S3 · E1
Jun 18, 2025 · 39 min
Season 3, Episode 1: Racial Literacy and Disability: The Dyslexia to Prison Pipeline
What does a society which celebrates, rather than one that alienates, incarcerates and pathologizes disability look like? How do we break free from the chains of ableism and racism, and centre our politics around the idea that all bodies are special, and
S2 · E7
Aug 20, 2024 · 38 min
Season 2, Episode 7: White Collar Crime: Racial Disparity and Restitution
White collar crimes and the federal prison sentences that often accompany them have become mythologized and white-washed in American society. The “country club” myth of federal prisons has proliferated in the wake of prominent financial scandals like tho
S2 · E5
Aug 18, 2024 · 39 min
Season 2, Episode 5: War on Drugs – Marijuana Commerce
In this episode of CRT2, we discuss state attempts to regulate marijuana commerce while taking account of equity considerations. On March 31, 2021 the consumption of marijuana in New York State was formally legalized through the passage of the Marijuana
S2 · E3
Aug 17, 2024 · 42 min
Season 2, Episode 3: Juvenile (In)justice: the school to prison pipeline’s exploitation of Black and Brown youth
This podcast features a critical discussion of the treatment of youth in juvenile facilities and the structural racism in the education system that aids such treatment.
S2 · E2
Aug 15, 2024 · 32 min
Season 2, Episode 2: Prisoner Re-entry: Theatre and Ritual
“The word theater comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place. It is the place people come to see the truth about life and the social situation. The theater is a spiritual and social X-ray of its time. The theater was created to tell people the trut
S2 · E1
Aug 14, 2024 · 1 hr
Season 2, Episode 1: Gun/Control: The Criminalization of Black Gun Ownership in America
With tens of thousands of Americans dying every year from gun-related violence, firearm regulation is at the center of American political debate. Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court weighed in on this conversation by expanding an individuals right to bear a
S1 · E8
Sep 5, 2022 · 24 min
Season 1, Episode 8: Intersectionality and Violence Against Women
This episode of CRT2 spotlights the struggles and fights of marginalized women of color against the backdrop of political and social movements in the US and across the globe. The episode spotlights recent actions taken by women in Mexico to push for prot
S1 · E7
Aug 22, 2022 · 43 min
Season 1, Episode 7: Race and the Reality of Reproductive Rights in the United States
Reproductive rights in the United States are being threatened more than ever. The enactment of state legislation curtailing the right to abortion – by imposing time limits, dictating mandatory waiting times, obligatory sonograms, and ever-stringent requi
S1 · E6
Jul 25, 2022 · 24 min
Season 1, Episode 6: Movement Lawyering in Law School
In this episode of CRT2, how movement lawyering can be incorporated in legal education. Movement lawyering, or community lawyering, is a non-traditional approach to social justice lawyering that recognizes the limitations of relying on the law to bring a
S1 · E5
Jul 11, 2022 · 28 min
Season 1, Episode 5: CRT and Family Regulation System: Toward Abolition
In this episode of Columbia Race Talks / Critical Race Theory, guest Professor Anna Arons from NYU Law School speaks on her experiences as a public defender working in the family regulation system. We chat with her not only about the need for abolition,
S1 · E4
Jul 10, 2022 · 54 min
Season 1, Episode 4: Critical Race Theory, Columbia Law School and the Legacies of Slavery: The Black Male Initiative
Join us as we journey through Columbia Law Schools legacy of slavery and the remnants of that legacy on and off campus today with a particular focus on the experiences of Black men. With the assistance of esteemed panelists, we apply and analyze various
Jul 9, 2022 · 29 min
Season 1, Episode 3.2: The Backlash to CRT in France: Special Feature
What has the response to Critical Race Theory (CRT) been in France? What are the commonalities between France and the U.S. with respect to the reception and backlash to CRT? See more information at https://crt2.podcasts.library.columbia.edu/ .
S1 · E4
Jul 9, 2022 · 28 min
Season 1, Episode 3.1: The Backlash to CRT in France
Josephine Baker became the latest recipient of one of France’s highest honors—induction into the Pantheon. What was the symbolic significance of Baker’s induction into the Pantheon and Macron’s subsequent remarks, and what does it mean that France chose

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