Every wonder how short stories are written? Host Sheryl McCarthy talks with Lara Stapleton, author of new short story collection "The Ruin of Everthing". Says the New York Times,“Stapleton’s irrepressible approach to narrative structure,"
Dec 08, 2021•25 min•Season 13Ep. 44
Host Sheryl McCarthy interviews author Glenn Lewis about his new book "Sparring with Smokin’ Joe: Joe Frazier’s Epic Battles and Rivalry with Ali". Learn about how his rivalry with Muhammed Ali held the world spellbound and impacted Frazier's life.
Nov 17, 2021•27 min•Season 13Ep. 43
What is Latinx? Different from Hispanic and Latino? Its impact on the balance of power in this country? Host Sheryl McCarthy speaks with author and journalist Ed Morales about his book, "Latinx: The New Force in American Politics and Culture".
Nov 03, 2021•25 min•Season 13Ep. 42
Since COVID, overall crime rate has gone down. But, gun violence has increased primarily in neighborhoods that are impoverished and black. Why have Americans bought 3 million more guns at the beginning of lockdown than the year before? What are the possible causes and solutions to this development? Host Sheryl McCarthy talks with Candace McCoy, Professor of Criminal Justice at CUNY Graduate Center and John Jay College.
Oct 20, 2021•25 min•Season 13Ep. 41
Host Sheryl McCarthy interviews Francois Pierre-Louis, Professor of Political Science at Queens College about the current crisis in Haiti due to the president's assassination in July.
Oct 06, 2021•24 min•Season 13Ep. 40
Host Sheryl McCarthy discusses a hot topic today -- Critical Race Theory -- with Terry Watson, Associate Professor from City College. What IS critical race theory? Why is it getting so much attention now? And what will be the result of banning it?
Sep 15, 2021•24 min•Season 13Ep. 39
Carrying a bundle of newspapers and shouting out the day’s headlines on city streets, the newsboy is an American icon. Featured in photographs, paintings, comic strips and public statues, he’s touted as someone who is quintessentially American. Who is—or was-- he? Why does he loom so large in the public imagination? And is he even always a boy? Vincent DiGirolamo, associate professor of history at Baruch College, answers these questions in his engaging book,“Crying the News: A History of America...
Jun 30, 2021•26 min•Season 13Ep. 38
Medgar Evers College is one of eleven four-year colleges in the City University system. Located in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, it was named after the late civil rights activist Medgar Evers, and was created with the mission of empowering and providing educational opportunities to the city’s educationally underserved black communities.
Jun 15, 2021•27 min•Season 13Ep. 37
Since last year, Asian-Americans have experienced a 150% increase in violent attacks, according to some estimates. What has caused this surge in anti Asian feelings? How does prejudice against Asians and the stereotyping of people of Asian ancestry play out every day? And how do all of us lose out as a result?
May 26, 2021•28 min•Season 13Ep. 36
Should Puerto Rico become a state? Over the last 50 years Washington lawmakers have introduced more than 100 bills to resolve Puerto Rico’s status, but none of them have gone anywhere. Now, there are two bills before the House of Representatives that could decide the island’s status once and for all. Is Congress finally ready to make Puerto Rico a state? And if so, how would that benefit the island?
May 12, 2021•27 min•Season 13Ep. 35
Shonna Trinch, sociolinguist and Edward Snajdr, cultural anthropologist, both faculty members in the Department of Anthropology at John Jay College, and authors of “What the Signs Say: Language, Gentrification and Place-making in Brooklyn.
Apr 28, 2021•27 min•Season 13Ep. 34
Robert Jones Jr. takes an intimate look at homosexual love between two teen-aged slaves on a Mississippi cotton plantation
Apr 14, 2021•28 min•Season 13Ep. 33
The British Royal family has renewed discussions of the centuries old issue of Colorism @onetoone discuss the topic with City College Prof. Vanessa Valdes
Mar 31, 2021•28 min•Season 13Ep. 32
Who's responsible for misinformation and disinformation on the internet
Mar 17, 2021•24 min•Season 13Ep. 31
“Remains to be Seen,”offers a rare perspective on former industrial, commercial, residential and natural sites across the U.S.
Mar 03, 2021•25 min•Season 13Ep. 30
Learn why CUNY's Graduate Center is one of the top places for a graduate education in the country. A conversation with Dr. Robin Garrell, the new President of the Graduate Center.
Feb 17, 2021•27 min•Season 13Ep. 29
Host Sheryl McCarthy speaks with Tamara Payne, co-author of "The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X" which just won the National Book Award.
Feb 03, 2021•28 min•Season 13Ep. 28
Can Stoicism, an ancient Roman/Greek philosophy, help us live a modern life today? A talk with Massimo Pigliucci about new book "A Field Guide to a Happy Life: 53 Brief Lessons for Living."
Jan 20, 2021•27 min•Season 13Ep. 27
Author Margot Mifflin talks about her new acclaimed book, "Looking for Miss America: A Pageant's 100 year Old Quest to Define Womanhood". She chronicles the history of an American institution that held generations of girls and woman in thrall.
Jan 06, 2021•27 min•Season 13Ep. 26
Host Sheryl Mccarthy talks with filmmaker Yoruba Richen about new New York Times documentary "The Killing of Breonna Taylor", now streaming on Hulu. It delves into the background of the shooting and whether justice was served for Breonna Taylor.
Dec 16, 2020•26 min•Season 13Ep. 25
Why do we need the ERA amendment today? Host Sheryl McCarthy talks with CUNY Prof. Julie Suk about her new book, "We the Woman:The Unstoppable Mothers of the Equal Rights Amendment".
Dec 02, 2020•22 min•Season 13Ep. 24
Host Sheryl McCarthy interviews CUNY Professor Eileen Markey, author of "Without Compromise" about the Village Voice investigative reporter Wayne Barrett. Find out how he changed investigative journalism.
Nov 18, 2020•26 min•Season 13Ep. 23
Host Sheryl McCarthy interviews Johanna Fernández, author of "The Young Lords: A Radical History", one of the most influential political and social activist groups of the 60's and 70's in NYC.
Oct 21, 2020•Season 13Ep. 22
CUNY Law Professor Frank Deale talks about the history of voter suppression and the risks of it in the upcoming Presidential elections on "One to One with Sheryl McCarthy".
Oct 07, 2020•22 min•Season 13Ep. 21
Host Sheryl McCarthy welcomes Harold Holzer, Abraham Lincoln and Civil War leading authority, to talk about the removal of Confederate statues and his new book "The President's vs. the Press". CUNY TV, September 15, 9:00PM.
Sep 16, 2020•27 min•Season 13Ep. 20
Did you know there is no Federal anti-lynching law even with the Black Lives Matter protests and murder of George Floyd? Find out why on "One to One" from Gloria Brown-Marshall, Professor of Constitutional Law at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
Jul 22, 2020•28 min•Season 13Ep. 19
The new Queens College President Frank H. Wu sits down with host Sheryl McCarthy to discuss his plans for this ethnically diverse college and his thoughts about today's racial justice issues. Wu is the first Asian-American at the helm of QC.
Jul 08, 2020•27 min•Season 13Ep. 18
Author and poet Honor Moore talks to host Sheryl McCarthy about “Our Revolution”, her new memoir of her mother, Jenny McKean Moore, mother of 9 and wife of Episcopal Bishop Paul Moore Jr., who battled to become a more modern woman.
Jun 17, 2020•25 min•Season 13Ep. 17
Black communities have been heavily targeted by police during COVID-19. Writer and journalist Jill Nelson shares her own personal story about being arrested for writing an anti-Trump message in chalk on a boarded-up building.
Jun 03, 2020•25 min•Season 13Ep. 16
Back in March, the 2020 Census forms were sent to most American households, asking them to fill out the surveys and return them by April 1. But COVID-19 has set back a lot of things.
May 13, 2020•26 min•Season 13Ep. 15