With a Little Help From My Friends

Anita Hill speaks with her friends Emma Coleman Jordan and Beverly Guy Sheftall, feminists, activists and scholars, about their work and her friendships with them over the decades. The events of 1991 challenged each in different ways; together they forged a path forward with the support of each oth…

Diversifying Silicon Valley with Arlan Hamilton

Arlan Hamilton is not the typical Silicon Valley venture capitalist. She built a venture capital fund from the ground up while experiencing homelessness.  Anita Hill sits down with Hamilton to discuss the personal obstacles Hamilton faced as well as how she is providing solutions to the systemic di…

The Power of Social Sculpture with Rick Lowe

Anita Hill speaks with Gagosian artist and social sculptor Rick Lowe about his Project Row Houses, which redefined space in one Houston neighborhood and is a direct investment in his community’s future. Lowe explains the role of creativity and art in helping people imagine equality for themselves. …

Making Space for Art and Community with Thelma Golden

Anita Hill speaks with Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem, about the roles space and representation play in achieving equality and how museums are being reinvented to reflect diverse artists and audiences.   If you’d like to keep up with the most recent news …

Reclaiming Black Girlhood

Anita Hill interviews author and educator Monique Morris about the adultification of Black and Brown girls, the scrutiny their bodies and behaviors receive, and the work Dr. Morris is doing to shift the narrative around Black girlhood.  If you’d like to keep up with the most recent news from this …

Misty Copeland on Her Own Terms

Anita Hill interviews ballet dancer Misty Copeland about her experience in the predominantly white ballet world, her leading role at American Ballet Theatre, and how she built a career on her own terms.  If you’d like to keep up with the most recent news from this and other Pushkin podcasts be su…

Anita Hill on Talk Easy

This week, we're sharing a conversation Anita Hill had on another Pushkin show, Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso. Talk Easy is a different kind of interview show, where guests slow down and share how they arrived at the place they're at today—and where they hope to go tomorrow. In this episode, Anita rep…

The Conversation About Cosby with W. Kamau Bell

What do you think of when you hear the name Bill Cosby? Anita Hill speaks with W. Kamau Bell, the creator of the new documentary series, “We Need to Talk About Cosby,” about how to have difficult conversations, like the one in Bell’s film which reckons with Cosby’s achievements as well as his trans…

Believing Women from Well-Read Black Girl

Sharing an episode of another show from Pushkin, Well-Read Black Girl: Host Glory Edim talks to Anita about her latest book, Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence. They discuss the need to believe women when they're brave enough to speak their truth, and the work Hill does with …

Revisiting #OscarsSoWhite with CEO of The Academy

Dawn Hudson, the C.E.O. of the Academy of Motion Pictures, talks with Anita Hill about the legacy of #OscarsSoWhite and why the hashtag still has relevance 7 years later. When will more people of color be recognized at the Oscars?   If you’d like to keep up with the most recent news from this and …