Emmanuel Dzotsi
Emmanuel Dzotsi is an award-winning journalist and podcast host. Over the last decade he’s reported stories on everything from backroom deals for political power, the strange phenomenon of white people…
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What happens when a black icon refuses to make white audiences comfortable? This episode traces Muhammad Ali’s BBC interviews—full of swagger and wit, fury and fallout—to reveal how he reshaped media, protest and public speech. Along the way: Vietnam, the Nation of Islam, Joe Frazier, and a blueprint every outspoken Black celebrity still wrestles with today.
Additional archive: When We Were Kings, PolyGram Film Productions, 1996
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Kai Wright
Kai Wright is an award-winning writer, editor, and podcast host. He was host, most recently, of WNYC’s Notes from America, which aired live each week on public radio stations around…
