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Baratunde Thurston, Raquel Cepeda, and Tanner Colby join Anna Holmes to discuss their favorite new TV series, “Atlanta,” who it’s made for, and why it makes them uncomfortable in a good way. (SPOILERS!)

Raquel Cepeda and Tanner Colby join Anna Holmes to talk about listener feedback to episdoe #1642, “Fight For Your Voting Rights” and more.

Anna Holmes and Tanner Colby are joined by The Nation’s Ari Berman to talk about the last presidential debate, a little history on voting rights, and what’s stopping people of color from voting in bigger numbers today.

Anna Holmes and producer A.C. Valdez are joined by The Nation’s Ari Berman to discuss listener feedback about episode #1641-B: “Asian-Americans Represent!” and more.

Uyen Tieu of I Am Asian American and The Mashup Americans’ Amy Choi join Anna Holmes to talk about the political and cultural representation of Asian Americans. We want you to tell us about the podcasts you enjoy, and how often you listen to them. So we created a survey that takes just a couple of minutes to complete. If you fill it out, you'll help Panoply to make great podcasts about the things you love. And things you didn’t even know you loved. To fill out the survey, just go to www.megaphone.fm/survey

Uyen Tieu of I Am Asian American and The Mashup Americans’ Amy Choi join Anna Holmes to discuss listener feedback to episode #1640: What Do You Mean, Community Policing? We want you to tell us about the podcasts you enjoy, and how often you listen to them. So we created a survey that takes just a couple of minutes to complete. If you fill it out, you'll help Panoply to make great podcasts about the things you love. And things you didn’t even know you loved. To fill out the survey, just go to www.megaphone.fm/survey

Anna Holmes and Raquel Cepeda are joined by WNYC’s Lee Hill to discuss the vice presidential debate and what exactly politicians mean when they talk about community policing. We want you to tell us about the podcasts you enjoy, and how often you listen to them. So we created a survey that takes just a couple of minutes to complete. If you fill it out, you'll help Panoply to make great podcasts about the things you love. And things you didn’t even know you loved. To fill out the survey, just go to www.megaphone.fm/survey

Anna Holmes and Raquel Cepeda are joined by WNYC’s Lee Hill to discuss listener feedback to episode 1639, “Podcasting from Donald Trump’s Hell.” We want you to tell us about the podcasts you enjoy, and how often you listen to them. So we created a survey that takes just a couple of minutes to complete. If you fill it out, you'll help Panoply to make great podcasts about the things you love. And things you didn’t even know you loved. To fill out the survey, just go to www.megaphone.fm/survey

Hosts Anna Holmes, Raquel Cepeda, Tanner Colby, and Baratunde Thurston come together to dissect the first 2016 presidential debate.

Anna Holmes and the original About Race crew of Baratunde Thurston, Raquel Cepeda, and Tanner Colby take a listen to your feedback on episode 1638: “The Press, The Election, and Race.”

Anna Holmes, Tanzina Vega, and Tanner Colby are joined by Jamelle Bouie to discuss the way the press has handled issues of race throughout the presidential election season, as well as the implications of the police assassinations of Black men in Tulsa and Charlotte.

Anna Holmes, Tanner Colby, and Tanzania Vega discuss listener feedback to episode 1637, Ladies First.

It’s the first ever all-woman episode of About Race as Raquel Cepeda returns to talk with Anna Holmes and Rebecca Carroll about Marco “That taco truck Trump supporter guy” Gutierrez and whether we can expect a “Blacklash” to the current moment in Black creativity. 

Anna Holmes is joined by Raquel Cepeda and Rebecca Carroll to discuss listener responses to episode 1636, Is Kaepernick Kicking A Hornet’s Nest?

Anna Holmes and Tanner Colby are joined by MTV News Senior National Correspondent Jamil Smith to talk about Colin Kaepernick, Donald Trump’s appearance at a Black Detroit church, and the Dakota Access Pipeline. 

Anna Holmes and Tanner Colby are joined by MTV News Senior National Correspondent Jamil Smith to hear your reactions to our discussion about Nate Parker and Georgetown’s first steps at addressing its role in slavery.

Co-discussants Tanner Colby, Anna Holmes, and Baratunde Thurston are joined by writer Roxane Gay to tackle the many dimensions of the rape scandal surrounding The Birth of a Nation filmmaker Nate Parker, as well as Georgetown University’s initial steps to acknowledge the role of its legacy of slavery.

Hi everyone! We're coming back on September 2nd, with Baratunde, Tanner, Raquel, and the newest member of About Race, Anna Holmes. We'll also be featuring guests from all kinds of backgrounds, and responding, as always, to listener emails and voice memos (send them to showaboutrace@gmail.com). Save the date, tell your friends to subscribe, and believe us when we say we won't stop until racism is over. 

Hosts Raquel Cepeda, Baratunde Thurston, and Tanner Colby miss their listeners. Here they come together to discuss the next season, Hillary versus Bernie, #OscarsSoWhite, Beyoncé's "Formation," and what's next.

Hosts Raquel Cepeda, Baratunde Thurston, and Tanner Colby, and special guest Jay Kang of the New York Times magazine debate whether xenophobia is quintessentially American and critique Aziz Ansari’s new Netflix show. Our National Conversation About Conversations About Race is brought to you by the Rachel Maddow show on MSNBC. Watch Rachel as she breaks down the big headlines for the local threads that tie them all together, weeknights at 9 Eastern, only on MSNBC.