About this podcast
Happy Forgetting is an anthology about the racial justice histories we remember, the ones we forget, what we deny and what we bury. And why those stories must be retold. Hosted by journalist Ruxandra Guidi, Happy Forgetting's personal and opinionated audio essays and documentaries remind us that progress isn't linear. With stories from Yohance Lacour (You Didn't See Nothin) and John Biewen (Scene on Radio) and others, and funding from the Open Society Foundations.
Episodes
- Coming Home · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 6At a Carnival party in Florida, music, dance, resistance and rebellion are woven together in celebration of the African diaspora. Produced by Natalie Peart. Learn more about your…
- Risking Lives · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 5By 1964, the struggle was on in America for something resembling a multiracial democracy. This is the story of a complicated yet creative plan to shine a harsh light on…
- Finding the Wisdom · 35 min · Season 1 Episode 4Mapping Indigenous identities, birthing practices and knowledge across two lands, from Pájaro, California, to San Martin Peras, Oaxaca, as climate and other injustices turn…
- Recognizing Betrayal · 31 min · Season 1 Episode 3Storyteller and teacher Salifu Mack reflects on what land meant to his Gullah Geechee ancestors, and how a series of betrayals, fast and slow, have nearly severed those ties. But…
- Doing the Work · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 2Racial justice victories are hard to come by in Chicago. And yet, eight years ago, Cook County elected the first Black woman to lead its State’s Attorney Office. With a focus on…
- Knowing Your History · 47 min · Season 1 Episode 1Lillie Morrell Burkhart was a wealthy and generous free thinker born in 1907, one year after the Osage Allotment Act was passed, giving the Osage control over oil production in…
- Introducing Happy Forgetting · 4 min · Season 1 Episode 1Happy Forgetting is an anthology podcast about revolutionaries and their movements—what we remember, and what we forget about racial justice wins in America. Happy Forgetting…
