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Eddie S. Glaude Jr. on AMERICA, U.S.A.

Jul 21, 2026

America, U.S.A. by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. is a gripping exploration of the United States' history and its anniversaries. Eddie joins us to talk about storytelling, music, the semiquincentennial, language, W.E.B. Du Bois, James Baldwin and more with host Miwa Messer.

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.                    

New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.

Featured Books (Episode):
America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadow's the Nation's Anniversaries by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
The 42nd Parallel: The U.S.A. Trilogy, Volume 1 by John Dos Passos
The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois
Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families by J. Anthony Lukas
Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 by Eric Foner
Black Reconstruction in America, 1860-1880 by W.E.B. Du Bois
Slave Religion: The "Invisible Institution" in the Antebellum South by Albert J. Raboteau
Race Matters by Cornel West
Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People by Imani Perry
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
The Evidence of Things Not Seen by James Baldwin
How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith


Featured Books (TBR Top Off):
America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadow's the Nation's Anniversaries by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. 
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
The War Within a War: The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home by Wil Haygood