Kevin Chang Barnum
Producer, DisruptedKevin Chang Barnum is a producer for 黑料吃瓜网 Radio鈥檚 weekly show Disrupted. Kevin grew up in 黑料吃瓜网 and started his radio work at his graduate university鈥檚 radio station, KUCI. He has also worked for HRN, a network of food and beverage podcasts.
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We discuss the book 'Bad Company' this hour on Disrupted, and the omnipresence of private equity firms鈥攖heir impact on media, retail, politics, healthcare and housing. -
This hour, we break down a pivotal year in history with Peniel E. Joseph, the author of 'Freedom Season: How 1963 Transformed America鈥檚 Civil Rights Revolution.' -
We look at the tradition of Juneteenth and recognize its importance as a time to learn more about Black history in the U.S. -
While writing The Trouble of Color, historian Martha S. Jones saw how the complexities of her racial identity had been part of her family for generations. -
Freedom Reads, a 黑料吃瓜网-based nonprofit, delivers bookcases full of new books to prisons across the country. Nearly 50 prisons across the country now have bookcases. -
We speak with two high school students who have pushed for expanded access to transportation, and we learn about the history of high school activism, including instances of FBI surveillance. -
It has been five years since George Floyd was murdered. We'll discuss whether rates of police violence have changed and try to understand the broader historical context of 2020's protests. -
In this hour, we talk about what it's like to be a student journalist today with the Executive Director of the Student Press Law Center and a panel of student journalists. -
Bestselling writer Thi Bui reflects on her family's journey out of Vietnam and talks about co-editing an issue of McSweeney's released on the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam war. -
Historian Rebecca L. Davis has heard a lot of false claims about the history of sexuality. She joins us to explain why that history is more complex than many believe.
