Episode 530: Vann R. Newkirk II

Published: April 12, 2023, 8:39 a.m.

b'Vann Newkirk II is a senior editor at\\xa0The Atlantic and the host of Floodlines: The Story of an Unnatural Disaster. His new podcast is\\xa0Holy Week: The Story of a Revolution Undone.\\n\\u201cI\\u2019m often toggling between environmental justice, between the history of race and racial organization in America. And to me, they\\u2019re all one story, and I\\u2019m trying to tell the story about how the conditions of marginalization in America have made and shaped the present. That\\u2019s it. That\\u2019s one story.\\u201d\\nShow notes:\\n\\nNewkirk II on Longform\\n\\nNewkirk II\\u2019s\\xa0Atlantic\\xa0archive\\n\\n04:00\\xa0Floodlines\\xa0(The Atlantic \\u2022 2020)\\n\\n08:00\\xa0\\u201cThe New Coretta Scott King: Emerging From the Legacy\\u201d\\xa0(Jaqueline Trescott \\u2022 The Washington Post \\u2022 Jan 1978)\\n\\n17:00\\xa0\\u201cI\\u2019ve Been to the Mountaintop\\u201d transcript\\xa0(Martin Luther King Jr. \\u2022 April 1968)\\n\\n42:00\\xa0\\u201cThe Battle for North Carolina\\u201d\\xa0(The Atlantic \\u2022 Oct 2016)\\n\\n43:00\\xa0\\u201cPuerto Rico\\u2019s Environmental Catastrophe\\u201d\\xa0(The Atlantic \\u2022 Oct 2017)\\n\\n53:00\\xa0\\u201cThe Case for a Voting-Rights Amendment\\u201d\\xa0(The Atlantic \\u2022 Feb 2021)\\n\\n53:00\\xa0\\u201cThe Great Land Robbery\\u201d\\xa0(The Atlantic \\u2022 Sept 2019)\\n\\n53:00\\xa0\\u201cTexas Voter-Fraud Claims Don\\u2019t Have to Be True to Achieve Their Goal\\u201d\\xa0(The Atlantic \\u2022 Feb 2019)\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'