Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
A Metro bus driver preaches politics to his passengers, trying to get them excited about the upcoming Mayoral Election. He attracts media attention, and the attention of Metro’s Human Resources office, which fires him for violating a personnel policy unrelated to his politicking. Kojo talks with Sidney Davis about his activism, and how his two decades in Lorton prison transformed his life.
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
Kojo talks with author Briana Thomas about her book “Black Broadway In Washington D.C.,” and the District’s rich Black history.
Poet, essayist and editor Kevin Young is the second director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. He joins Kojo to talk about his vision for the museum and how it can help us make sense of this moment in history.
Ms. Woodruff joins us to talk about her successful career in broadcasting, how the field of journalism has changed over the decades and why she chose to make D.C. home.