This podcast does nothing to mend and heal, only to bring up the racism of 0.00001% of whites. They then say things about white people that are wildly racist. Garbage.

I am so grateful to have free access to Dr Kendi’s podcast episodes — much like hearing an audiobook recorded by the author, hearing experts introduce, frame, and build contexts and concepts is “next level.” Dr Kendi and other expert voices in our current culture provide white people like my family an opportunity to learn things which have been intentionally left out of our history classes and our family stories, which in turn leaves us ignorant of the racist hallmarks and foundations of our present-day social, political, and business institutions. Learning and unlearning are happening together. It is not enough to “not be racist” — it is imperative to be antiracist. Thank you Dr Kendi and Puskin for creating and sharing this podcast!

1-star reviews are seeking only to be divisive. This podcast is insightful, honest, poignant, and seeds you to a myriad of other books and podcasts to expand your thinking.

This is the worst podcast.

Not intellectual in any way. Anti-historical nonsense. I'd recommend some time spent with real intellectuals like Thomas Sowell or Clarence Thomas, if I thought it would do Kendi any good, but it's obvious he's just here to grift based on race.

If you want a podcast of dogmatic, cult-like recitations of platitudes and conspiracy theories and empty statements that only survive within the echo chamber from which they were uttered, this is the show for you. Ibram X Kendi isn’t a sophisticated or careful thinker, he isn’t interested in examining an issue with any ounce of objectivity or getting at the truth. In fact, he, like all his guests, seems to see objectivity as the enemy. Rational thinking, reason, patience, and nuance are off the table in Ibram’s world. In his world, these things are vile and corrupt, they are tools of oppression (like many things in the show, stated without argument or evidence). True to his public image outside the podcast, he refuses to challenge or be challenged on his show. His beliefs are so holy and sacred that questioning them is an act of heresy. His episodes are recited like a sermon for the faithful, not directed at thoughtful listeners. He thinks in black and white and in oversimplified terms, which guarantees his interpretation of everything will be simplistic and backwards. This podcast doesn’t exist to examine ideas and work out the best solutions to problems — he doesn’t even show an interest in understanding the problems he discusses — it exists for him to read a script to the audience and feature guests who share his ideological biases. It is indoctrination, but not a very interesting sort. After hearing one episode, or having read one of Ibram’s articles, one can predict with good precision the things he’s going to say next, predict his thoughts on every issue devoid of reason, and will become rich if they gamble on him never trying to formulate a coherent defense of his ideas. Take the episode on Prison and Police Abolition, for example. The whole episode is platitudes and context-less assertions grounded in a total ignorance of real life. Neither he or his guest show an ability to understand the things they want to abolish. They have a meme-riddled oversimplified worldview. When Ibram asks his guest how, in a world without prisons or police, we would stay safe or prevent crimes or deal with violent killers and rapists, she dodges the question with an inelegant answer: a question of her own that shows she has missed the point and doesn’t understand the very basic human concern. “Ask yourself what you’re really afraid of,” is the gist of her reply. That isn’t an answer. This tactless burden-shift is used by people who haven’t thought seriously about their views, and don’t want to admit it. It’s clear why she wouldn’t want to admit it. This is where her worldview falls apart into a puddle of inadequacies, contradictions, fallacies, and failures. Ibram doesn’t catch this, or doesn’t care, and throughout his softball interview and his “ooohs” and “ahhhs” at her banal statements, he only offers a mindless agreement with the most vacuous thoughts I think I’ve ever heard in a podcast. She has no solutions to real problems, only hyperbolic and fairytale thinking about things that should be handled with intelligence and care. This episode, like others, relies on the formula of regurgitating debunked myths about reality, appealing to base emotion rather than thought, engaging groupthink, and misrepresenting apparently everything outside of their tiny Overton window. There is no analytical substance to this show. It is shallow propaganda that hits all the notes of a cult’s audio newsletter. If you want to see how it has sent ripples of cultish thinking outward, look at many of the 5 star reviews. A lot of these say almost nothing of substance about the show, and instead criticize and demonize the show’s critics (1 star reviewers). This is what cults do. See Scientology for example. Cults don’t engage with critics because they’ve dehumanized critics to be beneath them, and will never face their good faith criticisms with honesty. The same is true of Kendi.

Let’s look at the real issue. Democrats & Republicans keeping us against each other. The Democratic Party sure didn’t abolish slavery

And a must listen for white folks.

This is just another way for the party elites to keep all small people fighting each other Divide and conquer.

Dash of racism, splash of conspiracy theorizing, and a whole lot of activism. Nothing of intellectual note, but good to hear these voices speak for themselves.

This the podcast for you. Just listen. If you’re here it’s because you want to become more antiracist, or you are racist and want to take down a black man for putting himself out there to make the world a little more antiracist. Question your politics, expand your knowledge on topics concerning racism, embrace the work someone else did FOR YOU, and be grateful. I’m sad there hasn’t been an update since august because this is something special.

This is so needed and vital. Everyone should listen. Thank you for your work and emotional labor.

…are deliberately irate or snarky. Ignore these disingenuous comments, and be open to what some consider an “opposing viewpoint.” Here’s a place to start!

This seems like racism towards white people and this will not solve anything. MLK will soon be viewed as a bad guy, because he wanted us to accept everyone regardless of skin color, to not notice it. Kendi makes everything about race to the point that it divided people. It feels like he’s weaponizing empathy and he’s encouraging all “non whites” see whites as the bad guy, even descendants who had nothing to do with anything of the past. Privilege is the new original sin and this is bordering on new religion and at worst a cult. I can’t stand with him in his seemingly unending hatred for white people. It’s not right. It’s simply not right.

Listen for yourself. The bad reviews seem awfully suspicious.

Mr. Kendi’s podcast is informative, enlightening, and a great resource for anyone striving to be anti-racist. His selection of guests and topics are thoughtful and thought-provoking.

White College students will love it and brag to any black person they meet how much they love it.

Need I say more? How to get people to parrot your racist trash? Simply speak it from a black voice, then it becomes progress.

I adore everything that Ibram creates (go read his books!!) but this podcast is exceptionally special. It serves up plate sized lesions and discussions, with clear themes that are easily sharable and ravenously digested. Not only do I recommend this podcast to everyone. But I SHARE specific relavent episodes with everyone. Please listen.. this podcast is one of the best that Apple Podcast’s has to offer. - thank you Ibram for you beautiful and deeply impactful work. This world needs you.

This racist grifter is making millions going around telling everyone they are racist lol but he’s the real racist.Amazing. On the other hand white liberals love being humiliated

Each episode I listen to is just better than the last! Incredibly well done. Best of HumanKind!

He’s not about loving all people, just stirring everyone up to anger against each other. It’s because of people like Ibram that hate among humans isn’t behind us.

So grateful for this podcast and for your work, Dr. Kendi. You know when there’s a slew of angry white men leaving reviews, you’re doing something right.

You can’t fight racism with racism

Black supremacy at its finest. You will love this podcast if you are into this sort of thing. Amazing…

He tries to fight racism by being a racist.

Too much racism from the show.

A podcast for white liberal men listen to while the bull f!cks their wife

He is a racist.

Fellow liberals! Stop fooling yourself into thinking this nonsense has coherence and is doing anything good for our society. It’s not. I urge anyone to look up Kendi’s response to the question “what is racism?” at the aspen ideas festival. If you think this intellectual dishonesty would fly with literally anyone else, you’re crazy. Making a dummy like Kendi a thought leader is why sensible people think progressives are losing the plot. And they are right. And it’s why people in the middle looking for common sense are increasingly turning away from the Democratic Party and progressive ideas. Progressives. Wake up. Walk away from this stuff.

I learned an unbelievable amount from How to be an Antiracist and Stamped from the Beginning

Too many generalizations. I think this information is more widely know that you state.

Garbage like everything else this idiot spouts

Who in right mind would listen to this trash, what a total and complete dumpster fire 🔥

Your a race baiter who seeks to convince your own kind they are destined to fail and your convincing weak caucasians they are are your savors! It’s gross and untrue on both accounts and America isn’t putting up with your racist ideals bigot!

Kendi is just the 2nd coming of race profiteers of the past like Sharpton and Jackson. He has no interest in bettering society, he’s only interested in dividing people and stoking anger for profit. He’s exactly what he accuses the “other side” of being.

This anti-American racist philosophy is unsustainable in the United States. Whoever subscribes to this racist anti-American philosophy is either naïve, very unintelligent, or just plain evil. This is the United States, take your hate someplace else.

I don’t like it when people use the word “literally” figuratively, but Ibram X. Kendi is literally a racist and has grifted his way to an unreal pay day off of this pseudo-intellectual dribble.

I’m always willing to listen, learn, and grow to be a better ally. Our community needs folks to understand the nuances of Racism and how we (especially white folks, I’m one whole white folk) can always do better. To be Antiracist is to understand and break down forming hierarchy’s between people from under represented groups to form a better, inclusive, and equitable future. This is for everyone, especially the folks one-staring the podcast cause they can’t see past their own politics or false understanding of racism. No one is thrilled when we realized we made a racist comment or a hurtful advance, BUT so long as we work to progress and be better, especially to and around our communities, that’s what being Anti-racist is about.

Very thoughtful and interesting. Host and guests are intelligent and informative.

Teaches me how to be anti racist by hating myself and all white people and anything western culture has ever produced. I think I’m just going to kill myself to make the world a better place. And it’s all thanks to anti racism!

The reviews don't pass the vibe check.

leftist garbage

TY

I was hoping for much more intellectual rigor but was very disappointed. Assertions are made that are not just controversial but are way out of touch with reality. Serious thinkers will be left wanting.

Thank you for your kind sensitive and fiercely inspirational anti racism! You are a compassionate role model for all races. I especially loved your season finale with Cathy Park Hong and citing the Bandung Asia Africa Conference. Be anti racist!

A lot of people are going to criticize this podcast, but I hope you keep going like you have with all your work, because these conversations are so important for people to hear, including myself. I am constantly learning each week.

Today it’s Dictatorship of the Antiracists instead of Dictatorship of the Proletariat. Systemic racism is the new name for class struggle. Solidarity is the new name for revolutionary consciousness. An antiracist is just another name for a Critical Race Theorist. Equity and Justice are just new names for the same old Communist utopia. This is the same Marxist lie that had destroyed millions of lives over hundreds of years. Resist antiracism.

Amazing and very informative!

Thank you for an informative, thought provoking, put into action season Professor & team. Looking forward to next season. Hello from Indiana.