<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[ContrabandCamp:  Blacksplained]]></title><description><![CDATA[Each week, host Michael Harriot picks one question about history, politics, science, culture or anything else worth talking about. But instead of giving his opinion or sharing his feelings on the subject, he’ll bring in a scholar, expert or professional who actually knows what they’re talking about.]]></description><link>https://www.contrabandcamp.com/s/blacksplained</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!msz3!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb5633d6c-7c14-4481-8c7e-a739985a784f_1024x1024.png</url><title>ContrabandCamp:  Blacksplained</title><link>https://www.contrabandcamp.com/s/blacksplained</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 02:27:16 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.contrabandcamp.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Michael Harriot]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[michaelharriot@contrabandcamp.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[michaelharriot@contrabandcamp.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Michael Harriot]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Michael Harriot]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[michaelharriot@contrabandcamp.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[michaelharriot@contrabandcamp.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Michael Harriot]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Are You Media Literate? Blacksplained by Tiffany D. Cross ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Michael Harriot sits down with veteran journalist Tiffany D. Cross to discuss how racial bias, social media influencers, politics and artificial intelligence are changing the news and media landscape.]]></description><link>https://www.contrabandcamp.com/p/are-you-media-literate-blacksplained</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.contrabandcamp.com/p/are-you-media-literate-blacksplained</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Harriot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:38:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-video.s3.amazonaws.com/video_upload/post/214019069/2fea151b-1b29-4ccb-873f-f1c1fe123d8d/transcoded-1788457235.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A few headlines you&#8217;ll never see:</p><ul><li><p>Candidate Opposes  U.S.-Backed Genocide of Palestinians but Still Supports Jewish People and Israel&#8217;s Right to Exist</p></li><li><p>Officer Shoots Unarmed Man Who Attacked Him, According to Details of Uncorroborated Police Report We Didn&#8217;t Bother to Verify</p></li><li><p>Despite Claims of Pundits and People Who Struggle With Math, Election Data Shows N&#8230;</p></li></ul>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is the Internet Making Us Dumb? Blacksplained By Dr. April Scott, Actual Psychology Expert  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[A scholar and psychology professor with three degrees in psych Blacksplains bonnet hysteria, Yung Miami's rapping ability and whether social media is rotting our brains.]]></description><link>https://www.contrabandcamp.com/p/is-the-internet-making-us-dumb-blacksplained</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.contrabandcamp.com/p/is-the-internet-making-us-dumb-blacksplained</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Harriot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:12:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-video.s3.amazonaws.com/video_upload/post/211941064/96d4cec4-8bb4-467c-8208-fe2b805ac7ca/transcoded-1787224591.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you ever used the results of a BuzzFeed quiz as a medical diagnosis? </p><p>Did your therapist get her &#8220;doctorial&#8221; from the Kevin Samuel School for High Value Women?</p><p>Is your life coach on TikTok explaining why wearing a bonnet to class is a form of self-care?</p><p>Introducing the ContrabandCamp Clinic for Actual Psychology!</p><p>Whether it&#8217;s online trolls, uninformed &#8230;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why You Can Stop Crying About the 'Literacy Crisis,' Blacksplained by Dr. Ahmad R. Washington]]></title><description><![CDATA[According to the professor and department chair at the University of Louisville's School of Counseling and Human Development, America's literacy crisis is more complicated than you think.]]></description><link>https://www.contrabandcamp.com/p/why-you-can-stop-crying-about-the</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.contrabandcamp.com/p/why-you-can-stop-crying-about-the</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Harriot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:39:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210941818/b925412c109c6167af3b89348b5ff630.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Exactly 270 years before Dr. Ahmad R. Washington began teaching students at South Carolina&#8217;s largest historically Black university how to develop the minds and ambition of Black children, the Palmetto State&#8217;s General Assembly addressed a problem that threatened the existence of a yet-to-be-born country called America.</p><p>"[T]he having of slaves taught to wr&#8230;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Black Guy Who Tips Blacksplains How to Decolonize the Internet ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The OG of Black podcasters and host of the longest-running Black podcast discusses his origin story, pioneering the Black digital landscape and how it all began.]]></description><link>https://www.contrabandcamp.com/p/the-black-guy-who-tips-blacksplains</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.contrabandcamp.com/p/the-black-guy-who-tips-blacksplains</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Harriot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 21:20:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209966397/bb13feadb9784a55fbf77e2d160e4001.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What&#8217;s the difference between a trailblazer and a colonizer? A pioneer and an invader? An integrator or gentrifier?</p><p> If one white person moves onto Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., does that automatically mean they gentrified a Black neighborhood? If so, did <em>Brown v. Board</em> colonize white educational institutions? Is it even fair to call Christopher Columbus&#8230;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Sound White: Sunn m'Cheaux and Dr. Rachel E. Weissler Blacksplain Code-Switching ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is there such a thing as "sounding white"? When Post Malone uses a Blaccent, is he reverse code-switching? We found two experts to Blacksplain it.]]></description><link>https://www.contrabandcamp.com/p/how-to-sound-white-sunn-mcheaux-and</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.contrabandcamp.com/p/how-to-sound-white-sunn-mcheaux-and</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Harriot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:58:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209044371/71351a66b85dcdf1dcafd804ca4b715a.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170512043458/http://neguswhoread.com/sound-white-phone/">Nine years ago</a>, 17-year-old high school student Savanna Tomlinson broke the internet when she tweeted this picture of her yearbook photo:</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will the Internet Kill the Black Press? Blacksplained by Roland S. Martin ]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the 200th anniversary of the Black press approaches, journalist Roland S. Martin blacksplains why Black media is more necessary than ever, how it's changing and who can keep it alive.]]></description><link>https://www.contrabandcamp.com/p/will-the-internet-kill-the-black</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.contrabandcamp.com/p/will-the-internet-kill-the-black</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Harriot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 21:00:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207987279/ef0e54ab76ab94efb3dce5fcf2b67d15.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><em>When one pauses to examine the internal forces that have developed the Negro&#8217;s conscienceness and dignity, when one thinks of the forces that have cemented the Negro community, one immediately thinks of the Negro Press...It is one major voice of the conscience of our nation. </em></p><p><em>The 205 journals of Negro opinions say every day to the American people: &#8220;The s&#8230;</em></p></blockquote>
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