Seizing Freedom Creators & Guests

Joshua Moore is the host of Nashville Public Radio's podcast Versify, a show where a person tells a story, and in a matter of minutes, that story becomes a poem. In each episode, Joshua guide listeners through this journey. Joshua is also currently at MFA candidate at Vanderbilt University.

Ronald Young Jr. always had a desire to be heard, so he created, host, and produced two podcasts. The first is dedicated to exploring shared experiences related to race, friendship, dating, divorce, and other important things like prom. The other combines his love of movies and his love of talking and is dedicated to reviewing movies he saw in the theater (and now from his quarantine couch). Producer, planner, and storyteller, He's sought out every opportunity to create quality audio content. He is experienced in the entire podcast lifecycle to include scripting, recording, editing, mixing, mastering, distribution, and marketing. He hopes to join an established team with a broad audience to continue producing quality audio content.

Kelly is a freelance producer and editor, currently working for VPM and the Race, Religion, and Democracy Lab at UVA.She used to be a producer for BackStory, which she joined after a brief and sordid affair with graduate-level philosophy in Guelph, Canada.There, she started a nationally syndicated radio show and podcast called Pioneer Radio, got some training at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, won a Third Coast Short Doc award for a three-minute piece about poutine, produced a documentary for the BBC about firearm suicide, and started a family.She developed, produced, edited, and hosted a podcast through NPR’s Storytelling Lab called “Do Over” about regret and the strange terror of the choices we make.

Mariame Kaba is an activist and organizer.

Dr. Blair L.M. Kelley is an author, historian, and scholar of the African American experience. Currently, Kelley is a Professor of Southern Studies at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and the director of the Center for the Study of the American South. She produced and hosted the podcast "Historical Blackness."Kelley's work has appeared in The Root, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Grio, and Ebony. Her first book, "Right to Ride: Streetcar Boycotts and African American Citizenship in the Era of Plessy v. Ferguson," was published in 2010. Her second book, "Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class," was published in 2023.Kelley received her B.A. in History and African American Studies from the University of Virginia, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in History from Duke University.

Adam Serwer is a political journalist, currently writing for The Atlantic. His work focuses on white supremacy, race in America, and the Trump administration.Serwer was raised in Washington, D.C. He received his B.A. from Vassar College and his M.A. from Columbia University's School of Journalism.After graduating, Serwer became a writing fellow at The American Prospect. He went on to work at Mother Jones, the Atlantic, MSNBC, The Washington Post, Jack and Jill Politics, Salon, and BuzzFeed News. Serwer has appeared on other media such as All Things Considered, The Opposition with Jordan Klepper, In the Thick, and On My Mind with Diane Rehm to discuss his writing.