Go on a journey with Anna DeShawn to explore the history, economics, and culture of HIV/AIDS in the Black community. Through interviews and personal stories Anna and her co-host Duane Cramer explore the shame, stigma, and solutions.

This podcast is set to premiere Tuesday, February 7th on Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. 

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About Our Hosts

Anna & Duane met while Anna was covering the 35th anniversary of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in San Francisco. During this podcast they will combine Anna's hosting & journalism experience with Duane's HIV advocacy & lived experience to give listeners the holistic perspective needed to understand the impact this disease is having on the Black community today.

More about the podcast

Today, HIV doesn't have the same hold it once did due to tireless advocacy, funding, and science. People aren't dying at alarming rates but we still haven't met the goal of zero new infections. It's a preventable disease that doesn't have a cure but it does have solutions. So, why do Black people in the South comprise 38% of the population but 52% of all new HIV infections? How has what reportedly began in California in 1981 found its way to the South in 2022? This is what we will explore in this podcast Black HIV in the South: How Did We Get Here?

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This is a production of The Qube. The Qube is a podcast production company and curated platform to discover the best BIPOC & QTPOC podcasts. Follow @thequbeapp across soc ial. 

Produced by Latrice Sampson Richards of STS Productions. 

Editing & Sound Design by Dae Williams of Birden Mack Creative Studio.