As the Israel-Hamas War evolves, what is the role of journalists and historians in deciphering the crisis? As professionals, they are trained to be well-researched, well-sourced, “objective,” and to cover “both sides” of a debate. But, what of context? That’s the question when journalist Laura Flanders joins Janus Adams for a rare conversation of this scope and magnitude by two veteran women journalists: one British-American and White, the other Afri-Caribbean-American and Black; both wary of answers, knowing that what the situation calls for is questions—not to mention: critical thinking. Laura Flanders is the Host and Executive Producer of "The Laura Flanders Show," which airs on PBS stations nationwide. She is an Izzy-Award winning independent journalist, a New York Times bestselling author, and the recipient of the Pat Mitchell Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women’s Media Center.

LAURA FLANDERS, Setting the Clock by Janus Adams

Chloe Dulce Louvouezo, author and podcaster, brings us her "undertaking of the heart"―a book so needed and so right for these times, "LIFE, I SWEAR: Intimate Stories from Black Women on Identity, Healing, and Self-Trust." With this interview, Chloe gifts us "the irony, the challenge, the faith, the resilience, the sweet manifestation, the ugly chaos, and the calm―all the ebbs and flows that frame how we experience and interpret this life." And, what a life it is―and has been―for African American women!

Decades after writing "St. Stephen: A Passion Play," Janus Adams' play takes on new life.

DeNeen L. Brown, REPORTER by Janus Adams

Janus Adams remembers Harry Belafonte--the musician and human rights activist--who, together with Sidney Poitier, was her first interview as an NPR correspondent.

DAVID LESTER, graphic novelist, and MARCUS REDIKER, historian, on the story behind their graphic non-fiction novel: PROPHET AGAINST SLAVERY. Based on Rediker's book, "THE FEARLESS BENJAMIN LAY: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist."

Journey to the Cradle of Civilization, as master photographer, CHESTER HIGGINS, JR. shares stories from his fifty-year pilgrimage through the ancient roots of modern-day faith.

A rarely seen portrait of Appalachia―Black Appalachia. William H. Turner, coal miner's son, is author of the memoir, THE HARLAN RENAISSANCE: Stories of Black Life in Appalachian Coal Towns. From African American family life and culture in the boom years of Harlan County, Kentucky’s coal-mining company towns, to the bust era of the “Rust Belt,” Bill Turner comes bearing stories of family, friends, and a centuries-old history of Black “Middle-America." He takes us to the heart of the scene as only an expert storyteller, dedicated scholar, and native son can. Making good on the charge his friend and mentor, Alex Haley, author of Roots, gave him, ​he has written a book in “a voice my Mama would read.” With that voice and witness, the lives and legacies of Black coal miners take on a visibility, dignity, respect and presence long overdue.

How do we rectify racial injustice? Through his power as a storyteller and his skills as a journalist, Solomon Jones leverages his own life experience to resurrects ten people whose lives were ravaged by racism. His indictment of what he calls the "Criminal Injustice System,” will get you thinking about how YOU—how WE, together—can opt-in on an actionable plan “to repair our racist past, change the racist present, and bring justice to the future.”​ ​Philadelphia-based Solomon Jones, author of TEN DEMANDS, is a columnist for the "Philadelphia Inquirer" and morning host for WURD radio in Philadelphia.