Black History, For Real

About Black History, For Real

The first woman on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist List was a Black Panther. The richest person of all time, an African king, gave away so much gold that it caused Cairo's economy to crash. A 109 year old Black woman fights for reparations for her neighborhood that was burned to the ground when she was a child. On Wondery’s history series Black History, For Real, hosts Franchesca Ramsey and Conscious Lee go beyond the stories you already know to drop you right in the mix. It’s a no-nonsense, unwhitewashed account of history’s most overlooked moments, with a mix of narrative storytelling and candid conversation. We’ll even spill the occasional historical tea! It’s all facts, no cap. Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of Black History, For Real ad-free right now. Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app.

Publisher

Audible Original

Category

history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Jan 2024

Latest episode

13 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

13 of 61 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   13 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Listen Now: Dan Taberski’s Manifesto

   Host Dan Taberski explores the power of the manifesto, seeking to reclaim it for artists and visionaries from cynical politicians and mass shooters.

2. 

   12 Aug 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Business Wars Presents: The AOL-Time Warner Disaster

   Think business is boring? What about when your streaming bill goes up, or your favorite restaurant files for bankruptcy? Do you ever wonder what’s going on behind the scenes? Business Wars gives you a front row seat to the biggest moments in business, to explain how they shape our world. In the latest season, they explore the AOL Time Warner merger, a deal that became one of the most expensive and chaotic corporate disasters on record, one that permanently scarred both companies. Listen to Business Wars: The AOL Time Warner Disaster right now wherever you get your podcasts: Wondery.fm/BW_IFD See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

3. 

   28 Jul 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Listen Now: Lawless Planet

   It’s not that hard to kill a planet. All it takes is a little drilling, some mining, a generous helping of pollution and voila! Earth over. When you take stock of what’s left, it starts to look like a crime scene: decapitated mountains, poisoned rivers, oil-soaked pelicans, maybe a sun-bleached cow skull in a dried-up lake bed. The only thing missing is yellow caution tape. On each episode of Lawless Planet, host Zach Goldbaum reveals the scams, murders and cover-ups on the frontline of the climate crisis, and the life and death choices people are making to either protect our world – or destroy it. Listen to Lawless Planet: Wondery.fm/LawlessPlanet See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Inside a recent episode

Listen Now: Dan Taberski’s Manifesto

Published 13 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Dorner was an LAPD officer through 2009 and a reservist for the United States Navy. Dorner is a former LAPD cop, and he's still out there. And there's reason to believe that he's going to kill again, that maybe he already has. And we know this because Christopher Dorner left something behind. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

341 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

386 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 44 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

48

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

99

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