The Blue Record

About The Blue Record

It's a different world than where you come from! The Blue Record is a podcast created by the students of Spelman College that aims to highlight and discuss issues that affect Black collegiate students and alumni. From gender politics to Black internet spaces, any topic is fair game for TBR to tackle. All are welcome to listen in as we discover how Spelman intersects with the world at large. Engage with us on Twitter and Instagram @thebluerecord. And subscribe to make sure you never miss an episode! This podcast is run by the Spelman Social Justice Fellowship Program.

Publisher

The Blue Record

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Mar 2020

Latest episode

14 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 83 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   14 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   More Human than Human?: AI and Reimagining Modernity

   What does it mean to be human in the age of AI? Hosts Makayla Rivera and Jocelyn Baker sit down with Professor Fernando Suarez for a dynamic conversation on the rapidly evolving role of artificial intelligence in our society. From classrooms to political systems, they explore how AI is reshaping the structures that guide our daily lives. Together, they unpack how emerging AI technologies are redefining our relationship to labor, capital, and even leisure-challenging notions about identity, creativity, and value. This dynamic episode dives into the ethical tensions surrounding AI while reimagining the future ahead. As the line between human and machine continues to blur, the conversation invites listeners to reflect on where we’re headed, and what we stand to gain or lose along the way.

2. 

   21 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Sisterhood and the Necessity of Black Women’s Intellectual Spaces

   In 1977, some of the most influential Black women writers of the twentieth century began meeting in a Brooklyn apartment. Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, June Jordan, Audre Lorde, and others formed a collective they called The Sisterhood. They gathered monthly to share meals, exchange drafts, confront publishing barriers, and sustain one another as Black women intellectuals navigating racist and sexist institutions. Join the Blue Record archives team as we revisit The Sisterhood, explore what they built together, and unpack why their meetings still matter. Through archival materials, letters, and literary connections, we examine how collaboration disrupts the myth of the solitary genius and reveals intellectual community as infrastructure. What does it mean to name sisterhood as an intellectual space rather than just an emotional one? And what are the implications for our own Black women’s intellectual space at Spelman? This episode invites us to see ourselves not just as readers of these women, but as participants in their lineage.

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   7 Mar 2026

   TBR Intern Takeover

   In this episode of the Blue Record, our first-year interns have taken over the mic! Interns Mari, Lillian, and Morgan sit with host Makayla Rivera to question what constitutes as service, and interrogate ways in which rest, collectivism, and respectability politics shape how students conduct service in and beyond our campus.

Inside a recent episode

More Human than Human?: AI and Reimagining Modernity

Published 14 Apr 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] They don't do either, but they definitely don't write. A lot of people nowadays, I feel like they hate writing. I think it's also because a lot of people don't do it. If you're not in English or LMW or something, sociology, one of those things, international relations, poli-sci, you're not writing. People have lost the art of it. Even the art of journaling, of poetry, it's very terrible. They have a prompt or a cover letter to do or like an internship application, they're putting that into chat. I mean, for this technical writing, maybe, but there is a process in which writing is thinking, basically. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

38 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

12 ratings

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