Episode 6 | Erica Thompson
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Episode 6 | Erica Thompson
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In this episode of Uncommon Naledge, Dr. Jabari Evans sits down with Chicago Sun-Times arts and culture reporter Erica Thompson for a wide-ranging conversation about journalism, Black cultural memory, celebrity access, and the evolving media landscape.
They discuss how arts journalism can function as accountability reporting, the contraction of race and equity beats, the challenge of maintaining critical distance while interviewing celebrities, and the value of trained journalism in an era of content creators, AI summaries, and shrinking newsrooms. Erica also reflects on the complexity of covering Black Chicago and why local reporting must resist flattening communities into familiar narratives.
The conversation closes with Erica’s scholarship on Prince, including his fight for ownership of his work, his spiritual evolution, and the tension between the sacred and the profane throughout his music and public life.
A thoughtful discussion about who gets to tell the story, who owns the archive, and what journalism is responsible for preserving.
Uncommon Naledge is hosted by Dr. Jabari Evans and edited and produced by Ava Strauss.
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Original music for introduction and outro produced by Michael "Double 0" Aguilar.