Season 3 Trailer: Liberation

Season 3 Trailer: Liberation

Author: American Public Media February 10, 2022 Duration: 3:29

It’s 2022 and we’re taking on two of the most urgent questions of our time: What does liberation look like for Black Americans? And what does it mean to be free? 

Season 3, which premieres on February 17th, offers a compelling sonic exploration into what liberation looks, sounds, and feels like for Black Americans with some of the greatest thinkers of our time. Host Tonya Mosley takes us on a deeply personal exploration — peeling back the layers of how Black Americans are liberating ourselves from the expectations of a colonized existence to help us live richer, fuller, more free lives. 

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New episodes drop every Thursday beginning February 17, 2022.


Host Tonya Mosley returns to the archives with Truth Be Told: Time to Thrive, a curated collection from American Public Media that feels both timely and timeless. Instead of new interviews, this series revisits nine of her most impactful past conversations, each one carefully chosen for its enduring resonance. You’ll hear discussions that cut to the heart of modern life, questioning the relentless drive for productivity and examining what true rest really means. The episodes delve into deeply personal yet universally relevant territory, from navigating racial trauma and the human impact of deportation to unpacking complex relationships with our bodies. These aren’t abstract debates; they are intimate, profound dialogues with activists, thinkers, and experts who offer clarity and compassion. Listening to this podcast feels like sitting in on essential conversations that we need to keep having-ones that challenge societal norms and offer new frameworks for understanding ourselves and the world. The selection provides a unique opportunity to engage with these crucial topics through a refreshed lens, finding fresh meaning in stories that continue to shape our collective moment. It’s a series for anyone looking to reflect more deeply on the forces that influence our daily lives and our capacity for resilience.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 87

Truth Be Told: Time to Thrive
Podcast Episodes
Season 5 - EP 4: The Ancestors [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:14
We explore the magic in magic mushrooms and the ancestral and Indigenous origins of using them to heal. What does ancestral knowledge mean for Black people disconnected from our lineage? Wise Ones: adrienne maree brown:…
Season 5 - EP 3: Self-Made [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:50
Decades after Richard Nixon declared the war on drugs, our evolved understanding of drug addiction has ushered in a new understanding of mental health and the flaws of the criminal justice system, and with it, a resurgen…
Season 5 - EP 2: Letting Go [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 32:40
Psychedelics work by allowing us to have an experience with ourselves — To face our biggest traumas without being retraumatized. This episode explores what that experience is like. But first, Black people (rightfully ske…
Season 5 - EP 1: How To Get Free [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 40:09
Tonya Mosley is on a journey to experience the depths of freedom and liberation and discovers new research that shows psychedelics as a promising treatment for all forms of PTSD, including racial trauma. Tonya sets out t…
Overture [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 5:02
If freedom is a birthright, host Tonya Mosley is on a journey to experience the depths of it. Season 5 explores emerging science that shows psychedelics like MDMA and psilocybin mushrooms can help to heal racial trauma,…
TBT Rewind: The Womb [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 11:54
Hey fam, Truth Be Told will be back for a new season this spring! In the meantime, enjoy this timely encore conversation about body autonomy with journalist and abortion activist Anoa Changa. If you haven't listened to s…
PREVIEW: History Is US [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:45
We want to turn you on to a new show that you should consider adding to your podcast queue: History is US. It’s a 6-part documentary podcast from C13-Originals Studios and Jon Meacham — the team behind the 2021 Webby Awa…
How Good Can It Get? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 23:31
Bad habits, toxic relationships, soul-sucking jobs — our inner voices tell us the truth, but are we listening? A moment of nakedness in the vastness of the ocean helped restaurant owner Kristi Brown slow down enough to h…
Renewal [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 39:24
#MeToo founder Tarana Burke is known as a truth-teller. In this episode of Truth Be Told she goes even deeper, revealing for the first time the depths of despair she’s felt over the last few months, and the ways during t…
Numb [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 17:00
What are the words - when there are no words?In the face of so much violence, death, and heartbreak, minister and writer Danté Stewart joins us to talk about what he calls “little experiments of liberation.”GUESTS:Danté…