{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fb7fcc37a-ff68-4508-81cf-b1e5b4fdaf5c","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"'Unlearning Race' with Thomas Chatterton Williams\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/b7fcc37a-ff68-4508-81cf-b1e5b4fdaf5c\"></iframe>","title":"'Unlearning Race' with Thomas Chatterton Williams","description":"On this episode of Trending Globally, Watson Economics Professor Glenn Loury talks with writer Thomas Chatterton Williams. Williams\u2019s 2010 memoir  \u2018Losing My Cool: Love, Literature, and a Black Man\u2019s Escape from the Crowd,\u2019 [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/304246/losing-my-cool-by-thomas-chatterton-williams/9780143119623/] combined cultural criticism with his own personal story, of falling in (and out) of love with hip hop culture growing up. His forthcoming book \u2018Self Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race,\u2019 continues his exploration of issues at the intersection of race, culture, family, and his own story. Thomas visited Watson this Spring, and Glenn sat down with him for a wide-ranging conversation about race, literature, family, and life in Paris.\n\nYou can read a transcript of this episode here: [https://watson.brown.edu/files/watson/imce/news/podcast/trending-globally/transcripts/E85_GlennThomasFinal.pdf]","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/75436761-df6e-4bc8-949d-48a90f6eb557/artworks-000521658057-vnowz0-t3000x3000.jpg"}