About That Life
Garrison Hayes
Topics: History
To fully understand what we’re living through right now, we need to dig deeper into our history. Hosted by award-winning journalist Garrison Hayes, About That Life uncovers unsung and overlooked figures from Black history who challenged the status quo — from Gloria Richardson to George Washington Williams. Each episode traces the defiant, strategic and deeply human choices they made and sits down with people whose life and work connects to their legacy. The fight for justice has always had a playbook. And these stories provide the blueprint for a better future.
Latest episodes
- About that Spooky Life
- Assata Shakur: In Her Own Words
- The Slave Revolt They Tried to Erase
- Gloria Richardson and The Revolutionary Road to Change
- Dick Gregory and The Art of Subversive Comedy (with Josh Johnson)
- How to Expose a Genocide: The George Washington Williams Story
- The Future According to Octavia Butler
- Introducing About That Life with Garrison Hayes
About That Life is No. 99 in History on Apple Podcasts in the US today. The latest episode came out on October 30, 2026. A new episode comes out about every 9 days.
Today's places
| Chart | Place | Since yesterday |
|---|---|---|
| US: History | 99 | ▼9 |
| New Zealand: History | 181 | ▼32 |
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