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About That Life
by Garrison Hayes
Today: #98 in History on our combined chart.
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts | Castbox |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27 | #98 | #93 | #87 |
| Oct 26 | #115 | #107 | — |
| Oct 25 | #112 | #105 | — |
| Oct 24 | #109 | #105 | #98 |
| Oct 23 | #102 | #96 | #90 |
| Oct 22 | #108 | #98 | — |
| Oct 21 | #101 | #93 | #90 |
| Oct 20 | #108 | #98 | — |
| Oct 19 | #120 | #113 | — |
| Oct 18 | #118 | #111 | — |
| Oct 17 | #102 | #95 | #90 |
| Oct 16 | #95 | #87 | #80 |
| Oct 15 | #90 | #81 | #80 |
| Oct 14 | #94 | #85 | #87 |
Latest episodes
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Assata Shakur: In Her Own Words
October 23, 2026 · 27 minThey called her Joanne Chesimard, enemy of the state and one of the FBI’s Most Wanted. But that wasn't the real story. Assata Shakur was a Black freedom fighter. In this episode, journalist and author Santi Elijah Holley helps us dive into…
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The Slave Revolt They Tried to Erase
October 9, 2026 · 29 minIn 1811, hundreds of enslaved people in what’s now Louisiana joined together to burn down plantations, free captives, and kill their enslavers. They came from different tribes, spoke different languages, and coordinated across long…
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Gloria Richardson and The Revolutionary Road to Change
October 1, 2026 · 33 minWhen Gloria Richardson pushed a National Guardsman’s bayonet out of her face, she captured the defiant spark that made her one of the most important figures of the civil rights and Black liberation struggles. Governor Wes Moore of Maryland…
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Dick Gregory and The Art of Subversive Comedy (with Josh Johnson)
September 17, 2026 · 27 minHow did comedy get so… political? Well, we have Dick Gregory to partially thank for that. Garrison and comedian/The Daily Show host Josh Johnson talk about Gregory’s subversive brand of political comedy, his activism and how he put his…
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How to Expose a Genocide: The George Washington Williams Story
September 4, 2026 · 33 minDo you ever feel powerless in the face of an atrocity? Well, that never stopped George Washington Williams, a Black man who went from being a “barely literate” veteran to a crusader who exposed a genocide in the Congo and nearly toppled a…
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The Future According to Octavia Butler
August 26, 2026 · 27 minEpisode 1 - The Future According to Octavia Butler Sci-Fi author Octavia Butler seemed to have predicted our dystopian present over 30 years ago. But can her understanding of history help us change our future? Garrison and Erika Alexander…
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Introducing About That Life with Garrison Hayes
August 19, 2026 · 2 minLessons from the defiant ones– past and present. Coming August 26, 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
About the show
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.