
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


On today’s episode, Rachelle Hampton is joined by NPR’s Aisha Harris to talk about the return of the discourse about Addy Walker, the first Black American Girl doll. They discuss Aisha’s great piece from 2016, “The Making of an American Girl,” their own histories with the doll, and why this discourse pops up so frequently.
This podcast is produced by Daniel Schroeder, Rachelle Hampton, and Daisy Rosario.
Subscribe to Slate Plus at http://slate.com/icymiplus
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
By Slate Podcasts3.9
717717 ratings
On today’s episode, Rachelle Hampton is joined by NPR’s Aisha Harris to talk about the return of the discourse about Addy Walker, the first Black American Girl doll. They discuss Aisha’s great piece from 2016, “The Making of an American Girl,” their own histories with the doll, and why this discourse pops up so frequently.
This podcast is produced by Daniel Schroeder, Rachelle Hampton, and Daisy Rosario.
Subscribe to Slate Plus at http://slate.com/icymiplus
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11,524 Listeners

1,376 Listeners

2,843 Listeners

998 Listeners

1,030 Listeners

5,638 Listeners

1,875 Listeners

53 Listeners

9,008 Listeners

2,075 Listeners

243 Listeners

23,897 Listeners

2,666 Listeners

2,122 Listeners

21,881 Listeners

1,284 Listeners

3,314 Listeners

1,192 Listeners

440 Listeners

16,680 Listeners

4,097 Listeners

5,738 Listeners

4,457 Listeners

1,769 Listeners

8,935 Listeners

60 Listeners

702 Listeners

48 Listeners

97 Listeners

804 Listeners

587 Listeners

5 Listeners

132 Listeners

0 Listeners

0 Listeners