Created Equal

Flint pediatrician who discovered elevated lead levels in children and blew the lid off of the Flint Water Crisis. Author of “What The Eyes Don’t See”

Created Equal Host and Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Stephen Henderson previews Season Two of The Created Equal Podcast and discusses the impact of race, equity and disinvestment in Flint before the water was switched to the Flint River causing the crisis.

Author and pastor Jim Wallis talks about the need for white people to stand against racism in America.

In order to make positive change for marginalized people, privileged people must care about and stand up for equal rights. The story of Viola Liuzzo shows us how deep the impact of true empathy is felt.

Gold Star father Khizr Khan may be the most patriotic American we've ever spoken with. In this conversation he talks about his belief in America's core values.

The Electoral College was created in 1787 through something that made the founding fathers great -- compromise. But in that compromise the founders failed to confront deep-seated inequalities in the nation, and created a government that still today reflects that injustice.

Four Tops founding member Duke Fakir talks about capturing lightning in a bottle with Motown in the 1960s.

Art is a reflection of society, and society is a reflection of art. American music has been a global standard bearer for a century, in part for its ability to shift dramatically with society. Two Motown insiders talk about how the legendary record label resisted and then embraced change in the '60s.

Created Equal host Stephen Henderson speaks with "Blood in the Water" author and University of Michigan professor Heather Ann Thompson about the modern mass incarceration and its implication on communities.

Being "tough on crime" is politically popular. But does it make communities safer? In 1971 a prison uprising in New York state opened the door for President Richard Nixon and Governor Nelson Rockefeller to push for harsh drug laws with lasting repercussions.