Episode #233 Repair: Healing the Nation with Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter

The Homecoming Podcast with Dr. Thema

Dr. Thema

Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 3 January 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Dr. Marcus joins Dr. Thema to discuss the importance of holistic reparations as they explore his thought provoking book in light of the American Psychological Association resolution on Individual, Collective, and Intergenerational Trauma Recovery: Considering the Restorative Roles of Resttition and Reparations. Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter is a professor of sociology and African American studies at UCLA. He is also the author of "Radical Reparations: Healing the Soul of a Nation," among other titles. In his last book, he talks about the many forms of reparations and things the nation can do to bring healing and repair to descendants of enslaved Africans. He is committed to raising awareness about the many contributions of Black people towards building the United States of America. Mixed & Edited by Next Day Podcast info@nextdaypodcast.com

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0:00.0	Welcome home, cojourners. I'm so glad you're here for another episode of the Homecoming
0:08.0	Podcast. I'm Dr. Tema, licensed psychologist, ordained minister and sacred artists. And I am so glad
0:15.7	that you're here as I help facilitate the journey back home to yourself. I am excited to welcome our special guest, Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter.
0:26.6	Welcome.
0:27.6	Thank you. It's such a pleasure.
0:28.6	Oh, I'm so glad you're here and so appreciate your work.
0:33.6	Thank you.
0:34.6	And we're going to get all the way into it.
0:36.6	Let me first tell you all about Dr. Hunter.
0:39.8	Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter is the slow, endowed chair in the social sciences at UCLA. He is a professor
0:48.0	of sociology and African American studies. Come on. And has served as the inaugural chair of UCLA's African American
0:56.9	Studies Department.
0:58.2	I love that.
0:59.1	Thank you.
0:59.9	Previously, he served as the president.
1:02.6	Somebody say, president?
1:03.9	President.
1:04.2	That's my president.
1:05.4	Of the Association of Black Sociologists.
1:09.2	Yes.
1:10.6	Hunter is the author of Radical Reparations, Healing the Soul of a Nation, and co-author of Chocolate Cities, the Black Map of American Life and Other Titles. Let's just hold up the book, because I want you all to pause the video. Hold
1:27.8	you with me. Pause the video and you all know what we do. Just go ahead and get the book
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