In this episode of Ratchademics, Chaya and Jamel are joined by Sudip Bhattacharya, a graduate student at Rutgers University and writer for the Aerogram, a publication focusing on South Asian art, literature, life and news. Together they discuss the death of Saheed Vassell at the hands of the NYPD, the politics of police brutality, Sudip's research interests in the field of Asian-American politics, and life as a graduate student of color.

Ratchademics Episode 16: Justice for Saheed Vassell feat. Sudip Bhattacharya

Ratchademics: Make Kanye Great Again

In this episode of Ratchademics, Chaya and Jamel discuss Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino's new music video "This is America" and tackle the subject of Black people having the police called on them.

Ratchademics Episode 17 : Is This America?

Ratchademics is a bi-monthly podcast that brings together two Black, mid-20s PhD students to deconstruct and unpack pop culture, norms and biases and discuss mainstream politics in a way that it is not typically talked about in mainstream media.