Appearances
In the News
Romper: On Keeping Black Kids Safe While Encouraging Them to be Audaciously Joyful
The Hollywood Reporter: Author Austin Channing Brown on Lessons ‘Im Still Here’ Memoir Teaches Amid Current Racial Justice Movement
Click On Detroit: Hear from the author behind ‘Im Still Here’
Detroit Is It: Ten, Five Star Reads By Black Authors
WTTW: Austin Channing Brown on ‘Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness’
NPR 1A: What We Can Do about Political Polarization
InStyle Magazine: Why Tarana Burke Brought Brene Brown into a Project Examining the Black Experience
Chicago Tribune: How Black Dignity Perseveres in a World Made for Whiteness
On Being: Standing in the Shadow of Hope
Chicago Tonight: Austin Brown on Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
Fast Company: These 7 Online Courses Will Teach You How to be Anti-racist
Readers Digest: 20 Books About Racism Everyone Should Read
Vox: Millennials Weren’t The Only Ones Gutted by the Recession
Electric Literature: Austin Channing Brown Wants to Save Black Women some Emotional Labor
Audio/Podcasts
Brene Brown x ACB
Beloved researcher and writer Brene Brown interviews Austin Channing Brown whose anti-racism work is critical to changing our world. Her ability to talk about what is good and true about love, about our faith, and about loving each other is transformative. LISTEN NOW
Phoebe Robinson x ACB
Wooooooooooooooow! Austin Channing Brown is the real freakin' deal and it's so amazing to see her getting her flowers for I'M STILL HERE, which was published in 2018. During a time of such global unrest, having teacher, NYT best-selling author, and activist Austin on the podcast. In addition to talking about the state of the naysh, we discuss her book and her origin story, blackness, and where we can go from here.
Hari Kondabolu x ACB
Comedian Hari Kondabolu interviews Austin for WNYC’s Midday podcast. Austin offers a powerful perspective on race with her first-hand account of growing up black, Christian, and female in middle-class white America. LISTEN HERE
Ashley C Ford x ACB
After seven years of marriage, activist and author Austin Channing Brown was pretty sure she didn’t want children. But a conversation with a friend made her wonder if she was following her desire… or her fear.
Jen Hatmaker x ACB
During this live conversation in Portland, Jen and Austin wrestle with some huge questions: What’s the best way to support people who have been systemically marginalized? How do we move voices and experiences of people of color at the center? And as we look at the vast landscape of social justice work, where do we even begin? .
Luvvie Ajayi x ACB
This is an amazing and energetic conversation, talking about everything from how Austin grew up, how she got her first name, what she does to make sure that she’s finding rest in this stressful world, and how she became this voice, this person that ended up writing a book that hit the New York Times bestseller list two years after it came out.
Jonathan Fields x ACB
As a leader, educator, and producer, Channing Brown creates programming that centers the experiences of Black women, dismantling the foundations of white supremacy, while interweaving a way forward for all who will listen.
Amena Brown x ACB
The interview was recorded in the Before Times, pre-pandemic, but the conversation is still so relevant. Listen in as Austin talks about the beauty of being unapologetically Black and how we can use our anger creatively.
Elise Loehnen x ACB
Today, Austin joins me in unveiling the facade of what it means to be good and how culture detrimentally enforces this burdening standard of goodness on women. We discuss the importance of anger and how it can be a navigational tool. By examining her own anger, Austin learned to move that energy toward creating community and literature that relentlessly fights for the future that America needs.
Kelly Corrigan x ACB
Today, Austin joins me in unveiling the facade of what it means to be good and how culture detrimentally enforces this burdening standard of goodness on women. We discuss the importance of anger and how it can be a navigational tool. By examining her own anger, Austin learned to move that energy toward creating community and literature that relentlessly fights for the future that America needs.
Andre Henry x ACB
Austin Channing Brown made an impact with her book I'm Still Here: Black Dignity In A World Made For Whiteness. Since then, she has become an influential leader in racial justice and reconciliation. Not only has her book impacted lives, she's had the opportunity to speak across the country in a variety of platforms. Her current project, The Next Question, is for those serious about joining the racial justice movement.