Nice White Parents
Podcast by Serial Productions
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Nice White Parents is a podcast produced by Serial Productions and The New York Times and hosted by Chana Joffe-Walt.
- Investigative journalism
- Serialized audio narrative
| Nice White Parents | |
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| Genre |
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| Language | English |
| Cast and voices | |
| Hosted by | Chana Joffe-Walt |
| Music | |
| Theme music composed by | The Bad Plus |
| Production | |
| Production | Julie Snyder |
| Editing | |
| Length | 4h 20m |
| Technical specifications | |
| Audio format | Podcast (via streaming or downloadable MP3) |
| Publication | |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
| Original release | July 23 – July 23, 2020 |
| Related | |
| Website | Link to NYT Podcast |
Background
The podcast is produced by Serial Productions and The New York Times.[1] The podcast is hosted by Chana Joffe-Walt.[2] The five episode podcast debuted on July 30, 2020 and ended on August 20, 2020.[3][4] The podcast discusses how progressive white parents can have a negative impact on the integration of schools.[5] The series chose to focus on progressive schools in the northeast because they are some of the most segregated schools in the United States.[6] The first episode discusses a fund raising party for a dual-language French program for a Brooklyn public school and contrasts the economic class of the party attendees and the students.[7] The podcast focuses on the Boerum School of International Studies in Brooklyn.[8] The podcast discusses the school districts history going back to the 1960s.[9] In the final episode of the series Joffe-Walt discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected education.[10] It was reported in 2020 that Issa Rae is going to produce a comedy series based on the podcast.[11][12] The show was criticised by Fox News.[13]
