The American Ingredient examines race in American society from an academic perspective. Focusing on work from social scientists and legal scholars, the American Ingredient demonstrates race is not the only ingredient in making America, but getting the taste right takes two heaping spoonfuls.

Latest episodes of the podcast The American Ingredient

• 08: The Experience of Race and its Complexity, Pt. 2
• 07: The Experience of Race and its Complexity, Pt. 1
• 06: What are we getting wrong about Latino politics?
• 05: What economic historians can tell us about race problems?
• 04: The problem with the Black family
• 03: Should we really be surprised by the election of President Trump?
• 02: Will multiethnic coalitions transform American elections?
• 01: What can the world tell us about U.S. reparations?