INTERVIEWS
Thomas Sugrue appears regularly as a commentator on television, in documentary films, and on podcasts and radio. He has been interviewed hundreds of times about topics as diverse as presidential politics, civil rights activism, urban policy, and America in the 1960s.
FILM AND TELEVISION APPEARANCES: IMDb
TV
MSNBC: The GOP's Newest Culture War Target: American Girl Dolls, December 21, 2022.
CNN Tonight: #BLM Protests in Historical Perspective, September 11, 2020
TV Asahi (Japan): On George Floyd Protests and Policing in the U.S., June 23, 2020
France 24 Live: France Médias Monde: On George Floyd Protests: June 6, 2020
American Black Journal: Detroit's progress since 1967, July 29, 2017
Historian Thomas Sugrue reflects on 1967 unrest and lessons learned. WXYZ-TV, Detroit, July 24, 2017
American Forum, PBS: Obama and Trump: The First Days of a Great Presidency, December 18, 2016
CBS News, 2016 Democratic National Convention, July 27, 2016
Star Talk with Neil deGrasse Tyson, National Geographic Channel, December 20, 2015 Video and Podcast
Melissa Harris-Perry Show, MSNBC, December 12, 2015
Anti-Muslim hate crimes on rise in US
Trump rhetoric invigorates hate groups
Melissa Harris-Perry Show, MSNBC, July 11, 2015:
On the Obama administration and desegregation
On fair housing past, present and future
Breaking the sexual abuse to prison pipeline
Melissa Harris-Perry Show, MSNBC, May 9, 2015:
On Housing Segregation in Baltimore
Melissa Harris-Perry Show, MSNBC, April 27, 2015: Understanding America's Legacy of Slavery
Face Detroit with Bankole Thompson and Thomas Sugrue, March 8, 2014
Detroit's Future: A Conversation with Thomas Sugrue, WDET-TV, February 27, 2014
The Race for Mayor in Struggling Detroit, MSNBC (Jansing and Co.), August 7, 2013
MSNBC: Detroit Native Talks Bankruptcy, MSNBC (Richard Lui), July 21, 2013
On Detroit's Bankruptcy, MSNBC (Jansing and Co.), July 19, 2013
Race and Detroit's Violent Past, Detroit 2020, WXYZ-TV, Detroit, July 13, 2011.
Race and Housing in Detroit, Detroit 2020, WXYZ-TV, Detroit, July 11, 2011.
Mount Airy Named One of Best Neighborhoods, NBC News, Philadelphia, February 20, 2010.
On Sweet Land of Liberty, C-SPAN, BookTV, January 17, February 8, and February 9, 2009.
On Sweet Land of Liberty, Urban Update, WHDH-TV (ABC) Boston, January 18, 2009.
On Sweet Land of Liberty, Bay Sunday, KPIX-TV, San Francisco, November 23, 2008.
INTERVIEWS: RADIO, PODCASTS, PRINT
The Unfinished Struggle for Civil Rights in Pennsylvania, WITF Radio, June 14, 2023
Stateside, Michigan Public Radio, April 10, 2023
What Does an Equitable, Inclusive Suburb Look Like? WDET Radio, February 15, 2023
Two Perspectives on the COVID Era, KPFA: Behind the News, February 10, 2022
New York: I ♥️ Catastrophe, France Culture, September 2021
--Episode 2: La crise des Subprimes--New York 2008--Monopoly Game Over,
--Episode 4: Covid Capital--New York 2020-2021.
COVID-19 and Cities, "Behind the News," KPFA Radio, December 3, 2020.
The Deindustrialization of Detroit, Detroit History Podcast, August 3, 2020.
Thomas Sugrue: Why 2020 is not 1968. Economics and Beyond Podcast, July 15, 2020.
Etats-Unis : "Les conditions d'un soulèvement plus large sont là,," L'Obs [Paris], June 6, 2020.
A Legislative Midlife Crisis: Now Past 50, the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act Face New Challenges" (Interview with James McDevitt), NYU News, October 18, 2019; reprinted at Futurity.org
Flint's Problems Didn't Start with Water, WDET Radio, July 22, 2019.
Detroit: Migration, Motors, and Music, BBC World, Forum, October 21,2017.
Tom Sugrue on what the movie "Detroit" gets right and wrong, Slate, August 14, 2017
The Origins of the Urban Crisis, WILS Radio, Lansing, July 21, 2017
What Caused Detroit's Demise? Institute for New Economic Thinking, November 2016
Hard lessons from 2016 election, KALW Public Radio, San Francisco, November 10, 2016
Urban policy and the election, Steven Henderson Show, WDET Radio, September 22, 2016
On Trump, race, and the election, Leslie Marshall Show, I Heart Radio, August 23, 2016.
"L'historien éclaire-t-il le présent," La vie des idées, May 25, 2016.
"Décryptage. Racisme plaie des États Unis," France Ouest, August 10, 2015.
Author Sugrue Gauges Urban Struggle in Detroit, WDET Public Radio, Detroit, September 12, 2014
Avec Obama, les Noirs ont cru que ca allait améliorer, Libération (Paris), August 18, 2014
Redevelopment in Detroit, WILS-Lansing, March 4, 2014
Sugrue: "Trickle Down Urbanism" Won't Work in Detroit, Detroit Free Press, February 23, 2014
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Economic Inequality, Sirius XM Catholic Channel, January 18, 2014
Barack Obama, WMOT Radio, Murfreesboro, TN, September 18, 2013
Detroit: The Killing of a City, Progressive Radio Network (Leid Stories), August 20, 2013
Tom Sugrue: What Really Happened to Detroit? Majority Report with Sam Seder, July 30, 2013
What's Behind Detroit Going Bankrupt?, KALW (San Francisco), July 29, 2013
Les conservateurs ne veulent sauver Detroit, Le Monde, July 24, 2013
Detroit: A Lose-Lose Situation for All Involved, Toronto Globe and Mail, July 19, 2013
Detroit, ecco perché muore una metropoli, Linkiesta (Italy), June 30, 2013
On Post-World War II Philadelphia, History Making Productions, 2012-13
Organized Labor and American Politics, Al Jazeera English, August 15, 2012.
On Campaign Finance Reform and Citizens United, WRTI Radio, Philadelphia, August 13, 2012.
On Obama's Education and Detroit's Decline, Mac Weekly, March 9, 2012.
Falling Home Values Hurt Property Tax Revenues, Public Radio International/WNYC (The Takeaway), December 27, 2011.
Topeka, Kansas Repeals Domestic Violence Law, Public Radio International/WYNC (The Takeaway), October 13, 2011.
Continuing Housing Crisis: Ghost Suburbs and Empty Real Estate, Public Radio International/WNYC, June 1, 2011.
Conservatives and the Backlash Against Detroit, WJR Radio Detroit, May 23, 2011.
The Changing Face of Race in Philadelphia, WHYY Radio Times, April 14, 2011.
Detroit's Distress: A Q+A with Thomas J. Sugrue, Newark Star-Ledger, April 6, 2011.
Labor Unions: American Tradition or Outmoded System, SAS Frontiers, April 2011.
Living Cities Aims to Stretch Philanthropic Dollars, Public Radio International/WNYC (The Takeaway), October 28, 2010.
Thomas Sugrue on Barack Obama and the Burden of Race, WRCT Radio, Pittsburgh, October 26, 2010.
Why Greater Detroit is So Segregated, Time, October 1, 2010.
President Obama and the Burden of Race, SAS Frontiers, August 2010.
On Barack Obama and Civil Rights, WRTI Radio, Philadelphia, June 4, 2010.
Telling Detroit's Stories, WDET Radio, Detroit, Craig Fahle Show, March 17, 2010.
On Racial Integration and the Suburbs, WHYY Radio, Philadelphia, Radio Times, October 1, 2009.
Renting is the New American Dream, WSJ This Morning, August 17, 2009.
Homeownership and Renting, Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 110, POTUS Morning Briefing, August 17, 2009.
Homeownership and Renting, WPHT Philadelphia (syndicated nationally), Michael Smerconish Show, August 17, 2009.
The New Racism, KBOO Radio, Portland, Old Mole Variety Hour, August 10, 2009.
GM's Big Loss/Detroit Demystified, WDET Radio, Detroit, February 26, 2009.
On Sweet Land of Liberty, Pat Williams Show, WDBO Radio, Orlando, Florida, February 14, 2009.
On Sweet Land of Liberty, The World in Time with Lewis Lapham, Bloomberg Radio, January 18, 2009.
Also available at Lapham's Quarterly
On Sweet Land of Liberty, Centered Today with Don Belanus, KFNX Phoenix, January 18, 2009
On Sweet Land of Liberty, Beyond the Pale, WBAI Radio, New York, January 11, 2009
On Sweet Land of Liberty, Marc Steiner Show, WEAA Radio, Baltimore, December 16, 2008
Civil Rights in the North, Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC Radio, New York, December 9, 2008
What Thomas Sugrue is Reading, Writers Read, December 8, 2008
On Sweet Land of Liberty, Commonwealth Journal, WUMB Boston, November 30, 2008
On Sweet Land of Liberty, Wake Up Call, WBAI Radio, New York, November 26, 2008
On Sweet Land of Liberty, Sam Greenfield Show, WVNJ Radio, New Jersey, November 24, 2008
Understanding Racial Perceptions, NPR News and Notes, November 21, 2008
On Sweet Land of Liberty, Michigan Public Radio, Jack Lessenberry Show, November 20, 2008
On Sweet Land of Liberty, KUSF-FM, Forum, San Francisco, November 20, 2008
On Sweet Land of Liberty, Paul Edwards Show, God and Culture, WLQV Radio, November 18, 2008
On Sweet Land of Liberty, "Living Writers", WCBN-FM, Ann Arbor, November 18, 2008
WBNW “Pages to People,” WBNW, Needham, MA, November 15, 2008
On Sweet Land of Liberty, "Make it Plain with Mark Thompson," Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 146, November 11, 2008
Drive, Daddy, Drive, Weekend America, American Public Media, June 28, 2008
Race and the Election, Blog Bunker, Sirius Satellite Radio Indie Talk Channel 110, June 19, 2008.
Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 Campaign for the Presidency, Radio Times, WHYY Philadelphia, June 6, 2008
Understanding Society Podcast, Chancellor Daniel Little, University of Michigan, Dearborn, January 9, 2008, also here
Forty Years Later: Thomas Sugrue on 1967," WWJ Radio, Detroit, July 23, 2007
"Five Days in July," Panel Discussion on the Newark Riot of 1967, PRX, July 2007
"Jim Crow's Last Stand," WILL public radio, Focus 580, Urbana, Illinois, February 21, 2007
Jack Lessenberry's Essays and Interviews, Michigan Radio, January 3, 2007
Unconventional wisdom: Urban historian Thomas Sugrue revisits Detroit, by W. Kim
Heron, Metro Times, November 9, 2005
On racial integration, Radio Times, WHYY, Philadelphia, January 17, 2003
On city residency requirements for teachers, Radio Times, WHYY Philadelphia, June 18, 2001
