Peabody Awards

🎙️ New episode of We Disrupt This Broadcast, the podcast co-produced by the Peabody Awards and Center for Media & Social Impact, is out now featuring TV visionary and showrunner Mara Brock Akil! 🎉

Join us for a deep dive into the lasting legacy and revived fandom of her iconic debut series Girlfriends, and uncover the inspiration behind her fresh take on Judy Blume’s 1975 classic Forever—now a Peabody-winning Netflix series set in 2010s Los Angeles, beautifully portraying first love between Black teens. 🏆

PLUS, media and adolescent development expert Dr. Yalda T. Uhls shares powerful insights on the essential role storytelling plays within family dynamics. ✨

Listen now! 🎧 https://peabodyawards.com/stories/podcast-forever-mara-brock-akil/

We Disrupt This Broadcast is a co-directed co-production of the Peabody Awards and the Center for Media & Social Impact, distributed by PRX.