Susan and Frederick, well into their 70s, confront one another like prizefighters who don’t know when to quit. Will they finally see eye-to-eye on not only the past, but on how to agitate for a better future?

Episode 5. Infinite Light: 1883 and 1888

Dec 9th, 2020 21m 16s

Frederick Douglass dreamed of a day “where even the constancy of hate breaks down and where the clouds of pride, passion, and selfishness vanish before the brightness of infinite light.” In this episode, as Frederick’s hopes are sidetracked by

Episode 4. Seeing Anew: 1870 and 1872

Dec 2nd, 2020 22m 6s

In the unlikeliest of places, an integrated baseball game in 1870, Susan and Frederick attempt to repair the rift between them. Then, in 1872, an act of hate threatens to push them even further apart.

Episode 3. Reconstruction: 1867 and 1869

Nov 25th, 2020 20m 39s

In the years after the Civil War, Frederick and Susan fight to make the United States a country for all, where everyone can vote. What gets in the way of this dream? Will their friendship survive betrayal?

Episode 2. from Bondage to Freedom: 1861

Nov 18th, 2020 25m 18s

From facing an angry mob to speak out against slavery to waiting for Harriet Tubman to arrive with African-Americans escaping slavery, this episode brings to life Frederick and Susan’s agitations during the Civil War.

Episode 1. Beginnings: 1849 and 1861

Nov 18th, 2020 28m 6s

When Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony met in the late 1840s, he was one of the most well-known people in the United States and she was an unknown schoolteacher who had just quit her job because of unequal pay. Not long after, Frederick

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Trailer: The Agitators, an adaptation of the play by Mat Smart

Oct 28th, 2020 3m 59s

Host Ashley C. Ford introduces The Agitators, a six-part play-turned-podcast coming Nov. 18, 2020. We’re joined by the team from the onstage production: Actors Cedric Mays (Frederick Douglass) and Madeleine Lambert (Susan B. Anthony), Director