Media engagements, interviews, press appearances:

Live feature interview with New York Public Radio: “The 1985 MOVE bombing in Philadelphia killed 11 people and shattered an entire community. We speak with journalist Matthew Amha, the host of the new podcast: "The Africas vs. America" about how it still resonates today.”

Live feature interview on the CBC’s flagship radio program, The Current: “In 1985, police dropped a bomb in a Philadelphia neighbourhood to target a family of Black radicals known as MOVE. The story is the subject of the new CBC podcast The Africas VS. America. We talk to the podcast’s host Matthew Amha; and Mike Africa Jr., a member of MOVE.”

A snapshot of my conversation with CBC Vancouver’s local afternoon radio program. One of more than 17 radio interviews conducted with local radio stations across Canada.

In conversation with NBC Boston, via the broadcaster’s national streaming platform.

PODCAST APPEARANCES:

Online coveragae & Interviews

“On Mother's Day in 1985, police dropped a bomb in a Philadelphia neighbourhood. Residents of Osage Avenue were instructed to leave their homes and stay away for the next 24 hours. Authorities were there to bring an end to a years-old conflict with a family of Black activists known as MOVE.

There were 13 people in the Africa home that morning, including six children. By the end of the day, most of them were dead. CBC's new podcast The Africas VS. America tells the remarkable, and long forgotten, story of a national war waged on one family. 

Reporter, producer and host, Matt Amha joins Leah-Simone Bowen this week to talk about the making of the seven-part series, and the story's relevance today.”

Toronto Metropolitan University

Matthew Amha, ‘18, hopes his latest podcast will help humanize stories of violence

CBC News

The Africas VS. America: Remembering one of the deadliest instances of police violence in U.S. history

New podcast asks: Why is the historic bombing of MOVE not part of today’s civil rights dialogue?

In conversation with ‘Aspiretobe,’ a grassroots organization based in Ottawa, Ontario Canada.

Hot Docs podcast festival.

On Air Fest, Brooklyn

I participated in two feature events at the Hot Docs podcast festival: ‘Non-Fiction and Social Change’ and ‘The Story I Never Thought I Would Tell.

Hot Docs Film Premiere

I hosted a Q&A with director Tamara Dawit, following the premiere of her documentary film ‘Finding Sally.’ The film is a portrait of family, revolution and violence through the bloody years of Ethiopia’s ‘Red Terror.’