For interviews and other requests, please contact me at joanna.d.das [at] wustl.edu.

Interviews:

“Dr. Joanna Dee Das discusses her book: Branson: Faith, Family, and Flag.” Interview on the Ozarkian Folk Chronicles podcast, February 18, 2026.

“How Branson became a conservative entertaiment capital.” Interview on NPR member station KUAF, Fayetteville, AR, February 16, 2026.

“How did Branson, Missouri, become America’s capital for conservative entertainment?” Interview on NPR member station KCUR Up to Date, Kansas City, January 8, 2026.

Interview with Chris Myer, PlayBranson Television Program, January 5, 2026.

“Branson Entertainment and the Idea of America.” Interview on NPR member station KSMU, Springfield (MO) Public Radio, December 18, 2025.

"Branson has a reputation. A new book explores what’s true — and what’s missed.” Interview on NPR member station St. Louis on the Air, November 18, 2025

Joanna Dee Das talks about Faith, Family, and Flag: Branson Entertainment and the Idea of America. Interview on Kudzu Vine Podcast, November 16, 2025

“New Book Looks at the History of Branson Entertainment,” Unscripted, OzarksFirst, Springfield, MO, November 10, 2025

Instagram Live Conversation with Wildbird Bookshop and Commonplace Books, November 6, 2025.

“Beyond Broadway: What Branson’s Stages Reveal about America.” WashU Arts & Sciences,The Ampersand, October 10, 2025.

“Katherine Dunham: Dance and the African Diaspora.” New Books Network, September 7, 2017.

“A Way of Life: Remembering Dance Legend Katherine Dunham Who Made Her Home in East St. Louis,” St. Louis On the Air, St. Louis Public Radio, July 12, 2017.

“Would Katherine Dunham have joined Black Lives Matter? Historian Says Yes.” Cut & Paste Podcast, St. Louis Public Radio, August 4, 2016.

As Contributor:

Stephen Humphries, “Want to Hear the Latest Country Music? Try Broadway.” Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 20, 2024.‍ ‍

“A Trailblazer in Dance, Influence of Katherine Dunham Spans Generations,” Gaynor Hall, WGN Television Chicago, March 10, 2022.

“If Cities Could Dance: How Katherine Dunham and Dance from the African Diaspora Change Lives.” KQED/NPR San Francisco, June 23, 2021.

Ariel Shapiro, “Meet the Entrepreneur Who Inspired Alvin Ailey, Angered U.S. Officials and Transformed Modern Dance,” Sept 4, 2021.