Bring What You Know.
Share your perspective, expertise, and lived experience on Who Taught You That?, 1804 Renaissance, or both. We are looking for thoughtful voices ready to explore Haitian heritage, history, cultural pride, identity, and the ideas that shape how we understand the world.
Two Shows, One Question
Each episode takes one belief we were taught to accept as true, and asks who taught it, who benefited, and what it costs to keep carrying it. The conversation is honest but never an attack.
- Language, identity, and the ranking of ways of knowing
- Faith, fear, and what was renamed as dangerous
- Education as a reproduction of hierarchy
- Practical mental liberation — what you do on Monday
Best fit if you think in ideas and can hold a hard question without flinching.
Beyond the headlines and the stereotypes. A platform celebrating the visionaries, the history, and the untapped potential of a nation — through conversation with the people building its future.
- Haitian history, 1804, and the revolutionary legacy
- Culture, language, and identity across the diaspora
- Entrepreneurship, innovation, and economic sovereignty
- The future of Haiti — what is being built now
Best fit if you build, organise, or create — and have something to show for it.
What We Look For
A body of work, a lived experience, or a perspective that is genuinely yours. Not a position anyone could hold without having lived it.
We would rather hear one thing closely examined than everything at once. Vague is the most common reason an application does not move forward.
You can disagree with a whole tradition of thought without turning the conversation into an argument. Curiosity travels further than certainty.
What makes a strong application
Two or three sentences is plenty. You are not writing a cover letter — you are telling us what you would want to talk about, and why it is yours to talk about.
- Name the one idea. Not "Haitian history" — but what specifically about it keeps you up at night.
- Say why you. A book, a practice, a study, a place your story is rooted in, three years in a classroom.
- Give an example. A question you have asked in public, a project you have finished, a claim you have defended.
- Suggest the angle. If you had forty minutes, what would you want listeners to understand by the end of it?
- Be reachable. A real address, and links you are happy for us to look at.
How It Works
One form. Names, the show you fit, and what you would want to talk about.
Every application is read. If we have questions, we write rather than guess.
A 35–45 minute recording, remotely, on a date that suits you. Questions sent ahead.
Video on YouTube, audio wherever people listen, and a link back to your work.
Tell us what you would bring
A few sentences on each question is more than enough. We read every submission, and we contact selected guests directly.
Do I need to be a published author or an academic?
No. We look for a perspective and something you know deeply, not a credential. Some of our strongest conversations have been with practitioners, organisers, and teachers who have never published a word.
How long is the recording?
Between 35 and 45 minutes. We record remotely, so no travel is involved, and we send the questions in advance so nothing is a surprise.
What language can I record in?
English, Kreyòl Ayisyen. Tell us your preference in the form and we will plan around it. If Kreyòl is easier for you, say so.
Do I need special equipment?
No. Headphones and a room without echo are enough. We handle the recording side and will run a short sound check before we begin.
Is there a fee to appear?
There is no fee in either direction. We do not charge guests, and we are not able to pay an appearance fee. What we offer is a platform, a considered conversation, and a link back to your work in the show notes.
How long until I hear back?
Every application is read, but we only write to those we are moving forward with at that moment. If the timing is not right, your application stays on file — several guests have joined in a later season.
Can I nominate someone else?
Yes, and we welcome it. Send their name, what they do, and why they would fit — we will take it from there.
The best episodes start with a question someone was told not to ask.
If you have been holding an idea for years and waiting for the right place to say it, this is the place. Send it to us and we will read it properly.
Questions first? Write to info@yvenerduroseau.com
I am a Haitian-born author, cultural commentator, and seeker of truth. Through my books and my podcast, I explore the intersection of history, identity, and the decolonization of the mind : how colonial systems shaped what we believe about language, faith, race, culture, and worth, and how we reclaim the power to think for ourselves. My work centers Haiti’s revolutionary legacy as a lens for understanding power, and it’s for anyone willing to question what they were taught.
Yvener Duroseau
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SpotifyTo spark a global movement of mental liberation by centering Haiti’s revolutionary legacy and dismantling the colonial systems that shape what we believe about faith, race, language, culture, and worth. We are here to unlearn the narratives we never chose, to heal from the inheritance they left behind, and to rewrite our future together , one honest question at a time. This is not a rejection of faith, culture, or tradition. It is an invitation to examine what we carry, decide what deserves to remain, and reclaim the authority to define ourselves.
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