A Racial Impostor Epidemic
Our episode about multi-racial people and their search for identity struck a nerve. Now we're asking, "What other stories do you want to hear?"To manage podcast ad preferences, review the links below:...
17 Jan 201819min
This Racism Is Killing Me Inside
On this weeks episode we hear the story of Shalon Irving, who passed away after giving birth to her daughter. Black women in the United States are 243 percent more likely than white women to die of pr...
10 Jan 201831min
Before We Give 2017 The Middle Finger, Part 2
This week, Gene Demby talks with ESPN's Jemele Hill. The SportsCenter anchor discusses becoming a lightning rod in the culture wars and the flimsy partition between politics and sports. And we'll look...
3 Jan 201826min
Before We Give 2017 The Middle Finger, Part 1
In this episode: lessons learned post-Charlottesville, the Latinas who said "me, too" before it went viral, race-and-rep wins in pop-culture and some of this year's real-life losses. You'll yell, you'...
27 Des 201737min
Black Atheists, White Santas, And A Feast For The Deceased
We're answering your holiday race questions: Why do we still think of Santa as white? Are POCs responsible for calling-out the racism at holiday parties? How do you tell your black family you're a non...
20 Des 201726min
With Dope, There's High Hope
As of January 1, it will be legal to sell recreational cannabis in California. But as the legal weed market gains traction, people of color who were targeted by the drug war are being left out of the ...
13 Des 201726min
17,000 Islands, 700 Languages, And A Superhero
Indonesia is one of the most ethnically diverse countries on Earth. And while that pluralism is embraced in the country's founding documents, its ethnic Chinese minority has been persecuted for genera...
6 Des 201719min
Disrespect To Miss-Respect
It's Alabama, 1963. A black woman stands before a judge, but she refuses to acknowledge him until he addresses her by an honorific given to white women: "Miss." On this week's episode, we revisit the ...
29 Nov 201727min
