Hope & Hard Pills
82 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 147 ratingsExploring practical insight on racial justice and social change.
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The One About Political Depression
March 04, 2024 08:00 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBAnn Cvetkovich is currently Professor in the Feminist Institute of Social Transformation at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She has been Ellen Clayton Garwood Centennial Professor of English and Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of Mixed Feelings: Feminism, Mass Culture, and Victorian Sensationalism (Rutgers, 1992); An Archive of Feelings: Trauma, Sexuality, and Lesbian Public Cultures (Duke, 2003); and Depres...
The One About Black Joy
February 26, 2024 08:00 - 28 minutes - 26 MBAs a writer and thought-leader, Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts offers those who read her work and hear her speak an authentic experience; an opportunity to explore the intersection of culture, identity and faith/spirituality at the deepest levels. She is the host of the podcast, HeARTtalk with Tracey Michae’l, and founder of HeARTspace, a healing community created to serve those who have experienced trauma of any kind through the use of storytelling and the arts. As a writer, Tracey has pub...
The One About Black Mental Health
February 19, 2024 08:00 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBDr. Chanda Reynolds recently obtained her doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology. Her areas of interest include the impact of transgenerational trauma on the Black community, the integration of faith and mental health, and mental health within the Black church. Dr. Chanda enjoys teaching as an adjunct professor and providing therapy to children, adolescents, and their families. Dr. Reynolds has contributed to various media platforms, including ABC7, FOX news, PHL-17, Live Civil, and more. ...
The One About the Power of Mutual Aid
February 12, 2024 08:00 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBDean Spade is a professor at the Seattle University School of Law. Dean has been working in movements for queer and trans liberation and racial and economic justice for the past two decades. He’s the author of Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law and the director of the documentary “Pinkwashing Exposed: Seattle Fights Back!” His latest book, Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next), was published in 2020 by Verso press ...
The One About the Hidden Link Between Black Wellness & Black Liberation
February 05, 2024 08:00 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBRebeckah Price is a wellness advocate, yoga instructor (RYT 200), and meditation teacher, and wellness entrepreneur that draws on her wealth of knowledge of working in underserved, marginalized, racialized, and immigrant communities in Canada, the United States and the Caribbean. With a background and education in Community Development and Engagement she saw the ways in which the social determinants of health had direct impacts on one's ability to be well. As an avid yoga practitioner she sa...
The One Where You Start a Renaissance of Your Own
January 29, 2024 08:00 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBRachel Cargle is an Akron, Ohio born writer, entrepreneur and philanthropic innovation. Her work and upcoming book with Penguin Random House, centers the reimagining of womanhood, solidarity and self and how we are in relationship with ourselves and one another. In 2018 she founded The Loveland Foundation, Inc., a non-profit offering free therapy to Black women and girls. Her umbrella company, The Loveland Group houses a collection of Rachel’s social ventures including The Great Unlearn, a...
The One About the Revolutionary Power of Joy
January 15, 2024 16:57 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBTanmeet is a board-certified Integrative Family Medicine physician and Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She has spent the past 25 years working on the frontlines of the most marginalized communities, as well as globally with victims of school shootings, survivors of hurricanes, citizens impacted by police violence, and psychologists in Ukraine under attack. Tanmeet has created entire Integrative medicine programs from the ground up, including t...
The One About Well-Being Science & Racial Stress
January 08, 2024 08:00 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBRick Hanson, Ph.D.is a psychologist, Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, and New York Times best-selling author. His seven books have been published in 31 languages and include Making Great Relationships, Neurodharma, Resilient,Hardwiring Happiness, Just One Thing, Buddha’s Brain, and Mother Nurture– with over a million copies in English alone. He's the founder of the Global Compassion Coalition and the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom, ...
Why We Need a Soulful Revolution & What It Looks Like
December 18, 2023 08:00 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBThe Rev. Lauren Grubaugh Thomas (she/her) is a nurturer of faithful dissidents, empowering communities to embrace the sacred art of nonviolent social change. She is a priest reimagining local church ministry,a community organizer building safety through belonging in her neighborhood and beyond, and a writer and podcaster at A Soulful Revolution. A 2022 Trinity Leadership Fellow and a certified Kaleidoscope Institute dialogue Facilitator, she holds a Master of Divinity with an emphasis in Chr...
How to Raise Anti-Racist Children in a Changing World
December 11, 2023 08:00 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MBBritt Hawthorne is a momma, teacher, author, and anti-bias/antiracist facilitator. Britt partners with caregivers, educators, and families to raise the next generation of antiracist children. Her book, NY Times Best Selling book, Raising Antiracist Children: A Practical Parenting Guide, is for families ready to take action that'll bring change at home. Together with her beloved partner, they raise their two children, Carter and Cobe, to become empathetic, critical thinkers, embracing justice...
How to Be Radically Content in a Marginalized Body
December 04, 2023 18:46 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBJamie Varon is a novelist, author, designer, digital course creator, executive producer, and creative consultant. Her writing has been featured on Huffington Post, Fusion, Complex, Medium, Thought Catalog, GOOD, Teen Vogue, The Liberty Project, and SF Weekly. Jamie started blogging back when Xanga was still a thing and has been sharing her life online in various capacities for almost a decade. She's had at least 6 different blogs over the years, and has written thousands of her most honest ...
The Surprising Connection Between Food and Black Empowerment
November 20, 2023 08:00 - 29 minutes - 27 MBDalia Kinsey is a queer Black Registered Dietitian, keynote speaker, the creator of the Body Liberation for All podcast, and author of Decolonizing Wellness: A QTBIPOC-Centered Guide to Escape the Diet Trap, Heal Your Self-Image, and Achieve Body Liberation. On a mission to spread joy, reduce suffering, and eliminate health disparities in the LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC community, Dalia rejects diet culture and teaches people to use nutrition as a self-care and personal empowerment tool to counter ...
The Unusual Story of One Woman's Escape From America's Narcissist Abuse
November 13, 2023 08:00 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBTiffanie Drayton is a mother, world traveler, and journalist whose work has been featured in The New York Times, Vox, Marie Claire, Playboy, Salon, and Complex, and on Yahoo, among other outlets. She has published two nonfiction young adult books, Developing Political Leadership Skills and Coping with Gun Violence. She grew up in the United States and currently lives with her family in Tobago. In This Episode: Run, don't walk, to check out Tiffanie's book Black American Refugee You can find...
The Startling Rise of American Authoritarians and How to Fight Them
November 06, 2023 08:00 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBSarah Kendzior is the bestselling author of THE VIEW FROM FLYOVER COUNTRY (2018), HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020), and THEY KNEW (2022). She is also the co-host of Gaslit Nation, a weekly podcast which covers corruption in the United States and the rise of authoritarianism around the world. She is well-known for my coverage of the Trump administration and its aftermath, writing about authoritarianism, kleptocracy, transnational organized crime, racism and xenophobia, media, voting rights, tech...
Why Capitalism Is to Blame for the Mental Health Crisis
October 30, 2023 07:00 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBDr. Ayesha Khan is an abolitionist, anarchist, clinical microbiologist/ infectious diseases specialist, organizer, political educator and writer focused on decolonizing medicine, dismantling capitalist systems and building collectivist systems of community care & research. As a land and ocean defender from the Malabar Coast of South India, Ayesha takes an ecological approach to healing that addresses human health as being inextricably connected to the health of our planet (the land & all non...
How the Remarkable Power of Belonging Can Change Everything
October 23, 2023 07:00 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBBen McBride is a visionary leader of radical belonging. The co-founder of the Empower Initiative, a capacity building firm devoted to empowering organizations and communities, he is a leading expert in fostering belonging and public safety reform. Through his dedicated work as an internationally recognized peacemaker, faith leader, activist, and sought-after speaker, Ben uniquely develops strong leaders and builds dynamic cultures of empathy, allyship, and belonging. Ben was listed as one o...
How Healthy Humans Make Successful Revolutions
October 16, 2023 07:00 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBJess Mally is a London based antiracism educator, writer, speaker, podcast host, creative and events producer, consultant and more. With a passion for Social Change, Mental Health, the Arts and Spirituality they hope to use any and all means available to her, to tell stories that shape a better world. Jess co-founded the DEI Agency BELOVD alongside Marvyn Harrison, building consultancy frameworks, writing and delivering workshops across all matters pertaining to DEI and creating a strong net...
The Good & Bad About Relationships From Netflix’s The Ultimatum
June 19, 2023 11:52 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBIn This Episode: Caffeine by TRISHES Riled Up by TRISHES Thandiwe by Andre Henry It Doesn't Have To Be This Way (Remix) by Andre Henry Find TRISHES on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. You can find more about Andre at his website and on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. Catch the songs you heard today and more of their music on Spotify. If you’d like to support what we’re doing here, and see the video of Andre and TRISHES and conversation, you can join the Patreon. Thanks for being her...
Our Reactions To The Little Mermaid
June 12, 2023 07:00 - 44 minutes - 41 MBIn This Episode: My Business by Andre Henry Hydra by TRISHES It Doesn't Have To Be This Way (Remix) by Andre Henry Find TRISHES on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. You can find more about Andre at his website and on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. Catch the songs you heard today and more of their music on Spotify. If you’d like to support what we’re doing here, and see the video of Andre and TRISHES and conversation, you can join the Patreon. Thanks for being here!
What Succession Teaches Us About Whiteness with Touré
June 05, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 71.8 MBIn This Episode: Find out more about Touré's show, Being Black: The '80s. Check out Touré on Instagram and TikTok! Instant Gratification by TRISHES Money by TRISHES It Doesn't Have To Be This Way (Remix) by Andre Henry Find TRISHES on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. You can find more about Andre at his website and on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. Catch the songs you heard today and more of their music on Spotify. If you’d like to support what we’re doing here, and see the video ...
How White Tears Scar Us (with Ruby Hamad)
May 29, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBIn This Episode: White Tears/Brown Scars by Ruby Hamad You can find Ruby on Instagram Instant Gratification by TRISHES Hydra by TRISHES It Doesn't Have To Be This Way (Remix) by Andre Henry Find TRISHES on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. You can find more about Andre at his website and on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. Catch the songs you heard today and more of their music on Spotify. If you’d like to support what we’re doing here, and see the video of Andre and TRISHES and conv...
What Hip-Hop Did To Capitalism (& Vice Versa)
May 22, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 67.8 MBIn This Episode: "14 Big, Bad & Delightfully Weird Ads From Hip-Hop's 50 Years on Earth" by Gabriel Beltrone "Black Capitalism Won't Save Us" by Aaron Ross Coleman "Jay-Z Bites Back at ‘Eat the Rich’ Rhetoric: ‘We’re Not Gonna Be Tricked Out of Our Position’" by Mankaprr Conteh You can find Gabriel on Instagram Venom by TRISHES Thandiwe by Andre Henry It Doesn't Have To Be This Way (Remix) by Andre Henry Find TRISHES on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. You can find more about Andre at hi...
Why The Writer's Strike Matter
May 15, 2023 07:00 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBIn This Episode: Animal by TRISHES Thandiwe by Andre Henry It Doesn't Have To Be This Way (Remix) by Andre Henry Find TRISHES on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. You can find more about Andre at his website and on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. Catch the songs you heard today and more of their music on Spotify. If you’d like to support what we’re doing here, and see the video of Andre and TRISHES and conversation, you can join the Patreon. Thanks for being here!
How AI Erases Black People
May 08, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBIn This Episode: Thandiwe by Andre Henry Money by TRISHES Caesar by TRISHES It Doesn't Have To Be This Way (Remix) by Andre Henry Find TRISHES on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. You can find more about Andre at his website and on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. Catch the songs you heard today and more of their music on Spotify. If you’d like to support what we’re doing here, and see the video of Andre and TRISHES and conversation, you can join the Patreon. Thanks for being here!
Can We Matchmake Diversity and Accountability?
May 01, 2023 07:00 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBIn This Episode: You can follow Trishna Malick over on Instagram Instant Gratification by TRISHES Make It To Tomorrow by Andre Henry Riled Up by TRISHES It Doesn't Have To Be This Way (Remix) by Andre Henry Find TRISHES on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. You can find more about Andre at his website and on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. Catch the songs you heard today and more of their music on Spotify. If you’d like to support what we’re doing here, and see the video of Andre and ...
What's Our Beef with Beef?
April 24, 2023 07:00 - 57 minutes - 53 MBIn This Episode: You can follow Hari on Instagram and Twitter Victoria Park is also found on Instagram and Twitter Make it to Tomorrow by Andre Henry Caffeine by TRISHES Venom by TRISHES It Doesn't Have To Be This Way (Remix) by Andre Henry Find TRISHES on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. You can find more about Andre at his website and on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. Catch the songs you heard today and more of their music on Spotify. If you’d like to support what we’re doing her...
Why Are The White Guys So Sad?
April 17, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBIn This Episode: Mike recommends following Dr. Chelsia on TikTok Caesar by TRISHES Thandiwe by Andre Henry Cotton Candy by TRISHES It Doesn't Have To Be This Way (Remix) by Andre Henry Find TRISHES on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. You can find more about Andre at his website and on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. Catch the songs you heard today and more of their music on Spotify. If you’d like to support what we’re doing here, and see the video of Andre and TRISHES and conversatio...
Why Is Beauty So Inaccessible?
April 10, 2023 07:00 - 56 minutes - 52 MBEpisode Notes In This Episode: Caesar by TRISHES Thandiwe by Andre Henry Cotton Candy by TRISHES It Doesn't Have To Be This Way (Remix) by Andre Henry Find TRISHES on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. You can find more about Andre at his website and on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. Catch the songs you heard today and more of their music on Spotify. If you’d like to support what we’re doing here, and see the video of Andre and TRISHES and conversation, you can join the Patreon. Tha...
What Are "Real Men" Like?
April 03, 2023 07:00 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBIn This Episode: Venom by TRISHES Cotton Candy by TRISHES It Doesn't Have To Be This Way (Remix) by Andre Henry Find TRISHES on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. You can find more about Andre at his website and on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. Catch the songs you heard today and more of their music on Spotify. If you’d like to support what we’re doing here, and see the video of Andre and TRISHES and conversation, you can join the Patreon. Thanks for being here!
Season 4 debut with music and the show You
March 27, 2023 07:00 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBYou can find TRISHES on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. You can find more about Andre at his website and on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. Catch the songs you heard today and more of their music on Spotify. If you’d like to support what we’re doing here, and see the video of Andre and TRISHES and conversation, you can join the Patreon. Thanks for being here!
Why Are All The Damsels White?
March 27, 2023 07:00 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBIn This Episode: Hydra by TRISHES It Doesn't Have To Be This Way (Remix) by Andre Henry Find TRISHES on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. You can find more about Andre at his website and on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. Catch the songs you heard today and more of their music on Spotify. If you’d like to support what we’re doing here, and see the video of Andre and TRISHES and conversation, you can join the Patreon. Thanks for being here!
Debating with The Conscious Lee
April 02, 2022 07:00 - 24 minutes - 23.6 MBSocial media sensation George Lee isn’t your typical corporate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion instructor. With over a million followers and over 40 million likes on his TikTok channel “TheConsciousLee”, this intellectual debating, hip hop dancing, thought-provoking, and workshop facilitating keynote speaker proves that Black intellectuals don’t have to play respectability politics to deliver a message that resonates. Mr. Lee holds a bachelor’s degree in African & African American Studies a...
Mobilization and Organizing Made Easy with Zach Hoover
March 26, 2022 07:00 - 30 minutes - 28.8 MBZachary Hoover is the Executive Director of LA Voice and is in his fourteenth year with Faith in Action (formerly PICO Nat’l Network). He holds a Master of Divinity from Harvard and is ordained in the American Baptist Church. Since joining LA Voice, he has led organizing campaigns that have increased access to groceries in food deserts, increased public accountability for reinvestment by major financial institutions, increased voter participation in communities of color, removed obstacles t...
Little Justice Leaders with Shelby Kretz
March 19, 2022 07:00 - 20 minutes - 19.9 MBShelby Kretz is an educational researcher at UCLA and creator of Little Justice Leaders subscription box. Little Justice Leaders is a monthly box for parents and teachers of elementary school students, which provides resources each month to learn about a new topic of social justice. In This Episode: You can keep up with Little Justice Leaders on the website, Instagram, and Facebook. You can pre-order Andre's book All The White Friends I Couldn't Keep. Sign up for Andre's Hope & Hard Pill...
Creative Disruption with Eric Stoner
March 12, 2022 08:00 - 49 minutes - 46.7 MBEric Stoner is a co-founding editor at Waging Nonviolence, an independent, non-profit media platform that covers social movements and activism around the world. He is also an adjunct professor at St. Joseph’s College, and has taught courses on civil resistance and social justice at Rutgers University and St. Peter’s University. Eric has reported from Afghanistan and the Philippines, and his articles have appeared in The Guardian, Mother Jones, Salon, The Nation, Sojourners and In These Times...
Representation in Climate Activism with Mikaela Loach
March 05, 2022 08:00 - 23 minutes - 22.7 MBMikaela Loach is a climate justice activist, co-host of The Yikes Podcast, writer and 5th year medical student. She is one of three claimants on the Paid To Pollute case taking the UK government to court to challenge the Oil & Gas Association's policy in the North Sea and the subsidies and tax breaks the industry is given by the UK government. Her organizing work and Instagram focuses on highlighting the harm caused by the fossil fuel industry, and the intersections of the climate crisis wi...
Feeling Powerful with Charity Croff
February 26, 2022 08:00 - 24 minutes - 23.9 MBA former physics major, music scholar, and debate team member at Wiley College; Charity Croff is one of the most eclectic influencers on social media, and Instagram’s coolest Public Intellectual! Whether heightening the collective consciousness with educational videos or elevating the aural existence of humanity with depth-centered music-based edutainment; Charity's work embraces a limitless lifestyle of love, empathy, & creativity. It all started with a viral video, and then another, and ...
Black Liturgies with Cole Arthur Riley
February 19, 2022 08:00 - 28 minutes - 26.9 MBCole Arthur Riley is the creator of Black Liturgies, a space for Black spiritual words of liberation, lament, rage, and rest; and a project of The Center for Dignity and Contemplation where she serves as Executive Curator. Born and for the most part raised in Pittsburgh, Cole studied Writing at the University of Pittsburgh. She once took a professor’s advice very seriously to begin writing a little every day, and has followed it for nearly a decade. In This Episode: Find out more about Cole...
Run For Something with Amanda Litman
February 12, 2022 08:00 - 25 minutes - 24.1 MBAmanda Litman is the co-founder and executive director of Run for Something, a PAC that helps recruit and support young, diverse progressives running for down-ballot office. Previously, she was the email director for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, digital director for Charlie Crist’s 2014 Florida gubernatorial campaign, deputy email director for Organizing for Action, and an email writer for Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign. She graduated from Northwestern University i...
Red Lip Theology with Candice Marie Benbow
February 05, 2022 08:00 - 44 minutes - 42 MBCandice Marie Benbow is a theologian, essayist, columnist, baker, and educator whose work gives voice to Black women’s shared experiences of faith, healing, and wholeness. The author of Red Lip Theology, she was named by Sojourners as one of “10 Christian Women Shaping the Church in 2020” and has written for Essence, Glamour, The Root, VICE, Shondaland, Madame Noire, and the Me Too Movement. Candice created the “Lemonade Syllabus” social media campaign, founded the media boutique Zion Hill...
How To Fight Racism with Jemar Tisby
January 29, 2022 08:00 - 28 minutes - 27 MBJemar Tisby is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the Church's Complicity in Racism. His latest book is How to Fight Racism. Jemar has been a co-host of the "Pass the Mic" podcast since its inception seven years ago. His writing has been featured in the Washington Post, The Atlantic, and the New York Times among others. He is a frequent commentator on outlets such as NPR and CNN's New Day program. He speaks nationwide on the topics of ...
Using Truth in the Face of Opposition with Tarika Powell
January 22, 2022 08:00 - 32 minutes - 30.6 MBTarika is a queer, neurodivergent environmental policy professional who specializes in helping communities fight against large-scale fossil fuel terminals. Over the past decade, she helped kill dozens of proposed fossil fuel projects in the Pacific Northwest. She was a protester at the police precinct occupation in Seattle in 2020, and is a vocal critic of both police violence and the commodification of the BLM movement. She lives in Philly, where she is building an advocacy and education sp...
How History Moves the Conversation Forward with Lettie Elizabeth
January 15, 2022 08:00 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MBLettie Elizabeth is a historian, educator, and advocate living in Wilmington, NC. She is also the host and owner of her podcast History Shows Us. Lettie’s passion for telling history’s truths and connecting the past to today’s racial and social justice issues is evident in the work she does. She received her MA in History in 2015, focusing primarily on American history and specializing in African-American studies. She received her MA in Conflict Management & Resolution in May 2020, allowin...
How To Tell Better Stories for Change with Anat Shenker-Osorio
January 08, 2022 08:00 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBHost of the Words to Win By podcast and Principal of ASO Communications, Anat Shenker-Osorio examines why certain messages falter where others deliver. She has led research for new messaging on issues ranging from freedom to join together in union to clean energy and from immigrant rights to reforming criminal justice. Anat's original approach through priming experiments, task-based testing and online dial surveys has led to progressive electoral and policy victories across the globe. Anat...
Why Liberation Requires Healing Justice with Erica Woodland
December 18, 2021 08:00 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBErica Woodland is a black queer/genderqueer facilitator, consultant and healing justice practitioner born and raised in Baltimore, MD. He is also a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with more than 18 years experience working at the intersections of movements for racial, gender, economic, trans and queer justice and liberation. He has extensive experience working with youth, people of color, LGBTQ people, and people with disabilities across the country. Erica is the Founding Director of the Nat...
Shoutin' in the Fire with Danté Stewart
December 11, 2021 08:00 - 37 minutes - 34.9 MBDanté Stewart is a speaker and a writer whose work in the areas of race, religion, and politics has been featured on CNN and in The Washington Post, Christianity Today, Sojourners, The Witness: A Black Christian Collective, Comment, and elsewhere. He is the author of the recently released SHOUTIN' IN THE FIRE (Convergent, 10/5/21). He received his BA in sociology from Clemson University and is currently studying at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. In T...
Why We're All Complicit with Jill Louise Busby
December 04, 2021 08:00 - 34 minutes - 32.1 MBJill Louise Busby (more affectionately known as jillisblack) is a writer and filmmaker critiquing, imploding, and barrel-laughing at our personal and communal hierarchies; the myth of white fragility (and other words for racism); the endlessly-pending and highly-exclusive revolution, identity, and reaction-based illusions of societal progress; and the boundaries that all place on our lives. Believing a shift away from anti-difference begins with an outpouring of radical, multi-generational...
How a Fashion Challenge Became an Anti-Human Trafficking Movement with Blythe Hill
November 27, 2021 08:00 - 24 minutes - 23.3 MBBlythe Hill is the CEO and Founder of the Dressember Foundation, an anti-trafficking nonprofit organization. Through their annual campaign, thousands of people across the world commit to wearing dresses or ties for the month of December as a way to raise awareness and funding for anti-trafficking work. Since 2013, Dressember advocates have raised $13MM USD and resourced dozens of anti-trafficking programs across the US and the world. Dressember has received press attention from the likes of ...
Why The Revolution Starts With You w/ TRISHES
November 20, 2021 08:00 - 22 minutes - 21.3 MBMultidisciplinary artist TRISHES challenges the confines of art and constructs of self by using live looping, visual art and spoken word to delve into our psyches. Her undeniably original songwriting, fleshed out by hip-hop beats and pop hooks, examines human struggle through an anthropological lens to prompt listeners on a journey of self-inquiry. As a musician, the Trinidadian-American has been featured on NPR, Billboard, Rolling Stone India, MTV India, and VH1 India; and she has perform...
Why the Police Can’t Be Reformed w/ Alex Vitale
November 13, 2021 15:48 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBAlex S. Vitale is Professor of Sociology and Coordinator of the Policing and Social Justice Project at Brooklyn College and a Visiting Professor at London Southbank University. He has spent the last 30 years writing about policing and consults both police departments and human rights organizations internationally. In This Episode: Alex's website The Policing & Social Justice Project The End of Policing by Alex Vitale Alex on Twitter Find local resources at the Defund the Police website Yo...