Naked Conversations: Race, Culture, & Beyond
108 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsThis show is a collection of real, honest, and sometimes messy conversations between two friends. We’ll explore racism, antiracism, interracial friendship, activism, books, films, and more through our different lived experiences. We’ll offer questions and actions to help you go deeper into your exploration of race & culture, find your own inner disruptor, and be a part of the solution. Occasionally, we’ll bring you interviews with others who are experts in this work so we can learn together and do better.
Homepage Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episodes
EP7: Making the World a Better Place, One Leader at a Time with Rachel Rosen
October 17, 2017 14:07 - 53 minutes - 77.9 MBYet again, I’m so amazed by the women I get to talk to on this show. It gives me hope for the world every, single time… Rachel is a teacher, an activist, a leader, and a hugely kind hearted person. She tackles big, challenging topics of racial equity, school inclusion, new models for leadership, and more. From being a school teacher to a principal to an educational leadership coach, she really approaches these topics with heart and courage. Rachel tells stories about how she was a bi...
EP6: How a Weekend Blew My Mind: Women Leading the Way
October 10, 2017 13:00 - 28 minutes - 44 MBI recorded this show for you right after I returned from a conference, Emerging Women Live, that blew my mind (and burst my heart.) I was deeply inspired, stretched to my edges, and motivated to action. Sounds pretty awesome, right? It sooooo was. (Not as awesome was returning to a the first snowstorm of the season, on a Monday morning, and having my husband accidentally take my keys to work with him when I needed to get the kids to school. Life and leadership = not mutually exclus...
EP5: Yoga, social justice, and taking risks with Erica Barth
October 03, 2017 13:00 - 47 minutes - 70 MBErica is super bright, knowledgeable, and passionate about social justice, yogic activism building a business for good. She has the unique combination of being both ambitious and soulful, New Yorker meets woo woo. This episode will light you up about how YOU can make changes, face challenges, and be more intentional about how you live your life. We cover SO many relevant and powerful topics in today’s show. From taking risks (even if you’re risk averse), racism, microaggression, gent...
EP4: Girlfriends are the Bomb
September 26, 2017 19:30 - 20 minutes - 32.7 MBI recorded this episode after a ridiculously fun and soul-filling weekend with my friends. I was reminded of the unbelievable beauty and power of women who fully see you, get you (all of you), support you (no matter what), love you (even when you F up), champion you (always), laugh with you (til you pee, literally), and cry with you (big snotty sobs). And I just knew I had to share these thoughts with you while it was fresh and big and super present for me. I’m always talking about r...
EP3: YOU have guides and angels (even if you're a psychic virgin) with Shannon Walbran
September 21, 2017 21:14 - 58 minutes - 83.9 MBWow, this conversation was SO fascinating and fun. Shannon Walbran is South Africa’s top psychic, who shares her story from being raised Catholic in Minneapolis to finding her psychic path in the Sinai Desert of Egypt. She’s lovely, relatable, super knowledgable, and hears messages from spirits and guides. We talk about how ALL of us are guided by spirit, how she worked all over the world, shyed away from her gifts, and how her family responded to her proclamation of being a psychic....
EP2: Overcoming Fear, Building Community, and Being YOU with Tepsii
September 15, 2017 21:27 - 48 minutes - 70.4 MBTepsii is a successful online entrepreneur, with a gift for building community and writing compelling copy, while raising three kids in South Africa. I loved this conversation so much! Tepsii’s so full of life — She shares her stories, of both struggles and success, so openly in this episode. We get into how she found motivation to finish college as a single mom, navigating cultural challenges, finding your own sense of home, hard earned courage, slaying fear, and so much more. Talking ...
EP1: Finding Calm in a Busy World with Grace Estripeaut
September 15, 2017 20:45 - 52 minutes - 75.8 MBI believe Grace’s name was foreshadowing the woman she would become, the woman she now is. Grace is such a light, and has incredible, hard earned wisdom that brought her into teaching all things meditation, calm, and peace. Our conversation was super fun, and very real, which is exactly how she approaches mediation. I laughed out loud, as we somehow made an analogy between mediation and chocolate milk (listen in- I swear it makes sense in context!) If you’ve ever been curious about how ...
EP0: Naked Conversations Revealed: What to Expect from this Show and Me
September 13, 2017 02:19 - 17 minutes - 27.7 MBI recorded this episode at what we affectionately call “The Lab” in my house. Which really means, on the messy bar top, overlooking the kitchen, that is usually coated in paint, beads, crayons, and other “tools of creativity.” (That’s what I like to call mess when I’m in a good mood.) Because that’s real life in my world these days. I’m a mom of two kids who hates housework, and really wants to spend my time doing things that matter to me. #laundrycanwait This is Naked Conversation...