Latest Diversecharacters Podcast Episodes
4.4: Interview with Jeremy Whitley and Bre Indigo
Diversity Issues Podcast - July 31, 2023 02:57 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this special Episode, we are excited to welcome guests Jeremy Whitley and Bre Indigo to the show. We talk with them about their new comic The Dog Knight. "A nonbinary middle schooler saves a dog from bullies and is offered the chance to become the Dog Knight, protector of a magical pact bet...
4.3: Interview with Jadzia Axelrod live from V-Con 2023
Diversity Issues Podcast - May 29, 2023 20:34 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWe had the pleasure and privilege of speaking with GLAAD award nominated writer Jadzia Axelrod as part of Color of Fandom's V-Con. In this interview, we talk to Jadzia about her graphic novel Galaxy: The Prettiest Star from DC comics, and a bit about her soon to be released works DC: Book of Pri...
4.2: The Black Experience Through Horror with Color of Fandom live from Ret-Con
Diversity Issues Podcast - March 19, 2023 14:07 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThis episode is another panel Robyn did with Color of Fandom at Ret-Con. They talk about the horror genre in various mediums and how that interacts with the Black experience. They discuss both viewing horror media from a Black perspective, and discuss what makes something Black horror. We are ...
4.1: Comic Book Adaptations with Color of Fandom live from Ret-Con
Diversity Issues Podcast - March 07, 2023 23:06 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWe are kicking of season 4 with a series of panels that Robyn recorded at Ret-Con in Cary NC. For this panel, Robyn is joined by some of our friends from Color of Fandom. They talk about comic book film and television adaptations including what makes a good one, and some of the pitfalls. One cor...
3.7: The Low, Low Woods
Diversity Issues Podcast - September 25, 2022 23:59 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWe're back, and with October just around the corner, we have a spooky one for you! The Low, Low Woods is from Joe Hill's Hill House comics, a DC horror imprint. Writer Carmen Maria Machado along with artist Dani, and colorist Tamra Bonvillain bring to life the Pennsylvania mountain tow of Shudde...
Bonus: We're Back!!!!!
Diversity Issues Podcast - August 15, 2022 00:07 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWe are back from our hiatus! We sat down to record a new episode, and it turns out that we had other stuff to talk about, and just happened to record it. This bonus episode is that conversation, and covers various things, including some about life over the last year or so. Hosted and Produced ...
Trans Allegories & The Matrix Live from V-Con 2022
Diversity Issues Podcast - April 23, 2022 15:45 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this special release, Robyn sits down with Tilly Bridges, writer and producer at Pendant Productions. Tilly and Robyn discuss Tilly's analysis of the allegories in The Matrix film series. V-Con is Color of Fandom's second annual virtual con. Color of Fandom is a social group based in the Rale...
3.6: SJST Nothing Human
Diversity Issues Podcast - September 07, 2020 15:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThis is another installment of Social Justice Star Trek. In this episode we talk about the Star Trek Voyager episode Nothing Human. This episode leads to some interesting discussions of medical ethics, the complications around medical advancements based on research involving human rights violati...
3.5: You Brought Me the Ocean
Diversity Issues Podcast - August 02, 2020 10:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsFrom Lambda Award winning Author Alex Sanchez, You Brought Me the Ocean is a coming of age and coming out story of a black high school student in a small southwest town. Jake has to deal with finishing high school, coming out, and discovering super powers! We have a great conversation about repr...
3.4: Super Fun Sexy Times
Diversity Issues Podcast - May 24, 2020 15:45 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsSuper Fun Sexy Times by Meredith McClaren is an erotic anthology that explores the sex lives of superheroes, supervillains, side kicks and others. These stories also explore themes such as consent and boundaries all while being fun and sexy. Hosted and Produced by: Robyn McGlotten & Tracy Ho...
3.3: SJST Past Tense
Diversity Issues Podcast - March 29, 2020 16:47 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode, we're kicking of something a little different. Diversity Issues Presents: Social Justice Star Trek. We watched Star Trek Deep Space Nine episodes Past Tense parts 1 and 2. In a transporter accident, crew members find themselves in the far past of 2024! They find themselves in th...
3.2: CosmoKnights
Diversity Issues Podcast - March 08, 2020 11:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsCosmoKnights is a sci-fi comic by Hannah Templer about a group of women fighting in gladiatorial style combat for the freedom of princesses being forced to marry against there will in a patriarchical system. Hosted and Produced by: Robyn McGlotten & Tracy Holt Music from https://filmmusic....
3.1: Queen of Bad Dreams
Diversity Issues Podcast - February 16, 2020 16:18 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWe're back for Season 3! We kick the season off with a great comic Queen of Bad Dreams by Danny Lore. Queen of Bad Dreams is set in a reality where certain people known as psychics can manifest entities from their dreams into reality. The story follows Inspector Judge Daher, a law enforcement ag...
2.c: Season 2 Wrap-up
Diversity Issues Podcast - November 17, 2019 11:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIt's been a fun season! We take a few minutest to talk about the season. We talk about how and why it was different from season 1 and plans for season 3. Hosted and Produced by: Robyn McGlotten & Tracy Holt Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Beauty Flow" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompete...
2.16: Queer Relationships in Popular Culture Live from Dragoncon 2019
Diversity Issues Podcast - October 13, 2019 19:35 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsQueer representation is on the rise in popular culture, but are we where we should be in terms of equitable portrayals of LGBT people and queer relationships? We'll talk about queer characterization & expression as well as how pop culture depicts queer relationships. This is a recording of a p...
2.15: The Wicked & The Divine Live from Dragoncon 2019
Diversity Issues Podcast - September 22, 2019 10:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings"You are of the of the Pantheon. You will be loved. You will be hated. You will be brilliant. Within two years, you will be dead." The Wicked & The Divine is an epic comic from writer Kieron Gillen and Image comics. What happens when young people are suddenly bestowed with awesome power, but a...
2.14 LaGuardia: A Very Modern Story of Immigration
Diversity Issues Podcast - September 01, 2019 16:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsLaGuardia is a comic miniseries from award winning Science Fiction writer Nnedi Okorafor and illustrated by award winning artist Tana Ford. In LaGuardia we are presented a story about immigration and closed borders and people helping extra-terrestrials who have been able to reside in Nigeria imm...
2.13: Magical Girls
Diversity Issues Podcast - August 11, 2019 10:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode, we have three comics about magical girls. We discuss Kim Reaper from Oni Press, Jonsey from Boom Box! and Agents of the Realm a webcomic that has also been self published in print. These are each comics that center around girls and young women with fantastic powers. They are fun...
2.12: Comics to Help You Be a Better Ally
Diversity Issues Podcast - July 21, 2019 10:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode we talk about comics that can help you on your ally journey. We focus on three varieties, educational, historical, and fun. We talk about what to look for and how to find them. Hosted and Produced by: Robyn McGlotten & Tracy Holt Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Beauty Fl...
2.11: Chuck Brown and Sanford Greene: Live From Heroescon 2019
Diversity Issues Podcast - June 30, 2019 10:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsRecorded live at Heroescon 2019 in Charlotte NC, we interview two of the creators of Bitter Root from Image Comics. Chuck brown is one of the writers and Sanford Greene is the artist. Bitter Root is a comic dealing with Sangerye family as the defend the against monsters known as Jinoo with the b...
2.10: Juneteenth - Slave Narratives
Diversity Issues Podcast - June 14, 2019 11:52 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThis is a special episode in commemoration of Juneteenth. The Emancipation Proclamation came into effect for persons enslaved in the Confederate states on January 1 1863, and was enforced throughout the south in April of 1865. Texas being isolated did not receive word until Union troops arrived ...
2.9: Alters
Diversity Issues Podcast - June 02, 2019 10:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this Episode, we talk about Alters from Aftershock comics. Alters is about a young trans woman named Charlie. In the first volume, she is comic to accept her true self and has superpowers which manifest. She finds herself dealing with both transitions. In the second volume she is a more estab...
2.8: Horror Comics
Diversity Issues Podcast - May 05, 2019 10:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThis week we are diving into Horror comics. We talk about three comics that showcase diverse characters and/or themes. We talk about MCMLXXV and Infidel from Image Comics as well as Abbot from BOOM! They are fantastic reads and made for some great discussion! Hosted and Produced by: Robyn Mc...
2.7: Star Trek Waypoint with Derek and Josh from PVSTV
Diversity Issues Podcast - April 21, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWe are huge Star Trek fans, so we had to do a Star Trek episode at some point. We talk about the comic anthology Waypoint which has stories from the first five Star Trek Series. For this episode, we are joined by our friends Derek and Josh who are two of the stars of The People vs Star Trek Voya...
2.6: Jeremy Whitley: Live from Oak City Comicon 2019
Diversity Issues Podcast - April 07, 2019 14:11 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsJeremy Whitley has written for major publishing houses Marvel, Dynamite and IDW. We got to sit down with him at NC Comiccon Raleigh Oak City to talk about his current series Unstoppable Wasp and Rainbow Brite and his creator owned series, Princeless, which is published by Action Labs. http://j...
Bonus 2.b: Mental Health in Comics with Matt Connor MD
Diversity Issues Podcast - March 31, 2019 10:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMatt Connor is a Psychiatrist, an organizer for NC Comicon and huge comic book fan. He consulted on The Unstoppable Wasp about the mental health of Nadia. We talked to Matt ahead of our next episode will be an interview with Jeremy Whitley, writer of The Unstoppable Wasp recorded Live from NC Co...
2.5: #TransIsBeautiful
Diversity Issues Podcast - March 24, 2019 20:50 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThis episode is named for the hashtag started by Laverne Cox. In this episode, we review some comics featuring trans characters and trans creators. We have two that we included for their educational content and for the experiences of trans people that are presented. The other two are created for...
2.4: Man-Eaters
Diversity Issues Podcast - March 10, 2019 14:19 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsFor this episode, we talk about Man-Eaters by Chelsea Cain. Man-Eaters presents a world where young women turn in to large vicious cats during their periods. It provides great commentary on the problems with how we think and talk about young women and their bodies in our society. Hosted and Pr...
2.3: Diverse Romance Part 2
Diversity Issues Podcast - February 24, 2019 11:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWe're back with part 2 of our romance episode. In this episode, we continue our romance conversation. Romance can come in lots of different forms. Some of the relationships we discuss are same sex, interracial, age gap, and non-monogamous relationships. If you haven't heard part 1, we recommend ...
2.2: Diverse Romance Part 1
Diversity Issues Podcast - February 10, 2019 18:29 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThis is our first episode under a new format we're trying where we talk about multiple comics under a topic rather than a single comic. In this episode, we talk romance! Romance can come in lots of different forms. Some of the relationships we discuss are same sex, interracial, age gap, and non-...
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