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Oct. 28, 2022
S4E12: Race, Culture, and Beyond with Erica Howard and Sage Hobbs
We’ve got a fun role swap for you today: in this episode, we’re bringing you an interview where we had the opportunity to be the guests! We were interviewed by the amazing Sage Hobbs and Erica Howard for their podcast Race, …
Oct. 18, 2022
S4E11: Creating Influence Around the Globe with Awa Diaw
We know very well what change still needs to happen around race in the US, but what about abroad? Today we’re bringing you a fascinating and unique perspective on this from Awa Diaw who is not only the Global Diversity and I…
Oct. 12, 2022
S4E10: The Code Switch [A Deeper Dive]
What’s code switching? If you’ve ever found yourself changing who you are as a person in a given situation in order to gain acceptance, you’ve code switched. That need to shift how you show up in the world in order to adhere…
Oct. 4, 2022
S4E9: Why Do We Dehumanize Others?
Sometimes you read or hear about a situation that breaks your heart and you think, “How can those people DO that?! How do they live with themselves? I could never do that!” But could you? As humans, we’re exploring this id…
July 26, 2022
S4E8: The Importance of Community in Business w/Imran Rehman
How do we create dialogue when there are such huge power differences in the room? How do we make sure we have different voices at the table and still work together? Today we sit down with Imran Rehman, CEO of Kokoro, a web …
July 19, 2022
S4E7: Defining Hope [A Deeper Dive]
We know the important place The 1619 Project takes in DEI work. Nicole Hannah-Jones’ speech at a prominent elite school was canceled, but her message is definitely not. Join us as we break down our previous episode with Nico…
July 11, 2022
S4E6: When Schools Fear ‘Noise’: Learning From the Controversial Speech Cancellation at Middlesex School w/ Nikole Hannah-Jones
How do we distinguish between sadness and remorse and individual guilt? How do we teach children that you can feel shame for something your country did, without feeling responsible? We have all heard about the controversy …
July 4, 2022
S4E5: Roe vs Wade in 2022
TW: Abortion What is freedom? It’s the 4th of July, and while we are grateful for our veterans who fought for our country's freedoms, we are finding it hard to celebrate when not all of us are truly free. On Friday, June 2…
June 27, 2022
S4E4: Reparations And New Beginnings [A Deeper Dive]
90% of the profits from Idelette’s book, Recovering Racists, is going to different communities of color that have been oppressed and discriminated against. And she's doing a beautiful job of just asking where this money shou…
June 20, 2022
S4E3: Reclaiming Our Humanity w/ Idelette McVicker
After being set up to live with privilege in South Africa, unsure of the world she was grown up in, our guest and author of the book Recovering Racists, Idelette McVicker, speaks to us about feeling like her soul was forgott…
June 13, 2022
S4E2: This is What Happens When You Center Hate
So many times since we started this podcast, we have been here discussing mass shootings and how we can really effect change. Here we are again. Today in the wake of the Buffalo grocery store shooting, we sit down and talk…
June 6, 2022
S4E1: Welcome to Season 4!
It seems like we just started Humanize, but somehow we are already back for Season 4! We have lots in store for you, including an update on what we have each been up to and a preview of what we have planned for this season. …
March 28, 2022
S3E20: Our Biggest Lessons From Season 3
It’s a wrap on Season 3! Join us today as we look back and unpack what this season has brought: the work we’ve done, the discomfort and pain we’ve faced, and the guests we’ve all learned from. Listen in as we detail some of …
March 21, 2022
S3E19: When Good Intentions Go Wrong w/ Nadia Ali
Have you ever been on the receiving end of a supposedly well-intended — but actually incredibly offensive — comment, question, or microagression? Well today's guest, Nadia Ali, knows this feeling all too well. Nadia is the C…
March 14, 2022
S3E18: The Violence of Normality [A Deeper Dive]
The intersection between toxic masculinity and white supremacy is one that deserves another look, don’t you think? On today’s episode we dive back into the ideas discussed last week with artist, poet, and educator, Kyle ‘Gua…
March 7, 2022
S3E17: "White supremacy is not the shark; it's the water" w/ poet Kyle 'Guante' Tran Myhre
Poetry and art can move us in a way that lectures or courses cannot, am I right? THIS is why today’s guest loves this medium and uses it so powerfully in his social activism work, particularly around white supremacy and toxi…
Feb. 21, 2022
Encore: How White Supremacy F***s Us All with Courtney Napier
Originally Released June 28, 2021 If you know better, you can do better. Join us in today’s episode, where we’re joined by writer, journalist, and antiracism coach, Courtney Napier, to explore the role our ancestors play in …
Feb. 14, 2022
Encore: Riots and Racism
Originally Released JAN 11, 2021 This episode is a fan favorite. So much happened last week in this country that we just had to create a bonus episode to share our conversation around it. For the first time in history, Geor…
Jan. 31, 2022
S3E16: It’s Not a Black and White Thing [A Deeper Dive]
When you hear a lot of conversations around racism and white supremacy, it can be easy to assume that it’s just a Black and white thing. But we don’t believe that’s true, and in today’s episode we’re debriefing last week’s c…
Jan. 24, 2022
S3E15: Radical Inclusivity & CRT w/Dr. Reiland Rabaka
What exactly IS radical inclusivity and what does it have to do with Critical Race Theory? On today’s episode we’re excited to be joined by Dr. Reiland Rabaka, to dive into this with us and explain how radical inclusivity go…
Jan. 17, 2022
S3E14: Hope in Hopeless Times [MLK Day]
Looking at a lot of what’s going on in the US, particularly in the last couple of years, can feel hopeless. So how do you find hope in hopeless times like these? Today, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. on his birthday, we…
Jan. 10, 2022
S3E13: The Myth of Access [A Deeper Dive]
Whether it’s COVID, fires or floods, when you really look at who’s affected the most in the US, there’s a glaring difference there between white people and BIPOC and it isn’t just access to medical care that’s to blame. In t…
Jan. 3, 2022
S3E12: Staying Embodied When Doing Racial Equity Work with Vani Tangella
We all carry with us our own traumas (including intergenerational ones), but how do we each continue to show up and do this work when that’s the reality for us? Today, we’re exploring this with Vani Tangella, the Racial Equi…
Dec. 20, 2021
S3E11: How to Not Stay Silent About Racism This Holiday Season with Shiquita Yarborough and Pedro Silvas
Holiday get-togethers can be tough for a lot of reasons, and if your family is often vocal about their opinions around race or something else that you feel opposingly passionate about, it can be extra hard. But if you’ve bee…