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March 19, 2023
Our Biggest Lessons From Season 4
We can’t believe it, we’ve made it to the end of Season 4. What a year of absolutely mind-blowing conversations and guests. With gratitude and excitement, we leave you with these final reflections on dismantling white supremacy, sitting in...
March 2, 2023
S4E20: Radical Education w/ Jocelyn Roderiguez
“I’m not here to reform. I’m here to abolish, I’m here to dismantle.” - Jocelyn Roderiguez What does it mean to have a radical approach? For Joceyln Roderiguez, it’s about pushing the norm, and often being the only one doing it....
Feb. 15, 2023
S4E19: White Supremacy: Let's Call It What It Is
“Whoa whoa whoa - I’m not a white supremacist…” White supremacy is a pretty hard thing to talk about without all the defenses coming up and the conversation quickly ending. In this episode we talk about the difference between ‘being a white...
Feb. 3, 2023
S4E18: Tyre Nichols: Is This A Race Thing?
We’re weighing in on the heated debate erupting across our country in the wake of Tyre Nichols murder. Tyre, a black man, was pulled over and subsequently killed by black police officers. Is this racist? Let’s ask better questions. Our...
Jan. 18, 2023
S4E17: The Dangers of the Hyper Woke w/Dr. Melissa Bird
How does perfectionism undermine our activism? This conversation today is so important. We’re with Dr. Melissa Bird, discussing how our fears of messing up and being judged impedes our activism, and how our shame and guilt are leading us to action...
Dec. 27, 2022
S4E16: Activation & Allyship w/Brenda Herrera Moreno
Anti-oppression work requires great introspection and learning of self and habits. According to Brenda Herrera Moreno, the role that we have to play in combating oppression is equivalent to the life journey of getting to know ourselves better. ...
Dec. 14, 2022
S4E15: Injustice Isn't Elsewhere, It's Here. With Sirad Zahara.
The world is an intense place. We are bombarded with news of tragedies and injustices and many of us wonder, “what can I do?”, before we are swept back into our busy lives. Sirad Zahara joins us today to talk about the injustices that land on our...
Nov. 29, 2022
S4E14: Do Our Stories Do Us Justice? With Adriana Ortiz
How do you tell your own story? Often when we think about our lives we focus on our shortcomings and struggle to see how all the parts of our story are weaved together. Adriana Ortiz believes that understanding our own story is critical to living a...
Nov. 17, 2022
S4E13: Being Influential In Conversation (A Deeper Dive)
Each of us have different strategies when it comes to shifting people’s perspectives. For last week’s guest, Awa Diaw, it can be choosing to end the conversation when it no longer feels productive. For Humanize co-host, Courthney Russell Jr,...
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, Culture, and Beyond: A...
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 Inclusion Project Manager...
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 to a standard set by...
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 idea that we all...
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 based company striving...
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 Nicole and talk about the...
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 surrounding...
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 24, the Supreme court...
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 should go. This question got...
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 forgotten once she discovered the...
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 about the...
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. We’re looking into an...