podcast episodes that moved me, taught me, and changed me in 2019 :-)
Each week this August, we’re updating some of our most thought-provoking episodes. This week: writer Casey Gerald reflects on what we lose when we buy into the promise of the American dream. We first ...Show More
Blood quantum. The percentage of Native “blood” one possesses, the fraction listed on Certificates of Degree of Indian Blood, and a fraught concept that has its defenders and dissenters in our communi...Show More
“But you’re not gone yet, mommy.”Meet Julie.This series is a companion to Julie Yip-Williams’ posthumous memoir, The Unwinding of the Miracle, published by Random House.Artwork by Dadu Shin.If Julie’s...Show More
My First Therapy Session, on Tape
Man Up | Masculinity, Race, and Relationships in the Modern World
29:33 | Aug 7th, 2019
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This week on Man Up, Aymann sits down for his first-ever therapy session with psychotherapist and host of the Hey Man podcast, Avi Klein. He learns something about how he copes, and about how some the...Show More
The tale of two yogurts and the fight to protect Goa’s fishing villages and waters, it’s all about preservation. It keeps us alive and teaches how to live.
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i really love this podcast where the wonderful host stephen takes us to places all over the world to examine food and how it might help us understand the past, present, and future. i loved this one ab...Show More
Black music, forged in captivity, became the sound of complete artistic freedom. It also became the sound of America. On today’s episode: Wesley Morris, a critic-at-large for The New York Times. “161...Show More
The host of Snap Judgment opens up about being agnostic and rethinking the role of belief after growing up in an apocalyptic cult. Plus, the parts of your spiritual upbringing that stick with you in u...Show More
Quote: “Nobody wants to destroy the image of San Francisco.” —James Baldwin About: Whereas Part One looks into the origin of San Francisco’s F-word, and Part Two looks at the buildup and fallout of ur...Show More
Unless we are parents ourselves, we rarely hear the voices of children, let alone spend the day with them. This is a look inside the challenge of being a working mother and the beauty that can emerge ...Show More
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this is a really lovely intimate episode sharing how truly special children’s wonder is facilitated by 3 wonderful adults. i love imran ali malik’s work!
Sayre Quevedo grew up knowing just two members of his blood family, his mom and his brother. His father left before he was born and his mother lost touch with her family after leaving home as a teenag...Show More
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just discovered sayre quevedo's work (he's won a couple notable podcast awards now and i'm sad i didn't hear his stuff sooner!) and this one really blew me away! such a heartfelt and deeply personal s...Show More
All Gordon wants for his birthday is to travel to Washington, D.C., to visit museums and see the opera. He’s completely unaware that his companion on this trip has very different plans. His friend has...Show More
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the series picks up right at the end of episode 1 and gets really interesting this episode. it feels made for storytelling to have gordon, a totally innocent bystander narrate his experience leading u...Show More
Every wedding has a at least a little bit of drama. For Mai Neng Moua and her mother, Yer Vu, their mother/daughter wedding drama was about who they were, and who they wanted to be. You can catch up ...Show More
Every two weeks a language dies with its last speaker. That was the fate of Hawaiian, until a group of second-language learners put up a fight and declared, "E Ola Ka 'Olelo Hawai'i" (The Hawaiian Lan...Show More
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an incredibly powerful movement of a community dedicated to revitalizing a language against (american) colonialism. so moving it made me cry in public (in the best way) on my way to work.
Have you ever wondered what the East Bay was like before colonization? In this episode, Corrina Gould of Indian People Organizing for Change shares knowledge of how her ancestors, the Ohlone people, m...Show More
Chanel Miller, formerly known to the world as “Emily Doe,” steps out of the shadows after she was sexually assaulted on the Stanford University campus in 2015. In her memoir, Know My Name, Chanel shar...Show More
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oprah + chanel miller = a truly incredible conversation. i read chanel miller’s book a bit ago (actually listened to her audiobook which i HIGHLY REC bc she reads it in her lovely voice which makes it...Show More
She has called Brain Pickings, her invention and labor of love, a “human-powered discovery engine for interestingness.” What Maria Popova really delivers, to hundreds of thousands of people each day, ...Show More
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this is one i come back to often. maria’s mind is so wonderfully curious and full of wisdom, especially on brainpickings. but this longform interview really gets to how she thinks about what it means ...Show More
The poet, essayist, and playwright Claudia Rankine says every conversation about race doesn’t need to be about racism. But she says all of us — and especially white people — need to find a way to talk...Show More
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if you haven’t listened to truth be told yet, you must! tonya is a great host & grapples with important questions from black people and POC. this one about joy is crucial. we need to cultivate and emb...Show More
Tom was a cop; Jason was a teenager in a gang. One night in 1997, they had a violent encounter that Tom describes as “inevitable.” In our season finale, Tom and Jason relate the story of that night, a...Show More
Matika and Adrienne discuss their “origin” stories as Indigenous women, bloggers, and storytellers— revealing the intimacies of their friendship, the inception and goals of the All My Relations Podcas...Show More
The writers on why the label covers a multitude of sins. Don't forget to subscribe to our weekly email newsletter! Every Wednesday we send out podcast listening recommendations, fascinating letters fr...Show More
In the final installment of our maternity leave lineup, bestselling author Tayari Jones sits down with artist Carrie Mae Weems to talk about independence, art, relationships, and one very fabulous whi...Show More
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amazing, powerful episode i listened to when it first came out (this one is an updated version that came out just now in august with an updated interview with casey’s thoughts after the first intervie...Show More