Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get Free Podcast
1) John Pavlovitz Won't Stop Fighting for Democracy
When John Pavlovitz's new book Worth Fighting For: Finding Courage & Compassion When Cruelty is Trending, landed on my desk I was intrigued by the title. Given that trolling on socials, nastiness on t...Show More
2) Getting Me Cheap
All too often we think about, or more accurately don't think about, the ripple effects of low-wage work on families beyond the thought that things must be tight. In this conversation, based on their i...Show More
3) Navigating being undocumented in the U.S.
When I first heard about Engage and Evade: How Latino Immigrant Families Manage Surveillance in Everyday Life, Asad L. Asad's brilliant exploration of how undocumented people navigate living in the U....Show More
4) Kat & Omkari interview each other
Kat Calvin & Omkari Williams Kat Calvin and I both wrote books! Kat's is American Identity In Crisis: Notes from an Accidental Activist. Mine is Micro Activism: How You Can Make a Difference in the W...Show More
5) Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class w/ Blair Kelley
Often, when we think about racial justice immediately following the Civil War we think about a relatively narrow slice of Black history. Blair LM Kelley's Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Cl...Show More
6) The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself w/author David Mura
David Mura If I am a broken record on any subject it's probably on the impact of story and how the stories we tell to ourselves and others shape our understanding of the world. In his powerful book, a...Show More
7) Leah Penniman and Black Earth Wisdom
Leah Penniman In 2018 Leah Penniman wrote Farming While Black, a beautiful book recounting her experience of building Soul Fire Farm and, also, a guide for other Black and Indigenous people looking to...Show More
8) Bridging the Societal Divide with Debilyn Molineaux
:Debilyn Molineaux Have you ever wished for an unmistakable sign of the direction you should be going in? I know I have. For Debilyn Molineaux, President and CEO of Bridge Alliance that sign set her o...Show More
9) Black Athletes and Sports Justice with Shaun Anderson
Shaun Marq Anderson Given how little we are taught about Black history in general it's not surprising that most of us, me included, have relatively little knowledge of the role that Black athletes hav...Show More
10) Critical Media Literacy with Allison Butler
Allison Butler We hear a lot about Critical Race Theory, as we should. But what about Critical Media Literacy? Have you ever even heard the term? I hadn't. Then I read The Media and Me: A Guide to Cri...Show More