The Ways We Are Podcast
1) Yänjaa
Yanjaa Wintersoul, a Mongolian-Swedish triple world-record holding memory athlete, public speaker, and polyglot help KJ and Avi close out season 1! Yanjaa has traversed the world, often explaining...Show More
2) Constance
Elder Constance Simmonds generously narrates her Métis naming story. Together the group explore what it means to come to your identity as an adult, discuss the fear of making mistakes, and how we can ...Show More
3) Max
Max FineDay joins KJ and Avi to explore the legacy of a last name, including what it means to honour those that carried it before you, and the journey of being a good ancestor.
4) Nicole
We're back from our mid-season hiatus with an insightful discussion about how your name - and identity - can change along the mountain peaks and fault lines of a relationship. Nicole walks KJ and ...Show More
5) Raisa
Like many of us, Raisa (ra-ee-sa) Patel has spent a good chunk of her time explaining to others how to pronounce her name. She joins KJ and Avi to unpack an article she recently wrote called, 'Here's ...Show More
6) Noshin and Molly
How do you protect your name in public (digital and physical) spaces? Informed by some real-life creepy and uncomfortable interactions, KJ and Avi explore how to maintain personal privacy with a u...Show More
7) Elamin
What does it mean to give your child a name that you know will be a burden?Elamin Abdelmahmoud joins us for a conversation about parenthood, and what it means to give a child the gift of choice and th...Show More
8) Vincenza
Vincenza, who once went by the name 'Genna', gives KJ and Avi the low down on the evolution of her name. She walks us through what it was like to change her name and, by extension, her identity, as an...Show More
9) Prasanna
Prasanna Ranganathan shares his name story with KJ and Avi, and together the three explore the challenges with 'non-white' names in the legal profession and beyond. The group get real about diversity ...Show More
10) Pilot: Kimbo
In season 1 of The Ways We Are, co-hosts Avineet and Kenya-Jade explore 'What's in a Name'. Names are the foundation of our identities. They frame how we see and are seen in the world. But our relatio...Show More