Best Peopleshistory Podcasts (2024)

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Trans People Belong in West Virginia 42:01

1y ago42:01

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In 2023 state legislatures across the South and Midwest have introduced over 400 bills attacking trans adults, trans kids, and drag queens. This legislative session in West Virginia saw the introduction of more than 15 anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ bills. On Thursday March 9th, 2023 trans organizers held a rally at the Capitol Building in Charleston, W…

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Dorothy Allison 57:00

2y ago57:00

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Dorothy Allison is a 73 year old, white, feminist, working class story teller, who was raised in South Carolina and Florida and now makes her home in California. She is the author of many books including novels, short stories, a poetry collection, and a memoir. In this interview, recorded by Rae Garringer in August 2018, Dorothy talks about memorie…

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KD Randle 47:25

2y ago47:25

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KD Randle (they/them) is a Black, southern, queer, genderfluid person currently living in Jackson, Mississippi. They’re a lifelong learner, visionary, creator, their mother’s youngest seed, a friend, partner, dog parent, and former farm apprentice at Sipp Culture. This episode weaves together audio diaries recorded on KD’s commutes to and from the …

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Dana Kaplan 36:40

2y ago36:40

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Dana Kaplan (he/him) is a white trans person and the Executive Director of Outright Vermont and he’s on a mission to make Vermont celebratory and affirming for all LGBTQ+ youth. When not working, Dana spends time making music, fermenting food, people watching, and hanging out with his spouse and their two kids. In this episode Zach Henningsen inter…

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Miguel Mendías 44:26

2y ago44:26

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Miguel Mendías is an interdisciplinary artist living in Marfa, Texas, occupied Jumano and Apache lands. He is Chicanx, Mexican-American, or Latinx (a term he dislikes). He is mestizo; of Czech, Basque, and Rarámuri (Tarahumara) descent. His father’s family has lived in Marfa, Texas for five generations. In this episode Kūʻiʻolani Cotchay (she/they)…

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Sharonna Golden 27:31

2y ago27:31

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Sharonna Henderson is a mother, an activist and a burlesque performer. She is a fat, Black, queer, woman who believes in liberation through rest and art. Her life is full of love and beauty and it’s her mission to share it with as many souls as possible during this lifetime. In this episode Toviah DeGroot draws from Bhanu Kapil's "The Vertical Inte…

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Sam Gleaves 57:09

2y ago57:09

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Sam Gleaves is a white gay man who was born and raised in Virginia and now lives in Kentucky. Sam is an old-time musician, educator, singer/songwriter, and a banjo, guitar, and fiddle player. This episode features Rae's 2013 interview with Sam where he talks about musical traditions, family, and finding a sense of belonging within the word "Fabulac…

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Adria Stembridge 58:17

2+ y ago58:17

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Adria Stembridge (she/her) is a goth, neurodivergent, white, queer, trans woman who was born and raised in Georgia where she still lives. She has been in bands like: The Endless, The Girl Pool, Vomit Thrower, Tears for the Dying, and more. Adria loves watching anime, roller skating, changing piston rings on her dirtbike, and operating heavy equipme…

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Kūʻiʻolani Cotchay 1:00:01

2+ y ago1:00:01

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Kūʻiʻolani (she/they) is a queer, mixed-Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) living in their ancestral lands in Mākaha, Hawaiʻi. She is an educator, learning experience designer, musician/creative and plant person. In this episode Miguel Mendías interviews Kūʻiʻolani about Hawaiian history, lands, language, color theory, queerness, colonization, belongin…

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Introducing Season 2 with HB & Rae 29:55

2+ y ago29:55

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In this episode HB Lozito of Out in the Open and Rae Garringer of Country Queers welcome you behind the scenes of our collaboratively produced, rural-lgbtqia+ made Season 2 adventure! Our fellow-travelers and co-producers in this Season, who you'll meet along the way, include: KD Randle, Kūʻiʻolani Cotchay, Miguel Mendías, Tommy Anderson. Tovi DeGr…

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Szn 2 is here!!! 3:21

2+ y ago3:21

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We're back with another season full of rural queer oral histories, but with a twist! In Season 2 we teamed up with our friends at Out in the Open and invited 6 rural and small town lgbtqia+ folks to join us in an experimental adventure in creating a collaboratively produced season: by us and for us. You'll hear participants - many brand new to audi…

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Ode to Sheep - Part Three 1:04:25

2+ y ago1:04:25

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In this episode you’ll meet Tash Terry who is Diné and shares memories of spending time with her grandmother on a sheep camp on Black Mountain in the Navajo Reservation. Then, you’ll meet Elena Higgins who is of Maori and Samoan descent, and shares memories of spending time with her cousin and uncle who managed a huge herd of sheep in rural New Zea…

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Ode to Sheep - Part Two 51:13

2+ y ago51:13

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In this "sheep-adjacent" episode, we’re diving into the some of the ways in which we relate to and communicate with animals. You'll meet Pony Jacobson - a white, queer and trans sheep shearer - who shares stories of training his border collie herding dog and working and living in conservative rural spaces. And you'll meet Penelope Logue - a white, …

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Ode to Sheep - Part One 53:16

3y ago53:16

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In this episode, we'll hear sounds of sheep and some queer and trans humans who love them. Host Rae Garringer shares memories of growing up on a sheep farm in West Virginia, Maja Black shares an audio diary of lambing season in Iowa, then we'll hear an interview with Grayson Crane who raises a flock of Icelandic sheep in western Washington, and fin…

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Meet The Editorial Dream Team! 52:10

3+ y ago52:10

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This episode features audio from a webinar hosted by the Women's and Gender-Non-Conforming Center at Berea College in October 2020 as a part of their virtual pride series. In it, Rae Garringer is joined by the Editorial Dream Team: Sharon P. Holland, Hermelinda Cortés, and Lewis Raven Wallace. We talk about how we came into story-telling and narrat…

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Robyn Thirkill 41:54

3+ y ago41:54

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Robyn Thirkill farms on Monacan Territory in Prospect, VA where she raises goats, ducks, turkeys and pigs on land that's been in her family for 100 years. In this 2016 interview Robyn talks about her commitment to her family's heritage and history on the land, her adventures in beekeeping, and how Prince Edward County closed their public schools fo…

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Silas House 49:53

3+ y ago49:53

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Silas House is a nationally best-selling author of 6 novels, 3 plays, and a book of creative nonfiction. Silas grew up on Adena, Yuchi, Cherokee, and Shawnee land in Laurel County, Kentucky. In this interview - recorded in July 2018 at the Hindman Settlement School - Silas talks about growing up in the evangelical holiness church, how meeting his n…

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Podcast Crush: Transcripts! 5:04

3+ y ago5:04

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The next episode is in the works, but in the meantime, we wanted to tell y'all about a new favorite podcast. It’s called Transcripts and it’s about how trans people are remaking the world, from the Tretter Transgender Oral History Project. The production team is entirely queer and trans and the first episode features interviews with trans organizer…

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Kody Kay 35:37

3+ y ago35:37

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At the time of our interview, Kody Kay was 52 years old and he lived on Arapaho, Cheyenne, Ute, & Sioux land in Longmont, CO where he ran a heating and cooling company. Kody is trans and he's an announcer on the International Gay Rodeo Circuit. In this interview, recorded at the Rocky Mountain Regional Gay Rodeo on July 13, 2014, Kody talks about c…

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Elandria Williams 45:33

3+ y ago45:33

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Elandria Williams identifies as a Black, southern/Appalachian, disabled, genderqueer, pansexual, Unitarian Universalist, “auntiemama” to 3 nieces and nephews and 4 god kids. E grew up on Cherokee land in Knoxville and Powell, TN. In this interview - recorded at the STAY Project's summer gathering at Highlander in 2013 - E talks about organizing, th…

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David Rodriguez 42:13

3+ y ago42:13

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David Rodriguez grew up on Karankawa land in Wharton, Texas in a family whose roots reach back to before TX was a state. David was 26 and living on Tonkawa and Sana land in Bastrop, TX at the time of our interview in June 2014. He shares stories of raising livestock for the FFA as a kid, his mom kicking him out of the house after coming out at age …

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Tessa 37:06

3+ y ago37:06

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Tessa grew up in Cookeville, Tennessee - which was built on Cherokee and Shawnee land. At the time of this interview, in November 2017, Tessa was 22 years old and studying chemical engineering at TN Tech. In this interview she talks about coming out to her parents, her work with Cumberland Gender Advocacy to support other trans folks in rural middl…

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Sharon P. Holland 48:26

4y ago48:26

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Sharon P. Holland is a professor of critical race, queer, and feminist theory at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She lives on Catawba, Eno, and Shakori land. In this interview, recorded in June 2017, Sharon talks about her childhood in D.C. and Durham, NC, her journey towards finding an identity that fits, the 8 magical acres she c…

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Crisosto Apache 35:28

4y ago35:28

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Crisosto Apache was born and raised on the Mescalero Apache reservation in New Mexico. After coming out at age 17, they left home and spent years searching for a sense of belonging in gay scenes in Denver and Boulder, Colorado. In this episode, featuring an interview recorded in June 2014, Crisosto describes how coming out again as two-spirit later…

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Introducing Country Queers 10:35

4y ago10:35

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When Rae Garringer set out to gather rural and small town LGBTQIA+ histories in 2013, they had no formal training in oral history or audio recording. They were motivated by a deep frustration that it was so hard to find rural queer stories, and an intense personal need to connect with other rural queers. In this episode you'll learn more about Rae …

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Trailer 1:46

4y ago1:46

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Country Queers is a podcast featuring oral history interviews with rural and small-town LGBTQIA+ folks. Season One uplifts often unheard stories of rural queer experiences across intersecting layers of identity including race, class, gender identity, age, religion, and occupation. Hosted and produced by central Appalachian country queer R. Garringe…

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Barz Over Your Head : Codeswitchin #35 1:12:58

7y ago1:12:58

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#35: Barz over your Head feat. Macclaim and Brian Waller Scott We were joined by Macclaim and Brian Waller Scott from the Barz Over Your Head label. Macclaim’s new album is Money Mac. In this episode we discuss the labels founding in Philly (09:12), thot buildings (13:45), even more online dating horror stories (15:40), suspect lines from Hip Hop (…

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The African Diaspora Birthright Organization : Codeswitchin #34 58:55

7y ago58:55

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We were joined on 5/12 by Kerry Anne Burke, who recently founded the African Diaspora Birthright Organization, which seeks to provide educational and empowering trips to the African continent for Americans of African descent (starts 6:50 and again at 49:00). She has also worked for the NY State Assembly and drops some gems about the legalization of…

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Porn Journalist is a Compliment: The Codeswitchin Podcast #33 1:00:26

7y ago1:00:26

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Porn Journalist is a Compliment: The Codeswitchin Podcast Episode 30 We’re here with Nelson Torres and Caroleen Stewart from WTF TV on MNN, who recorded this between their coverage of the AVN Porn Awards in Las Vegas and Exxxotica in Denver. We get into the AVN awards right from the jump, Ron Jeremy stories (8:45), social media whoring (13:30), Rad…

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Your Body is Not a Flesh Prison : The Codeswitchin Podcast #32 1:23:48

7y ago1:23:48

1:23:48

Your Body Is Not A Flesh Prison :The Codeswitchin Podcast Episode 32 We’re joined today by Josmar Tejeda, motivational speaker, Lambda Sigma Upsilon Director of Development, and overall smart guy. After recapping both the last episode and our awesome comedy show from April 28th (and promoting the perks of becoming a Codeswitchin Patron at patreon.c…

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Miss Reported : The Codeswitchin Podcast #31 1:47:38

7y ago1:47:38

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Miss Reported : The Codeswitchin Podcast #30 Tonight 4/26 is our free Comedy Show at Mr. McGoos at 5602 Broadway in the Bronx! 8 PM! Purchase the Codeswitchin Live Experience package at patreon.com/Codeswitchin before 8 pm and we’ll buy you a free drink and shout you out from the stage. We were joined for this episode by Jennifer Pineiro, a former …

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Concussion Grenades and Felony Charges: The Codeswitchin Podcast #30 1:17:26

7y ago1:17:26

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Concussion Grenades and Felony Charges: The Codeswitchin Podcast #30 Big News! We have a Patreon page at patreon.com/Codeswitchin and a comedy show at Mr. McGoos (5602 Broadway in the Bronx) on Wed. 4/26 @ 8 pm. Also thecodeswitchinpodcast.com should be live this week. More on that below. We’re kickstarting a solid month of Codeswitchin by intervie…

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Don't Touch The Third Rail : The Codeswitchin Podcast #29 50:06

7y ago50:06

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Tonight! Thursday 2/16 Radhames, Geoffrey Krawzyck and the rest of the gang do stand up comedy @ Mr. McGoo’s Pub 5602 Broadway, The Bronx. 231st and Broadway Train Station on the 1 Train! 8 PM sharp! We’re joined today by four young masked men (Drown, NinjaBoy, Dr. Kidd, and Dphoto) from Scout Legion, an urban exploring troop here in NYC. They use …

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Crips in Denmark, Uncle Toms & Tio Juans, or, Fear is A White People Emotion: The Codeswitchin Podcast #28 1:52:45

7y ago1:52:45

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We’re back! Just in time for a Thursday Night craptacular at Mr. McGoos Pub in the Bronx on 2/16, which will feature stand up from Rada and Geoffrey Krawczyk from episode 15. We’re joined by Fernando, a Mr. McGoos regular and teacher in the NYC school system, and he’s got some harrowing stories at (01:01:45). But before that, we get into how badass…

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Sister, Sister or, How to Curse in Spanish: The Codeswitchin Podcast Ep. 27 1:15:09

7+ y ago1:15:09

1:15:09

Sister, Sister or, How to Curse in Spanish: The Codeswitchin Podcast Ep. 27 We closed out the year that shall not be spoken of by sitting down with both our sisters (Deborah Uzurin and Cinthia Teharris) and covering every curse word and culturally problematic phrase we know in English, Spanish, Castellano, Dominican, Tagalog, New York Nigga, and So…

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Codeswitching at Exxxotica Part 2: Renegade Whore : The Codeswitchin Podcast #26 59:45

7+ y ago59:45

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Codeswitching at Exxxotica Part. 2: Renegade Whore - The Codeswitchin Podcast Ep. 26 Part 2 of an epic review of our interviews from the Exxxotica porn convention as we sit with Janet, a sex worker and activist from the NJ Red Umbrella Alliance, and beleaguered journalist Amanda Ocasio. In which we discuss safety buddies and other aspects of the ho…

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Georgie, We Can See You: The Codeswitchin Podcast Ep. 25 56:54

7+ y ago56:54

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In which actor and budding stand up comic Georgie De Lahoz hits us over the head (and ass) about ass eating (1:00), Sergio declares respectability politics to be dead (3:21), we discuss being white and Latino and and dealing with privilege (and conspiracy theories) both ways (5:15), Georgie pontificates about how Latinos must succeed (even if you’r…

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Codeswitching at Exxxotica Part 1: Unicorn Appreciation Month: The Codeswitchin Podcast Episode 24 1:04:23

7+ y ago1:04:23

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The next THREE episodes are all about sex and relationships so brace yourself. So back in November Codeswitchin’ marooned Sergio as a correspondent in the Porn Dimension, aka Exxxotica, the East Coast’s annual porn and sex and BDSM convention. He made it back alive with a few interviews and here we begin listening to them with Amanda Ocasio (from E…

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How To Survive The Trump Era: Rules of Resistance - The Codeswitchin Podcast Ep. 23 58:41

7+ y ago58:41

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Episode 23: How to Survive the Trump Era: Rules of Resistance - The Codeswitchin Podcast Ep. 23 We told you The Codeswitchin Podcast was preparing a safe space for problematic people in anticipation of the Trump Presidency, and here we are! In this episode we go over Sergio’s Rules of Resistance and Survival For The Trump Era after our initial reac…

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Christ Didn't Die For Bug Eyed Dickless Men From Outer Space 54:28

7+ y ago54:28

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Episode 22: Christ Didn’t Die For Bug Eyed Dickless Men From Outer Space Our reaction episode to the season premiere of The Walking Dead was meant to be ready a week ago, but Rada had to go to take care of an actual dead body that night. Story within! (04:10). We also shit on Dr. Strange for whitewashing, Van Helsing for bad CGI, Underworld and Mys…

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There Is No Spoon, Neo. Freedom of the Mind and Knowledge of Self: The Codeswitchin Podcast Episode 21 56:58

7+ y ago56:58

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Feeling like life has fucked you over? There’s some deep shit in this episode for you. Part 2 of a super-informative double session all about freedom of the mind and knowledge of self with Dennis Febo, Founder of Guazabara Insights, and Nadia Swanson, MsW, coordinator of the Radical Social Work Group. We talk about traditional versus non-traditiona…

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To Be Radical and a Social Worker: The Codeswitchin Podcast Episode 20 51:33

7+ y ago51:33

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…in which we sit down for a double session with Nadia Swanson, MsW; coordinator of The Radical Social Work Group, and Dennis Febo, Founder of Guazabara Insights. We talk about the power and the pitfalls of social work (3:43), how radical social work can affect what happens on the ground during protests (7:51), how to do self care (12:18), hating on…

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To Be Nuyorican, Goth and Childless : The Codeswitchin Podcast Episode 19 1:18:42

7+ y ago1:18:42

1:18:42

…To Be Nuyorican, Goth, and Childless. …Also known as four drunk assholes go to a bar. After recording Episode 18 with Justy the paleontologist and Stephan the MC we hit up a pub and shit got raw. Raw, and highly lubricated. We discuss the joys of not having children (3:36), Radhames almost took a job at a gay bar (15:30), porn conventions and dres…

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A Paleontologist and a Rapper Walk Into a Bar...The Codeswitchin Podcast Episode 18 1:00:49

7+ y ago1:00:49

1:00:49

The Codeswitchin Podcast Episode 18: A Paleontologist and a Rapper Walk Into a Bar… Part 1 of a Saturday double session full of cheap beer and bad decisions. We’re joined by dinosaur expert, artist and 3-D printing specialist Justy Alicea and MC (Proverb, da Genius) Stephan Grant. We discuss: 3-D printing (7:48), Paleontology (12:53), Cryptozoology…

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Codeswitching at the Independent Film Project Afterparty : The Codeswitchin Podcast Episode 17 33:28

7+ y ago33:28

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The Codeswitchin Podcast Episode 17: Codeswitching at the Independent Film Project Afterparty So Sergio’s pitch video for his script, TURNOUT, won him semifinalist status at Ghetto Films Schools Pitch, Please contest, which is part of IFP Film Week. So we went to the afterparty on the final night and ran into some amazing artists. Shannon Burke, th…

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Twelve Years An Immigrant : The Codeswitchin Podcast EP: 16 1:14:26

7+ y ago1:14:26

1:14:26

If you’re not energized by this episode, you’re dead. We manage to get super activist Carlene Pinto to sit down with us despite her busy schedule fighting for immigrant rights and racial justice. Fresh off a victory for one of her people, she comes to us with undocumented student activist Flor Reyes, one of the DREAMERS (she shares her incredible s…

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The Only Guy From Oklahoma Ever : The Codeswitchin Podcast EP: 15 40:39

7+ y ago40:39

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In this part 2 of a double session we’re joined by comedian and designer Geoffrey Krawczyk (the guy who designed Sergio’s Malcolm X shirt!) and have an in-depth discussion about how to do comedy, so all you aspiring stand up comics and comedians take note. We cover keeping it personal (9:00), whether political correctness is really a problem for co…

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Crippin Against The Terrorists : The Codeswitchin Podcast Episode 14 44:04

7+ y ago44:04

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The Codeswitchin Podcast Episode 14: Crippin Against The Terrorists In this part 1 of a double session we’re joined by Erik Eggleston. We open with bald people solidarity, go on to black and latino republicans (5:55), and go down the 9/11 wormhole (17:10). Somewhere along the line we get Radas’ review of Interstellar and the new Blair Witch (15:00)…

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Cheesedickin': The Codeswitchin Podcast Episode 12 50:50

7+ y ago50:50

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The Codeswitchin Podcast Episode 12: Cheesedickin’ The title was Radhames’ idea, obviously. We don’t actually talk about dickcheese, so don’t worry. And if you’re disappointed that we don’t…you’re a sick fuck. Welcome to the iTunes era! We talk about Facebook pet peeves, Alex Jones and John Stossel conspiracy theories (6:20), what it’s like to fire…

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"Diddlers of Note" The Codeswitchin Podcast Episode 11 1:05:26

7+ y ago1:05:26

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"Diddlers of Note" The Codeswitchin Podcast Episode 11 ...in which we revisit that greatest of uptown rivalries, Cardinal Hayes HS versus Mount St. Michael versus Rice (12:30). Rada and our guest Eddie Napoleoni share their account of the Catholic Church sex scandal (19:30), plus horror stories from their jobs (3:20 and 37:00), voting for the candi…

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