This is not a scripture study, family home evening or Gospel learning class. Instead, this is an entirely unscripted audio diary of a regular member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Join me as I navigate life's struggles with the help of the Gospel. I talk about my experiences with divorce, financial instability, mental and physical wellness, expectations and more. Just your average blunt, sarcastic and melodramatic 30-something woman.
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Colors is a frank discussion about race. Join JJ Green, who is black and guests of different racial backgrounds as they discuss the challenges the nation faces as it struggles to heal and make meaningful changes for racial equality. It's a safe, non-judgmental, apolitical space to discuss race. Join us.
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197 | Alarming number of Black males dying in Baltimore's senior homes
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Alissa Zhu, of the Baltimore Banner joins us to talk about her and her colleagues story chilling story for the NYT; and why this is happening. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/us/baltimore-opioid-epidemic-seniors.html Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscri…
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We go back to our very 1st episode on June 11th 2020 for perspective on how it all started. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.By The Colors Podcast
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195 | Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh
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Sabrina Singh talks to Colors about growing up as a 1st generation Indian-American, her background culture and interests. And she talks about one of her favorite things to do. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com…
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Sasa first joined us four years ago when she was 17 years old. She's now 21, a college graduate, a former "Poet Laureate" and now a new author of a fascinating chapbook about her life, love of music, and her "blackness and all o' that". Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTub…
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193 | Jewish and Palestinian students stand together as campus clashes erupt
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ATIDNA International Founder and President Elijah Kahlenberg, who is Jewish, and Vice President Jadd Hashem, who is Palestinian talk about their group and its effort to find and promote common ground on Jewish and Palestinian issues. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. …
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192 | Natasha Ghoneim | International Journalist
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In a very powerful episode, Natasha talks about growing up as a little "brown girl" in Iowa City, Iowa and the moment she realized she was being "othered". She also talks about her career, her observations regarding race in America today, and her deep commitment to diversity in newsrooms across America. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our par…
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191 | Take Off Your Hoop Earrings Before You Put on Your Gas Mask
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Author Traci Scott, a former journalist, staffer on Capitol Hill and a civilian who spent time in Iraq during the height of the Iraq war, talks about her crazy, amazing story in this book. It's called... "Take Off Your Hoop Earrings Before You Put on Your Gas Mask: A Civilian Chick's Guide to Surviving a War Zone Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check o…
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190 | A conversation with the author of "Where River's Part"
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Kao Kalia Yang, an award-winning Hmong author, tells the emotional story of her family's immigration to the U.S, "A mesmerizing and hauntingly beautiful memoir about a Hmong family’s epic journey to safety told from the perspective of the author’s incredible mother who survived, and helped her family escape, against all odds." Tweet us at @podcastc…
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189 | No Box to Check: When the Census Doesn’t Reflect You
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New York Times writer Karen Zraick, discusses some really interesting research about what we can expect to see in the next census and why it matters to everyone right now. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.…
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188 | Racism during the 2024 Women's NCAA Basketball Tournament
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Christine Brennan, an award-winning writer for USA Today and a frequent analyst on CNN and ABC News, says the NCAA dropped the ball in allowing the University of Utah women's basketball team to be exposed to vicious racism in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Gree…
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187 | Race in Washington, D.C. according to "Matt About Town"
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Matt Kaufax, host of Matt About Town on WTOP talks about what he sees in his travels around the DMV. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.By The Colors Podcast
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186 | Exploring the health and community benefits of "Rolling"
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Tasha Klusmann, Board President of the Our Family Skate Association breaks down why Roller-skating is so important to communities of all races. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.…
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185 | The Magic of Music and Culture with DJ Chicano
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Brian Morales of La Mera Mera radio station joins Colors to discuss his background, and the blending of his music and his heritage on air. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.…
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184 | Unpacking the racial reality of Chicago
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Nissa Rhee, Executive Director of Borderless Magazine, speaks professionally and personally about the complexities of race in Chicago and immigration in America. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.…
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Community Historian Shatha Najim, tells us about the history and purpose of the museum; and what her job entails. She also talks about her own family roots and history. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.…
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182 | Did you see Fani Willis on the witness stand? Robin Givhan did and she wrote about it.
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Givhan, Sr. critic-at-large for the Washington Post, made some interesting observations about Willis, her demeanor, her testimony, and the entire spectacle in the courtroom. She talks about that, and a few other, unrelated, but none-the-less interesting things she's written about. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on interna…
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181 | The Amazing Story of John Mills, who helps people find their roots
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John Mills, President and one of the founders of the Alex Breanne Corporation unrolls a really interesting story about his ancestors, his work to help others track down theirs, and a the really stunning way his daughter's life was saved. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTu…
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180 | The Diary of the Delivery Boys of the Big Apple
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Ever seen a "Ghost Bike". It's a white bicycle locked onto a street sign to commemorate the life of the person who rode it, that died in a traffic accident. Food delivery workers are often victims. El Diario De Los Delivery Boys De La Grand Manzana is a group that sprung up help immigrants and their families in NYC who are victims. Sergio Solano sp…
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A Black woman went to Harvard & Oxford. Was an authority on nuclear testing, diplomacy and she traveled around the world -twice! The kicker? Merze Tate was born in 1905. Dr. Barbara Savage wrote about her and joins us to talk about both their stories. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ …
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178 | Think "Weed" is harmless? Think again, especially, if you have teens | Part 2
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Heather and Randy Bacchus lost their son Randy to suicide after he developed marijuana psychosis. They share what is a growing problem for teens and young adults, in part because of the rapidly growing legalization of marijuana, without fully understanding that it’s way more potent that it used to be. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partn…
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177 | Think "Weed" is harmless? Think again, especially, if you have teens.
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Laura Stack of Johnny's Ambassadors tells us the tragic story of her son Johnny, who committed suicide after becoming addicted to today's extremely potent marijuana. he suffered from Marijuana Psychosis. She tells us what she's doing about it and has an urgent warning for family members of teens and young adults. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check o…
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Christine Campbell, Vice President of the board of Motts talks about the remarkable story of a diverse community coming together to save a landmark in the African American community in Washington D.C. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at col…
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God, Guns and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America
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Counter-terrorism expert Bruce Hoffman, describes the book he co-authored with Jacob Ware. It's "a riveting exploration of the current state of far-right terrorism in the United States—and recommendations to stop its rise." We discuss its impact on racism and hate in America. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on internationa…
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Faidi Mansour, the Washington Correspondent for Al Jazeera-Arabic thinks Israel's war against Hamas has expanded beyond the terror organization. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.…
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172 | Minneapolis Series: Part Three | Four Young Women Speak
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Jennifer Gable, Dominique LaVigne, Alexandra Coenjaerts and Briana Rice are all young journalists. They speak loudly and decisively about race in America and what they want to happen Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodc…
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171 | Minneapolis Series: Part Two | Americans becoming "desensitized" to racial issues
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Gary Wordlaw, News Director at WNDU in South Bend, Indiana talks about his disbelief watching George Floyd's death on video. He also discusses the current state of race in America. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcas…
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170 | Minneapolis Series: Part One | The George Floyd Memorial
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Pam Ortega, from Oklahoma City, and dozens of others joined me in late September 2023, at the place where George Floyd died in 2020. Ortega's insightful comments provoke deep thoughts about how America is handling race. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscri…
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169 | The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing 60 years later
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Civil rights activist, Thedford Collins remembers the day when four young Black girls were killed by members of the KKK and discusses the impact it still has on today's society. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.c…
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Zach Levitt and Yuliya Parshina-Kottas from the New York Times discuss their reporting on the heartbreaking story of how "the Native American boarding school system — a decades-long effort to assimilate Indigenous people before they ever reached adulthood — robbed children of their culture, family bonds and sometimes their lives". Tweet us at @podc…
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167 | The 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington
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Alexis Taylor, Managing Editor of the AFRO discusses what's changed and what needs to be done. Fantastic conversation! Must Listen. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.…
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166 | Where do we stand on race in America and in Montgomery County Maryland?
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Jewru Bandeh, the Director of the Montgomery County Eastern Regional Office, an immigrant from The Gambia, shares his view of the successes made, the challenges that may lay ahead and what's happening today. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us…
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165 | Examining the anti-racism movement after George Floyd's death
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Jorhena Thomas, a black woman trained in intelligence analysis and security, joins us with her view. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.By The Colors Podcast
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164 | Race and Racism: A view from Greece
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Giannis Triantafyllidis, is a young photographer, communications and multimedia specialist from Stavroupoli, Central Macedonia, Greece. He speaks candidly about the serious rise in far-right hate and other forms of racism in Greece and beyond. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on…
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163 | Stephanie Bradford: "People often categorize you because of your skin."
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From the Pacific side of Nicaragua, now living in Germany, Stephanie tells us the backstory of her ethnicity, her racial challenges and how she's overcoming them. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.…
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Leonardo Delfanti, is a journalist from Verona and he explains how racism work in Italy and their view of racism in America. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.By The Colors Podcast
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161 | When the Hood Comes Off: Racism and Resistance in the Digital Age
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Author Rob Eschmann joins us using his "rigorous research and engaging personal narrative to examine the effects of online racism on communities of color and society, and the unexpected ways that digital technologies enable innovative everyday tools of antiracist resistance." Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on internationa…
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Sasa Aakil, started a very influential post card protest campaign in 2020 after George Floyd's death. What's happening with her now? Check out "A Man Was Lynched Yesterday" and much more of her work at https://www.sasaaakil.com/ Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Pleas…
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159 | What's it like growing up Ethiopian in America?
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Bruk Belete, a 21 year old college student talks, about growing up in the U.S., preserving her culture, and race in America. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.By The Colors Podcast
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Chil Kong, Artistic Director, Producer, Storyteller and Community Builder joins us to talk about his life, his work, race and the surprise fact that we have a really interesting commonality. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the co…
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157 | Allen v. Milligan: The Supreme Court decision and why it's a victory for all
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Terry Ao Minnis, Vice President of Census and Voting Programs, at the Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC, talks about the 5-4 decision that said the Alabama legislature drew congressional districts that unlawfully diluted the political power of its Black residents. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international aff…
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156 | The Black Reparations Project: A Handbook for Racial Justice
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Dr. William Darity, Co-Editor says it would take $14 Trillion to do it right. He lays out the reparations blueprint he and his co-editors, A. Kirsten Mullen and Lucas Hubbard came up with. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colo…
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We look back at the origin of Colors. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.By The Colors Podcast
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154 | Racial perspectives of a Black man in San Francisco
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Sunni Khalid, a well known and respected journalist, moved from the east coast to San Francisco. He was surprised by some of the race-related behavior he experienced. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.…
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153 | The battle between racial progress and decline
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Ryan Vazquez, a multiethnic, media executive in Florida discusses the problems that are attacking the DEIB progress. A, truly profound conversation. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.…
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152 | Native American issues getting more attention
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John Echohawk, Founder and Executive Director of the Native American Rights Fund, says people have become a lot more "aware" of causes and concerns impacting Native Americans since George Floyd's death. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at c…
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151 | Rick "Doc" Walker: Talks about the "lip service" after George Floyd's Death
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A former UCLA All-American and NFL player, Walker discusses the status of the racial dialogue in the U.S. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.By The Colors Podcast
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150 | Is racism in America hiding itself?
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Philip Bump, National Columnist with the Washington Post discusses, "America's new, old racial moment". Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.By The Colors Podcast
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Have you ever had someone you haven't spoken to in YEARS randomly reach out to you? Wild, right? I think so too. That happened to me this week... several times. So I'm talking about it haha. If you like this podcast, please share it with a friend and consider rating it or leaving a review. If you'd like to give feedback, you can email hello@NotAnot…
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149 | Sergeant Major of the Army Michael A. Grinston returns to Colors
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Seargent Major Grinston, who is bi-racial, appeared on Episode 9. He said in 2020 "Sometimes you're not Black enough for the Black people and not white enough for the white people." We asked if anything has changed since then. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please …
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This is a message of hope through challenging times. I feel burnt out and overwhelmed and I am feeling through those feelings with you. Also, I reference a talk by Elder Carl B. Cook that he gave in April 2023's General Conference. If you like this podcast, please share it with a friend and consider rating it or leaving a review. If you'd like to g…
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