Best Mixed Race Studies Podcasts (2024)

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Appreciating the Path of Mindfulness After Jail Time, w/ Butch Escobar 44:36

8M ago44:36

44:36

On this episode of MWS we have comedian, Butch Escobar joining us. We discuss his journey of discovering mindfulness and how his past of going in and out of jail, along with the insight he's gained, helped influence a new path of enlightenment. Follow Comedian Shanti Charan @shanticharancomedy and Mouthful with Shanti @mouthfulwithshanti Follow But…

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Understanding the Benefits of Sustainable Clothing w/ Stylist, Inanna Solveig 31:01

9M ago31:01

31:01

Support this very FREE podcast by donating toward production costs and get a Mouthful with Shanti sticker! Venmo @shanticharan On this episode of MWS we have stylist, Inanna Solveig joining us. We discuss fast fashion, repurposing of clothing, ageism and more! Tune in and shoot us a 5*. Follow Comedian Shanti Charan @shanticharancomedy and Mouthful…

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Getting Educated About the Crystal Meth Epidemic with Author of Tweakerworld, Jason Yamas 59:59

9M ago59:59

59:59

Mouthful with Shanti brings you captivating conversations that cut through the bullshit while laughing about it. We elevate marginalized voices. We disrupting oppressive ways of thinking. We shoot the shit. We have a good time. Support this very FREE podcast and its production costs by donating to my Venmo @shanticharan. Dm me your address along wi…

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Addressing Ableism at the Intersection of Music, Disability and Sex, ONIKHO's Story 36:32

10M ago36:32

36:32

On this episode of MWS I talk with musician and disability activist, ONIKHO! ONIKHO is a musical artist who mixes electronic beats and sounds with her influences in blues, jazz, and classical music. She recently released her new album, Rodeo Pantheon, a piece of work came to fruition after becoming paralyzed in a car accident in 2014. She tells the…

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A Pro-Domme & a Pro-Com(edian) Talk Kinks 29:30

10M ago29:30

29:30

On this episode of MWS I talk with professional dominatrix, Delphine, about kinks! Follow Comedian Shanti Charan @shanticharancomedy and Mouthful with Shanti @mouthfulwithshanti. Follow Delphine @pithair_dontcare Disrupting norms and elevating marginalized identities through an intersectional lens. If you enjoy what were doing, help us out by subsc…

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Building Healthier Parent Relationships w/ Sharon, the Bay's Favorite Family Therapist 50:37

11M ago50:37

50:37

On this episode of MWS I talk with Family Therapist, Sharon Frasier, and her work in the mental health service, specifically with the bipolar and schizophrenic community! We also talk about her private practice and the work she does with college students, which led us to talking about parents! And there was a lot to discuss there. Follow Comedian S…

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Exploring Divorce & Only Child Syndrome w/ Micheal Foulk 50:00

11M ago50:00

50:00

If you've been enjoying the show so far, I’d be so grateful if you rated the show on spotify a 5 stars. On this episode of MWS I talk to Micheal Foulk about what it was like growing up as only child with divorced parents. We exchange 'flying alone as a kid' stories and the adventures of being an unaccompanied minor flying in the 90's. We also talki…

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Queering the Boxing & Gym World w/ Pablo Escobar 38:39

12M ago38:39

38:39

On this episode of MWS I chat with Pablo about being a boxing coach and how it serves as a great outlet for aggression. We also talk about the pressure of needing to attain a hyper masculine body in both the athletic and gay world. A golden nugget within this episode is some QUEERiculum we share when unpacking ‘queer’ and the many meanings it can h…

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Unpacking Layers of Intersectionality w/ Aurora Singh 36:04

12M ago36:04

36:04

On this episode of MWS I chat with Aurora Sign about how she's grown up in a single, Haitian mother household, with an absent Punjabi father in predominantly White spaces. We talk about race consciousness, thick intersectionalities, colorism and more! Follow Comedian Shanti Charan @shanticharancomedy Follow Aurora Singh @aurorasinghcomedy and her p…

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Liberating Fatness w/ Angelina, the Fierce Fat Femme 57:20

1y ago57:20

57:20

On this episode of MWS I chat with Angelina a Fat Liberationist, Model and Lecturer. We discuss Fat Liberation, which aims to disrupt systems that are oppressive, making certain spaces inaccessible to the fat community. This episode also touches on the idea that being fat is inherently unhealthy or unattractive, which is seen as part of a larger so…

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Shooting the Sh*t w/ David Gborie 36:53

1y ago36:53

36:53

On this episode of MWS I chat with a special guest David Gborie! Me and this dude go way back. He is now the voice of Darby of the Royal Crackers on HBO! On this episode we were just finishing working a 5 show weekend in Sunnyvale, CA. We talk about porn, blood diamonds, ebt and more! Follow Comedian Shanti Charan @shanticharancomedy Follow David G…

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Ball Busting w/ Delphine the Professional Dominatrix 48:34

1y ago48:34

48:34

On this episode of MWS I chat with Delphine about her experience as an Escort and professional Dominatrix. Sex workers often face stigmatization and discrimination, and their voices are often ignored. My intention for this episode was to just get a better look into sex work through Delphine’s personal experience. I also think hearing from sex worke…

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Ways to Decolonizing Education, Wealth and Love w/ Gabe Pacheco 35:29

1y ago35:29

35:29

On this episode of MWS I chat with Gape Pacheco about his experience as an art teacher at the MOMA in New York. We talk about both of our experiences teaching within incarceration; along with how competitiveness, testing, charters schools and more are negatively impacting the educational experience for all ages. We also talk about wealth and certai…

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The Joys of Being Grown, w/ Marcella Arguello 40:16

1y ago40:16

40:16

On this episode of MWS I chat with Marcella Arguello about her new @hbo special, Latin culture, dating, being in a relationship with a pansexual man and more! Follow Comedian Shanti Charan @shanticharancomedy Follow Marcella Arguello @marcellacomedy Disrupting norms and elevating marginalized identities through an intersectional lens. If you enjoy …

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Chatting w/ TammyTeaLove, the Original Lesbian 39:42

1y ago39:42

39:42

On this episode of MWS I chat with comedian Tammy Tea about being a Black woman in the military, the constraints of having to dress like "a girl" as little Tammy, how drugs impact Black and Brown communities, the blessing of Tammy's hysterectomy and more! FACT: Given the magnitude of the problem and the costs of health care for this disease, fibroi…

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Wholesome vibes w/ Comedian Jay Rich 54:45

1y ago54:45

54:45

On this episode of MWS I have an old comedy friend and talented barber, Jay Rich, on the show. We talk about barbering, hair and empathy, marriage, parenting and internal growth. I laugh pretty loud in this episode. I tried to lower the volume during those parts so I don't hurt your ears. Im sorry for being so damn loud! Follow Comedian Shanti Char…

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Gender vs. Sexuality, the story of a heterosexual male Drag Princess w/ David Shapiro 29:11

1y ago29:11

29:11

A mistake I have made in the past is conflating gender and sexuality. What does this mean? It means, sometimes when we see someone performing a gender (masculinity and femininity) in a "non-normative" way, we assume their sexuality is also "non-normative", meaning NOT heteronormative. So when I would see a drag queen I would automatically assume th…

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Catching up w/ Becky Lynn! 44:48

1y ago44:48

44:48

Happy Valentine’s Day! In this episode, instead of talking about being blindly in love, we discuss being blind regarding race! Colorblindness is an ideology that ignores racial differences to falsely promote harmony but can lead to racial discriminations being ignored. Therefore asserting color-blind logic is a form of performing whiteness, the nor…

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A Gaggle of Giggles w/ Marcus Williams 27:00

1y ago27:00

27:00

In this episode, Shanti chats with comedian, Marcus Williams. We talk understanding sexuality in your 20's, being Black and gay in Atlanta vs. SF and sexual hygiene! Sorry ahead of time for my very loud laughter! I have a problem. Follow Shanti Charan @shanticharancomedy Follow Marcus Williams @mwillyumz Disrupting norms and elevating marginalized …

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Cruising the Gender Galaxy w/ Arjun Banerjee 32:02

1y ago32:02

32:02

Individuals internalize the social expectations that surround gender norms. Fortunately, things are changing and people are challenging those antiquated ways of thinking. On this episode, I interview Arjun Banerjee and we talk about how the journey or gender can be constant. Looking at gender as a galaxy removes the limitations of the binary and th…

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Elevation of Native voices w/ Jackie Keliiaa 53:54

1y ago53:54

53:54

In this episode, Shanti talks with Jackie Keliiaa - discussing the silencing of Native voices, (re)matriarchy, blood quantum, fine ass islanders, dating the colonizer and more! Follow Comedian Shanti Charan @shanticharancomedy Follow Jackie Keliiaa @jackiecomedy Mouthful with Shanti is all about disrupting norms and elevating marginalized identitie…

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Mouthful with Shanti - Trailer 0:32

1+ y ago0:32

0:32

Mouthful with Shanti is a smart and funny podcast that brings academia and comedy together in efforts to elevate marginalized communities and voices. Host, Comedian Shanti Charan, that’s me! and my guest(s) use an intersectional lens to unpack sex, race, power and more. Which means we can talk about capitalism, gender and farting all in the same co…

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a (little) LATTO: Sickle Cell Anemia 9:59

2+ y ago9:59

9:59

Augustín Fuentes (Prof. of Anthropology, Princeton) "joins" us again by way of a segment from his interview captured a year ago centered on the conflation between race and DNA—for that enlightening conversation, check out the episode "kinfolk, not skinfolk." However, in this segment, Augustín helps dispel another, related half-truth: the myth that …

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a (little) LATTO: 1968 7:50

2+ y ago7:50

7:50

A quick check in from CA on the year to come for a LATTO thought and a sneak peek at the next feature story. // Music by Makaya McCraven and the Impressions Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/alattothought) Use my special link https://zen.ai/alattothought and use alattothought to save 30% off your first three months of Zencastr professional.…

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In Our Blood: A People, Divided 1:11:02

2+ y ago1:11:02

1:11:02

The conclusion of a LATTO thought's first miniseries traces how Indigenous kinship has been damaged by centuries of racist and colonial American policies. Marilyn Vann (Cherokee Nation) and LeEtta Osborne-Sampson (Seminole Nation) share the painful fight that the descendents of Indigenous Freedmen have waged for civil rights within their own nation…

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a (little) LATTO: Loving Day, 2021 8:20

3y ago8:20

8:20

This Loving Day, CA reflects on the history of anti-miscegenation laws that were enforced on Filipino migrant workers as they moved further into the valleys of Southern California, as written in Alex S. Fabros Jr's (former Professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University) article "When Hilario Met Sally." // Music by Makaya McC…

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In Our Blood: One Equal Citizenship 1:17:12

3y ago1:17:12

1:17:12

This Memorial Day will mark the 100th anniversary of one of the most destructive racial massacres in U.S. history. But when we think back about the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma, what are we missing? The inspiring and heartbreaking story of the fabled Black Main Street is indeed unique, but not because of the devastation that Black folks su…

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In Our Blood: Genocide in Slow Motion 54:55

3y ago54:55

54:55

In this first chapter of a LATTO thought's first miniseries, CA attempts to contain centuries of indigenous history in order to better understand the dynamics and consequences of the United States's concept of blood quantum — the racial calculus that led to Indigenous detribalization, land infringement, and how it began to collide with Jim Crow's a…

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UNCUT with LeEtta Osborne-Sampson 1:47:34

3+ y ago1:47:34

1:47:34

*TRIGGER WARNING: This conversation mentions rape and suicide** CA Davis's full interview with Seminole Councilwoman and Chief of the Caesar Bruner Band, LeEtta Osborne-Sampson. If you would like to help the Seminole Freedmen's fight to regain their full rights within their nation, feel free to send donations by... Checks made out to Attorney John …

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In Our Blood 4:17

3+ y ago4:17

4:17

a LATTO thought's first miniseries is a deep examination and comparison of America's inversely related and foundational racial mechanisms: blood quantum and the one drop rule. Over the next three episodes, guests Kim TallBear (University of Alberta), Guy Emerson Mount (Auburn University), Doug Kiel (Northwestern University), Marilyn Vann (Founder a…

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a (little) LATTO: Kamala Harris 11:39

3+ y ago11:39

11:39

In this ~little~ LATTO thought, Nitasha Sharma (Northwestern University) and Kaneesha Parsard (University of Chicago) speak on the impact of Kamala Harris' presence in American politics on racial consciousness, nonwhite mixed ancestry, creole nationalism, and Asian indentureship in American and Caribbean history. Music by Makaya McCraven. Support t…

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kinfolk, not skinfolk 1:01:56

3+ y ago1:01:56

1:01:56

What do the 2020 US presidential election, an unending obsession with ancestry tests, and COVID19 have in common? The same thing we all have in common—99.9% in common, to be precise. Join CA as he traces the long winding thread that misleads us to believe that race is determined by DNA. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/alattothought) Use m…

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takin' it back 41:35

3+ y ago41:35

41:35

Contrary to what a "postracial" America believed when Barack Obama was elected, mixed race people are older than the New World itself. Three origins—New Spain throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, the Virginian Commonwealth in 1655, and Africa's Gold Coast at the start of the transatlantic slave trade—reveal how the concept of race was constructe…

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a proper introduction... 1:48

3+ y ago1:48

1:48

a LATTO thought podcast evaluates contemporary beliefs about mixed raceness through the lenses of history, policy making, and personal perceptions in a way that is pro-Black, antiracist, and self-critical. The intent is to arm listeners with the clarity of how systems of law and power shape our feelings about who — not ‘what’ — we as individuals ar…

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a (little) LATTO: Juneteenth, 2020 7:19

4y ago7:19

7:19

A ~little~ LATTO thought to reflect on the real end of slavery, a big step towards Black liberation, and the ripples that continue extending from it and into the future. Music by: Cyrus Chesnut and Makaya McCraven Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/alattothought) Use my special link https://zen.ai/alattothought and use alattothought to save …

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a (little) LATTO: Loving Day, 2020 5:13

4y ago5:13

5:13

A ~little~ LATTO thought celebrating Loving Day during an incredibly important year of worldwide protests. Music by Makaya McCraven Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/alattothought) Use my special link https://zen.ai/alattothought and use alattothought to save 30% off your first three months of Zencastr professional. #madeonzencastr…

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Gitmo Detainees May Come to N.Y. Court 7:47

15y ago7:47

7:47

With the closing of the GuantÃ¡namo Bay detention camp, the Justice Department is evaluating the cases of the remaining 241 detainees, and there are reports some may end up being tried on U.S. soil, perhaps in Manhattan Federal Court. Prof. Joseph King sees that as a strong possibility. "It's the logical place," he says. "The Southern District (cou…

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Counter Terrorism Debate Goes On

15y ago

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Did Bush era anti-terrorism policies prevent another 9/11-style terror attack, as former Vice President Dick Chaney has claimed? President Obama has strongly rejected the Chaney claim, saying the policies did damage by increasing anti-American sentiments. Prof. Joseph Kings agrees. "The Bush administration failed to move forward with a lot of what …

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President-elect Barack Obama and National Security

15+ y ago

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In his first post-election interview, Barack Obama told CBS's "60 Minutes" why national security will be among his top priorities during this transitional time and in the early months of his presidency. Prof. Joseph King explains why this is essential for the safety of the country. "It's reassuring to see that he has taken national security as a se…

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New 9/11 Study Gives Feds Mixed Grades

15+ y ago

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A new study headed by the chairs of the 9/11 Commission has given the federal government a "D" for its efforts in preventing the spread of weapons and protecting the homeland. The same report awarded a B minus, its highest mark, for government efforts to combat chemical weapons. Prof. Joseph King explains the discrepancy. "I credit that panel -- it…

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Homeland Security and the Presidential Race

15+ y ago

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As the country marks the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, an historic presidential race is rounding the final stretch. Was the issue of homeland security given the attention it deserved by Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain in their battle for the White House? "No," says Prof. Joseph King. "I don't think either candidate has addressed it ot…

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Top Security Posts Still Vacant

16y ago

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Two top White House counterterrorism posts continue to go unfilled following Frances Townsend's resignation in January as assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism. While Prof. Joseph King calls this a "terrible situation," he also says he's not surprised. "This is basically a lame duck administration and it's hard to ge…

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NYPD Beefs Up Security for Pope

16y ago

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Pope Benedict's visit to New York prompted the NYPD to increase security throughout the city, with measures that ranged from inspection checkpoints to police divers with underwater counter-terrorism devices. The extraordinary measures were very much needed, said Prof. Joseph King. "The police, both in D.C. and New York were right because he is such…

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Amtrak Steps Up Security

16y ago

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Amtrak announced that passengers will have to submit to random screenings of carry-on bags in a major security push. Professor Joseph King sees this latest measure as a good thing. "There is a benefit, no question. A presence of heavily armed police officers with dogs does give a very vivid portrayal of security to people." Prof. King also talks ab…

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Next Security Step in Subways

16y ago

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The first counterterrorism strategy of its kind in this country began in New York City's subways this March. Called Operation Torch, it involves roving teams of New York City police officers armed with automatic rifles and accompanied by bomb-sniffing dogs, patrolling the subways on a daily basis. Prof. Joseph King sees this new measure as a plus. …

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New Enemy: Complacency

16y ago

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Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told an interviewer for BBC radio that he felt a "certain sense of complacency" about terrorism in the United States and warned that, although we have not suffered a major attack since 9/11, we need to stay ever vigilant. Professor Joseph King is also concerned. "People's memories fade...If there are no …

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