Episode 198: Fostering a community of color in games media with Spawn On Me's Kahlief Adams

The 1099

On this week's episode of The 1099, Spawn On Me co-founder and very rad dude Kahlief Adams joins me to talk about 6+ years of highlighting people of color in the games industry, plus their new GoFundMe drive for 2019-2020. In a media field that still struggles to achieve greater diversity, what does it take to foster up-and-coming writers and creators of color? What steps does the industry need to take to create a better platform for marginalized voices? And how are people of color and other marginalized creatives out there adapting to the industry as it is? Kahlief gives us some very sincere, very enlightening perspective into all this and more. Plus, we end up shooting the shit about Hideo Kojima, the art of podcasting, and building each other up as creatives. You don't need to tell me twice to be grateful for cool guys like Kah. Follow Kahlief on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kahjahkins Follow Spawn on Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/spawnonme DONATE TO SPAWN ON ME's GoFundMe PAGE: https://www.gofundme.com/help-spawn-on-me Follow Joe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JosephKnoop Follow The 1099 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/The1099Podcast Send some love to our resident musician at ZWBuckley.com!