S1E7: Human Equity Consciousness — with Mehcad Brooks

The Progressivists Podcast - Hosted by Jo Lorenz

Meet Mehcad Brooks. Mehcad is an award winning actor, as well as producer and writer, known in the entertainment industry for his raw talent and sharp mind. Earlier this year, Mehcad starred as Jackson ‘Jax’ Briggs, a cybernetically-enhanced super soldier and leader of Earthrealm in Warner Bros’ highly anticipated action adventure feature film Mortal Kombat.

As well as Mortal Kombat, Mehcad’s been in a whole host of brilliant films including Tyler Perry’s A Fall From Grace and Nobody’s Fool – and he’s shone on the television front in Desperate Housewives, True Blood and most recently in the DC Comic Superhero action-adventure series, Supergirl.

Born and raised in Austin, Texas, Mehcad grew up excelling at academics and sports, but always had a deep-rooted passion for the arts (in fact, he gave up a full scholarship to Yale in order to hone his craft). A natural-born storyteller, we are so excited to have Mehcad on The Progressivists Podcast where - amongst many things – we’re going to talk about racial and intersectional equity in the entertainment industry and how what we watch on the screen has the potential to bolster equality and empathy.