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This Indian American Life

August 16, 2018 Culture, Race/Identity

Neel Patel joins us to talk about how his experience as an Indian American informed his debut collection of short stories.

A Queer Black Man Finds Freedom

August 2, 2018 Race/Identity

Author and activist Darnell Moore joins us to talk about the struggles of growing up black and queer.

What TV News Didn’t Tell You About Ferguson

July 30, 2018 Politics, Race/Identity

Documentarian Sabaah Folayan joins us to talk about turning Ferguson bystander footage into a portrait of unrest that differs from the more traditional media presentation.

‘Why I Stopped Being A Skinhead’

July 25, 2018 Race/Identity

Former neo-Nazi Christian Picciolini joins us to talk about how a moment of racial violence shook him out of his ways.

Why Being White Makes You Racist

July 23, 2018 Race/Identity

Robin DiAngelo joins us to talk about how white fragility gets in the way of meaningful interracial dialogue.

When Black America Championed Mass Incarceration

July 19, 2018 Politics, Race/Identity

Former public defender James Forman Jr. joins us to talk about how policies from the 1970s lead to an overrepresentation of people of color in American prisons.

How Society Fails Trans Kids

July 18, 2018 Race/Identity

Sociologist Ann Travers joins us to talk about the experience of transgender kids – and about how parents can guide their discovery.

Colson Whitehead On ‘The Underground Railroad’

July 5, 2018 Literature, Race/Identity

Colson Whitehead joins us to talk about how he wove the nation’s history into the experiences of the main characters in his book,”The Underground Railroad.”