Tag: my american meltingpot podcast
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MAMP Podcast Ep#23: The Anniversary Episode
On episode 23, I’m celebrating the one year anniversary of the My American Meltingpot podcast! After one year, 22 episodes and a lot of blood, sweat and tears, I’ve really learned a lot. Not just about launching a podcast, but about all of the ways race intersects with real life. Thanks to the fact that…
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Hasta Luego: Ms. Meltingpot is Going Back to Spain
Hello Meltingpot Readers, “I’m leaving on a jet plane…” That’s right, I’m heading off to sunny Spain for six weeks. I am so freaking excited. Not only will this be the first time I’ve been back to Spain in almost a decade, but I’m going to be working on a really cool research project. Ten…
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MAMP Podcast Ep # 14: Food, Family and Finding Home with Tembi Locke
On episode # 14 of the MAMP podcast, I get to chat with debut author and actress, Tembi Locke about her beautiful new book, From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily and Finding Home. From Scratch is the first selection for the My American Meltingpot Book Club. In our conversation, Tembi and I talk about…
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Selling Your House While Black: Sadly, it’s a Thing
Hello Meltingpot Readers, If you’re a regular listener of the My American Meltingpot podcast, then you may have heard that I’m launching a new segment called, “Laugh or You’ll Cry.” In this segment, I will be sharing examples of peak racist white supremacist nonsense that passes as normal in our convoluted excuse of a just…
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MAMP Podcast Ep. #10: Interracial Friendships in Pop Culture and Real Life
It’s Season 2 of the My American Meltingpot podcast! Welcome Back! On episode 10 of the podcast, we’re talking about interracial friendships in real life and in pop culture. Not Everybody Has a Black or Brown Friend Even though I grew up in mostly white spaces and lived in one of the most segregated cities…
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MAMP Podcast Episode #5 Behind the Music with Sumi Tonooka
On episode # 5 of My American Meltingpot, we’re going behind the music with legendary jazz composer, Sumi Tonooka. You might recognize Sumi’s name because not only is she the woman who created our Meltingpot theme music, she’s also a world class composer, jazz pianist and educator. I talk to Sumi about her decades-long career…
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Hitting Refresh
Hello Meltingpot Readers, The beginning of the year always seems like a perfect time to take inventory. Retail stores do it. Major corporations do it. And I try to do it too. This is more than creating a simple list of New Year’s Resolutions. I like to really examine what I’m doing well in the…
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Kickstarting the MAMP Podcast
Hello Meltingpot Readers, I need your help. As you all know, I launched the My American Meltingpot podcast last month on November 23. We now have two episodes, plus the trailer available and our third episode will be released on December 21st. Things are moving so fast! It’s crazy to me that one year ago,…
