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Experiencing the profound loss of a spouse while navigating the intricate realm of "only-parenting" is a challenge unlike any other. Remember, though, you’re not journeying alone. Jenny Lisk, who stepped into solo parenting following the devastating loss of her husband to brain cancer, established the Widowed Parent Institute to shine a light, extend a hand, and share vital resources. The Widowed Parent Podcast embodies that commitment, providing a mix of hope, practical wisdom, and shared e ...
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Periodically Queer

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Periodically Queer is produced by Umi Hsu and assistant-produced by Shei Yu; edited and engineered by Quincy Surasmith; scripted by Umi Hsu, Shei Yu, and Rozanna Leo-Fields; theme music by Analog Tara; episode music by Matthew Ivler, Umi Hsu, and Jacob Alden Sargent. Research by Sela Kerr. Copywriting by Sadie Buerker. Graphic Design by Saphir Davis and Maxwell Fong. Story consultation by Sayre Quevedo. Periodically Queer is a project by One Institute, the oldest active LGBTQ+ organization i ...
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“Heard!” hosted by Talib Jasir, the visionary founder of Afros & Audio is a pivotal platform celebrating the legacy and impact of Black professionals in the audio space. Join Talib as he connects with Black podcast professionals and audio experts, sharing valuable insights and forward-thinking ideas for the future of podcasting. “Heard!” opens a world where indie creativity meets industry insight. Each episode delivers practical advice, highlights current trends, and presents real opportunit ...
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This week on Everyday Injustice we talk to McCracken Poston about the story behind Zenith Man - Death, Love, and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom.Poston, was a four term member of the Georgia House of Representatives who got caught up in the shift of Georgia Politics and lost a bid for the US Congress.Poston found himself representing a most unusu…
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I had such a great discussion with Amanda-Lee Pitzer for this episode. Amanda-Lee is the author of the new memoir The Relieved Widow. “Relieved,” you say? Yes, the title is perhaps a bit jarring. But Amanda-Lee is doing readers a service by being open and honest about her story of losing her military husband to suicide when their boys were 8 and 10…
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This week Everyday Injustice talks with Kevin Cosney, the Associate Director and Co-Founder of the California Black Power Network.The CA Black Power Network is a united ecosystem of Black grassroots organizations working together to change the lived conditions of Black Californians by dismantling systemic and anti-Black racism.They have launched th…
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This week on Everyday Injustice we interview our incarcerated writer, Ghostwrite Mike who is incarcerated at Valley State Prison in Chowchilla, California. We talk about the importance of prison journalism and our ongoing project with Ghostwrite Mike and other incarcerated writers.Listen as we discuss the importance of shining a light at what is go…
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I had such a great discussion with Jeanette Koncikowski for this episode. We first talked five years ago, when Jeanette was my guest way back in episode 10. I invited her back now because she’s out with a brand-new book, Shipwrecked: A Memoir of Widowed Parenting and Life After Loss. It’s a “teaching memoir,” in which Jeanette both shares her famil…
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This week on Everyday Injustice we talk with Nicole Lee, a 4-generation Oakland native the Executive Director of Urban Peace Movement (UPM), and Sikander Iqbal, the Deputy Director of Urban Peace Movement.The UPM is a grass-roots racial justice organization in Oakland that builds youth leadership to transform the social conditions that drive commun…
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A July ruling in New York marked a victory for the public and transparency. Federal judge Victor Marrero held that the public has a First Amendment right to know what authorities have done with allegations of prosecutorial misconduct. The court issued its July 22 decision in the case CRC v. Cushman, finding that the Second Department and Grievance …
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I had such a great discussion with Jessica Waite for this episode. I’ve had a number of listeners recently asking for more discussions with widowed parents who have complicated situations. Or, as one listener put it, “the end-of-life stories that are really ugly.” One of the gifts Jessica is giving us with her new book is that she’s writing about s…
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For years, Preston Shipp served as an appellate prosecutor in the Tennessee Attorney General’s office. While serving as a volunteer and teaching college classes for a conservative Christian College in Tennessee prisons, he became good friends with many people who were incarcerated, one of whom he had actually prosecuted.These relationships caused P…
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Decades of allegations of sexual abuse at the women’s prison at FCI-Dublin led to the stunning decision by the Bureau of Prisons to shut down the prison altogether.A special master was appointed by the judge, who noted, “that some of the deficiencies and issues exposed within this report are likely an indication of systemwide issues within the BOP,…
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I had such a great discussion with Sara Wingerath-Schlanger for this episode. Sara is from Tuesday’s Children, which was founded in the wake of 9/11 to serve families affected by that tragedy in 2001, including the 3,051 kids who lost a parent that day. Sara tells us they are one of only three nonprofits started because of 9/11 that are still opera…
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This week on Everyday Injustice, we have UC Berkeley Sociologist Stephanie Canizales - Faculty Director of the Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative.Born and raised in Los Angeles – Canizales is herself the daughter of Salvadoran immigrants whose experiences growing up as unaccompanied youth in Los Angeles.She just published her first boo…
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Joining Everyday Injustice Podcast this week is Beth Shelburne, a journalist and writer with more than 25 years of experience. In 2023, a podcast series she created, reported and wrote called “Earwitness,” the story of Tofest Johnson.As described:Toforest Johnson is a father, a son, a brother. He was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. He has b…
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This week on Everyday Injustice we have Erik Altieri, the Interim Director of Campaigns for the Clean Slate Initiative.The Clean Slate Initiative passes and implements laws that automatically clear eligible records for people who have completed their sentence and remained crime-free, and expands who is eligible for clearance.Their vision: “People w…
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This week on Everyday Injustice we have Insha Rahman, the Director of Vera Action, a non-profit organization that harnesses the power of advocacy, lobbying, and political strategy to end mass incarceration, protect immigrants’ rights, restore dignity to people behind bars, and build safe and thriving communities.Listen as Rahman talks about Prop 36…
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I had such a great discussion with Lisa Keefauver for this episode. You may know Lisa from her popular podcast, Grief is a Sneaky Bitch, and now she has a brand new book out by the same name. In this episode, we talk all about ambiguous losses, disenfranchised grief, how the three most important rules of scuba diving also apply to life—and, of cour…
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This week on Everyday Injustice we are joined by Ludovic Blain and Michael Daly of the California Donor Table.Ludovic was hired as CDT’s first full time staff-person in 2009. Michael Gomez Daly is the Senior Political Strategist for the California Donor Table.California Donor Table is a statewide community of donors who pool their funds to make inv…
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In July, the book - Dismantling Mass Incarceration was released edited by Premal Dharia, James Forman, Jr and Maria Hawilo.The book, which is an anthology of literature on mass incarceration and criminal justice reform, offers a variety of approaches to confronting the carceral state.Everyday Injustice was joined by Maria Hawilo, one of the co-edit…
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This week on Everyday Injustice, we sit down with LaToya Mitchell, Navigator Project Manager, CA Bridge Program and talked about the innovative program that helps get people from ER into drug treatment and reduce annual drug overdoses.A few weeks ago, she was part of a rally at the California Capitol to push for a package of bills that would improv…
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This week Everyday Injustice discussed the death penalty with Nathaniel Batchelder. Batchelder has spent over 30 years working with Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.He graduated from Oklahoma City University in the seventies. In 1984, he met the Sisters of Benedict who started the Benedictine Peace House, and he became involved there…
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1974 marked a tumultuous time in Boston where white parents of school children pushed back – at times violently against the use of busing as a form of integration.This year, marking the fiftieth anniversary, the Boston Globe carried an investigative retrospective.They found, “50 years after busing decision, a school system still unequal, still segr…
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Through the telling of the story about William Freeman, Harvard Historian Robin Bernstein effectively rewrites an historical narrative. Whereas the recent narrative had it that convict leasing and prison for profit began in the post Civil War South, the story of William Freeman shows that the for profit prison system actually began much earlier and…
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This spring, the Bureau of Prisons announced they were shuttering the women’s prison at FCI Dublin – after it was rocked with revelations of sexual abuse and whistleblower retaliation that led to the former warden to be indicted and convicted.Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM), a criminal justice advocacy group, has been coordinating legal …
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A decade ago, California voters passed Prop 47 which reduced the punishment of simple drug possession and petty theft to misdemeanors while raising the felony threshold from $400 to $950 for petty theft.From the start, the measure passed by the voters has garnered criticism from law enforcement and other tough on crime groups and has been blamed fo…
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Rahsaan “New York” Thomas grew up in the notorious Brownsville section of Brooklyn, New York, where he faced gun violence, bullying, redlining, abusive policing policies, generational incarceration, and drug infestation.He ended up with a 55 to life sentence. But while at San Quentin, he turned his life around and became a writer, curator, director…
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“Policing is violent. And its violence is not distributed equally: stark racial disparities persist despite decades of efforts to address them,” writes Texas Professor Michael Sierra-Arévalo in his recently published book, The Danger Imperative.In his book, Sierra-Arevalo delves into how police culture shapes officers’ perception and practice of vi…
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In April, four incarcerated people at the Adult Correctional Institutions in Cranston, Rhode Island died. Everyday Injustice, spoke with Melonie Perez and Brandon Robinson from Direct Action for Rights and Equality (DARE), a non-profit that organizes low-income families in communities of color for social, economic, and political justice.Perez and R…
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In April, an unprecedented lawsuit was filed in the Supreme Court of California challenging the state’s death penalty statute as racially discriminatory and unconstitutional under the Equal Protection guarantees of the California Constitution.The filers which include the ACLU, LDF (Legal Defense Fund), and the Office of the State Public Defender on…
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I had such a great discussion with Ryane Moates for this episode. I love what Ryane is doing with her YouTube channel, Ryane to the Rescue, where she educates on all things home repair, yard care, and more that widowed people find themselves responsible for after the death of their partners. Ryane herself felt so empowered after she started learnin…
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Civil Rights Attorney John Burris announced a $7.5 million settlement against the Antioch, CA Police in the 2020 death of Angelo Quinto.Quinto, suffering from a mental health incident was killed when police held him in a prone position similar to George Floyd for over ten minutes despite pleas from his mother.John Burris said: “While no amount of m…
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In her introduction to Dorsey Nunn’s book, Michelle Alexander quoted Toni Morrison: “Just remember that your real job is that if your free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else.”Alexander notes, “I’ve known Dorsey for two decades. I’ve watched him grow and evolve into an extraordinary thi…
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Shannon Bohrer, served 27 years in the Marland State Police – but it was a case where he was an investigator that caused him to re-examine the criminal legal system.He wrote the book Judicial Soup which “examines the need for criminal justice reforms through a case in which an innocent person was found guilty of a crime he did not commit.”As his bo…
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When Michael Owens was an angry and traumatized young man, he committed a horrible crime and was sentenced to Life Without Parole (LWOP). For a long time, while in prison, he continued to engage in self-destructive behavior.But even while he has no guarantee he will ever see the outside of a prison again, Michael has been able to turn his life arou…
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One of the problems with mass incarceration is that we end up incarcerating people who at one point committed violent and dangerous crimes long past the point at which they are no longer a danger to society.The case of Arturo Luna is instructive, raised in a tough environment, he committed crimes at a young age. But now has become a mentor, become …
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I had such a great discussion with Jordan Arogeti for this episode. Jordan and her company have a new tool called Support Now. It’s a bit like a mashup of some tools you may be familiar with, such as CaringBridge, Go Fund Me, and online meal trains. But it’s SO much more than that. In preparing to speak with Jordan, I had an “Ah-Ha!” moment: Suppor…
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This week on Everyday Injustice, we talk with Angie Gordon. Angie is a 39-year-old trans woman serving a 48-years-to-life sentence in the state of California. Convicted of multiple violent felonies in 2009; so, in April of 2024 she will have served fifteen years of her sentence.Before coming to prison, Angie was a high school dropout, but since her…
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In this Afros & Audio's Black History Month interview series, Talib Jasir, CEO of Afros & Audio Podcast Festival, engages in a deep conversation with Latrice Sampson Richards, an accomplished podcast producer and mental health clinician. Discussing her journey as a mental health therapist to an award-winning podcast producer, the significance of in…
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In this interview between Talib Jasir, founder of Afros & Audio Podcast Festival, and Corey Gumbs, founder of Black Podcaster Association, they discuss the importance of representation and self-driven content in the podcasting industry. They address some common challenges faced by podcasters and how the association works to bridge the divide. Corey…
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In this insightful interview series for Afros & Audio's Black History Month, Talib Jasir hosts Brée Nachelle, the host of Fabulous F**ckery Podcast. The discussion revolves around Brée's journey into podcasting, her love for the indie podcasts community, and her passion for mental health advocacy. Brée talks about the importance of being authentic …
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It is described as: “A riveting and heart-wrenching story of violence, grief and the American justice system, exploring the systemic issues that perpetuate gang participation in one of the wealthiest cities in the country, through the story of one teenager.”Professor Laurence Ralph, tells the story of Sito, a relative of his and the tragedy of his …
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In this Black History Month interview series, Talib Jasir, the founder and CEO of Afros & Audio Podcast Festival hosts Jay Ray and DJ Sir Daniel, two outstanding indie podcast creatives. They discuss their journey while highlighting their focus on Black music history and culture. They also share their approach towards fostering conversations around…
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In this episode of Afros & Audio's Black History Month series, Talib Jasir, founder and CEO of Afros & Audio Podcast Festival, interviews Mr. Al Pete, a multifaceted creator in the indie Podcast world. They discuss Al Pete's journey in podcasting and the evolution of the MPN network, the importance of engagement in growing a podcast network and nav…
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In celebration of Black History Month, Talib Jasir, the founder and CEO of Afros & Audio Podcast Festival and the Vanguard Podcast Network, interviews Gerald Davis, an indie Podcast creator and sports enthusiast. Gerald discusses his journey from being a librarian to podcasting, how research skills as a librarian aid his podcast 'All Things Basketb…
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In honor of Black History Month, Afros & Audio's Talib Jasir interviews Stephanie Williams, the host of the Mocha Minutes podcast. They discuss the process and inspiration behind Stephanie starting her podcast, the importance of focusing on nuanced conversations about the Black experience, and strategies for selecting guests. Stephanie emphasizes t…
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I had such a great discussion with Dr. Linda Shanti McCabe for this episode. We haven’t tackled the topic of art and how it can help with grief on the show before, so I was excited to talk with Linda about that as well as her program called the Art of Grief which is starting soon. Linda is a widowed parent herself, and she’s also a licensed clinica…
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In this episode, Talib Jasir, founder and CEO of Afros Audio Podcast Festival and the Vanguard Podcast Network, interviews Laurel Rutledge as a part of Afros Audio's Black History Month series. Laurel, who transitioned from a corporate senior executive to launching the Rutledge Perspective podcast, shares her journey and how it has influenced her a…
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In celebration of Black History Month, Afros & Audio Podcast Festival founder and CEO Talib Jasir interviews independent podcast creator, Victor Jones of 'Liquor Talk Podcast'. Victor shares his journey from being a college graduate looking for a platform to speak his mind to becoming a successful podcaster. He shares his unique approach to selecti…
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In this Black History Month interview series by Afros & Audio, host Talib Jasir talks to Reginald D. Sherman, the host of the 'Real Talk with Reginald D.' podcast. Reginald shares how he selects the inspirational topics of his podcast episodes, reflecting on his own life experiences, including people telling him that he'd never amount to anything a…
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In this interview as part of Afros & Audio's Black History Month series, host Talib Jasir speaks with L.A. Dunn, the founder of the Black Girls Eat Podcast. L.A. discusses her journey to promoting a plant-based diet and educating her listeners about healthier lifestyle choices, particularly in underrepresented communities. She shares how her own he…
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In this installment of Afros & Audio's Black History Month interview series, host Talib Jasir, the founder and CEO of Afros & Audio Podcast Festival interviews special guest Dr. Vibe, the creator of the Dr. Vibe Show. Dr. Vibe reflects on his journey in the podcasting industry, discussing how he got started and the evolution of his show. He offers …
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