![]() So I am excited about building the next tomorrow with UNDISTRACTED and focusing on intersectionality and intersectional feminism to look at what a brand new world can be. But I have found that with podcasts, people really engage with other listeners, and I have always found podcasts to be powerful tools of learning for myself. I recently launched UNDISTRACTED, in part, because I find podcasts to be a powerful community-building tool. What avenues have you found most effective for engaging with people?īPC: I have been podcasting for a while. HPR: Over the years you’ve used several different platforms and mediums to push people towards action and social change - podcasts, books, policy writing, and TV appearances, to name a few. So, for an opportunity to continue to refine my thinking about what the next step has to be for politically marginalized communities and hopefully provide an opportunity for the students as well, I was really excited to return. They ask such profound questions that help me to ask better questions. Why did you decide to return for another year, especially in a virtual environment?īrittany Packnett Cunningham: I always enjoy and appreciate my time with IOP students. Harvard Political Review: You were an IOP Resident Fellow in the fall of 2018. Brittany was also a member of President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing and the Ferguson Commission. A lifelong activist and proud member of the Ferguson Uprising, Brittany was the former co-host of the 2019 iHeartRadio Best Political Podcast, Pod Save The People. In this weekly podcast, Cunningham and her guests dive into today’s headlines and other pressing issues through the lens of intersectional feminism.Brittany Packnett Cunningham is a Fall 2020 Fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics, a NBC News and MSNBC Contributor, and host of UNDISTRACTED, a news and justice podcast with an intersectional lens on the world. We are undistracted.” -Brittany Packnett Cunningham, host of UNDISTRACTED (and former (INSIDE THE PARENS) panelist). We got work to do, and we’re going to do it together, and we’re going to find our joy along the way. “Enough with the distractions, the noise, the billions of tweets. The two fuse pop culture with women’s rights and LGBTQ issues to concoct a social justice cocktail that goes down smoothly (well, that is if you’re not choking from laughter at their debauchery along the way). Attitudes!įor Erin Gibson and Brian Safi ‘Attitudes!’ is an art form and platform. ![]() From Our Own Correspondent, produced by BBC, showcases issues long out of focus in the headlines that affect millions around the world. In fact, much of the journey for unconditional equality and human rights for all is simply learning about what is happening around the world. Social justice isn’t just about seeking equality for those around you it’s about pursuing justice for those out of view and oceans away. All while interviewing world-class artists, activists, and scholars. The podcast explores a range of topics from grassroots activism abroad to #SayHerName through the lens of intersectionality. Lawyer, civil rights advocate, and leading scholar of critical race theory Kimberlé Crenshaw brings her expertise and insight to Intersectionality Matters. Premiered in 2017, the hour-long show features weekly analysis from Kaya Henderson and De’Ara Balenger and covers stories affecting those in and out of the headlines. Now, as the host of Crooked Media’s Pod Save the People, he’s emerged as one of the most important voices in social justice today. Pod Save the PeopleĭeRay McKesson first entered the national consciousness in 2014 as a formidable organizer for Black Lives Matter after the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO. Code Switch brings humor and empathy to some of the most difficult conversations about race. Hosted by journalists of color, NPR’s Code Switch examines the various ways in which race impacts society-from the books we read, to the games we play, the makeup we wear, the food we eat, and so much more.
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