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Season 2, Episode 21: Writer Jennifer Teege My Grandfather Would Have Shot...
RECORDED 4/13/15: I was so excited to speak with Jennifer Teege, author (with Nikola Sellmair) of My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family’s Nazi Past. She tells the...
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Season 2, Episode 22: Pulitzer Prize Winner Tracy K. Smith & Her New Memoir
Recorded 4/20/15: I was thrilled to speak with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tracy K. Smith about her new memoir Ordinary Light. I met Tracy many years ago at Bread Loaf and it’s been a joy to see her...
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Season 2, Episode 24: Mike Twitty, AfroCulinaria Blogger and Author
RECORDED 5/4/15: I was excited to talk with blogger and author Mike Twitty about his work, faith, food, and his forthcoming book The Cooking Gene. He really breaks it down in terms of claiming the...
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Season 2, Episode 26: Mixed And Irish
RECORDED 5/18/15: I really enjoyed speaking with a group of Mixed/Irish writers who discussed the spectrum of what it means to their writing and what they claim as their heritage when Mixed Irish-ness...
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Mixed Experience History Month 2015: Philippa Schuyler, child prodigy and...
Philippa Schuyler (1931-1967), the daughter of black conservative writer George Schuyler, was a talented pianist and journalist who demonstrated her gifts at an early age. At age nine, she was...
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Season 3, Episode 9: Traveling Abroad While Mixed & Other Musings
RECORDED 1/11/16: In the first episode of the season, I took the opportunity to muse a little bit about my recent trip to a remote island and my search for a “tribe” that looks like me. Also, I share...
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Mixed Experience History Month 2016, James McCune Smith, doctor & abolitionist
James McCune Smith (1813-1865) was born free to an enslaved woman who later self-emancipated herself. His father was a white slave owner. Smith was an exceptional student, but was denied admission...
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Season 3, Episode 24: Author Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, Sarong Party Girls
LIVE 7/18/16 5pm EASTERN: I’m excited to speak with Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan about her new book Sarong Party Girls. Tune in! –Heidi Durrow Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan is a New York-based journalist and author of...
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Season 4, Episode 6: Award-winning Writer Lori Tharps, author of Same Family...
RECORDED 10/3/16: Don’t miss my conversation with award-winning writer Lori Tharps about her latest non-fiction book Same Family Different Colors. Lori has been a leading voice in conversations about...
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Mixed Experience History Month 2017: Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, Educator &...
Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, also known as Zitkala-Sa or Red Bird, was born in 1876 to a full-blooded Sioux woman and a white man. She struggled with her mixed-race heritage as a chid on the reservation as...
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