Phil Boss and Jen Guinea

Phil talks with Jen about his long career, and how his personal value of justice impacts all he does. They dicsuss racism, diversity, health equity and how he has grown over the years (and how Providence has grown).

Upbringings in China, Japanese Culture, and 9/11: Stories from My Dad, Zijiang Yang

My dad and I discuss his childhood experiences of family life and academics in China, and how they differed from mine in America. We reflect on his career pursuits as a police officer, tour guide, and sushi chef due to...

Interview with Lisa Fondren

Lisa and I talked about her move from Detroit to Knoxville when she was five, and her family in Sevierville on her father's side and her mother's family in Pennsylvania. We also talked about Appalachian stereotypes and not wanting to...

From France to America

Rafael is my friend from school who is 18 years old. He moved from France couple years ago and he shares with us his life

Digital Storytelling Interview

Interviewing Miqdaad Buriwhala about his youth development experiences.

“Our Names Are Who We Are”

This is a story about a woman who has certainly taught in some unconventional ways. In this interview high school senior, Billy Pitt, sits down with his teacher, Nancy Voggesser, who tells us about her journey to becoming a teacher...

Diversity

We breifly discussed how diversity in the area where Janina lives has influenced her and her life.

Trinity Brown Can Do It All

Trinity Brown shares her story and her involvement in the University of the Cumberlands Diversity Leadership Council and the women’s lacrosse team.

Cultural Diversity

Hello! My name is Alyssa Maglione and I interviewed my mother Laurie Maglione. This was my first ever podcast/interview and I think it went pretty good! We discussed the cultural diversities between people in American and people in Lebanon

Diversity in Comics

How Marvel has been taking initiative to add diversity into it's comics.

The Education System
November 17, 2022 App Interview

Callie aged 18 and Kaia aged 19 talk about Kaia’s experiences with the education system as a high-school dropout and what can be improved in this system.

3rd Generation Jamaican in Britain

I interviewed my friend Neicia who I admire a lot because she is an extremely successful woman, and she has faced a lot of struggles to be where she is incluiding, discrimination from her own community. She once told me...

Exploring and Embracing Cultural Differences

Jonathan Daube (Northampton, MA) speaks with Selena DeCosta (Easton/Amherst, MA) about his time spent teaching in Malawi and how it shaped his view of the world for the rest of his life.

Colin Heil and Josie Fischman

[Recorded: Friday, July 21, 2023] This One Small Step conversation was recorded in Charlottesville, Virginia as part of the Sorensen Institute’s summer High School Leaders Program in 2023. Colin Heil (17) is from McLean and Josie Fischman (17) is from...

Ashley Jardin and JP Ramirez

Ashley & JP have a conversation about the Aloha spirit, people of Hawaii, and what it means to "talk story" sharing ourselves, the importance of honoring a people's culture with respect, living our values, being in good company with each...

The Power of Love

This a story about a Jewish man and Muslim who managed to overcome their religious and cultural differences to have a successful marriage.

“Mentoring makes me happy, I never tire of it.” A conversation with Alicia Hoffman.

Alicia Hoffman is a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. She is studying air quality and how to model the chemistry that impacts our air, using the Community Multi-scale Air Quality Model — developed by the Environmental...