The Activist Files Podcast Creators & Guests

Matthew is a professional writer and sound designer. He has had his hands in writing, performing, and producing podcasts, audio dramas, and audiobooks since 2008. He has written articles on podcasting and voice acting techniques for The Podcast Host. He was the dialogue editor for the Audible productions, Locke and Key and X-Files: Cold Cases.

Baher Azmy is a Constitutional lawyer and professor of law at Seton Hall University. He is the Legal Director of the Center of Constitutional Rights.Azmy clerked for Dolores K. Sloviter, Chief Judge of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia. In 2005, he started working at the Center for Constitutional Rights, and was the lawyer for Guantanamo captive Murat Kurnaz.Azmy received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, his M.P.A. from Columbia University, and his J.D. from New York University School of Law.

Molly Crabapple is an artist and writer. She is a contributing editor for VICE and has written for The New York Times, The Paris Review, Vanity Fair, The Guardian, CNN, and Newsweek.

Walidah Imarisha is a writer, activist, educator and spoken word artist. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor in the Black Studies Department and Director of the Center for Black Studies at Portland State University.Previously, Imarisha has taught at Stanford University, Pacific Northwest College of the Arts and Oregon State University.

Dean Spade is a lawyer, writer, and associate professor of law.