MY MY MY!!!! This is your host Tre Borden, and I don’t know about you but after the last few days, weeks, months and years of so much upheaval and ridiculousness, culminating with last night’s nail-biter of an election, I AM TIRED. So many of u

What to Do About White People?

Dec 3rd, 2020 45m 15s

For much of this podcast we’ve been focusing on elevating the voices of BIPOC and progressive leaders who understand the daunting but worthwhile task of striving for an equitable society. Given our limited time and resources, and the near cons

The Power of Trans People

Nov 1st, 2020 1h 30m

Guests:Qween Amor - Activist, Performance Artist, NurseOmega Chuckii - Training and Outreach Manager, Oakland LGBT Center Ebony Harper - Advocate, Philanthropy Consultant, ActivistIt is so important to use this platform to center voices and per

Learning the Power of Resilience from Our Elders

Oct 22nd, 2020 1h 35m

Featured Guests:Bill Borden - US Air Force Pilot and Vietnam Veteran, Tre’s DadDr. Marsha Hirano - Nakanishi - Retired Vice Chancellor for CSU System, Second generation Japanese-American.2020 has tested us to the breaking point. Many of us hav

The Future of the American Woman

Oct 8th, 2020 1h 20m

Guests:Jodi Hicks - CEO and President, Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California Adama Iwu - Activist and Co-Founder of We Said Enough; VP of State and Local Government, VISA Inc.The death of RBG is the tragic culmination of an administration

Avoiding a Climate Apocalypse

Oct 1st, 2020 1h 2m

Guests:Brandy Bones - Vice President of Disaster Management, ICFDr. Peter Schultz - Vice President of Climate and Resilience, ICFIf you’ve been in California in the last few months, or anywhere else in the United States really, it is becoming a

Policing the Police

Sep 26th, 2020 1h 13m

Featured Guests:RaShall Brackney - Chief of Police for Charlottesville, VaBrandon del Pozo - Retired Chief of Police for Burlington, VT; Former Precinct Chief NYPD; Currently a drug policy and substance abuse researcher at Brown University.Juli

Our Immigration Crisis

Sep 17th, 2020 1h 31m

Guests:Lauren Cusitello - Legal Director Immigration Justice Project, American Bar Association (ABA)Grisel Ruiz - Supervising Attorney, Immigrant Legal Resource Center.During the last several months with the global pandemic and racial justice m

On View: Racism at the Museum

Aug 27th, 2020 1h 14m

Guests:Taylor Brandon - Founder of No Neutral Alliance; Formerly Staff at SF MOMAFaith Mckinnie - Community Engagement Coordinator - Crocker Art Museum/ Founder of Black Artists FundJova Lynne Johnson - Former Curator at MOCAD, Founder of MOCAD

The Crisis in Lebanon

Aug 23rd, 2020 1h 1m

Guests:Poliana Geha - Beirut Based Consultant and ActivistNatalie Samarjian - Beiruti Diasporan and Human Rights ActivistOn August 4, 2020 a neglected hoard of highly explosive sodium nitrate exploded in the port of Beirut. In an instant over 1

Changing a Racist Workplace from Outside and from Within

Aug 12th, 2020 1h 1m

Guests:Dr. Akilah Cadet - Founder and CEO of Change Cadet, a DEI consulting and coaching firm.Erica Lovett - Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Condé Nast.During the recent racial reckoning that has overtaken the US since the murders of George

The Reality of Getting Behind Biden

Jul 31st, 2020 57m 37s

Guests:Brandy Bones - Urban Planner and Disaster Preparedness ExpertSarah Ullman - Filmmaker and Founder of One Vote at a Time (www.onevoteatatime.us)For many of us, the thought of a Biden presidency is not very inspiring, and the fact that he

Bringing Equity to the Great White Way

Jul 21st, 2020 1h 1m

Guests:Aaron Lambert - Talent Agent and Musical Theater Actor, Hamilton on the West EndNana Mensah, Stage and Screen Actor and Writer based in New York City.With the recent release of Hamilton on streaming services and the current global theate

Centering Black and Indigenous People in our American Racial Reckoning

Jul 11th, 2020 49m

Guest: Britta Guerrero, CEO Sacramento Native American Health CenterAs the nation grapples with its history of racism, genocide and exploitation the term BIPOC has emerged which stands for Black Indigenous and People of Color. It is important

How City Budgets Reflect Misguided Priorities

Jul 3rd, 2020 48m 9s

Guest: Dr. Flojuane Cofer - Epidemiologist, Public Health Advocate and Chair of Measure U Committee in SacramentoAs calls to Defund the Police and invest more heavily in vital city services gets louder, the battleground is shifting from the str

Advocating for Black Justice

Jul 2nd, 2020 1h 6m

Guests: Delilah Clay - Lobbyist and Advisor, ManattLeah Barros - Lobbyist and VP, Strategies 360Andrea Perry - Lobbyist, Mercury Public AffairsThe current momentum around racial justice and the tearing down of white supremacist systems in Amer

Media Coverage of the BLM Movement

Jun 21st, 2020 49m 54s

One of the most striking things about the protests against police brutality this time around is how they are being covered by the media. Mostly gone are the investigations and digging into wrongdoing of victims and the suspicious eye toward pr

Can Police and Communities Get on the Same Page?

Jun 11th, 2020 40m 24s

Many interactions between the public and the police occur in moments of crisis. This often leads to inaccurate perceptions of how the community feels toward law enforcement both within a police force and within cities and neighborhoods. Wheth

The Birds and the Bees of Racism

Jun 11th, 2020 50m 52s

Guest: Alina Cervantes, Professor of Early Childhood Education and Department Chair at American River CollegeThe killing of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor and the protests that have convulsed the country have been impossible to

On the ground in Minneapolis: A Community in Crisis with Callie Chamberlain and Ron Harris

Jun 9th, 2020 40m 2s

Guests: Callie Chamberlain, Twin Cities New Leaders CouncilRon Harris, Twin Cities New Leaders Council For many of us George Floyd’s murder at the hands of police was our first introduction to Minneapolis. With some of the most progressive lea

Qween Amor on Twerking for Trans Visibility

Jun 6th, 2020 1h 23m

This week we are focusing on performance artists who are building platforms and using them to advocate for equity and change. Last up is trans performance artist, twerk master and activist Qween Amor and she is coming with the HEAT! Qween is a

Teddy Kareem discusses Policing Poverty

Jun 4th, 2020 56m 18s

Our first Pivot episode of What We Gon Do? features our editor Teddy Kareem talking about his first-hand experience with police and an examination of the sort of over-policing and community fear that has brought us to this point. What is it li

Tyler Matthew Oyer on how to Create Radical Change using Performance

Jun 4th, 2020 58m 35s

This week we are focusing on performance artists who are building platforms and using them to advocate for equity and change. Second up is Tyler Matthew Oyer, performance artist, visual artist and singer songwriter. He joins us to discuss how h

Creating Activists in your Audience with Terra Lopez

Jun 3rd, 2020 52m 31s

This week we are focusing on performance artists who are building platforms and using them to advocate for equity and change. First up is Terra Lopez, front woman of Rituals of Mine and co-founder of label Bitchwave Studios. She has been very e

Bonus

Peformance as a Platform for Change

Jun 3rd, 2020 21m 58s

We are dealing with so much! This week we are going to still run our interviews with three incredible performers who are using their platforms and practices to create change! They are all queer and amazing and committed to creating a world that