How who we are shapes our world

This week we're sharing one of our favourite episodes from September 2018.

Podcasts featured this week:

It's Not a Race - Race, identity, culture, difference, this podcast talks about it all. For the show's season two finale, host Beverley Wang presents "the diversity panel to end all diversity panels." Click here to listen to the full episode.

Politically Re-active - Comedians W. Kamau Bell and Hari Kondabolu talk about Ferguson and whiteness with Pastor Michael McBride. Click here to listen to the full episode.

The Mortified Podcast -  This podcast is "an all-access pass" into the Mortified live shows where people share their embarrassing childhood journals. In this episode Kelly Shortandqueer recounts his coming out through diary entries. Click here to listen to the full episode.

Bitchface  - Nicole Kelly and Phoebe Unter's podcast was made for "curious women and femmes" and in this episode Nicole Kelly reads a short story about going to parties in a cheap blond wig and hot pink lipstick.  Click here to listen to the full episode.

Remade in America with Bassem Youssef -  Remade in America explores the stories of immigrants and outsiders. Journalist Maria Hinojosa talks to host Bassem Youssef about being the first Latina at NPR. Click here to listen to the full episode.

RUDE podcasts - The RUDE podcast is a new show out of Montreal. In episode two, the team talks about labels. Artist Kama La Mackerel explains why "queer" is both a label and an anti-label. Click here to listen to the trailer.

The Stoop - The Stoop tells stories from across the black diaspora. In Black, Queer and Free, Bishop Yvette Flunder explains why she started her own, more inclusive, place of worship. Click here to listen to the trailer.

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