The Other Pod with Chloe Aftel

Welcome to our 'Lightning Round' with Other podcast guest and Nobel Prize winner Victor Ambros! The idea is to ask questions that he — and hopefully you — don't expect, and that the answers will be as equally interesting and hopefully amusing. Please enjoy. Biographies: Victor Ambros is a renowned molecular biologist and a pioneer in the field of RNA biology. He is best known for his discovery of...

Victor Ambros, a Nobel Prize winner for his work on nematodes and microRNA, joins host Chloe Aftel on The Other Pod for an exciting conversation on the joys of scientific discovery. The pair discuss his work and research, as well as his childhood and his father's fascinating life story escaping Nazi Germany. Victor describes his work with passion and devotion to his research and field of study as...

Welcome to our 'Lightning Round' with Other podcast guest and president of the National Domestic Workers Alliance Ai-jen Poo! The idea is to ask questions that she — and hopefully you — don't expect, and that the answers will be as equally interesting and hopefully amusing. Please enjoy.  Biographies: Ai-jen Poo is a labor activist and the executive director of the National Domestic Workers Allian...

Ai-Jen Poo is a lifelong activist, current director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA), and author of the book “The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America.” She joins Chloe on The Other Pod to discuss the current landscape of carework in the United States amidst political turmoil and threats of mass deportation. Chloe and Ai-Jen discuss: How can we effecti...

Welcome to our 'Lightning Round' with Other podcast guest and expert herbalist Rosemary Gladstone! The idea is to ask questions that she — and hopefully you — don't expect, and that the answers will be as equally interesting and hopefully amusing. Please enjoy. Biography: Rosemary Gladstar is a renowned herbalist, author, and teacher, widely recognized for her contributions to the modern herbalism...

Author, teacher, and expert herbalist Rosemary Gladstone joins host Chloe Aftel for a long-awaited interview about her career and fundamental understanding of nature’s healing properties. The pair explores how modern medicine got to where it is today, the misconceptions people may have regarding herbalism, and the divide between Western medicine and herbalism. Rosemary discusses the importance of...

Welcome to our 'Lightning Round' with 'Other' podcast guest and musician K.Flay! The idea is to ask questions that she — and hopefully you — don't expect, and that the answers will be as equally interesting and hopefully amusing. Please enjoy. Biographies: K.Flay (born Kristine Flaherty) is a singer, songwriter, and rapper known for blending elements of indie rock, electronic, and hip-hop into her...

Indie artist and songwriter K. Flay celebrates the release of her new EP I’m Making Friends With Silence through an honest and philosophical conversation with host Chloe Aftel on The Other Pod. K. Flay (Kristine Flaherty), reflects on her start in the music industry while in school at Stanford, the influence of her psychology and sociology studies, and her musical and personal evolution from early...

Welcome to our 'Lightning Round' with 'Other' podcast guest and actress Aya Cash! The idea is to ask questions that she — and hopefully you — don't expect, and that the answers will be as equally interesting and hopefully amusing. Please enjoy. Biographies: Aya Cash is an American actress known for her wide range of characters in film and television. Born in San Francisco, she has gained widesprea...

Theater and TV actor Aya Cash joins host Chloe Aftel to discuss her past and present projects and reflect on an acting career that has been 20 years in the making. She talks about having artist parents, growing up in the Bay Area, and what that taught her about not compromising on a creative vision. She also highlights the importance of instinct in acting, her thoughts on the collaborative nature...

Welcome to our 'Lightning Round' with Other podcast guest and multitalented Jeff Lemire! The idea is to ask questions that he — and hopefully you — don't expect, and that the answers will be as equally interesting and hopefully amusing. Please enjoy. Through his graphic novel works like Sweet Tooth (now a Netflix original), Black Hammer , Gideon Falls , Essex County , and more, Jeff Lemire creates...

Through his graphic novel works like Sweet Tooth (now a Netflix original), Black Hammer, Gideon Falls, Essex County, and more, Jeff Lemire creates new worlds with distinct styles while representing a myriad of identities and experiences. In this month's episode of The Other Pod , Jeff gets candid with host Chloe Aftel about his career, from making up stories as a child in rural Ontario, to writing...

Welcome to our 'Lightning Round' with Other podcast guest and author Rachel Kushner! The idea is to ask questions that she — and hopefully you — don't expect, and that the answers will be as equally interesting and hopefully amusing. Please enjoy. Biographies: Rachel Kushner is an author long-listed for the Booker Prize, responsible for the widely loved novels Telex from Cuba , The Flamethrowers ,...

Author Rachel Kushner and host/visual artist Chloe Aftel first met after the success of Rachel’s first novel and have worked collaboratively ever since. Now, the pair reunite for the latest episode of The Other Pod to discuss her new novel, Creation Lake, and dive into everything creative process and ideation. They discuss the way their artistic processes align and differ across mediums, the journ...

Welcome to our 'Lightning Round' with 'Other' podcast guest and philosopher Serene Khader! The idea is to ask questions that she — and hopefully you — don't expect, and that the answers will be as equally interesting and hopefully amusing. Please enjoy. Biographies: Serene Khader is a philosopher and feminist theorist with areas of research including ethics and moral psychology, political philosop...

Serene Khader may not be what you typically think of when you hear the word philosopher. She came into philosophy with the heart of an activist and an eye for public policy, interested in reconsidering the ways in which we think about, advocate for, and ultimately drive movements for justice forward. Serene talks with host Chloe Aftel about what exactly the job of a philosopher is, the role of phi...

Welcome to our 'Lightning Round' with 'Other' podcast guest and rapper Rapsody! The idea is to ask questions that she — and hopefully you — don't expect, and that the answers will be as equally interesting and hopefully amusing. Please enjoy. Biographies: Rapsody (born Marlanna Evans) is a Grammy-nominated songwriter and rapper celebrating the release of her fourth studio album, Please Don’t Cry ....

“You have to allow yourself to sit in your fire and burn.”Rapsody is back from her hiatus with the jam-packed, undeniably raw and emotionally attuned new album Please Don’t Cry. Host Chloe Aftel dives deep with Rapsody to explore all the emotional healing that took place behind the scenes for this record to come into creation, how her background and upbringing influence the music she makes decades...

Welcome to our 'Lightning Round' with 'Other' podcast guest, musician, and more Kathleen Hanna! The idea is to ask questions that she — and hopefully you — don't expect, and that the answers will be as equally interesting and hopefully amusing. Please enjoy. Biographies: Kathleen Hanna is a punk singer, musician, activist, and writer, famous for her bands Bikini Kill and Le Tigre. She was massivel...

Kathleen Hanna has been defying expectations and stereotypes on and off the stage since she was a teenager playing in Bikini Kill. Join host Chloe Aftel in an intimate conversation with the revolutionary Kathleen Hanna on the process of writing her new memoir Rebel Girl, how writing such an honest reflection was more vulnerable than performing on stage ever was, and where she finds herself now fin...

Welcome to our 'Lightning Round' with 'Other' podcast guest, actor, and singer J. Harrison Ghee! The idea is to ask questions that they — and hopefully you — don't expect, and that the answers will be as equally interesting and hopefully amusing. Please enjoy. Biographies: J. Harrison Ghee is an award-winning American actor and singer known for their role in Some Like It Hot , Kinky Boots , and th...

J. Harrison Ghee has never fit in in the traditional sense; in fact, it’s their very ability to stand out that allows them to reflect humanity so beautifully in their roles in shows like Kinky Boots, Some Like It Hot, Mrs. Doubtfire & Chicago. As Ghee sits down for an inspiring conversation with host/artist Chloe Aftel, they are fresh off a Tony win and in preparation for their upcoming solo c...

Catherine Coleman Flowers grew up in the rural South amidst a tight-knit family, from a line of determined women with no choice but to make a bad situation better. In this inspiring conversation, host Chloe Aftel talks with Catherine about the good, the bad, and the ugly of a life spent advocating for community justice and the work still left to do. From working on the raw sewage issue in her rura...

Welcome to our 'Lightning Round' with 'Other' podcast guest and author Lois McMaster Bujold! The idea is to ask questions that she — and hopefully you — don't expect, and that the answers will be as equally interesting and hopefully amusing. Please enjoy. Biographies: Lois McMaster Bujold is an acclaimed American author known for her contributions to science fiction and fantasy. Born in 1949, she...

Sc-Fi legend Lois McMaster Bujold joins host Chloe Aftel on this episode of The Other Pod for an in-depth conversation on her background, writing inspirations, and reflections on a literary career 40+ years in the making, including where she finds herself now: retired, self-employed, and still passionately writing new adventures and engaging with readers. She reflects on the relationship between s...