Can You Hear Us Now: Inclusivity in the Media

Breaking Boundaries: Sports and Diversity 04.02.2025 31:11 ↓

Guests:  Professor Livis Freeman, UNC Men's Basketball Player, Elijah Davis, UNC Women's Basketball Player Sydney Barker

Asian Americans in Comedy 28.01.2025 26:18 ↓

Guest:  Comedian Donald Chang

Representation of Mixed-Race Individuals in the Media 21.01.2025 17:06 ↓

Guest:  Solimar Pepler

Egyptian Representation in the Media 14.01.2025 20:34 ↓

Guest:  Mariam Ali

The Evolution of Minority Representation in Film and Television 07.01.2025 24:07 ↓

Guests include Professor Carl Kenney and Dr. Meredith Clark

Diversity and Representation in Collegiate Sororities 23.07.2024 23:15 ↓

Guests: Rachel Ferris, Uma Volety

Asian Americans in Collegiate Sports 16.07.2024 16:24 ↓

Guest:  Cory Shinohara

Behind the Baseline: Black Women in Tennis 09.07.2024 25:52 ↓

Guest: Abbey Forbes

Black Women in Photography 02.07.2024 24:51 ↓

Guests:  Alexis Gardner, Ashleigh Crawley, J'Sha Gift

Representation of Women 25.06.2024 19:14 ↓

Guest; Joy Goodwin

Black Women Pioneered Many Different Genres of Music, but Get Recognized the Least 18.06.2024 23:26 ↓

Guests:  Mballa Mendouga, Essence LaTalia

LGBTQ+ Representation in Music 11.06.2024 23:20 ↓

Guest:  Andrew Prevatte

Hidden Harmonies: The Influence of Minority Cultures in Popular Music Genres 04.06.2024 29:48 ↓

Guests:  Aditya, Stephen Anderson, Ken Weiss

Pioneering the Playbook: Women at the Helm 27.02.2024 22:56 ↓

Guest  Erin Matson

Love Unscripted: Dissecting Diversity in Dating Shows 20.02.2024 24:10 ↓

Guests   Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig Ineye Komonibo

Beyond the Dreamhouse: Decoding the Intersectionality of the Barbie Movie 13.02.2024 24:53 ↓

This episode will discuss the 2023 Barbie movie. The team members explore how the public felt, the themes found in the film, and how we believe the movie could have been better or more inclusive. This episode is an overall critique the film from different perspectives since it was so popular amongst young adults and was featured heavily in the media.

Embracing All Bodies: A Conversation on Fatphobia with Dr. Hailey Otis 06.02.2024 22:00 ↓

Guest, Dr. Hailey Otis

Beyond Borders: Immigrant Perspectives on Assimilation and Media Impact 30.01.2024 21:42 ↓

Guests include Tamu Lewis, Florisel Hernandez, and Carolyn Weekes

The Impact of Latin Music on the Diversity of Global Music 23.01.2024 21:06 ↓

Guests David Garcia is a professor of music at UNC Chapel Hill specializing in the research of black and Latin music in the Americas. He is the director of UNC’s Cuban dance and salsa music ensemble, Charanga Carolina, and he has several distinguished published works relating to the origins and presence of Latin and black culture in popular music.    Eran Akyil is a resident DJ at Stillife Chapel...

Diversity and Inclusivity in Healthcare 11.07.2023 20:32 ↓

This episode explores the disparities and discrimination within healthcare. We aim to show how unequal the American healthcare system is in terms of who gets treated and how, as well as accessibility. Our guest, Dr. Nori Comello, discusses how health can be framed to represent different identities better.

Diversity and Representation in Entertainment 20.06.2023 22:41 ↓

This episode will focus on the authentic representation of different groups, what this looks like for different social communities, and what this means for the people that identify as members of those communities in the entertainment industry as a whole (fashion and workplace). Our team spoke to Clay Morris, the Editor-in-Chief of Coulture Magazine, a fashion and lifestyle magazine at UNC-Chapel H...

Cancel Culture and what it means for the future of the Media 13.06.2023 22:35 ↓

This episode will detail the pros and cons of Cancel Culture. Our team has a discussion with UNC senior, Kene Uwajeh, who is a Black content creator and dives into her experiences as a creator; the good, the bad, the ugly and most importantly, how she has dealt with cancel culture. We also discuss the unfairness that is shown to people of color in the media industry, focusing on how certain action...

Origins of Media Tropes 06.06.2023 17:28 ↓

This episode will take a deep dive into a few different popular media tropes/stereotypes, where they come from, and the harm that they do. Media tropes don't just come out of nowhere, so we want to explore some of them and their origins, give examples, and discuss them further than they are often discussed. Our team speaks to Dr. Antonia Randolph and Professor Rick Warner about the use of tropes i...