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Protected Class

by Carter Pape

A deep dive into the quirks, challenges, and privileges of being who you are. Delivered Wednesdays and Saturdays.

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Episodes

  1. Lauren Siegel

    Lauren Siegel’s difficulty seeing affects her everyday life in some ways, but most jarring are the social implications. When’s the last time you were at a restaurant and the waiter asked your parents, “What does she want?” That still happens to Lauren, and she’s in her second year in college....

  2. Nashia Whittenburg

    The Whittenburg name carries weight, especially at NC State. Basketball legend Dereck Whittenburg led NC State to its second men’s basketball championship win, and as of recently, Nashia Whittenburg is director of NC State’s Multicultural Student Affairs. Just a few miles south, in Greenville,...

  3. Lisa LaBarbera-Mascote

    Lisa LaBarbera-Mascote is a practitioner of feminist theory. She leads a community center at NC State that she says is a bit of a misnomer: the Women’s Center. What does the Center actually do? And why is it necessary in the first place? Lisa spoke with me about Roy Moore, Title IX, class...

  4. Moses T. Alexander Greene

    Moses T. Alexander Greene has a proud history, background, and upbringing. He also has a lot to teach anybody who will listen—but particularly white people like me—just how directly the history of race impacts the history of all the things we hold dear, especially our university. Learn how NC…

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  5. Carolina Londoño Zuluaga

    Carolina came to NC State to learn English, and stayed to study forest biomaterials. She was lucky to surround herself with people who are understanding of when she sometimes experiences syncope (i.e. fainting), but not everybody she’s met in Colombia or the United States takes her condition...

  6. Sinthia Shabnam

    Sinthia Shabnam speaks in different venues around campus with messages of unity, and acts as a humanizing face of Islam. But, she wants you to know: she is not a representative for all of Islam, and she doesn’t fit the stereotypes put onto her. Hear what she has to say about anti-Islam…

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  7. Victor Eduardo

    How do you explain to your dad that you’re gay when you’re afraid he might not accept it? When and where is it safe to discuss sexuality? What are the effects of five percent of Americans being invisible to the people around them? One of NC State’s most visible and active students discusses these...

  8. Erin Banks

    What do vulnerability and emotional honesty have to do with dialogues about race? What cognitive effects take place that make those conversations difficult? A premier NC State psychologist answers these questions, along with some about her personal experience as a black woman pursuing a career in...

  9. What is this?

    Identity pervades political discourse, but societal rifts make conversations about identity nearly impossible, which then deepens political divides. How do we move forward in such a deeply divided society?

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

A deep dive into the quirks, challenges, and privileges of being who you are. Delivered Wednesdays and Saturdays.

HOSTED BY

Carter Pape

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A deep dive into the quirks, challenges, and privileges of being who you are. Delivered Wednesdays and Saturdays.

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