The Interdisciplinary Life Podcast

Episodes

1. 9

   Talking LGBTQ Parenting, Performative Allyship, the Similarities Between Sports & Choir

   Brent Almond is the writer behind Designer Daddy and the artist behind Super Lunch Notes. Brent's blog covers pop culture, parenting and politics, often centered around his experience as a gay dad, but infused with humor, drink recipes and an occasional listicle. A while back, Brent posted on...

   Oct 27, 2021

   1h 10m
2. 8

   Talking Desegregation, Busing and Race in America with Dr. Lisa Kingstone

   In 2020, candidate Kamala Harris brought Berkeley, California's 1968 busing program back into the national consciousness. With that, came some small controversy about the history of the program. Dr. Lisa Kingstone was a kindergartner in 1968, the first year of busing in Berkeley. She is writing a...

   Apr 20, 2021

   1h 13m
3. 7

   Talking ASL and Animation with Vivienne Crews and Carin Powell of Signing Animation

   Carin Powell and Vivienne Crews are members of the non-profit studio, Signing Animation. The organization's goals are to produce animated films featuring Deaf characters using American Sign Language, and to find jobs for Deaf animators in an industry that is craving diversity. So how did a...

   Mar 26, 2021

   58m
4. 6

   Talking The Real World 10, 20 Years Later with Malik Cooper

   The Real World was a 90s cultural phenomenon. In 2000/2001 the show went back to New York, the location of the first season. A member of that cast was a 23-year-old from Berkeley, Ca. named, Malik Cooper. In this episode we talk about the social issues tackled on the show that are still relevant...

   Jan 31, 2021

   1h 13m
5. 5

   Talking internment, education and legacy with Carolyn Miyakawa Adams

   In this episode, I talk with Carolyn Miyakawa Adams who taught in Berkeley schools for over 30 years. Mrs. Adams, a Japanese-American, was sent to internment camp as a child during WWII. She later moved with her family to Boulder, Co before returning to California to attend the University of...

   Nov 16, 2020

   54m
6. 4

   Taking Control: Parenting Special Needs Kids, Exes on Social Media & Dating at 41

   In this episode I talk with Sophia Coleman who is raising two boys, one with autism and one just now discovering all that the Internet has to offer. We talk about raising kids during Covid-19, distance learning with special needs and what to do with an iPad full of porn. Sophia is also going...

   Aug 29, 2020

   54m
7. 3

   Talking to Teachers About Social Justice and Returning to School During Covid-19

   In this episode, I talk to three teachers about going back to school in a time of social upheaval and Covid-19. Berkeley Unified School District teachers, Leah Alcala, Michael Hammond and Shoshana O'Keefe share a unique set of perspectives in that they teach and have kids in the same school...

   Jul 26, 2020

   1h 03m
8. 2

   Talking to Kids About Their Coming Out Stories

   Ryu and Lou are transgender siblings. They are also my kids. In this episode I talk to them about their different experiences coming into their non-binary identities and what they want the world to know about being a non-binary/transgender kid.

   Jul 13, 2020

   58m