Intersectional Insights

Raven unpacks her thoughts on what is appreciated about racism and its legacy in the US, as well as the ways it impacts the identities of Black people and US citizens. -- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram | Twitter @I_squaredpod | Facebook page

Olivia and Raven discuss the meaning of heritage, why it matters to them, and why heritage can be valuable for everyone. They share their thoughts on claims that cherishing the past isn’t important, the issue with only focusing on the the past’s problems, and ways in which the past can be a source of hope for present-day struggles. -- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram | Twitter @I_squaredpod | Facebook page

Raven highlights the talent, success, and brilliance of this artist, known for centering themes of identity, violence, and historical narratives in her work. -- Learn More! Celebrating Black History: Kara Walker | Kara Walker Biography | Kara Walker -- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram | Twitter @I_squaredpod | Facebook page

Raven talks about the innovation of this nurse, known for inventing the home security system. -- Learn More! MARIE VAN BRITTAN BROWN (1922-1999) | Marie Van Brittan Brown -- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram | Twitter @I_squaredpod | Facebook page      

Olivia and Raven get personal and technical surrounding what it means to be a woman, diving into inclusive and conservative definitions of woman, and unpacking what womanhood means to them. -- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram | Twitter @I_squaredpod | Facebook page -- Learn More! 17 Women Share What Womanhood Means to Them | HOW TO SPOT TERF IDEOLOGY   | Sex and Gender Identity   | The Sociology of Gender Performances   -- Episodes Referenced: Disability, Beauty, and Appearances Part1 | Disability, Beauty, and Appearances Part2 | Disability, Beauty, and Appearances Part3

Olivia highlights the struggles and successes of this Omaha medical doctor, and legal and health advocate, who was the first Native woman to earn a medical degree. -- Learn More! DR SUSAN LA FLESCHE PICOTTE | Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte Changing the Face of Medicine -- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod\

Raven shares the accomplishments and advocacy of this Tlingit civil rights activist, who fought for equality for Alaska Natives, and whose efforts contributed to the passage of the United States' first anti-discrimination bill. -- Learn More! Elizabeth Peratrovich, Civil and Voting Rights Activist | Celebrating the Life of an Important Civil Rights Activist -- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod\ -- Music Credit: Thanks to Kevin MacLeod over at incompetech.com!

Olivia honors this Wyandot lawyer, known most for her advocacy and protests to protect Indian burial lands from being desecrated and sold as real estate. --   Learn More! Lyda Conley | 10 Native Women You Should Have Learned About in History Class -- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod\

Raven honors the herstory of this Dakota civil rights activist, writer, and musician, remembered for her contributions to the women’s Suffrage movement, and activism which led to the passage of the the Indian Citizenship Act. -- Learn More! | Zitkala-Sa Biography | Zitkála-Šá ("Red Bird"/Gertrude Simmons Bonnin) -- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod\  

Olivia and Raven share the differing perspectives on Black advancement, held by intellectuals Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois. They discuss the conflicting views between the two, and what they personally find pleasing and problematic with the philosophies expressed by both leaders. -- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod -- Learn More! Booker T. Washington | Atlanta Compromise | W.E.B. Du Bois -- Episodes Referenced: Black Pride and the Pan-African Movement | The Resistance In Our Blood: Challenging Segregated Buses Didn’t Start With Rosa Parks | Rosa Parks: Beyond The Bus and The Montgomery Bus Boycott

Olivia and Raven talk about challenges with exercising cultural humility in everyday conversations and the clinical setting, the fear of awareness and asking questions, and ways we can all develop cultural humility. -- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod -- Learn More! How cultural humility and cultural competence impact belonging https://www.betterup.com/blog/cultural-humility-vs-cultural-competence  

Raven closes out the series with Blake Leeper, an amputee who’s won multiple paralympic medals, and set world and American records in track & field. -- Learn More! Blake Leeper Biography | A Blake Leeper Interview | Patrick "Blake" Leeper -- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod - Thanks to purple-planet.com for the intro music!

Olivia shines light on the herstory of Audre Lorde, known for her poetry and contributions to feminist theory. -- Learn More! AUDRE LORDE (1934-1992) https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/lorde-audre-1934-1992/ -- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod - Thanks to purple-planet.com for the intro music!

Raven honors the contributions of educator, advocate, and researcher, Dr. Nathie Marbury. -- Learn More! In Memoriam: Dr. Nathie Marbury | NBDA Mourns the Loss of Longtime Member: Dr. Nathie Marbury | Obituary: Dr. Nathie Marbury 1944-2013 -- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod - Thanks to purple-planet.com for the intro music!

Olivia highlights some of the accomplishments of this disability rights advocate, who refused to accept discrimination as the default. -- Learn More! Donald Galloway, advocate of rights of disabled, dies at 73 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/donald-galloway-advocate-of-rights-of-disabled-dies-at-73/2011/10/31/gIQAl93MdM_story.html | Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod - Thanks to purple-planet.com for the intro music!

Raven shares James Ian’s story, and his experiences as a performing musician and actor with a physical disability. -- Learn More! Disabled Musician, Actor, and Writer, James Ian is Highlighting the Beauty in Disability … https://www.respectability.org/2022/02/james-ian-spotlight/ | Disability and music: disabled singer James Ian and his Labour of Love https://disabilityhorizons.com/2015/12/disabled-singer-james-ian-talks-about-his-labor-of-love/ | Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod - Thanks to purple-planet.com for the intro music!

Happy Black History Month! Follow our six-day series celebrating Black disabled folks. Olivia starts the series off honoring Tatiana Lee, an actress, model, and Hollywood Inclusion Associate. -- Learn More! Tatiana Lee https://campowerment.com/experts/impact/tatiana-lee/ | Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod - Thanks to purple-planet.com for the intro music!

Olivia and Raven share the history of the terms “cultural competence” and “cultural humility,” shed light on why this is relevant to everyone, and they discuss criticisms and their perspectives on what cultural competence should look like. -- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod -- Learn More! How cultural humility and cultural competence impact belonging https://www.betterup.com/blog/cultural-humility-vs-cultural-competence | Cultural Competence vs Cultural Humility - Health.mil https://health.mil/Military-Health-Topics/Centers-of-Excellence/Psychological-Health-Center-of-Excellence/Clinicians-Corner-Blog/Cultural-Competence-vs-Cultural-Humility

Olivia and Raven are back with a discussion about white savior syndrome, Western saviorism, and the persecution complex of Christians and conservatives in the US. -- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod -- Episodes Referenced: United Daughters of the Confederacy, and Upholding White Supremacy https://isquared.podbean.com/e/united-daughters-of-the-confederacy-and-upholding-white-supremacy/ | Blind People React to Visual Art https://isquared.podbean.com/e/blind-people-react-to-visual-art/ | The Black Church’s Role in Black Liberation https://isquared.podbean.com/page/2/ --- Learn More! A Savior No One Needs: Unpacking and Overcoming the White Savior Complex https://www.healthline.com/health/white-saviorism#examples | The Evangelical Persecution Complex https://www.leoweekly.com/2022/05/the-evangelical-persecution-complex-and-the-christian-academy-of-louisvilles-homophobic-assignment/

Closing out the year with poetry performances, Raven reads “Cozy Apologia” by Rita Dove, and “The Black Finger” by Angelina Weld Grimké, and Olivia delivers a moving performance of Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise.” -- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod -- Learn More! Rita Dove https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/rita-dove | The Black Finger https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/157902/the-black-finger | Still I Rise BY MAYA ANGELOU https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46446/still-i-rise

Olivia details the journey of this educator to start a school for Black youth, that is now an HBCU. -- Learn More! Elizabeth Evelyn Wright https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/wright-elizabeth-evelyn-1872-1906/ -- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod\  

Raven closes the Festive Season Series with the traditions of Ghana’s Christmas celebration, held from December 20th to January 1st. -- Learn More! Christmas in Ghana https://www.whychristmas.com/cultures/ghana | How Christmas is celebrated in Ghana https://www.gviusa.com/blog/how-christmas-is-celebrated-in-ghana/ | Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod\ -- Story background music: "Savannah (Sketch)" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Olivia details the religious traditions of Ethiopian Christmas, celebrated on January 7. -- Learn More! Christmas in Ethiopia https://www.brilliant-ethiopia.com/christmas-in-ethiopia | Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod\ -- Story background music: "Adding the Sun" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Raven discusses the traditions and lore behind this harvest celebration in Igbo Land. -- Learn More! NEW YAM FESTIVAL IN IGBO LAND http://www.ndiigbogermany.de/articles/igbo-new-yam-festival | Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod\ -- Story background music: "Arcane" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)  

Olivia shares some Black-Caribbean history and talks about the traditions of this celebration. -- Learn More! Junkanoo – December 26, 2022 https://nationaltoday.com/junkanoo/ | Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod\

Raven talks about the storytelling tradition common among Indian tribes during the winter season, and she reads an Ojibwe legend, “How Dogs Came to the Indians.” -- Learn More! A Season of Storytelling and Ceremony https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-indian/2017/12/20/american-indian-winter-solstice/ | How Dogs Came to the Indians http://www.indigenouspeople.net/dog.htm | Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod\

Olivia kicks off our Festive Season series with this winter solstice tradition of the Zuni people. -- Learn More! Winter Solstice Traditions https://blog.kachinahouse.com/native-american-winter-solstice-traditions/ | Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod\  

Olivia and Raven share their experiences with navigating life with guide dogs, and they dive into the joys, struggles, and misconceptions of the guide dog handler journey. -- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod  

Olivia and Raven unpack the struggles and successes with self-advocating among family members as a disabled person, in this first installment of their Advocacy In All We Do series. -- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod

Olivia talks about this Black-owned skincare line designed to address major skin conditions common in the Black community, and she shares some of the story of founder, Jamika Martin. -- Learn More! ROSEN SKINCARE FOUNDER JAMIKA MARTIN IS DEFYING ACNE SKINCARE BARRIERS FOR BLACK WOMEN https://www.blackenterprise.com/rosen-skincare-founder-jamika-martin-is-defying-acne-skincare-barriers-for-black-women-at-ulta-beauty/ | Rosen Skincare https://www.rosenskincare.com/ -- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod\

Olivia and Raven dive into the Black church’s positive contributions to Black liberation and Black advancement. They discuss the role of the Black church during the Abolitionist movement, Reconstruction era, the Great Migration, and the Civil Rights movement. -- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod -- Learn More! The Black Church https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/godinamerica-black-church/

Raven shines a light on this Black-owned toy start-up and some of its product lines, which aim to represent and celebrate Black characteristics and the Black experience. -- Learn More! Black-Owned Toy Start-Up (Purpose Toys) Unveiled New Naturalistas Pixie Puff Collection https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/black-owned-toy-start-purpose-110000268.html | Top of Their Class: Purpose Toys’ HBCU-Inspired Dolls Debut at Target https://finurah.com/2022/08/09/top-of-their-class-purpose-toys-hbcu-inspired-dolls-debut-at-target-in-first-big-step-toward-taking-on-the-102-5-billion-market/ | Hair Type Chart: https://www.curlcentric.com/hair-typing-system/ -- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod\

Olivia and Raven share two stories each from Native American tribes, telling of plant myths, gratitude, and sharing food with the community. Raven closes the episode by reading thoughts on Thanksgiving from 5 Native Americans who celebrate the day. | Thanks to Kevin MacLeod over at incompetech.com for the background tracks used in the stories: "Firesong," "Drums of the Deep," "Spirit of the Girl," and "River Fire." -- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod -- Read the stories here! HOW Bear BECAME KEEPER OF THE MEDICINES http://www.muiniskw.org/pgCulture3d.htm | Native American Bloodroot Mythology http://www.native-languages.org/legends-bloodroot.htm | Turkey makes the corn and Coyote plants it https://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/TurkeyMakestheCornandCoyotePlantsIt-Apache.html | Coyote Builds Willamette Falls And The Magic Fish Trap https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsbdev2_025634.pdf

Olivia switches things up and highlights this multi-million dollar E-commerce brand, and she shares the story of its co-founder, Ashley Williams. -- Learn More! About Ashley Williams https://entrepreneurareus.com/pages/about-me -- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod\

Olivia and Raven discuss the Black women’s club movement, what it achieved, and how it pushed respectability narratives. They also unpack what respectability politics is, specific flaws with respectability, and actionable steps for combatting respectability politics. -- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod --- Episodes Referenced: Black Feminism Part 1: Discrimination In Women’s Liberation, and Black Liberation https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-feminism-part-1-discrimination-in-women-s-liberation-and-black-liberation/ | The Resistance In Our Blood: Challenging Segregated Buses Didn’t Start With Rosa Parks https://isquared.podbean.com/e/the-resistance-in-our-blood-challenging-segregated-buses-didn-t-start-with-rosa-parks/ | Emotional Safety and Disability https://isquared.podbean.com/e/emotional-safety-and-disability/ -- Learn More! Black Women’s Club Movement https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/black-womens-club-movement | The Rise of Respectability Politics https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-rise-of-respectability-politics | respectability-politics https://www.studioatao.org/respectability-politics  

Raven honors the life and contributions of this abolitionist, educator, and women’s rights activist, who dedicated her life to Black advancement. -- Learn More! Celebrating Charlotte https://www.salemstate.edu/charlotte-forten | Charlotte Forten Grimké https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charlotte-Forten-Grimke -- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod\

Olivia and Raven dive into what emotional safety is, why it’s important to maintain as disabled people, and the various ways it’s often minimized for disabled people. --- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod --- Learn More! 7 Ways to Create Emotional Safety in Your Relationship https://psychcentral.com/blog/how-do-you-create-emotional-safety-in-your-relationships

Olivia and Raven discuss the controversial topic of the Communist Party’s contributions to the Civil Rights movement in the US, and the positive impact communist ideology had on women’s empowerment in various countries. --- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod --- Episodes Referenced: Pan-Africanist Highlight: Claudia Jones https://isquared.podbean.com/e/pan-africanist-highlight-claudia-jones/ | Black Beauty Highlight: A Mastermind of the Civil Rights Movement https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-beauty-highlight-a-mastermind-of-the-civil-rights-movement/ | The Resistance In Our Blood: Challenging Segregated Buses Didn’t Start With Rosa Parks https://isquared.podbean.com/e/the-resistance-in-our-blood-challenging-segregated-buses-didn-t-start-with-rosa-parks/ --- Learn More! The CPUSA and the African American Liberation struggle: a global perspective https://www.cpusa.org/party_info/the-cpusa-and-the-african-american-liberation-struggle-a-global-perspective/ | Marxism, Communism, and Women http://www-personal.umd.umich.edu/~delittle/Entry%20communism%20and%20marxism%20on%20gender%20v2.htm | The Communist Women’s Movement https://isreview.org/issue/87/communist-womens-movement/index.html | How 'Communism' Brought Racial Equality To The South https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123771194  

Happy Halloween! Raven brings you our final spooky story from the Iroquois people, sharing the lore of a vampire hermit, who waits in his coffin to prey on hunters. --- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod | Read this story here! https://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2011/09/vampire_hermit.html

Olivia delivers a delightful fright  for Devil’s Night, telling of a terrifying encounter with the spirit of Jack O’Lantern. --- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod | Read the story here! https://www.americanfolklore.net/jack-olantern/

Raven serves this slice of southern horror, in which a Confederate-supporting enslaver plays a terrible trick on an enslaved girl, but the joke’s on him. --- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod | Read the story here! https://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/08/big_liz.html

Sticking with our theme of abandoned abodes, Olivia tells of two travelers seeking shelter from the cold, and a tangle with a spirit who’s not so welcoming. --- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod | Read the story here! https://www.americanfolklore.net/hold-him-tabb/

Raven shares this story of an encounter with a spirit who is disturbed and enraged when a man trespasses and stays in the lake house it is haunting. --- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod | Check out the story here! Sifty Sifty San https://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2011/10/sifty_sifty_san.html

Olivia kicks off our Black folk horror series with a tale of the struggle to sell an authentically haunted house. --- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod | Check out the story here! I’m Coming Down Now! https://www.americanfolklore.net/im-coming-down-now/

Raven talks about the life and research of Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller, remembered for his discoveries which expanded the body of knowledge on the disease we know today as Alzheimer’s. -- Learn More! SOLOMON CARTER FULLER (1872-1953) https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/fuller-solomon-carter-1872-1953/ | Solomon Carter Fuller https://chaamp.virginia.edu/node/3844 | The Black Doctor Who Helped Decode Alzheimer’s Disease https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/09/21/world-alzheimers-day-solomon-carter-fuller/ -- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod\

Olivia and Raven read and respond to written descriptions of 5 works by Black portrait painter, Kehinde Wiley. They share their interpretations of the various elements in the paintings, and talk about the significance of finding detailed descriptions of visual art. --- Learn More! Kehinde Wiley AMERICAN PAINTER https://www.theartstory.org/artist/wiley-kehinde/ --- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod   Episodes Referenced: Black Beauty Highlight: Kehinde Wiley https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-beauty-highlight-kehinde-wiley/ | United Daughters of the Confederacy, and Upholding White Supremacy https://isquared.podbean.com/e/united-daughters-of-the-confederacy-and-upholding-white-supremacy/ | Black Feminism Part 1: Discrimination In Women’s Liberation, and Black Liberation https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-feminism-part-1-discrimination-in-women-s-liberation-and-black-liberation/

Olivia highlights this educator and army officer, who was the first Black-American woman to serve as an officer in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, and was the commanding officer of the first battalion of Black-American women to serve overseas during World War II. --- Learn more! LTC Charity Adams Early https://www.womenofthe6888th.org/charity-adams-earley | Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod\  

Olivia and Raven discuss why disabled people often feel like they’re a burden. They share common experiences that illustrate how society views and treats disabled people as burdensome. --- Learn More! Burden vs. Entitlement: A Disabled Person's Internal Battle https://dcp.ucla.edu/node/88 --- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod

Raven honors Sutton King, known for her dedication to supporting mental health, social well-being, and health research for Native Americans. -- Learn More! | Mount alumna, Urban Indigenous Collective president https://mountsaintvincent.edu/indigenous-voices-in-mental-health/ | Sutton King, MPH | Co-Founder, Co-Director https://urbanindigenouscollective.org/leadership | Honoring Indigenous Voices with Sutton King, MPH ‘20 https://publichealth.nyu.edu/podcast/iamgph/ep85-honoring-indigenous-voices-sutton-king --- Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod\

Olivia and Raven detail the histories of Indigenous Peoples Day and Columbus Day. They discuss their views on dedicating the same Monday to both holidays, and share their hopes regarding Indigenous Peoples Day. --- Learn More! Goodbye, Columbus? Here's what Indigenous Peoples' Day means to Native Americans https://www.npr.org/2021/10/11/1044823626/indigenous-peoples-day-native-americans-columbus | How Columbus Sailed Into U.S. History, Thanks To Italians https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/10/14/232120128/how-columbus-sailed-into-u-s-history-thanks-to-italians | Celebrating Columbus Day overlooks violence, racism against Indigenous people https://news.umich.edu/celebrating-columbus-day-overlooks-violence-racism-against-indigenous-people/ - Email us! [email protected]. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod