Calico Culture Podcast
By Calico Culture Strategies
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Episode 41 - Maria Roman-Taylorson - Coalescing for Hope
Maria Roman-Taylorson has been a leader in social services for the transgender community in Los Angeles for over 20 years. In this episode, we discussed the current impending legal challenges for transgender people, the unique circumstances that trans folk deal with in terms of discrimination and setbacks, and efforts to help our trans community.
Links from this podcast and more on our guest at http://tiny.cc/41maria
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Episode 40 - Nelima Otipa - The Well of Well-Being
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Nelima Otipa is a global health professional who we were very excited to talk to about sustaining health systems through community engagement. Together we can!
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Episode 39 - Damion Taylor - Good Data, Bad Data, and AI
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Our newest podcast episode features Damion Taylor, our friend and colleague who shares his take on data, AI, representation, new media, and more.Need help turning your organization into an inclusive place where everyone can shine? Book a call with us to get started. https://linktr.ee/calicoculture
Episode 38 - Ghazala Irshad - Standards for Justice
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It was a delight talking with Ghazala Irshad about journalistic standards, empathy, language, framing, and slow journalism.
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Episode 37 - Keith Hinderlie - A Future for Black Youth
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We loved talking with Dr. Keith Hinderlie-Smith about structural change and organizational commitment to diversity and inclusion, and we also are grateful that he shared his expertise around masculinity and Blackness, especially with regard to young boys.
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Episode 36-Ben Greene- TransMission of Joy
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In the face of the extraordinary backlash and hatred against trans people in the US and other countries right now, Ben Greene loves to be the face of and to tell stories about trans joy.
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Episode 35 - Dr. Bentley Gibson - Work With to Win With
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We loved talking with Dr. Bentley Gibson about bias, its roots, and how people react when they are confronted with their bias, and how we can make sure that our biases don’t own us.
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Episode 34 - Vocal Fries - Linguistic Sanguche with a side of Vocal Fries
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Hmmm do these voices sound familiar? You're right! It's Drs. Megan Figueroa and Carrie Gillon of Vocal Fries! We dive into our favorite topic of linguistics and linguistic discrimination. Who is this podcast for? Everyone!
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Episode 33 - Jeniree Flores - Latinx Can and Will!
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Dr. Jeni Flores talks with us about navigating school and work to reach career goals and dreams. Jeni has an excellent story and is a great storyteller herself as the host of LatinxCan podcast.
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Episode 32 - Tyra Randle - Shining Diamonds
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TW: we talk about domestic violence, if you or someone you know is dealing with this common problem please consider calling the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233
Tyra Randle shares deeply of her path through domestic violence to advocacy and change. We're blown away by her work changing her workplace and advocating for change.
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Episode 31 - Chrissy Stachl - Measuring Success
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Meet Linet's friend and our colleague Dr. Chrissy Stachl - going beyond the surface to help organizations really listen to each other and find successful and supportive work relationships.
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Episode 30 - Shahrzad Yavari - Linking Medicine, Tech, and Community
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We talk with Shahrzad Yavari about cold chain, health equity, immigrant experiences, and more. Shahrzad is a public health expert, with deep experience in global health. So much to explore!
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Episode 29 - Luticha Andre Doucette - Disability, Activism, and Liberation
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Hey everyone, kicking off season three with the fantastic Luticha Andre Doucette. We talk cats, we talk disability, we talk justice, we talk systems change, and accountability.
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Mid Season Recast with LatinX Can Part 2
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Here's part two of our interview I did on Latinx can podcast with Dr Jeniree Flores Delgado, please do listen to both of them. On this episode, I get more technical into the how of intervening and creating inclusion, and really how we can all work together to make community system organizational change. Enjoy
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Mid Season Recast with LatinX Can Part 1
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While we're on break, we want to share this two part interview Linet did on Latinx Can podcast with the Jeniree Flores Delgado. Please do listen to both of them. I think you're really going to enjoy it.
On this first episode, I talk with Jeniree a little bit more about my background and Jeniree shares some of her background. It reveals why you'll often hear me say inclusion is a choice. Enjoy
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Mid Season Recast with Damion Taylor and Linet
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While we’re on our break, we wanted to share this podcast with you where Linet was a guest with Damion Taylor of Prometheus Studies. Damion and Linet talked about her origin story, feelings about why we do UBP, and the great results we get in seeing culture change.
Trigger warnings: Discussion of sexual abuse, suicide and mental health issues. If you’re not ready for that, we hope that you skip this episode and then come back when you’re ready. If you need help the US National Sexual Assault hotline is 1-800-656-4673.
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Mid Season Recast with Damion Taylor and Alexis
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Hi, everybody, it's Alexis here, and I'm really excited to tell you all what's going on with us. We're currently in-between seasons two and three, and in season three, we've got a bunch more guests that we're really excited to share with you, that we've already started recording for. So in the meantime, we have these inter-seasonal episodes, where we're going to rebroadcast some of our favorite guest appearances.
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Episode 28 - Salvatore Callesano - Sociolinguistics and Social Justice
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With Dr Callesano we talked about bilingualism perceptions and what to do about them. Some really, really cool research and intersections out there. You are in for a super treat.
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Episode 27 - Lily Hamilton - Seeking Justice in Justice
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Lily Hamilton takes us through everything from what is the bare bones that we need to know about our incarceration system, how it could be completely different.
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Episode 26 - Virginia Mendez - Inroads in Feminism
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With Virginia Mendez of the Feminist Shop, we talked about parenting, writing books, how to make change, a lot of journeys, trust me, this is a journey themed podcast. We talked about how important it is to blend anger and love in change and to always, always maintain hope. Enjoy
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Episode 25 - Damion Taylor - Conversations Bring Insights
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Damion Taylor is our special guest. We talked about books, we talked about research, we talked personal experiences. How to help people get over the fear of messing up? What does it mean to be a leader trying to do and start talking about diversity, equity inclusion, even. How do we use media? How can we understand media better? How can we understand our words better?
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Episode 24 - Tony Nguyen - Cross-Cultural Leadership
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We interviewed Tony Nguyen and we learned about AYLX. We got kind of deep and really thoughtful about leadership. What does leadership mean? Can you even teach leadership? What does it look like and what does it look like in different contacts?
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Episode 23 - Chaya Milchtein - Business, Barriers, & Bodies
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We talked with Chaya Milchtein, who is the founder, the ideator, the creator, the brains and the beauty behind Mechanic Shop Femme. We talked about so many different things including how she got started, how you can be true to yourself, and also run a badass awesome business that actually helps people.
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Episode 22 - Shana Abraham - Rise Up For Action
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We talked to Shana Abraham about her life story her path through creating a community, a toolkit, a book, and really a way of life and a career for herself out of just wanting to find the resources for herself as a young woman looking to pursue her passions and really making the most out of life.
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Episode 21 - Shannon Gadd - Ageism in the 21st Century
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With Shannon Gadd, we talk about what you can do to make a difference and how important language is when we're even talking about age. This is definitely a podcast you don't want to miss.
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Episode 20 - Tania Abdul - Breathe In Community
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We have Tania Abdul join us and get in deep into how interconnected racial equity, racial justice, environmental justice, climate justice. It's so alive. It's so vibrant. You're really going to enjoy this one.
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Episode 19 - Rohan Zhou-Lee - Solidarity, Identity and Change
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With Rohan Zhou-Lee, we talked about community and divisiveness. We talked about how direct and immediate action is just as critical as building relationships and giving space to trust over time.
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Episode 18 - Liza Talusan - Making Trouble & Breaking Through Racism
Dr. Liza Talusan shared how to be a good troublemaker ally; we talked about toxic workplaces and where diversity, equity, inclusion, justice fit into all that. Why do people even talk about justice? Can we even reach justice, inclusivity, equity in places that are intentionally exclusive? Please check out their website and suggestions in this episode:
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Episode 17 - Enrico Manalo - Spoken and Unspoken
Spoiler alert, Alexis and I are going to be taking this awesome conversation that we are going to share with you today with Enrico and going to take that to the next level and bring it to All Aces podcast, intentionally act now. Just to give you a preview of what we talked about, today we went everywhere from winding career paths, to thinking meta about systems. We talked about conflict resolution and how do we bring ourselves towards taking collective action, individual action, and start to address systemic change.
Learn more about the episode at: http://tiny.cc/17Enrico
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Episode 16 - Viv Tran - For Love of People
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Our buddy Viv Tran talked about everything from middle school and college hopes to what's seriously wrong with government, philanthropy, and nonprofit, to what's actually working.
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Episode 15 - Amelia Ortiz - Legacies, Complexity, and Love
Today we talked to Amelia Ortiz. We talked about so many different things: activism, languages. We talked about indigenous erasure, immigration and immigrants. I mean we went deep into systems and most importantly, we talked about love. It's an amazing episode for us and I know you're in for a treat.
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Calico Podcast Interseasonal Intermission
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Calico is going on Summer Break! We're doing a quick intermission between Seasons 1 and 2. We're lining up a ton of amazing guests for the fall, and we can't wait to share them with you!
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Calico Presents: What Gives podcast with Linet
Rebroadcast! Linet was recently on the What Gives podcast as a guest. What Gives is a podcast where the host, Viv Tran, has conversations and hears real stories from organizations and individuals on how they are changing their communities. With years of nonprofit and community building experience, Viv leads conversations with people who have dedicated their lives and careers to creating safer, inclusive, kinder, greener, equitable and more just communities.
Check out our upcoming event with Viv Tran as Panel Host for a UBP-Organized Panel: Stop AAPI Hate & Activate!
Learn more about this episode at: https://calicoculture.org/resources/podcast-what-gives
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Calico Culture Presents: Have a Drink Podcast featuring Linet and Seth
We are super excited to share with you a rebroadcast of the Have a Drink Podcast with Z and Omega, where they invite listeners to “sit, think, and have a drink.” On this particular episode, Linet and “Pocket Seth,” were guests for the Have a Drink Podcast.
They talked about bias and about how to intervene in moments of bias, how we identify about things, vulnerability, and code switching, and they had a vulnerable conversation about masculinity and about LGBTQ+ issues.
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Calico Presents: Vocal Fries Podcast w/UBP as Guests!
Lucrecia and Linet were guests on Vocal Fries, and they talked about gender, they talked about some of what the core of Unconscious Bias Project is, and what we do, and how and why we do it. There was this great question about, “what's your filter?”
They talked about different perspectives on the world, and they talked about empathy and of course our 0% guilt, 100% empowerment philosophy. So have a listen, we think you're going to love it.
Learn more about today's episode at: http://tiny.cc/vfries
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Episode 14 - Have A Drink - Sit, Think, And Have A Drink
We have Z and Omega from the Have a Drink Podcast and , we did talk podcasting, of course, we also talked about masculinity and what it means to be vulnerable. We talked about how people are showing up for each other, how everybody's trying different ways to bring positivity and knowledge and love into this world!
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Episode 13 - Tamarindo - Whole-Self Activism
Today we have an amazing podcast in store for you. We have a big hitter in the podcast world, Tamarindo podcast's very own Brenda Gonzalez. We talked about how we can really advocate for policies at the national and local level that will make an impact. To what we've been seeing is the effects on the Latinx community by this pandemic. We talked about moments of calma, moments of calm. It's a really fun and packed podcast and I think you're going to enjoy it.
Please check out their website and suggestions in this episode:
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Episode 12 - 559 Mural Project - Creating Community in the 559
Today we talked to Selena and Sirina from the 559 mural project. We talked about how powerful it is when people recognize that they need to change and about how there's folks still out there that are resistant to it. We talked about hope and the future. Also women being at the forefront of change. You're in for a treat!
Please check out their website and suggestions in this episode: http://tiny.cc/12selenasirina
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Episode 11 - René Quiñonez - Familias Fighting Stereotypes
Today we have the pleasure of talking with René Quiñonez. We talked about everything from masculinity to things that are happening right now in the Bay Area and the Mission.
We learn how to intervene when you're the subject of a microaggression. This is a really beautiful episode and I think you will all really enjoy it.
Please check out their website and suggestions in this episode: http://tiny.cc/11rene
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Episode 10 - Skylar Economy & Clarence Ford - Igniting Hope Through Storytelling
Our guests Skylar Economy & Clarence Ford covered everything about what it means to be somebody who was formerly incarcerated to someone who is now essentially being a role model for hundreds, if not thousands, of people currently in the prison system--giving them hope and giving them a path for the future. We talked about FITE which is an amazing film. This is a very informative and definitely emotional episode.
Please check out their website and suggestions in this episode: http://tiny.cc/10fite
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Episode 09 - Ricky Vegas - Colonialism, Hierarchies, and Gender
In our podcast today we interviewed a good friend of mine Ricky Vegas. We talked everything from toxic masculinity to reflecting on themselves to what's happening and the pandemic right now for first Nations people. We talked about murdered and missing indigenous women and what we can all do to make a change.
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Learn about our guest and get the resources mentioned on the podcast at http://tiny.cc/9ricky
Minisode 1 - Beyond the Podcast
Ever wonder what else we are up to other than our podcast? Want to know more about what workshops we offer? Find out about discounted workshops and our end of the year fundraiser. Take a listen.
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Dr Linet Mera is your host. Alexis Krohn and Seth Boeckman are our editing team. If you like what you hear, please rate and subscribe.
Episode 08 - Alexis Krohn - Transitions in the Key of Trans
In this episode we talked to the amazing and charismatic Alexis Krohn. She is the Co-Executive Director of the Unconscious Bias Project as well as (SPOILER ALERT!) the new co-host for our podcast. We talked today about her journey from Boston to the Bay Area, leaving the education world and entering into Diversity Equity Inclusion work. We talked about her transition and the challenges with being misgendered and the awkward interactions that it presents. We talked about how COVID has affected the queer community. We talked about the intertwining of civil rights between the Black and queer communities and how it is so critical to work together. This is definitely an episode you don’t want to miss. Check it out.
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Learn about our guest and get the resources mentioned on the podcast at http://tiny.cc/8alexis
Episode 07 - Jessica Ayden Li - Leadership, Cultures, and Nonprofit Pitfalls
In this episode we talk to Jessica Ayden Li, who's a social justice activist leadership coach and nonprofit consultant. We talked about gender based violence racism and xenophobia towards Asians and Asian Americans. We also talked about how important it is to come together even though we have our categories and how we can cross our categories to make change with each other.
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Learn more about our guest and get the resources we mentioned on this episode at http://tiny.cc/7jessica
Episode 6 - Kuya Chris - Filipinx Americans in the Mix
In this episode we had the pleasure of interviewing Christian Guerrero or Kuya Chris. We talked about podcasting, connecting over learning people's stories, the amazing ways that Filipinos are showing up to feed frontline workers. He has an amazing podcast you should definitely check it out and check out his website.
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Learn about our guest and get the resources mentioned on the podcast at http://tiny.cc/6kuyachris
Episode 5 - Kenny Chew & Yshel Lok - Magic and Storytelling
In this episode we talk to Kenny Chew and Yshel Lok, co-founders of Fabula Tea. We heard how Fabula Tea came into being and how they're creating an intentional space for diverse and inclusive community building during this pandemic.
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Learn about our guest and get the resources mentioned on the podcast at http://tiny.cc/5fabula
Episode 4 - Dr. Khalid Kadir - Confronting Systems of Oppression
In this episode we talked with professor Khalid Kadir who is a continuing lecturer at UC Berkeley and a teaching professor at Presidio graduate School. We discussed the intersection between how our culture and our economy is set up and the impacts it has on equity for all sorts of different people. He encourages all of us to just connect with each other and connect with our communities as a first step towards action and change.
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Learn about our guest and get the resources mentioned on the podcast at http://tiny.cc/4khalid
Dr Linet Mera is your host. Alexis Krohn and Seth Boeckman are our editing team. If you like what you hear, please rate and subscribe.
Episode 3 - Alexandra Mei & Diana Tao - Representation and Saying No
In this episode our guests are activists Diana Tao & Alexandra Mei (both she/hers), co-creators of Chinese American Voices. We talk about how hard it is to fit in, the double-edged sword that is the model minority stereotype, and what allies can do to help. We also talked about the path that took them to Chinese American Voices.
Learn more at http://tiny.cc/3alexandradiana
This was Calico Culture’s first ever recording for the podcast! We were such newbies! If there are a few rough edges, please bear with us - the content is gold!
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Episode 2 - Ayesha Walker - Healing Through Grief
Today we talk with the inspiring, moving, empowering Ayesha Walker. She is the co-founder and CEO of Be-Imaginative. We talk about how she was called for a larger purpose and the journey she took to create it. How going into grief can be an opportunity to be guided and be transformed into creativity and nurture imagination. We learn the ‘both and’ and so much more.
Learn more at http://tiny.cc/ep2ayesha
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Dr Linet Mera is your host. Alexis Krohn and Seth Boeckman are our editing team. If you like what you hear, please rate and subscribe.
Episode 1 - In the Beginning
Dr. Linet Mera explains who the Unconscious Bias Project is, and the what and why of this podcast. PS - listening to us since 2020? Thanks! As of 2024 we're now Calico Culture Strategies - going beyond unconscious bias to help your whole organization work better together. You can find all your favorite episodes and more about our work on our new website.
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