Antiracist Parenting Podcast
Welcome to the Antiracist Parenting Podcast™! We are SooJin Pate and Hannah Carney, two parents who are committed to raising antiracist children and being antiracist ourselves. We are deeply committed to this work and want to build a community that will help parents gain confidence in raising a generation of antiracist kids by talking with kids about race, racism, white supremacy, and what it means to be an antiracist. We’re coming to you not as experts but as parents who want to share our missteps and successes in raising antiracist children in the hopes that others will do the same. We are learning with you, answering your questions and highlighting a variety of amazing guests who will help us expand our thinking. We all play an important role in making our world more equitable in our spheres of influence. Thank you for joining us!
Episodes
27 episodes
E27: Sankofa Episode - Year in Review
This episode is chock full of goodness and light! SooJin and Hannah are joined by Hannah’s 8-and-a-half-year-old son (Anthony) for the first part of the episode. He shares what racism is, what we can do to stop it, and what has been helpful ...
E26: What White People Are Doing with Laura Holsen (Part 4 of 4)
SooJin and Hannah round out this 4-part series by talking with Hannah’s cousin, Laura Holsen. Laura reflects on how she used to notice interracial couples and wonder what that experience must be like. Then she fell in love with and married s...
E25: What White People Are Doing with Margaret Gerstle (Part 3 of 4)
SooJin and Hannah sit down with Margaret Gerstle (Hannah’s 63-year-old aunt!) for this brave episode. Margaret shares how her commitment to redistributing wealth has helped her to better understand the true needs of her community, to learn n...
E24: What White People Are Doing with Delia McGrath (Part 2 of 4)
SooJin and Hannah sit down with Delia McGrath (Hannah’s 83-year-old aunt!) for this sweeping episode. Delia was born in 1939 at the outbreak of World War II. She was raised in a large family of 14 children, attended segregated schools, marri...
E23: What White People Are Doing with Hannah Carney (Part 1 of 4)
SooJin and Hannah mix it up in this episode - featuring co-host, Hannah Carney - to launch a four-part series on What White People Are Doing. This series is in response to a question posed by previous guest Marjorie Grevious (from Episode 19...
E22: The Story of Black Lives Matter with Veronica Chambers
SooJin and Hannah sit down with prolific author and editor Veronica Chambers of the New York Times to discuss her recent book entitled Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter. This con...
E21: Building Cross-Racial Friendships with Sharon White and Kate Towle
In this episode, SooJin and Hannah bring in former guest Kate Towle (Episode 3) and her long-time friend Sharon White to talk about building relationships across difference. We learn how Sharon and Kate were raised by parents who modeled the...
E20: Learning from Children with Amira Mann Hill and Miranda Del Toro
This episode is sure to lift your spirits! Hannah is back - she and SooJin are enlightened by Miranda (daughter of Emilia Gonzalez Avalos from Episode 4) and Amira (daughter of Laura and Daren Hill from Episode 10). Every word oozes with wis...
E19: Addressing Toxic Masculinity with Marjorie Grevious
In this episode, SooJin brings in spiritual wellness consultant and restorative yoga teacher Marjorie Grevious to share the wisdom and insights she’s garnered from witnessing how toxic masculine definitions of what it means to be a “man” has...
E18: Addressing Toxic Masculinity with E.G. Bailey
In this episode, SooJin and E.G. talk about the Minnesota artist community, the importance of “being in the tradition” a la Amiri Baraka, and how he and his partner are raising their two Black boys to be sensitive, confident, and creative so...
E17: BONUS EPISODE - Antiracist Schooling: The Angela Day School with Dianna Myles
In this special bonus episode, SooJin speaks to Dianna Myles, the founder of the The Angela Day School, to raise awareness of this new antiracist school that is scheduled to open in Fall 2022. Listen to find out more about this school, how y...
E16: Addressing Toxic Masculinity with Kyle Tran Myhre
In this episode, SooJin and Kyle talk about how art, spoken word, and poetry can serve as door ways to talk to our children about larger, more complex systems of oppression. Through his work on dismantling toxic masculinity, Kyle points out ...
E15: Talking to Your Children about 9/11 with Deepa Iyer
SooJin and Hannah bring in 9/11 expert Deepa Iyer to process the horrific terrorist attacks that took place twenty years ago. Deepa describes 9/11 as a watershed moment in history that significantly changed the way South Asian, Arab, Muslim,...
E14: Adoptive Parents/Caretakers: Helping Kids of Color Access Whole Futures with Malaika Parker
Welcome to Season 2 of the Antiracist Parenting Podcast! We start off the season with an AMAZING guest, Malaika Parker, who is the Director at Adoptive Parents of Color Collaborative. Malaika is committed to building whole and complete futur...
E13: Sankofa Episode – Year in Review
In the last episode of Season 1, SooJin and Hannah tap into the power of Sankofa as they reflect back on the season. They discuss the ways in which their lives have...
E12: Antiracist Parenting in the Context of Multiracial Families with Melissa Beck
In this episode, SooJin and Hannah sit down with TV personality Melissa Beck (formerly known as Melissa Howard) from MTV’s reality series The Real World: New Orleans (2000). Melissa found her true calling in motherhood...
E11: Antiracist Parenting in the Context of Multiracial Families with Kale Bantigue Fajardo
In this episode, SooJin and Hannah are joined by Dr. Kale Bantigue Fajardo who shares his experience with “trans-local” (long distance) parenting. As a trans Dad living in another state, Kale is particularly committed to loving his 11-year-o...
E10: Antiracist Parenting in the Context of Multiracial Families with Laura and Daren Hill
In this episode, SooJin and Hannah engage in a rich discussion with soulmates, Laura and Daren Hill. The conversation flows like a slow, meandering river as we challenge ourselves to slow down and be more like water: adaptable, strong, gentl...
E9: Antiracist Parenting in the Context of Multiracial Families with Karla Benson Rutten
In this episode, SooJin and Hannah invite Karla Benson Rutten (from Episode 2) back to dive deeper into raising multiracial, antiracist children. SooJin opens the conversation by naming the victims of the recent shootings in Atlanta, GA, a...
E8: How White Parents and Caregivers Can Become Antiracist: Edie Grauer & Robin Alpern (Part 3 of 3)
In this final episode of our three-part series, SooJin and Hannah speak with Robin Alpern and Edie Grauer from the Center for the Study of White American Culture. We explore the complexity of white supremacist culture and how racially mixed ...
E7: How White Parents and Caregivers Can Become Antiracist: Mary Moriarty (Part 2 of 3)
In this episode, SooJin and Hannah talk with Mary Moriarty, former Chief Public Defender in Hennepin County, Minnesota. During our discussion, Mary shares many stories that shaped her antiracism journey while living in Minnesota. Minnesota i...
E6: How White Parents and Caregivers Can Become Antiracist: Kathleen Devore (Part 1 of 3)
In this episode, SooJin and Hannah sit down with Dr. Kathleen Devore, a Professor of English at Minneapolis Community Technical College. This is the perfect conversation to kick off a new year and our three-part series. As someone who ex...
E5: Talking to Children about Peacebuilding in Divisive Times with Crixell Shell
In this episode, SooJin and Hannah speak with Crixell Shell, the Assistant Executive Director of the MN Peacebuilding Leadership Institute. Our conversation is both timely and robust. Crixell shares ways she has been talking with her teenage...
E4: Talking to Children about ICE and the Prison Industrial Complex with Emilia Gonzalez Avalos
In this episode, Emilia Gonzalez Avalos (Executive Director of Navigate MN/Unidos MN) to join us shares her powerful and painful story of coming to the US from Mexico, what life is like for undocumented immigrants living in this country, and...
E3: How to Talk to High School Kids about the Uprising Following George Floyd’s Murder (Part 3 of 3)
We have been living in COVID times now for five months, seeing the death toll continue to rise in the United States - currently standing at more than 190,000 deaths. And our country’s other pandemic, racism, is alive and well. Breonna Taylor...
