Diversity Sauce

After a long layoff, we are back with an interview with Sayantani Dasgupta, author of the middle grade novel The Serpent's Secret!

Amy and Kabir catchup on the summer, including the recent events in Charlottesville. Then, they are joined by entrepreneur and media producer David Grandison to chat about his brand new app DIYDoc.

Amy and Kabir talk Wonder Woman (spoilers start at the 20 minute mark), the lead-up, sexist reviews, pressure, false risk with a female director. Then, they cover acts 1-3, the Steve Trevor character and gender equality. Finally, they say good-bye to Adam West and discuss the Black Panther trailer.

Amy and Kabir discuss two articles related to the importance of Diverse Books. Then, a fantastic conversation with Lindsey Buller Maliekel on the incredible New Victory Theater in New York City.

Amy and Kabir chat about Becky, Barbie's friend with disabilities who has been discontinued and Julia, Sesame's newest muppet with autism. They are joined by guest Lisa Radcliffe from PunkinFutz whose mission is to build products to meet many physical and emotional needs.

Amy and Kabir share some exciting news about the future of DIA, the DIG Toolkit and the podcast!

Go See Hidden FIgures!

Great Article on Rogue One

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/01/05/actor-diego-luna-kept-his-mexican-accent-in-star-wars-sending-a-powerful-message-to-latinos/?utm_term=.e08392210e09

Amy and Kabir cover the week in news including The Hollywood Reporter's non-diverse panel, children's books on the history of Japanese internment camps and A Snowy Day on Amazon.

Plus, they are joined by Dr. Natascha Crandall to talk about the importance of psychologists on children's pre-school shows, the focus on empathy in shows including her work on the new WellieWishers television show as well how children's shows handle death and loss.

Find Dr. Crandall's work here:

http://www.crandallconsulting.org/

Twitter: @crandallconsult

Facebook: CrandallConsulting.NYC

Amy and Kabir discuss recent reaction to Moana as well as a Vanity Fair piece on Disney's diversity commitment. Then, they are joined by Sandhya Nankani, founder of the award-winning company Literary Safari to discuss her newest app Grandma's Great Gourd as well as their entire collection of apps. Plus, Sandhya and Kabir share the origin story of Diversity in Apps.

Follow and learn more about Literary Safari:

Twitter: @litsafari, @litsafariapps

www.grandmasgourd.com

www.hangart.co

Amy and Kabir discuss the safety pin activism that has shot up post election and how children's media has responded. They also talk about the incredibly diverse Target toy catalog (Here: https://goo.gl/RO3pYa)

"Toy Queen" Keriann Wilmot joins to talk about her work as an occupational therapist and how it led to the toy world, the hottest toy of the year, the continuing diversity of the toy aisle and some of her favorite not as well known toys that may not have the biggest marketing budget.

Follow Keriann

On twitter: @toyqueen

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ToyQueen/

Youtube: www.youtube.com/Toyqueen

Toys.about.com

Amy and Kabir discuss the election results as well as a fantastic piece in the Toca Boca magazine. Then, they are joined by Michael Robb and Asia Williams from CommonSense Media to discuss their latest report: "Case Studies of Media Use Among Lower-Income Minority Youth and Parents"

Link to Toca Boca Article: https://goo.gl/BHaZwb

Link to CommonSense Report: https://goo.gl/qZbG0I