Intersectional Insights

By isquared

Olivia and Raven are black, blind women, passionate about shedding light on issues regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion. Get political and personal with them as they share their perspectives on ... more

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Intersectional Insights episodes:

October 29, 2022 Spooky Stories Day 4: Big Liz
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.
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https://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/08/big_liz.html
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October 28, 2022 Spooky Stories Day 3: Hold Him Tabb
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.
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October 27, 2022 Spooky Stories Day 2: Sifty Sifty San
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.
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Sifty Sifty San
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October 26, 2022 Spooky Stories Day 1: I’m Coming Down Now!
Olivia kicks off our Black folk horror series with a tale of the struggle to sell an authentically haunted house.
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I’m Coming Down Now!
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October 24, 2022 Black Beauty Highlight: The First Black-American Psychiatrist
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.
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SOLOMON CARTER FULLER (1872-1953)
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/fuller-solomon-carter-1872-1953/
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Solomon Carter Fuller
https://chaamp.virginia.edu/node/3844
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The Black Doctor Who Helped Decode Alzheimer’s Disease
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/09/21/world-alzheimers-day-solomon-carter-fuller/
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October 22, 2022 Blind People React to Visual Art
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.
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Kehinde Wiley AMERICAN PAINTER
https://www.theartstory.org/artist/wiley-kehinde/
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Episodes Referenced:
Black Beauty Highlight: Kehinde Wiley
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-beauty-highlight-kehinde-wiley/
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United Daughters of the Confederacy, and Upholding White Supremacy
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/united-daughters-of-the-confederacy-and-upholding-white-supremacy/
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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/
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October 17, 2022 Black Beauty Highlight: Charity Adams Earley
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.
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LTC Charity Adams Early
https://www.womenofthe6888th.org/charity-adams-earley
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October 15, 2022 Disabled and a Burden to Society
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.
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Burden vs. Entitlement: A Disabled Person's Internal Battle
https://dcp.ucla.edu/node/88
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October 10, 2022 Black Beauty Highlight: An Afro-Indigenous Mental Health Advocate
Raven honors Sutton King, known for her dedication to supporting mental health, social well-being, and health research for Native Americans.
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Mount alumna, Urban Indigenous Collective president
https://mountsaintvincent.edu/indigenous-voices-in-mental-health/
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Sutton King, MPH | Co-Founder, Co-Director
https://urbanindigenouscollective.org/leadership
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Honoring Indigenous Voices with Sutton King, MPH ‘20
https://publichealth.nyu.edu/podcast/iamgph/ep85-honoring-indigenous-voices-sutton-king
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October 08, 2022 Honoring Indigenous Peoples Day On the Same Day as Columbus?
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.
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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
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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
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Celebrating Columbus Day overlooks violence, racism against Indigenous people
https://news.umich.edu/celebrating-columbus-day-overlooks-violence-racism-against-indigenous-people/
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How many episodes does Intersectional Insights have?

The podcast currently has 261 episodes available.