On today’s episode SunAh sits down with Dr. Deadric Williams, an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Deadric provides historical context for how we think about families and family inequality today before outlining policies and programs that are needed to ensure the well-being of our communities.

On today’s episode, SunAh welcomes Natasha Hemmingway, a corporate and entrepreneurial-based Sales Coach and Speaker and the creator of Heart Not Hustle coaching firm. Natasha discusses why mindset is foundational to your business and shares several tips on how to shift your mindset. She details how to move through fear to take inspired action and how, as an entrepreneur, you should think about sales. Follow Natasha on Instagram @natashahemmingway to learn more about Heart Not Hustle.

On today’s episode, SunAh sits down with Dr. Earl Wright, II, a professor of sociology at Rhodes College and the nation’s leading expert on W.E.B. DuBois and the Atlanta Sociological Laboratory. He discusses the importance of DuBois as well as many other Black sociologists to the field and why their early contributions were, and continue to be, largely excluded from the sociological canon. He draws connections between historic exclusion of Black sociology in the founding of the discipline and the contemporary marginalization of Black scholarship within the field of study.

On today’s episode, SunAh is joined by Dr. Mary McConner, a scholar-practitioner in the field of higher education. Mary talks about diversity, equity, and inclusion – what it is and some common misunderstandings. She also describes how organizations can begin fostering inclusion. The show ends with Mary detailing what allyship is, why it’s important, and providing some ways that listeners can be allies in their everyday lives.

One year ago "Let's Grab Coffee" hit the WYXR airwaves. Since then SunAh has chatted with a wide range of experts and young professionals from topics like health and wellness to debt and wealth, gender attitudes, and immigration and so many conversations about food, including food science, food authenticity, and the importance of Black farmers. On this episode, SunAh takes a trip down memory lane, highlighting past guests.

On today’s episode SunAh welcomes Mia Saine, digital illustrator. They have collaborated with OisellexAllbirds, ACLU, and ThirtyThree; illustrated the Little People, Big Dreams book on Michelle Obama; and have been the featured illustrator for Memphis Magazine cover art, just to name a few of their works. Mia talks about the goals of their art, the power of representation, and their desire to create a space where people can learn and grow. They explain what it means to make art that is approachable but not comfortable.

On today’s episode, SunAh is joined by Dr. Kimberly McKee, associate professor in integrative, religious, and intercultural studies at Grand Valley State University, and Taneka Jennings, Adoptee and immigrant rights advocate who is currently a Campaign Manager with Adoptees For Justice. They situate international adoption within broader histories of immigration and U.S. race relations. They also discuss how adoptee citizenship rights is linked to though often seen as separate from immigration rights more broadly.

On today’s episode, SunAh sits down with Katelyn Hemmeke to discuss “Blue Bayou,” a film that follows the fictional story of a Korean adoptee facing deportation. Katelyn talks about the controversies surrounding the film, including the appropriation of an actual adoptee’s story, the ethics of representation, and the inattention to current legislation around adoptee citizenship rights. Katelyn is a two-time Fulbright award recipient who holds an MA in English from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she studied birth family search and trauma in adoptee memoirs. She currently works for the HANA Center, a nonprofit organization in Chicago that serves and organizes Korean and multi-ethnic immigrant populations.

On today’s episode, SunAh is joined by Dominic Lawson, creator of The Start Up Life podcast and current podcast host, producer, and editor for Meadows Behavioral Healthcare. September 30th is International Podcast Day, a day to celebrate the power of podcasting, and Dominic shares how he has gone from taping podcast episodes in his closet to interviewing some of the most well-known entrepreneurs in the nation and now podcasting full-time. He also talks about how podcasting is going to help him leave a lasting legacy with his next podcast launching February 2022 – “Black is America,” a history podcast highlighting little-known African American figures and stories.

On today’s episode, SunAh sits down with Will Deyamport, III, Ed.D, a district instructional technologist for the Hattiesburg school district in Mississippi, serving grades K-12. He shares how he’s been implementing online instruction, the opportunities this format provides students and educators, and the possibilities for reimagining education. This conversation debunks myths that online learning is ineffective, low quality, or impersonal.