We're Not So Different

We're Not So Different

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We're Not So Different episodes

  • Episode 31 - From Prison to Progress with Vidal Guzman

    We talk with Vidal Guzman who is a community activist and part of the Close Riker’s Island campaign. After having faced the nightmare of the criminal justice system we focus on Vidal’s journey involved with youth leadership, mental health, and fixing the broken correctional system with an emphasis on community programs that are preventative.

    50 min
  • Episode 30 – I Want You To Meet with Jasmin Faulk-Dickerson

    We talk with Jasmin Faulk-Dickerson the host of the podcast “I Want You To Meet.” We discuss her background being born in Saudi Arabia, her fight for women, her role as a teacher, our failure to recognize the urgency of education, reframing gender roles in parenting and why we all want to be seen, heard, and loved. Jasminfaulkdickerson.com

    52 min
  • Episode 28 – The Price of a Soul

    We talk about the transition from activism to politics and how impact can change. What do we give up of ourselves in these instances? We talk SB-145, Obama, Trump, hate crime legislation, segregation, and making change and keeping your soul.

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    42 min
  • Episode 28 – The Price of a Soul
    We talk about the transition from activism to politics and how impact can change. What do we give up of ourselves in these instances? We talk SB 145, Obama, Trump, hate crime legislation, segregation, and making change and keeping your soul.
    Follow us on twitter and instagram @wnsdifferent
    Website: http://www.wnsdifferent.com/ (www.wnsdifferent.com)
    42 min
  • Episode 27 – Keep Choosing Life with Savanah Clements
    We talk with Savanah Clements about remembering mental health as she explains her fight with depression, anxiety, self-harm, thoughts of suicide, how therapy changed her life and breaking down cultural norms related to mental health. KeepChoosingLife.org is her nonprofit organization connecting people with Talk Space and Better Help providing affordable resources for mental health services. @keepchoosinglife
    Follow us on twitter and instagram @wnsdifferent
    Website: http://www.wnsdifferent.com/ (www.wnsdifferent.com)
    48 min
  • Episode 26 – The Price of Freedom
    We talk Freedom and breakdown what it means using Iran and the United States as examples. Diving more in-depth on how we define freedom, economics relationship with freedom, and if freedom is a figment of our imaginations.
    Follow us on twitter and instagram @wnsdifferent
    Website: http://www.wnsdifferent.com/ (www.wnsdifferent.com)
    43 min
  • Episode 25 - Modern Day Segregation with Yoel Iskindir
    We talk to Yoel Iskindir of @Yoeliskindirproductions and yoeliskindir.com about #eraofmarincity. Two segregation lawsuits between 2013 and 2019 filed in Marin County for the purposeful segregation of schools. Yoel walks us through democratic liberals hiding behind their political affiliation to further the racial and socioeconomic divide in one of the richest counties in America. Check out United States of Anxiety to hear more about Sausalito, California and Marin County.
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    Website: http://www.wnsdifferent.com (www.wnsdifferent.com)
    43 min
  • Episode 24 - Step Up Your Democracy Game with Alan Marling
    We talk to Alan Marling of @aemarling about what motivated him to start projection activism. His involvement in March for Our Lives and the Sunrise Movement. We talk white supremacy, Trump, Alan’s twitter beef, practicing democracy once a week, and a return to an old, but new America.
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    Website: http://www.wnsdifferent.com (www.wnsdifferent.com)
    40 min
  • Episode 23 - Moments of Activation with Gerson Sanchez
    We talk with Gerson Sanchez, a young Ph.D. candidate about being an activist, it’s etymology, and what prompts each of us to action. We discuss small things with big impacts, latin history past and present, his dissertation, and the shared histories of Blacks and Latins in America.
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    Website: http://www.wnsdifferent.com (www.wnsdifferent.com)
    57 min

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We promote cultural understanding through engaging dialogue about our life's experiences. By sharing our personal stories, we strive to inspire our listeners into engagement and action. We can't…