Culture Needs Diversity

We Need Diversity

March 25, 2021

Theme: We Need Diversity 

Five podcast episodes on a theme, each week curated by a different person

Curator: 

Why did you choose this theme? 

One of the hardest hit sectors due to Covid is the creative industry. It is always reinventing itself, and it's about time we highlight their importance and bring some inspiration from diverse voices!

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Gyals On RoadCareer PathsGyals on Road is a multi-media collective of black femme creatives who began this platform to create a space for discussing black womanhood and the things people go through "on the road." In this episode, three hosts discuss the topic of career paths mid-pandemic, and why we are taught to stint our creative selves.

I LIKE NETWORKINGJade Coles: No niche, no problem. 

I LIKE NETWORKING is a podcast based on a mentoring & networking program for women and non-binary people in the creative industries. In this episode, we hear from Jade Coles, a creative strategist with over eight years experience in cultural production and event programming. Coles discusses how her career led her everywhere, even to world stages as a performer, and how to assess our limiting beliefs, and even spreadsheets. If you need some positivity, this is the one for you.

Wanna BeCoco Khan: Know Yourself

The podcast that takes you from where you are to where you wanna be in 30 minutes or less. Host Imriel Morgan is joined by groundbreaking guests to discover the tools and techniques that have set them up for success in their personal or professional lives. In this episode, Morgan speaks with journalist Coco Khan about her definition of success, representation and why it’s sometimes tokenistic, and developing your voice on and off paper. 

Keeping-Track Lindsay Crouse: Runner And Journalist At The New York Time‪s‬

Alysia Montano, Molly Huddle, and Roisin McGettigan are three Olympians, from two countries, including two Moms and one current pro coming together to talk about the inspiring figures, important topics, and interesting stories in women's sports. In this episode, we hear from Lindsay Crouse of the New York Times about her recent award-winning work addressing issues in women's sports including Dream Maternity and Mary Cain's story.

In Good CompanyBONUS EPISODE: A Feminist State Of The Union‪In Good Company is a culture and ideas podcast covering everything from work and feminism, to race and money, and hosted by bestselling author Otegha Uwagba. Uwagba interviews some of the most exciting cultural voices of the moment. This episode is a live recording from the Feminist State of the Union she hosted on International Women’s Day, a conversational salon about contemporary feminism featuring contributions like author Reni Eddo-Lodge, broadcaster Zezi Ifore, and Dazed Digital’s Head of Fashion, Emma Hope Allwood. They discuss corporate feminism, intersectionality, and how we can all be ‘better’ feminists and allies to marginalised communities.

This week, we speak with Mila Atmos, 

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This week's spotlight is on the Well + Good podcast. Well + Good is a digital wellness platform that helps decode and demystify what it means to live a well life, inside and out. I'm loving this newer podcast because it presents a 360 view on health, and is aimed at helping to clear out the clutter and noise that often comes along with views on health. If you wanna learn about what makes us feel better as a society, why we should move our bodies, and how the true damaging nature of diet culture, take a listen to this pod!This week's spotlight comes from Maya, our podcast and newsletter coordinator.  

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