Episodes
Black & Homeschooled with Jessica Dulaney
April 18, 2022
This episode I'm talking to Jessica Dulaney who is the communications director for the Coalition for Responsible Home Education. Being Black and homeschooled felt incredibly isolating to me. Growing up, I never once met ano…
Who Gets To Define Violence?
April 11, 2022
Personal and political violence are nothing new but examining who is allowed to engage in violence and who isn't is essential to understanding the power dynamics we've built the world on. "They do it so we should to" is colo…
Whiteness Also Hurts White People
April 4, 2022
We spend a lot of time talking about the effects of whiteness on people of color but it's important to talk about the impact whiteness has on white people. As a construct, whiteness can only benefit some white people. And ev…
Give Reverse Racism A Chance
March 28, 2022
What does it look like when we start dismantling systems of oppression that benefit a small number of people at the expense of everyone else? Black and Indigenous folks are regularly accused of reverse racism for things that…
In Defense of Running from the Cops
March 21, 2022
If you've ever wondered what to say to someone whose response to another cop committing murder is "shoulda complied", I got you covered. Turns out our bodies are programmed to protect us from danger. Weird, right? And even m…
Protests Are Good, Actually
March 14, 2022
Why do people protest things that are objectively good for themselves and their neighbors? Let's look at protests through the lens of evolutionary biology, nervous system responses, politics, nd power dynamics. History has s…
Self-Regulation, Racism, and Rest
March 7, 2022
Today we're talking about rest, sleep, and play, and how they are all integral to self-regulation. Humans don't come fully loaded with equal amounts of self-regulation that some people just choose to use and others don't. Ma…
Self-Medication and Degrees of Harm
Feb. 28, 2022
Welcome back to White Homework! I want to break down some of the common racist myths that exist in western culture. This week: DRUGS! Let's use address one of the most common racist tropes in US culture: conflating problemat…
029: Let's Talk About Palestine w/Khaled Beydoun
May 26, 2021
If you've listened to the last two episodes with Andre, you know I've been wrestling with what it looks like to respect all people while also acknowledging that power disparities have an impact on how we engage with harm. I …
Part 2! The Morality of Resistance with Andre Henry
May 19, 2021
When we see injustice in the world and want to fix it, how do you keep from becoming the thing you hate? I can't stop thinking about this so I invited Andre Henry back to discuss how we create a better world without, as Audr…
027: The Morality of Resistance with Andre Henry
May 12, 2021
There are a lot of ways to protest and trying to figure out what the appropriate violence is feels overwhelmingly difficult. When the state is inherently violent, how are people committed to non-violence supposed to respond?…
026: Leaving Whiteness w/ Corey Evan Leak
May 10, 2021
Thanks all for your generosity and patience as I'm getting stuff situated over here!! I had a conversation with Corey Leak about how we left white Jesus and moved into a space that is committed to material equity. We need cr…
025: A Brief History of White Evangelicals w/ Dr. Brad Onishi
May 10, 2021
This week, I had a conversation with Dr. Bradley Onishi. Brad is a professor of religious studies at Skidmore College, and the host of the podcast Straight White American Jesus. I think it would be safe to say - and I've tol…
024: White Christian Nationalism with Blake Chastain
March 18, 2021
Hey y'all! Had a great conversation with Blake Chastain several months ago about the slow merging of evangelicalism and nationalism. We're currently watching evangelicalism in the US move from being a religious or spiritual …
023: Liberation is for Everybody w/ Jo Luehmann
Feb. 24, 2021
Taking a little break from our "racism doesn't exist" series to talk to Jo Luehmann about justice, joy, liberation, and accountability. I reached out to her originally because I am obsessed with her work around decolonizing …
022: What Racism? Part 3: Hiring Discrimination
Feb. 17, 2021
Alice joins me to talk about the abundance data proving the rampant discrimination in hiring and employment. "There are way too many Black men named Steve." I yell out into the universe while lecturing people about... name s…
021: What Racism? Part 2: Housing Discrimination
Feb. 10, 2021
OMG WE HAVE A NEW FORMAT!! I'm really excited. I mean, it's possible that we COMPLETELY bombed it but at some point we'll get it under control and it'll be a good thing. Get ready to talk about housing discrimination (and ja…
020: Medical Racism
Feb. 3, 2021
Happy Black History Month! This week we're starting a new series! We're calling this one "Racism Doesn't Exist" since so many white Americans believe that racism ended with MLK. So we're diving into the data and examining th…
019: Black Conservatism
Jan. 27, 2021
Contrary to popular belief, Black Americans are more socially conservative on average, than their white peers. We are more likely to believe in God, attend church regularly, and most of us believe that hard work is it takes …
018: Sex Work Is Real Work
Jan. 21, 2021
Alice and Tori talk about how we are learning how respect sex workers and protect them from both dangerous people and dangerous policies. Executive Producers Jeffrey Martin Nate Frazier Producer Jillian Cohan Martin Audio Pr…
017: Well That Was Easy (The Coup)
Jan. 13, 2021
Alice Hamilton and I sat down to discuss the attempted takeover of the Capitol in DC. A note of caution: language is terribly important . Alice and I use the term "coup" as a catchall throughout this episode to refer to the …
016: Let's Talk About Defunding The Police
Nov. 25, 2020
Alice and I decided to tackle something that's become a huge part of the national narrative: why have cops at all? We have pretty clear data that policing does not work. Policing is a net negative for communities, but it's a…
015: Black People & White Supremacy
Nov. 18, 2020
Tori is joined by Alice Hamilton to discuss the reclamation of Black humanity in a country founded on white supremacist values. They discuss the ways that whiteness collides with Black bodies through assumptions, dehumanizat…
014: Purity Culture & White Supremacy
Oct. 28, 2020
Tori is joined by Alice Hamilton and Hailee Evelyn Greene to discuss the ways that purity culture plays out for Black girls in predominantly white spaces. Executive Producers Jeffrey Martin Nate Frazier Producer Jillian Coha…