Diversity Sauce

Amy Kraft and Kabir Seth talk about the success of Pokemon Go as well as a recent provocative Medium article citing the risks of the game for black men. Keeping with nostalgia theme, Amy and Kabir discuss the new Ghostbusters movie (21:00), specifically the backlash the movie has received for its all-female reboot. Additional links not in the newsletter this week: -8 Reasons Why Pokemon GO Is the Most Important Game of the Decade: http://goo.gl/hysLJs -How the all-female Ghostbusters reboot became a lightning rod of controversy: http://goo.gl/7jwCKQ Our guest this week is Jinny Gudmundsen (39:00), the founding editor of Tech with Kids. Kabir and Jinny discuss the recent Tech with Kids conference, the overwhelming need for the DIG toolkit as well as some of her favorite apps that do a great job with diversity and inclusion including -Cool careers dress up for girls: http://goo.gl/MZ3eCk -Toca Life: School: http://goo.gl/vdmoEa -Goldilocks and Little Bear by Nosy Crow: http://goo.gl/95fVcq

Amy Kraft joins to co-host this week. Amy talks about her app, Monkey Spot Scavenger Hunt for iOS (https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/app/monkey-spot-scavenger-hunts/id972386385?mt=8)and Android (goo.gl/PThKUF)and their partnership with the New York Hall of Science (http://nysci.org/rocket-park-recess-2016/) Then, we touch on two articles from the newsletter, one on JK Rowling on cultural appropriation and the other on the newest Iron Man. Here is the link to the second Rowling article we touch on (http://nativesinamerica.com/2016/07/dear-jk-rowling-were-still-here/) Don't forget to leave us a review on iTunes!

In Episode 13, Kabir discusses two articles, one in the Atlantic about the forgotten "She-Ra" TV show and how its failure impacted children's TV over the next 20-30 years plus an article on a recent study on the impact of Disney Princess Toys on children. Our guest this week is Anne Glick, Co-founder and Executive Director at Globe Smart Kids. The awesome app discussed in our interview can be downloaded from here: goo.gl/y6edLV

Episode 12 talks about a fantastic piece about the resegregation of schools throughout the country both through a very personal choice by the author and an overview on the history. Here is the "This American Life Piece" about the history and state of the issue. http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/562/the-problem-we-all-live-with Our interview this week is from Carisa Kluver who goes through the state of the children's app market (digitalmediadiet.com/have-childrens-apps-lost-their-luster/) as well as the choice she made to review and highlight diverse apps. Carisa talks about two app guides she put together for training around different diversity lenses. Here are the links for both https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0lpAxYTAIxRUXE5bUVLVlJLOE0&usp=sharing

Episode 11 touches on Sesame Street starting work to reach refugee children (5:35) and the maker movement (10:15) move to mainstream but still missing minorities. As I mention at the top of the show, DIA is focusing on building out a Diverse and Inclusive Toolkit to that will identify a dozen criteria that can serve as milestones for creative teams in the product development process to make intentional choices that can result in the creation of more inclusive, diverse and equitable children’s digital products. Here is a video talking more about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWp15v5rorM Please reach out to us (diversityinapps@gmail.com) if you know a company that would be great for a best practice case study!

Our 10th episode features an article about the importance of telling stories from the other side of the tracks (3:40). Our fantastic interview is with Flora Ekpe-Idang from Corage Dolls (7:22), who is in the process of creating multi-cultural dolls to inspire girls of color and reflect the diverse world we live in. Definitely sign up for Corage Dolls newsletter here: http://www.coragedolls.com/ Diversity in Apps will be at the Tech for Kids Conference hosting a Diversity Panel. Check it out here: http://www.techwithkids.com/blog/index.php/developing-apps-for-kids-conference-2016/

Almost all our articles this week are about Dolls. We talk about what big companies are doing around diversifying dolls (1:52) as well as startups entering the space targeting boys (4:42). Our guest this week is Dr. Vikki Katz talking about the research she did on Digital Equity partnering with the Cooney Center with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation (7:00). Please check out DigitalEquityforlearning.org to see all of the reports and video from the research as well as the ongoing discussion on the topic.

Happy Mother's Day! Our first article talks about how screentime is a feminist issue (3:00) and our second is an introduction to a Native American Comic Book hero (6:15). Our conversation this week is with Deborah Castillero, the founder of TipiTom. Deborah talks about the problem she is addressing (9:45), how the app relates to her own personal story (18:00), the curriculum the app is built around (22:00) how the characters are celebrated (27:00), a brand new licensing plan with Care Bears (30:00) and plans going forward and plans going forward (38:00).

Episode 7 talks about an article on "Food Diversity" (3:10) and then a fantastic conversation with Kevin Clark (8:30) about what brought about his focus on creating the center for media innovation and diversity (13:45), recent work focused on African American Teens digital use at home (17:40) industry and researchers working together (25:00) and his recent visit to the White House (31:00) All of Kevin's work at the center can be found right here: https://cdmid.gmu.edu/

We touch on two articles this week, one around the video game Rust (2:15) and the other about Game of Thrones (7:06). And then, we have an awesome guest, Julie Kerwin, CEO of I AM ELEMENTAL (11:00). Julie talks about how her idea turned into reality, the strong reaction the company received not only from people who care about this issue but the action figure collecting community as well. The Vox article about Rust is here: http://www.vox.com/2016/4/17/11442730/rust-experimental-race-gender-random

The weekly spotlight highlights the outcome of a recent Red Bull Hackathon (1:48) and what the winning team looked like as well as a better way for business to think about Diversity based on recent research (4:35)

This week we highlight an article from the Atlantic on how white males have to take the lead on diversity in the workplace (1:50). Then, an awesome conversation with TinyBop Founder and CEO Raul Gutierrez (6:11) about how TinyBop came to be, the importance of "weirdness" (15:00), "designing for quiet" (17:20), how diversity at TinyBop shapes the product (27:00), how they continue to improve (32:00) what the future holds (37:15).

Diversity In Apps Weekly Spotlight Episode 3 by Diversity Sauce

Welcome to Episode 2 with our first guest Briana Pressey from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center. We start by discussing two articles from our newsletter, one from the Guardian about how books about girls can be read by boys (http://bit.ly/1S5pUP8) and another about Warner Brothers plans for a fellowship program for aspiring filmmakers (http://bit.ly/1prjr6l). Then we are joined by our first ever guest Briana Pressey (7:55) who gives us some background on the Cooney Center as well as the great work she has been doing as part of a research on designing for diverse families and how she became interested in Diversity in Apps. The link for the guidelines Briana mentioned is here (http://www.joanganzcooneycenter.org/2015/10/30/designing-for-diverse-families/)

Welcome to first podcast! We begin with a little about Diversity In Apps and our strategy going forward. Next we, discuss two of our articles from this week's newsletter as well as share our updates on the creation of our guidelines for content producers. This podcast is an open forum for anyone in the industry focusing on diversity and inclusion. Please feel free to reach out to us to share you product, research or cause! Diversityinapps@gmail.com