Bad Radical Radio

Today's BRR guest, CHATTYAFRO, is a cultural commentator and filmmaker from Chicago. She writes for NextWaveChicago.com and has curated a Spotify playlist with New York-based DJ Ancira called AFRO//ANCIRA. Natalie and CHATTYAFRO talk womanism, Chicago, and spirituality.

Today's BRR guest, Doraian Givens, is a sophomore at NYU Gallatin and creator of @BlackWomanActivist, a platform for news and commentary in regard to the Black community. Natalie and Doraian discuss black women activists, colorism, and exclusionary politics.

Today's BRR guest, Zoe Yu Gilligan, is a creative based in Brooklyn, New York. She is also Managing Editor of Crybaby Zine. Her work may be found at https://zoemalaya.com/.   Natalie and Zoe discuss Filipina journalist Maria Ressa, displacement, and accessibility in higher education.

Today's BRR guest, Dean Saranillio, is an assistant professor of Social & Cultural Analysis at NYU whose work focuses on cultural politics at the intersection of diaspora and indigeneity.  Natalie and Dean discuss education, Hawai'i statehood, Muana Kea, climate crisis, and native dispossession. 

Today's BRR guest, Brian Ruiz, is an NYU Gallatin sophomore whose work focuses on how the prison industrial complex affects marginalized communities and groups of color within New York City. Natalie and Brian discuss student relations with public safety officers on NYU's campus, gentrification as it relates to redlining, and The Incarceration to Education Coalition's protests urging NYU to divest from food provider, Aramark.