Afi Yellow-Duke appears in the following:
What’s Going On In Your Immigrant Family's Group Chat?
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Producer Afi Yellow-Duke hears from listeners from immigrant families about how they're talking with their relatives about identity, race, racism, and politics in an unprecedented year.
Alice Wong On Ruckuses, Rage And Medicaid
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
The disability rights activist on facing discrimination as a teenager, managing her finances, and planning for her and her parents' futures.
How Maria Hinojosa Learned To Fluff Her Feathers
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
The journalist talks about building up her confidence in the world of media, and reaching a breaking point in her marriage that led her to reevaluate her priorities.
Books We Love: Inside The Bubble With Akwaeke Emezi
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
The writer and artist talks with me about their childhood in Nigeria, their brief stint in veterinary school, and how, these days, they've deemed themself "worthy of extravagance."
Books We Love: A Big Conversation About "Big Friendship"
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Authors, podcasters and longtime friends Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow on friendship therapists, awkward spa weekends and why the word "bestie" just doesn't cut it.
Death, Sex & Money's 2019 Year End Spectacular
Wednesday, December 25, 2019
The team reflects together on the best Death, Sex & Money moments of 2019—things you heard on the show, and things you didn't.
Coming Out As Transgender When There Was No Language To Describe It
Friday, August 16, 2019
In the late 1960s, Elizabeth Coffey-Williams' family kicked her out after she told them that she was transgender — before many knew what that meant. A little brother's embrace welcomed her back.
How One Couple's Love Story Sparked Change In Their Community, Block By Block
Friday, February 15, 2019
Husband and wife Larry and Sharon Adams have spent the past two decades renovating homes in their Milwaukee neighborhood. Their commitment to their community grew out of their own relationship.
'Him Doing Well Was Through His Children': Sharecropper's Son Makes Dad Proud
Friday, August 03, 2018
When Percy White's father left the Virginia farm he worked to move north, the land owner said he wouldn't make it, and would come back. He didn't. That is, until he returned to say "I told you so."
The Civil Rights Activist Whose Name You've Probably Never Heard
Friday, January 12, 2018
He participated in lunch counter sit-ins in the 1950s and '60s and was arrested on more than one occasion. Few may recognize the name Dion Diamond, but he tells StoryCorps he knows he left his mark.
Weaving Climate Change Data into Art
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
The artist Nathalie Miebach turns climate change data into colorful sculptures that look like Tinkertoys gone haywire.
For Your Consideration: Five TV Shows That Deserve a Reboot
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Everything's coming up remakes! Here are five TV shows we should resurrect.
Ayqa Khan Draws Unapologetic Women
Tuesday, March 08, 2016
Artist Ayqa Khan uses illustrations and photography to make empowering images of South Asian women.
Depression Isn't Funny, but These Comics Are
Tuesday, March 01, 2016
British illustrator Gemma Correll turns her struggles with depression and anxiety into very funny, charming comics.
They Slay: Five Queer Rappers You Should Know
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Hip-hop's persistent homophobia hasn't kept LGBTQ rappers from taking the mic. Here are five to watch out for.
