Zakiya Gibbons was a producer for Nancy.
Prior to Nancy, Zakiya has been a producer at NPR's Latino USA, Gimlet Media's Every Little Thing, and she launched and co-hosted a podcast for Kickstarter called Just the Beginning. Zakiya was selected by the Association of Independents in Radio to be a New Voices Scholar in 2018. She was also selected to participate in the Third Coast Radio Residency at the Ragdale Foundation where she worked on some experimental audio fiction. Zakiya is a co-founder of the POC in Audio Directory, a resource created to fight the lack of racial diversity in the audio industry. She is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University where she co-teaches intro to radio journalism. Zakiya loves to cuddle with dogs while watching throwback SpongeBob and eating greasy food.
Zakiya Gibbons appears in the following:
Monday, June 29, 2020
Team Nancy takes a final stroll down memory lane.
Monday, June 22, 2020
This week, we dive into the world of an underground Black lesbian strip club in Los Angeles.
Thursday, June 11, 2020
Imara Jones joins us to talk about creating a truly inclusive Black Lives Matter movement, and getting back to the roots of Pride.
Monday, June 01, 2020
It's a book filled episode as Tobin and Kathy chat with authors Samantha Irby and Brandon Taylor.
Monday, May 18, 2020
Carmen Maria Machado joins us to talk queer horror stories, writing about pandemics, and the conversation we as queer people should be having more often.
Monday, May 04, 2020
Iced coffee and bi chairs and glory holes, oh my!
Monday, April 20, 2020
It's our 100th episode! And for this special occasion, Nancy sound designer Jeremy Bloom goes on a quest to find the truth behind a mysterious gay and lesbian island kingdom.
Monday, April 06, 2020
At the age of 61, Richard was searching for a boyfriend. But finding love was about more than just getting past the trials of dating. There was also Peter.
Friday, March 27, 2020
We understand that this is a really scary time for all of us right now. And in times like these, it's important to check-in on each other. So that's what Team Nancy did.
Monday, March 23, 2020
A distraction for those of you who need it: We talk to activist and YouTuber Chella Man as well as Steven Universe creator Rebecca Sugar about what it's like to evolve in the public eye.
Monday, March 09, 2020
Nancy is back! And we're diving into the taffeta-covered world of kids who do drag.
Monday, January 13, 2020
A decade after The L Word ended, The L Word: Generation Q is finally here, so this week we're revisiting the time Kathy watched the original series.
Monday, January 06, 2020
Consider this episode a gift to start your 2020 off RIGHT: It’s our conversation with the one-and-only BD Wong. Dreams do come true.
Monday, December 30, 2019
Our holiday gift to you: Chani Nicholas and Joel Kim Booster (our conversation with them, that is, not the actual people...though we wish we could)!
Monday, June 24, 2019
For the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, we talk about what actually happened and where we go from here.
Monday, June 17, 2019
When Andraya Yearwood runs against her competition, people pay attention — whether she wants them to or not.
Monday, June 10, 2019
It’s a moment of reckoning for many members of the United Methodist Church, and after 25 years as a United Methodist pastor, Cynthia Meyer found herself with a decision to make.
Monday, June 03, 2019
Good sex ed can be life-changing. But getting access to it often entails a fight.
Monday, May 27, 2019
Traveling to Taiwan with her mom, Kathy imagines the life she might have lived had her family stayed. [Note: this is a rerun of a previous episode].
Monday, May 20, 2019
This week, Nancy is live and talking romcoms, meet-cutes, and weddings...with special guest Daniel K. Isaac!