Upcoming Episodes for June 2014
The next episode of The Mixed Experience will be on June 2. Join us for a great talk with inspiring guests and get a preview of the Mixed Remixed Festival which is just a few weeks away. Learn more...
View ArticleEpisode 8: Mixed Remixed Festival 2014 Preview
I was so glad to get to talk to some of the amazing writers, artists and presenters who will be part of the Mixed Remixed Festival on Saturday 6/14. Listen in to their stories and then join us...
View ArticleSeason 2, Episode 22: Pulitzer Prize Winner Tracy K. Smith & Her New Memoir
Recorded 4/20/15: I was thrilled to speak with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tracy K. Smith about her new memoir Ordinary Light. I met Tracy many years ago at Bread Loaf and it’s been a joy to see her...
View ArticleSeason 2, Episode 24: Mike Twitty, AfroCulinaria Blogger and Author
RECORDED 5/4/15: I was excited to talk with blogger and author Mike Twitty about his work, faith, food, and his forthcoming book The Cooking Gene. He really breaks it down in terms of claiming the...
View ArticleSeason 2, Episode 23: Listener Spotlight Mixed Chick Peg Bolduc
RECORDED 4/27/15: I was so excited to speak with Peg Bolduc, a listener and mixed chick. We learned more about her upbringing as an adoptee and about her now adult family and how she has journeyed...
View ArticleSeason 2, Bonus Episode 4: Writer Jim Grimsley, How I Shed My Skin
Recorded 4/29/15: I had a great talk with writer Jim Grimsley, author of How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Lessons of a Racist Childhood. In the memoir, Grimsley looks back at his own childhood,...
View ArticleSeason 2, Episode 26: Mixed And Irish
RECORDED 5/18/15: I really enjoyed speaking with a group of Mixed/Irish writers who discussed the spectrum of what it means to their writing and what they claim as their heritage when Mixed Irish-ness...
View ArticleMixed Experience History Month 2015: Mildred Loving, social justice pioneer
Mildred Loving’s challenge of Virginia’s anti-miscegenation law led to the Supreme Court’s 1967 decision (Loving v. Virginia) which affirmed the right of people of different races to marry. Loving...
View ArticleSeason 2, Summer Short 6: Actress/Writer Katie Malia of web series “Almost...
LIVE: 8/24/15 5PM EASTERN: I’m excited to talk with Katie Malia, creator of the web series Almost Asian. This is what Katie says about the show: “Growing up half-Asian was very confusing. From filling...
View ArticleSeason 3, Episode 9: Traveling Abroad While Mixed & Other Musings
RECORDED 1/11/16: In the first episode of the season, I took the opportunity to muse a little bit about my recent trip to a remote island and my search for a “tribe” that looks like me. Also, I share...
View ArticleMixed Experience History Month 2016, James McCune Smith, doctor & abolitionist
James McCune Smith (1813-1865) was born free to an enslaved woman who later self-emancipated herself. His father was a white slave owner. Smith was an exceptional student, but was denied admission...
View ArticleMixed Experience History Month 2016: Regina M. Anderson, playwright &...
Regina M. Anderson (1901-1993) was born of mixed-race ancestry. She identified as “American” and was a leader in the black artistic community. Anderson received a master’s degree in library science...
View ArticleSeason 3, Episode 24: Author Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, Sarong Party Girls
LIVE 7/18/16 5pm EASTERN: I’m excited to speak with Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan about her new book Sarong Party Girls. Tune in! –Heidi Durrow Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan is a New York-based journalist and author of...
View ArticleSeason 4, Episode 4: Author/Historian Arica Coleman on Mixed-Race Black and...
RECORDED 9/16/16: I had a fantastic conversation with Professor Arica Coleman, author of That the Blood Stay Pure: African Americans, Native Americans and the Predicament of Race and Identity in...
View ArticleSeason 4, Episode 6: Award-winning Writer Lori Tharps, author of Same Family...
RECORDED 10/3/16: Don’t miss my conversation with award-winning writer Lori Tharps about her latest non-fiction book Same Family Different Colors. Lori has been a leading voice in conversations about...
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