Host Anita Rao explores the role American Sign Language plays in Deaf culture with two Deaf artists: ASL poet Douglas Ridloff and author Sara Nović, using interpreters Phlip Wilson and Joshua Steckel. Both of these creators share how their personal journeys with language and identity have shaped their desires to create work that bridges the gap between people who primarily use ASL and people who primarily use English.
In the episode “Mixed,” host Anita Rao talks with two biracial college seniors, folks in the midst of establishing their own identities, about navigating everything from "Where do I belong?" to "How do I date?" Plus, she hears wisdom from a life coach who specifically helps mixed race adults heal, find community and tell new stories about their identity.
Host Anita Rao speaks to two speech language pathologists with personal connections to stuttering: Dr. Derek Daniels breaks down what it was like for him to grow up as a Black, gay man who stutters, and Jia Bin shares why she only recently stopped trying to hide her stutter — and how moving from the U.S. to China offered her the opportunity to shift her perspective on her own speech patterns.
In the Embodied’s July 14 episode “Mixed,” host Anita Rao talks with two biracial college seniors, folks in the midst of establishing their own identities, about navigating everything from "Where do I belong?" to "How do I date?" Plus, she hears wisdom from a life coach who specifically helps mixed race adults heal, find community and tell new stories about their identity.
WUNC received regional recognition for its work in 2022. North Carolina Public Radio was honored with five Green Eyeshade Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) on July 13.