All Episodes

All of the episodes from the First Name Basis Podcast.

Raising Multi-Racial Children

Growing up as a multi-racial child, I often felt my racial identity shifting and developing — heck, even as an…

In the summer of 2020, author Veronica Chambers had what she calls an “aha moment.” Born in Panama and raised…

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is less than a week away, and I couldn’t let this important day pass without…

This past week we’ve had some deep and meaningful conversations about responding to the myth of “Black on Black crime.”…

When a white person murders a Black person and we try to call it like it is — RACISM —…

When I first started learning about anti-racism, before I ever started First Name Basis, I remember thinking, “I wish I…

The holiday season can be a beautiful time of celebration, but if we’re being honest, it can also be extremely…

I made my “Untold Story of Thanksgiving” episode to help me — and hopefully you — understand the true, accurate…

Every mother experiences motherhood differently — no two journeys are the same. And there are some things that Black mothers…

In many ways, Emi Kim is what you might consider a typical 9-year-old. When she grows up, she wants to…