Black Trans Resistance
This year’s Pride month lands during a global pandemic and a national uprising to defend Black lives, which means the LGBTQ community of color is on the frontlines, as always. Maria and Julio speak with Elle Hearns, the executive director of t…
ITT Sound Off: Fighting for Freedom
On Juneteenth, Maria and Julio take time to honor and reflect on what today has meant for Black Americans for decades. They hear from Futuro Media’s Amanda Alcántara, who shares her reflections on the historical significance of this day. They …
ITT Sound Off: Fighting for Freedom
On Juneteenth, Maria and Julio take time to honor and reflect on what today has meant for Black Americans for decades. They hear from Futuro Media’s Amanda Alcántara, who shares her reflections on the historical significance of this day. They …
A World Without Police
Maria and Julio talk about police and prison abolition with Charlene Carruthers, author and founding member of Black Youth Project 100, and Ejeris Dixon, director of Vision Change Win. They imagine a world without police, dive into community s…
A World Without Police
Maria and Julio talk about police and prison abolition with Charlene Carruthers, author and founding member of Black Youth Project 100, and Ejeris Dixon, director of Vision Change Win. They imagine a world without police, dive into community s…
This Is Not a Game
Maria and Julio get into how race and activism show up in sports – historically and in the current Black Lives Matter movement – with Howard Bryant, a senior writer for ESPN and correspondent for NPR’s Weekend Edition. They talk about Bryant’s…
This Is Not a Game
Maria and Julio get into how race and activism show up in sports – historically and in the current Black Lives Matter movement – with Howard Bryant, a senior writer for ESPN and correspondent for NPR’s Weekend Edition. They talk about Bryant’s…
Systemic Exhaustion
As thousands of protestors fill the streets, Maria and Julio talk about the #BlackLivesMatter movement, performative allyship, and what it means to abolish the police with Karen Attiah, global opinions editor for the Washington Post and ITT Al…
Systemic Exhaustion
As thousands of protestors fill the streets, Maria and Julio talk about the #BlackLivesMatter movement, performative allyship, and what it means to abolish the police with Karen Attiah, global opinions editor for the Washington Post and ITT Al…
ITT Sound Off: National Uprising
Protests continue across every state in this country, and in countries around the world, in the fight for racial justice for Black lives. Maria and Julio talk about the different ways people have been organizing, the gaslighting they have seen…
ITT Sound Off: National Uprising
Protests continue across every state in this country, and in countries around the world, in the fight for racial justice for Black lives. Maria and Julio talk about the different ways people have been organizing, the gaslighting they have seen…
Palpable Pain
Maria and Julio process this historic moment in the fight for racial justice and defending Black lives with Julieta Martinelli, Futuro Media producer who is on the ground covering the ongoing protests in Atlanta. Then, they dive into conversat…
Palpable Pain
Maria and Julio process this historic moment in the fight for racial justice and defending Black lives with Julieta Martinelli, Futuro Media producer who is on the ground covering the ongoing protests in Atlanta. Then, they dive into conversat…
ITT Sound Off: We’re Not Okay
As protests continue in Minneapolis and spread across the country, Maria and Julio talk about anti-black racism and violent policing in the United States. They reflect on the ways in which white supremacy shows up in police interactions, as we…
ITT Sound Off: We’re Not Okay
As protests continue in Minneapolis and spread across the country, Maria and Julio talk about anti-black racism and violent policing in the United States. They reflect on the ways in which white supremacy shows up in police interactions, as we…
Forever Foreign
Maria and Julio are joined by James Boo, showrunner at Self-Evident, a podcast telling Asian America’s stories and Erika Lee, award-winning author and professor of history and Asian American studies at the University of Minnesota. They focus o…
Forever Foreign
Maria and Julio are joined by James Boo, showrunner at Self-Evident, a podcast telling Asian America’s stories and Erika Lee, award-winning author and professor of history and Asian American studies at the University of Minnesota. They focus o…
ITT Sound Off: Lost POC Lives
Maria and Julio discuss how the Latinx community is being affected by the COVID-19 crisis. They highlight the latest Latino USA episode which looks inside a New York City hospital’s ICU. Also, they continue to dive into the cruel, inhumane con…
ITT Sound Off: Lost POC Lives
Maria and Julio discuss how the Latinx community is being affected by the COVID-19 crisis. They highlight the latest Latino USA episode which looks inside a New York City hospital’s ICU. Also, they continue to dive into the cruel, inhumane con…
Psychology of a Pandemic
May is Mental Health Awareness month, so Maria and Julio discuss the psychological and emotional toll of living through a global pandemic. They are joined by Dr. Patrice Harris, child and adolescent psychiatrist and president of the American M…
Psychology of a Pandemic
May is Mental Health Awareness month, so Maria and Julio discuss the psychological and emotional toll of living through a global pandemic. They are joined by Dr. Patrice Harris, child and adolescent psychiatrist and president of the American M…
ITT Sound Off: Epidemic of Violence
Maria and Julio discuss Dr. Anthony Fauci’s and Rick Bright’s congressional testimonies on the pandemic response. They also dive into the Supreme Court’s pending decision around DACA which could strip protections from hundreds of thousands. Fi…
ITT Sound Off: Epidemic of Violence
Maria and Julio discuss Dr. Anthony Fauci’s and Rick Bright’s congressional testimonies on the pandemic response. They also dive into the Supreme Court’s pending decision around DACA which could strip protections from hundreds of thousands. Fi…
Learning in Quarantine
This week Maria and Julio are talking about education during the time of this pandemic. They hear from Dr. Elizabeth Farfán-Santos, professor of anthropology at the University of Houston, and Dr. Pedro Noguera, professor of education at the Un…

