The search for truth inside journalism

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The search for truth inside journalism

FromOtherhood

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Dec 15, 2016

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PBS Newshour's Hari Sreenivasan and Latino USA's Maria Hinojosa help answer the question: What's the role of a reporter of color in an age when diversity, inclusion and facts themselves are politicized?

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Dec 15, 2016

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Podcast episode

Titles in the series (43)

In an era of “us” and “them,” be an “other” — someone trying to understand how we all live together. Journalism about the multicultural nation America will become — hosted by Rupa Shenoy.

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The unexpected power of feelings: If every action starts with emotion, then current feelings about police violence may predict the possible future. by Otherhood
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What Does A Professor Look Like?: A college professor is out to defy stereotypes. by Otherhood
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First Generation? Second?: For immigrants and their children, a question with meaning by Otherhood
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Aziz Ansari helped me embrace my ‘Otherhood': Rupa Shenoy and Arun Rath talk about how Aziz Ansari's "Master of None" became a window into their own lives as first-generation Americans. by Otherhood
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Learning to Tell Her Own Story: How a Harvard Law student learned to tell her own story by Otherhood
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Why One Story Isn't The Whole Story: Art can imitate life, but can it represent an identity? by Otherhood
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'That Mexican thing' lurking in the Arizona desert: In the burning heat of Arizona's vast, mostly empty Wild West desert, young Mexican American teenagers decide between working for the border guard or for the cartels smuggling drugs and people north. The kids that choose to be border agents face anger within their own families, as migrants desperate to come to the US die nameless deaths. by Otherhood
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Marking the end of a TCK presidency: TCKs — or third culture kids — often lie when asked when they're from. by Otherhood
20 min listen
The long road from 'different': The long road from 'different' to being a role model by Otherhood
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The 'secret society' of extremely successful first gens: Many of the most successful immigrants and kids of immigrants in the country know each other and hang out. by Otherhood
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What comes after the 'Trump effect'?: Has Donald Trump helped fuel racism? Has he helped us confront it? Or, is former MSNBC Host Melissa Harris Perry right — is Trump just the current scapegoat for a country that avoids confronting its past? by Otherhood
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How America is melting in its pot: “Technically we have it double as bad — because we’re Muslim and black.” by Otherhood
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That Thanksgiving when no one talked to each other: Otherhood captures a national moment of post-election, pre-holiday dread with a collection of voicemail from people across the country. Many of them feel like others within their own families. by Otherhood
20 min listen
Otherness in an Integrated World: Juliette Kayyem says the best way to prevent terrorism is to integrate Others. by Otherhood
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When 'they' become 'us': A secret US war created a new generation of Americans who changed foreign policy. by Otherhood
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How Indian Americans made Trump look good: Here's the story of how Hindu Indian Americans became the largest group of people of color in the new administration. by Otherhood
40 min listen
The story behind Chef Angela Dimayuga's rejection of Ivanka Trump: Is standing out the best way to stand up to Trump? by Otherhood
14 min listen
What's the backup plan?: The lawyers, advocates and officials who work with immigrants had one chance before Inauguration Day to get together and make a plan to protect people threatened by Donald Trump's proposals. Otherhood was there. by Otherhood
20 min listen
The search for truth inside journalism: PBS Newshour's Hari Sreenivasan and Latino USA's Maria Hinojosa help answer the question: What's the role of a reporter of color in an age when diversity, inclusion and facts themselves are politicized? by Otherhood
20 min listen
SHORT: Here's what one Yemeni American has to say about the Muslim ban: Rupa talks to college senior, small business owner, and Yemeni American Summer Nasser in an Otherhood Short. by Otherhood
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Trump wins: Before and after, at the Alamo: The US drew a line in the sand, and Americans chose where to stand. Now people are examining strangers out of the corner of their eye, wondering just how much they don't know about who lives around them. by Otherhood
20 min listen
The Kominas talk about being brown punk rockers in a white music scene: The Kominas get a lot of press for being Muslim and Hindu in a genre dominated by white artists. But they kinda just want to rock. by Otherhood
39 min listen
Is Canada more American than the US?: Canada has replaced the US as the North American haven that welcomes people fleeing danger and seeking new lives. by Otherhood
21 min listen
'You're not Danish!' What the viral video teaches us about being American.: In the US, any citizen, of any culture, is American. In Denmark, that’s not necessarily the case. by Otherhood
15 min listen
The difference between Portland and Portlandia: Portland, Oregon is beautiful. And very liberal, according to the TV show Portlandia. But last year it was also home to one of the country's most shocking hate crimes. So, in dozens of in-depth interviews, Otherhood's Rupa Shenoy digs into Portland's history to understand why that city — and the country — are seeing a resurgence of hate. by Otherhood
25 min listen
How does it feel to be a refugee and a veteran in Trump's America?: A veteran asked Otherhood host Rupa Shenoy to look into how "others" within military communities feel about veterans' overwhelming support for President Donald Trump. by Otherhood
20 min listen
SHORT: Saying goodbye to the most diverse White House ever: As the White House changes hands this week, the demographics of the people who work there will also change drastically. by Otherhood
20 min listen
SHORT: Rumana Ahmed lasted eight days in Trump's White House: Caught between wanting to service, and frustration. Rumana Ahmed shares her story with Rupa. by Otherhood
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The Latina who led ICE: She was ICE director for a president immigration activists angrily called “the deporter in chief.” Now she’s back home in Texas, unpacking boxes and watching her former employees try to carry out President Trump’s orders to deport millions of people, fast. by Otherhood
31 min listen
SHORT: Buzzfeed Writer Scaachi Koul: Buzzfeed writer Scaachi Koul discusses how white privilege affects her family and how racism is institutionalized in Canada. by Otherhood
20 min listen

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MIT looked for slavery in its past... and undergrads found it in the present: A university redefines what it means to have connections to slavery. by Otherhood
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Why it's so hard to talk about racism that happens in school: "...We just never wanted to make white people uncomfortable." by Otherhood
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The spiciest memelord, revealed: Will Lilly Chin's Jeopardy! win define the rest of her life? by Otherhood
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What happened when a professor called his class "white racism": Two words made him the target of death threats. by Otherhood
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The X-rated immigrant story: Comedian Jimmy O. Yang wrote a book about all the embarrassing things he did while trying to find his identity — including drug use and strip club visits. His parents read it. Let's just say ... there was fallout. by Otherhood
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Growing up with someone else's name: In an era of Trump-fueled identity politics, some brown adopted kids of white parents are reconsidering where they stand. by Otherhood
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Does 'Black Panther' represent Hollywood?: Does the release of the first mainstream movie about a black superhero mean Hollywood's gotten past its identity issues? by Otherhood
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POCs to Portland: We're watching you: Nothing’s supposed to happen on the train. But when Portlanders learned that safety was an illusion, some of them decided they couldn’t risk believing in illusions anymore. by Otherhood
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The difference between Portland and Portlandia: Portland, Oregon is beautiful. And very liberal, according to the TV show Portlandia. But last year it was also home to one of the country's most shocking hate crimes. So, in dozens of in-depth interviews, Otherhood's Rupa Shenoy digs into Portland's history to understand why that city — and the country — are seeing a resurgence of hate. by Otherhood
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How brown people feel when white women look at them: The author of viral essay "White Women Drive Me Crazy" joins Rupa to talk about it. by Otherhood
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SHORT: Is Trump cutting the US program that could stop bombings like Manchester?: The same week as the Manchester bombing, Trump proposes cutting the controversial program that aims to identify similar bombers in the US. by Otherhood
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How YouTube 'Bawse' Lilly Singh is going mainstream: Lilly Singh got famous by being herself ... but will Hollywood let her be someone else? by Otherhood
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SHORT: Buzzfeed Writer Scaachi Koul: Buzzfeed writer Scaachi Koul discusses how white privilege affects her family and how racism is institutionalized in Canada. by Otherhood
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The story behind Chef Angela Dimayuga's rejection of Ivanka Trump: Is standing out the best way to stand up to Trump? by Otherhood
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Science's 'come to Jesus' moment: People who organized the March for Science in DC didn’t come out and blame President Donald Trump for science being under attack. Does that mean they're not inclusive, and don't respect the experiences of people who are marginalized by Trump's policies? by Otherhood
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The Kominas talk about being brown punk rockers in a white music scene: The Kominas get a lot of press for being Muslim and Hindu in a genre dominated by white artists. But they kinda just want to rock. by Otherhood
39 min listen
How does it feel to be a refugee and a veteran in Trump's America?: A veteran asked Otherhood host Rupa Shenoy to look into how "others" within military communities feel about veterans' overwhelming support for President Donald Trump. by Otherhood
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'You're not Danish!' What the viral video teaches us about being American.: In the US, any citizen, of any culture, is American. In Denmark, that’s not necessarily the case. by Otherhood
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The Latina who led ICE: She was ICE director for a president immigration activists angrily called “the deporter in chief.” Now she’s back home in Texas, unpacking boxes and watching her former employees try to carry out President Trump’s orders to deport millions of people, fast. by Otherhood
31 min listen
SHORT: Rumana Ahmed lasted eight days in Trump's White House: Caught between wanting to service, and frustration. Rumana Ahmed shares her story with Rupa. by Otherhood
10 min listen
Is Canada more American than the US?: Canada has replaced the US as the North American haven that welcomes people fleeing danger and seeking new lives. by Otherhood
21 min listen
How Indian Americans made Trump look good: Here's the story of how Hindu Indian Americans became the largest group of people of color in the new administration. by Otherhood
40 min listen
SHORT: Here's what one Yemeni American has to say about the Muslim ban: Rupa talks to college senior, small business owner, and Yemeni American Summer Nasser in an Otherhood Short. by Otherhood
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SHORT: Saying goodbye to the most diverse White House ever: As the White House changes hands this week, the demographics of the people who work there will also change drastically. by Otherhood
20 min listen
What's the backup plan?: The lawyers, advocates and officials who work with immigrants had one chance before Inauguration Day to get together and make a plan to protect people threatened by Donald Trump's proposals. Otherhood was there. by Otherhood
20 min listen
That Thanksgiving when no one talked to each other: Otherhood captures a national moment of post-election, pre-holiday dread with a collection of voicemail from people across the country. Many of them feel like others within their own families. by Otherhood
20 min listen
Trump wins: Before and after, at the Alamo: The US drew a line in the sand, and Americans chose where to stand. Now people are examining strangers out of the corner of their eye, wondering just how much they don't know about who lives around them. by Otherhood
20 min listen
What comes after the 'Trump effect'?: Has Donald Trump helped fuel racism? Has he helped us confront it? Or, is former MSNBC Host Melissa Harris Perry right — is Trump just the current scapegoat for a country that avoids confronting its past? by Otherhood
20 min listen
'That Mexican thing' lurking in the Arizona desert: In the burning heat of Arizona's vast, mostly empty Wild West desert, young Mexican American teenagers decide between working for the border guard or for the cartels smuggling drugs and people north. The kids that choose to be border agents face anger within their own families, as migrants desperate to come to the US die nameless deaths. by Otherhood
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