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Intercultural Competency Podcast List

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Are you interested in learning more about intercultural competency with a diverse perspective but not sure where to start? The Diversity Relations Department shares some compelling and informative podcast episodes if you're ready to dive into the topic of intercultural competency. 

Why podcasts you may ask? Well a few reasons for listening to podcasts are:

  • Free entertainment
  • Listen to them anywhere - while working out, on the bus, on a walk
  • Make doing chores more entertaining
  • Get educated

With a good mix of dialogue, interviews,  and moving storytelling, the podcast episodes on this list cover contemporary intercultural issues and are great opportunities for learning, self-reflection, and conversation. 

Podcast Recommendations by Topic
Ability & Mental Health
  • She's All Fat
    • "Season 4, Episode16: Queer Bodies (With Tobin and Kathy From Nancy!) "
       
  • The Struggle Bus
    • "The Speakeasy of Podcasts"
       
  • Woman of Size
    • "Emily Duke - Clowning on the Diet Industry"
       
  • Therapy for Black Girls
    • "Session 118: Making Friends As An Adult"
       
  • The Hilarious World of Depression
    • "Gary Gulman Is a Brilliant Comedian and an Ineffective Offensive Lineman"
Asian Heritage Contemporary
  • First of All
    • "Bridging Cultures with Andrew Chau (Boba Guys)"
       
  • Asian Boss Girl
    • "Episode 29: Asian Women - Do We Fit the Stereotypes?"
       
  • Kiffe ta race
    • "#29 - Being Asian in France and in the USA"
Black/African American Contemporary
  • Black Girl Podcast
    • "[Episode 63] "Life."
       
  • Ratchet and Respectable
    • "The Demands of Bad Decisions"
       
  • The Nod
    • "Borders Between Us"
       
  • The Point Noir
    • "S.55 - The Travel Life Hits Different feat. Gabe Sheffield"
       
  • Therapy for Black Girls
    • "Session 118: Making Friends As An Adult"
       
  • Jesus and Jollof
    • "Parenting Our Parents: Payback - Episode 5 (Season 2)"
       
  • On She Goes
    • "OSG feat. Georgina Miranda “Adventurista”"
       
  • The Stoop
    • "Ep 27: Assalam Alaykum, BMW"
    • "Episode 17: Black, Queer and Free"
    • "Ep 35: Je suis noir"
    • "Episode 11: Pretty for a dark-skinned girl"
Hispanic/Latinx
  • My Immigrant Life
    • "When the American Dream isn't enough"
       
  • Status Immigration & People
    • "Colombia (Jonatan, Part 1)"
       
  • Loose Accents
    • "Translatina Queen Bamby Salcedo"
    • "Season 1 finale con David, Beibii"
    • "Episode 5 - rising in queer love con Johanna & Amy"
       
  • Cafe con Pam Podcast
    • "131 - Navigating Privilege with Taylor Tieman"
    • "The Movement For Indigenous Peoples' Day"
    • "Spanish As A First Language"
       
  • Latino USA
    • "The Return"
       
  • Juntos We Shine
    • "Redefining the Narrative, One Day at a Time, with Justina Machado"
       
  • Mija Podcast
    • "Mija"
       
  • On She Goes
    • "OSG feat. Georgina Miranda “Adventurista”
LGBTQ+ Themes
  • Loose Accents
    • "Translatina Queen Bamby Salcedo"
    • "Season 1 finale con David, Beibii"
    • "Episode 5 - rising in queer love con Johanna & Amy"
       
  • Gender Reveal
    • "Episode 54: Sam Long"
       
  • Nancy
    • "100% Science, 100% Magic"
       
  • The Stoop
    • "Episode 17: Black, Queer and Free"
Religious Themes
  • Black Girl Podcast
    • "[Episode 63] "Life."
       
  • Jesus and Jollof
    • "Parenting Our Parents: Payback - Episode 5 (Season 2)"
       
  • I Am Multicultural - Interracial, Biracial, Blended Love Stories
    • "017: How 1 Muslim Woman & Jewish Man make their Interfaith Relationship Work | Annum + Jordan"
       
  • Loose Accents
    • "Episode 5 - rising in queer love con Johanna & Amy
       
  • The Stoop
    • "Ep 27: Assalam Alaykum, BMW"
    • "Episode 17: Black, Queer and Free"
Sizeism
  • Woman of Size
    • "Emily Duke - Clowning on the Diet Industry"
       
  • She's All Fat
    • "Season 4, Episode16: Queer Bodies (With Tobin and Kathy From Nancy!) "
U.S. Feminism & Womanism
  • On She Goes
    • "OSG feat. Georgina Miranda “Adventurista”
       
  • Call Your Girlfriend
    • "Can a Woman be President?"
       
  • She's All Fat
    • "Season 4, Episode16: Queer Bodies (With Tobin and Kathy From Nancy!) "
U.S. Immigration
  • My Immigrant Life
    • "When the American Dream isn't enough"
       
  • Status Immigration & People
    • "Colombia (Jonatan, Part 1)"
       
  • Loose Accents
    • "Translatina Queen Bamby Salcedo"
       
  • Latino USA
    • "The Return"
    • "The Movement For Indigenous Peoples' Day"
       
  • Mija Podcast
    • "Mija"
U.S. Race & Class Dynamics
  • Code Switch (all episodes)
     
  • I Am Multicultural - Interracial, Biracial, Blended Love Stories
    • "038: Why this Immigrant Couple Helps Multicultural Couples Find Financial Security | Kate and Val"
    • "017: How 1 Muslim Woman & Jewish Man make their Interfaith Relationship Work | Annum + Jordan"
       
  • Powering the Movement': A Global Citizen Podcast
    • "5: Helping Brazil’s Entrepreneurs Support Their Families"
       
  • The Insightful Leader
    • I'm Looking For Systemic, Permanent Change Right Now"
  • The Stoop
    • "Episode 1: Nice tribal wear. Now take it off."
    • "Episode 9: Back to Africa"

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