While we work on the Addicted to Race anniversary episode which will come out next week, please go over to Podcast411 and check out the interview that Rob did with us. Podcast411 is a show where Rob interviews other podcasters, it’s sort of like the Inside the Actor’s Studio of podcasts. We had a lot [...]

We were hoping to finish and release our anniversary episode tomorrow, Monday the 23rd, but unfortunately we’re a little behind schedule. First Jen’s laptop died, then she had no power in her apartment for about 4 days! Clearly, the technology gods are not smiling on Addicted to Race. Anyway, we’re going to try [...]

JC & CVK
We’re excited to introduce you to the five wonderful young men (okay, man) and women who are making up our 2006 Addicted to Race intern team! They’ve already done terrific work, and we’re really looking forward to working closely with them this summer. Here they are, in reverse alphabetical order by last name. [...]

RANT
The coded ways people talk about race without appearing to talk about race is the subject of Carmen’s rant today. For more on this topic, check out Ally Work’s post with excerpts from Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice by Paul Kivel. To see the correspondence that sparked this rant, see [...]

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ROUNDTABLE ON BEING MIXED BUT LOOKING WHITE
Jen hosts another Addicted to Race roundtable. This time, she talks to Ben Jackson and John Wogan about what it’s like when your ethnicity doesn’t necessarily match your appearance. What happens when you’re mixed, but most people think you’re white?
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INTERVIEW WITH ‘THE MOTEL’ DIRECTOR AND STARS
This is a special bonus episode of Addicted to Race in which Jen and Carmen interview the director and two stars of the new film, The Motel. Specifically, we’re talking to Michael Kang, the director, Jeffrey Chyau who plays the main character Ernest, and Sung Kang, who plays Sam [...]

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INTERVIEW WITH SUSAN KOSHY
Carmen interviews Professor Susan Koshy, author of the new book Sexual Naturalization: Asian Americans And Miscegenation. Interracial relationships and the history of anti-miscegenation laws are usually talked about in black/white terms, but Prof Koshy’s book is a fascinating look at the topic from an Asian-American perspective.
LISTENER FEEDBACK
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