Colors is a frank discussion between friends about race. JJ Green is black. Chris Core is white. They have known each other for 30 years. As the nation struggles to heal and make meaningful changes for racial equality, JJ and Chris interview guests and offer listeners a chance to have their say.
"Five years ago, America was in anguish. The killing of George Floyd didn't just break hearts—it broke something deeper. It shattered illusions. It exposed truths that were too often ignored, too easily silenced.Out of that pain, Colors was born.Two friends—one Black, one White—looked each other in the eye and said, We have to talk. Not later. Not when it's convenient. Now.We launched this podcast not as experts, but as witnesses—witnesses to injustice, to discomfort, and to the urgent need for a real, human dialogue on race in America.Chris Core joins me to talk about where things stand five years after we started this podcast. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
They say first impressions matter — but they're not always right. You've heard the phrase, “don't judge a book by its cover,” and it holds true far beyond the pages of a novel. Someone's appearance, voice, or background might tell part of their story, but never the whole truth. The quietest person in the room may have the loudest courage. The worn-out cover may hold the richest content. In a world quick to label and divide, taking the time to look deeper isn't just kind — it's wise. Because beneath the surface, every person carries a story you haven't heard yet. This is the story of Dr. Wayne Curtis, a man who came up the rough side of the mountain. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Susan Goodier, a white female resident of New York and New Mexico is struggling with the resurgence of "racism". So she's taking action. She shares what she's doing to contribute to improving the situation. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Gretchen Sorin is distinguished professor and director of the Cooperstown Graduate Program of the State University of New York and the author of Driving While Black. She has some deep concerns about where America's racial scene is today. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Larry Pfeiffer, Larry Pfeiffer is the director of the Hayden Center, overseeing its development, operations, and activities. He's a former National Security Agency Executive and talks to us about a very unfortunate anti-DEI incident at NSA during Black History month of this year. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Wade Dugger from the Washington D.C. area, a man of faith, says it's time to put that faith into action as anti-DEI and racist movements and actions spring up. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Mike Jakaitis, who like I, knew our colleague, the great WTOP radio news Anchor Dimitri Sotis for more than 30 years, joins us to honor Dimitri. Dimitri was a huge supporter of Colors and appeared on this program. He passed away suddenly on January 25, 2025 at age 55. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera joins is to put in context the impact the Trump 2.0 deportation efforts is having on people and the country. She is a Professor in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. Her areas of expertise are border studies, U.S.-Mexico relations, international security, migration studies and illicit networks. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Filmmaker Pablo Miralles, lost his home in the Eaton. He reflects on what he lost, what he's grateful for, the amazing neighborhood he came from in Altadena. He also shares a great story about his film "Can't We All Get Along", about Rodney King, whom he actually went to school with at John Muir High School in Pasadena. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Everette Jordan grew up in Altadena, California. He now lives on the east coast, but he's still active in that community and has family there. He talks about the heartbreak, the devastation and the resilience of Altadena. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
The U.S. is a nation of immigrants. Saadia, founder of Immigrantly media talks to us about why she started the company and what they do. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Diane is also known as Diane Britt-Smith. You've seen her on television, in fashion magazines and probably on Instagram. She's an amazing storyteller, actor, model and she's really good at it all. She talks to us about her life experience as a Black woman and how she's made aging a really awesome experience, that literally pays her back. Here's how you can reach Diane.IG: @dianebrittsmithEmail: pivottoyourpurpose@gmail.com Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Clyde McGrady, National Correspondent on Race with New York Times talks about the impact of the Black church on V.P. Kamala Harris' presidential campaign and vice versa. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Jimmy Russell, an amazingly talented musician originally from Washington, DC talks about his life, career, drumming, singing and the healing force of music. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
John Mills, President and one of the founders of the Alex Breanne Corporation, rejoins us with an update about efforts to honor the man whose bones have had a major impact on American medicine. But some how we still don't know his first name. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Charles Kwesi Neblett, President of Community Projects Inc. explains what it is and why it's so important to all Black men and their families and friends. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
McGee is the daughter of the late Tuskegee Airman, Brigadier General Charles McGee. She talks about his accomplishments and shares how she has made a name for herself in the organization as Co-chair of the Youth in Aviation Program (YIAP) East Coast Chapter, Tuskegee Airmen Inc. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Silvia Foster Frau, National Investigative Reporter with the Washington Post joins us to discuss her what she reported recently. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
101 year old Lt. Col. Shelton "Ivan" Ware, an original member of the famed organization, joins us to discuss his military and Black-American experience. An amazing, funny, very thought provoking interview. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Cheyenne Corin, from Philadelphia talks about her challenges as a young female journalist of color and gives some advice to others facing those same challenges. She also talks about family, how she grew up and the impact on her life. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Shawn Turner, a former White House staffer and national security professional, discusses race in America during the 2024 Presidential election cycle. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Naomi Ishisaka is The Seattle Times' assistant managing editor for diversity, inclusion and staff development. Her column "One of the biggest myths about racism, revealed" indicates a lot of people think racism is just "history". This is one you don't want to miss. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Dr. Auma Obama, the founder and chairwoman of the Auma Obama Foundation Sauti Kuu, joins us to explain what happened and why westerners -especially Americans need to may attention. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Madalene Xuan-Trang Mielke is a nationally recognized civil rights leader and a member of USA Today's Inaugural Leaders of Change. As President & CEO of the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS). She joins us to talk about her work preparing AANHPI women for opportunity and challenges in America. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Alissa Zhu, of the Baltimore Banner joins us to talk about her and her colleagues story chilling story for the NYT; and why this is happening.https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/us/baltimore-opioid-epidemic-seniors.html Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
We go back to our very 1st episode on June 11th 2020 for perspective on how it all started. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Sabrina Singh talks to Colors about growing up as a 1st generation Indian-American, her background culture and interests. And she talks about one of her favorite things to do. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Sasa first joined us four years ago when she was 17 years old. She's now 21, a college graduate, a former "Poet Laureate" and now a new author of a fascinating chapbook about her life, love of music, and her "blackness and all o' that". Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
ATIDNA International Founder and President Elijah Kahlenberg, who is Jewish, and Vice President Jadd Hashem, who is Palestinian talk about their group and its effort to find and promote common ground on Jewish and Palestinian issues. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
In a very powerful episode, Natasha talks about growing up as a little "brown girl" in Iowa City, Iowa and the moment she realized she was being "othered". She also talks about her career, her observations regarding race in America today, and her deep commitment to diversity in newsrooms across America. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Author Traci Scott, a former journalist, staffer on Capitol Hill and a civilian who spent time in Iraq during the height of the Iraq war, talks about her crazy, amazing story in this book. It's called..."Take Off Your Hoop Earrings Before You Put on Your Gas Mask: A Civilian Chick's Guide to Surviving a War Zone Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Kao Kalia Yang, an award-winning Hmong author, tells the emotional story of her family's immigration to the U.S, "A mesmerizing and hauntingly beautiful memoir about a Hmong family's epic journey to safety told from the perspective of the author's incredible mother who survived, and helped her family escape, against all odds." Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
New York Times writer Karen Zraick, discusses some really interesting research about what we can expect to see in the next census and why it matters to everyone right now. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Christine Brennan, an award-winning writer for USA Today and a frequent analyst on CNN and ABC News, says the NCAA dropped the ball in allowing the University of Utah women's basketball team to be exposed to vicious racism in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Matt Kaufax, host of Matt About Town on WTOP talks about what he see in his travels around the DMV. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Tasha Klusmann, Board President of the Our Family Skate Association breaks down why Roller-skating is so important to communities of all races. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Brian Morales of La Mera Mera radio station joins Colors to discuss his background, and the blending of his music and his heritage on air. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Nissa Rhee, Executive Director of Borderless Magazine, speaks professionally and personally about the complexities of race in Chicago and immigration in America. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Community Historian Shatha Najim, tells us about the history and purpose of the museum; and what her job entails. She also talks about her own family roots and history. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Givhan, Sr. critic-at-large for the Washington Post, made some interesting observations about Willis, her demeanor, her testimony, and the entire spectacle in the courtroom. She talks about that, and a few other, unrelated, but none-the-less interesting things she's written about. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
John Mills, President and one of the founders of the Alex Breanne Corporation unrolls a really interesting story about his ancestors, his work to help others track down theirs, and a the really stunning way his daughter's life was saved. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Ever seen a "Ghost Bike". It's a white bicycle locked onto a street sign to commemorate the life of the person who rode it, that died in a traffic accident. Food delivery workers are often victims. El Diario De Los Delivery Boys De La Grand Manzana is a group that sprung up help immigrants and their families in NYC who are victims. Sergio Solano speaks with us. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
A Black woman went to Harvard & Oxford. Was an authority on nuclear testing, diplomacy and she traveled around the world -twice! The kicker? Merze Tate was born in 1905. Dr. Barbara Savage wrote about her and joins us to talk about both their stories. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Heather and Randy Bacchus lost their son Randy to suicide after he developed marijuana psychosis. They share what is a growing problem for teens and young adults, in part because of the rapidly growing legalization of marijuana, without fully understanding that it's way more potent that it used to be. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Laura Stack of Johnny's Ambassadors tells us the tragic story of her son Johnny, who committed suicide after becoming addicted to today's extremely potent marijuana. he suffered from Marijuana Psychosis. She tells us what she's doing about it and has an urgent warning for family members of teens and young adults. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Christine Campbell, Vice President of the board of Motts talks about the remarkable story of a diverse community coming together to save a landmark in the African American community in Washington D.C. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Counter-terrorism expert Bruce Hoffman, describes the book he co-authored with Jacob Ware. It's "a riveting exploration of the current state of far-right terrorism in the United States—and recommendations to stop its rise." We discuss its impact on racism and hate in America. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Darryl McSwain, Chief of the Maryland National Capital Park Police-Montgomery County Division, discusses the problem with guns, misconceptions about policing and the importance of not taking away key tools police need to do their jobs. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Faidi Mansour, the Washington Correspondent for Al Jazeera-Arabic thinks Israel's war against Hamas has expanded beyond the terror organization. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
Jennifer Gable, Dominique LaVigne, Alexandra Coenjaerts and Briana Rice are all young journalists. They speak loudly and decisively about race in America and what they want to happen Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
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