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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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  • Jun 10, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
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MIT looked for slavery in its past... and undergrads found it in the present

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2018 17:30


A university redefines what it means to have connections to slavery.

Why it's so hard to talk about racism that happens in school

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2018 31:28


"...We just never wanted to make white people uncomfortable."

The spiciest memelord, revealed

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2018 14:56


Will Lilly Chin's Jeopardy! win define the rest of her life?

MLK asked for solidarity. Will a "majority-minority" US deliver?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2018 9:59


The next census results may show whether MLK's last dream will be fulfilled.

What happened when a professor called his class "white racism"

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2018 22:57


Two words made him the target of death threats.

The X-rated immigrant story

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2018 22:42


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.

Growing up with someone else's name

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2018 22:04


In an era of Trump-fueled identity politics, some brown adopted kids of white parents are reconsidering where they stand.

Does 'Black Panther' represent Hollywood?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2018 24:22


Does the release of the first mainstream movie about a black superhero mean Hollywood's gotten past its identity issues?

POCs to Portland: We're watching you

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2018 25:32


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.

The difference between Portland and Portlandia

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2018 25:03


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.

How brown people feel when white women look at them

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2017 16:01


The author of viral essay "White Women Drive Me Crazy" joins Rupa to talk about it.

SHORT: Is Trump cutting the US program that could stop bombings like Manchester?

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2017 18:44


The same week as the Manchester bombing, Trump proposes cutting the controversial program that aims to identify similar bombers in the US.

How YouTube 'Bawse' Lilly Singh is going mainstream

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2017 26:30


Lilly Singh got famous by being herself ... but will Hollywood let her be someone else?

SHORT: Buzzfeed Writer Scaachi Koul

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2017 20:12


Buzzfeed writer Scaachi Koul discusses how white privilege affects her family and how racism is institutionalized in Canada.

The story behind Chef Angela Dimayuga's rejection of Ivanka Trump

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2017 14:01


Is standing out the best way to stand up to Trump?

Science's 'come to Jesus' moment

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2017 19:51


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?

The Kominas talk about being brown punk rockers in a white music scene

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2017 38:44


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.

How does it feel to be a refugee and a veteran in Trump's America?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2017 20:22


A veteran asked Otherhood host Rupa Shenoy to look into how "others" within military communities feel about veterans' overwhelming support for President Donald Trump.

'You're not Danish!' What the viral video teaches us about being American.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2017 15:01


In the US, any citizen, of any culture, is American. In Denmark, that’s not necessarily the case.

The Latina who led ICE

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2017 30:52


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.

SHORT: Rumana Ahmed lasted eight days in Trump's White House

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2017 10:24


Caught between wanting to service, and frustration. Rumana Ahmed shares her story with Rupa.

Is Canada more American than the US?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2017 21:27


Canada has replaced the US as the North American haven that welcomes people fleeing danger and seeking new lives.

How Indian Americans made Trump look good

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2017 40:10


Here's the story of how Hindu Indian Americans became the largest group of people of color in the new administration.

SHORT: Here's what one Yemeni American has to say about the Muslim ban

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2017 8:24


Rupa talks to college senior, small business owner, and Yemeni American Summer Nasser in an Otherhood Short.

SHORT: Saying goodbye to the most diverse White House ever

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2017


As the White House changes hands this week, the demographics of the people who work there will also change drastically.

What's the backup plan?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2017


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.

The search for truth inside journalism

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2016


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?

That Thanksgiving when no one talked to each other

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2016


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.

Trump wins: Before and after, at the Alamo

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2016


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.

What comes after the 'Trump effect'?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2016


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?

'That Mexican thing' lurking in the Arizona desert

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2016


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.

Marking the end of a TCK presidency

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2016


TCKs — or third culture kids — often lie when asked when they're from.

When 'they' become 'us'

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2016


A secret US war created a new generation of Americans who changed foreign policy.

The 'secret society' of extremely successful first gens

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2016


Many of the most successful immigrants and kids of immigrants in the country know each other and hang out.

The unexpected power of feelings

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2016


If every action starts with emotion, then current feelings about police violence may predict the possible future.

How America is melting in its pot

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2016


“Technically we have it double as bad — because we’re Muslim and black.”

Otherness in an Integrated World

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2016


Juliette Kayyem says the best way to prevent terrorism is to integrate Others.

Why One Story Isn't The Whole Story

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2016


Art can imitate life, but can it represent an identity?

What Does A Professor Look Like?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2016


A college professor is out to defy stereotypes.

Learning to Tell Her Own Story

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2016


How a Harvard Law student learned to tell her own story

First Generation? Second?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2016


For immigrants and their children, a question with meaning

The long road from 'different'

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2015


The long road from 'different' to being a role model

Aziz Ansari helped me embrace my ‘Otherhood'

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2015


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.

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