Season 1

Join Lissette and Maurice as they interview Lissette's middle school principal, Dr. Harlene Ricks Shipley. Dr. Shipley was born and raised in Waukegan, IL. Listen as she recounts her story about growing up in segregated Wauk...

Lissette and Maurice interview Andre Norman. From illiteracy to gang activity, Andre’s childhood prepared him for nothing less than a life of crime and violence. This behavior eventually led Andre to be sentenced to over 100 ...

Join Lissette and Maurice as they interview Clement Townsend in this encore episode. Clement Townsend spent 17 years on television as a sports journalist covering the Super Bowl, the NBA All-Star game, the CFB national champ...

Lissette and Maurice are joined by their spouses, and they get real about their interracial/interethnic marriages from their perspective.

Lissette and Maurice get real about their interracial/interethnic marriages, and how they impact both their professional and personal lives.

Professor Joe Flynn of NIU's College of Educations takes us to school as he discusses the power of hip hop as a change agent and in particular how it can be used in the current educational process. Listen as he …

While we think of Latin American first when we hear the word immigration, this episode delves into the story of a multilingual professor who journey to the US from the Ivory Coast. Listen to Dr. Abu Bah share his life …

Join your hosts, Lissette and Maurice, as they talk with Lu Rocha about providing mental health services that are diverse, inclusive, and culturally accessible to everyone.

Lissette and Maurice discuss their own personal stories with mental health.

Your hosts, Lissette and Maurice, interview Sammy Rangel about his life, and how he went from living a life of hate to now helping others leave hate groups.

Lissette and Maurice talk about their various identities, and how intersectionality has shaped their experience and leadership.

Join your hosts, Lissette and Maurice, in this thought-provoking interview with Dr. James Cohen. Some of the topics discussed are immigration, Black & Brown divide, and how educators can have difficult conversations for the ...

Join your hosts, Lissette and Maurice, as they discuss their trajectory towards the middle class. They also share how this impacts their parenting styles, and how the Black and Brown communities are less securely bound to the...

Your hosts, Lissette and Maurice, explore the presumed alliance between the Black and Brown communities. How do the economic, political, and social needs of each group differ, and how are they similar?

Join your hosts, Lissette and Maurice, as they explore cancel culture through the lens of Hamilton and how history is taught in public schools.

Get to know your hosts, Lissette and Maurice, two social justice educators, as they converse about language, culture and education.