Multiracial Family Man

Comic and writer Alex Barnett is the White, Jewish husband of a Black woman (who converted to Judaism) and the father of a 6-year-old, Biracial son. Join him and his guests each episode as they discuss the issues that confront multiracial people and multiracial families (including the dynamics between members of the same family who are of different races).

Within the Multiracial Community, Alex is active as a performer and advocate. Alex was a featured performer at the 2012 New Orleans Loving Festival, the 2015 Mixed-Remixed Festival in Los Angeles, and the 2016 Blend Conference at Cornell University.

Alex is the co-founder of Multiracial Media (http://multiracialmedia.com/) a website that showcases the voices of the Multiracial Community.

Alex also is the co-creator of the comic strip, The Bronze Panther, about a four-year-old, biracial superhero.

Alex has performed at clubs, colleges and venues throughout the country. He's appeared on the Katie Couric Show, been featured on Sirius/XM Radio’s “Raw Dog Comedy,” and NBC’s EVB Live, and in VH1.com, The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, and CNN.com.

The Filipino multiracial experience with novelist Lauren Lola, Ep. 87

Oct 16, 2016

Ep. 87: Lauren Lola is a writer from the San Francisco Bay Area. She graduated from California State University, East Bay where she earned her B.A. in Communication and a minor in Theatre. She has had writing featured on Hapa Voice, Entropy Magazine, Multiracial Media, YOMYOMF, VerseWrights, and in zines published by...

Multiracial family through the generations, estrangement from biological parents, and finding healing through writing and film, with Darlene Eliopoulos, Ep. 86

Oct 9, 2016

Ep. 86: Darlene Eliopoulos is a writer and filmmaker. She's also a multiracial woman who was separated from her biological parents almost at birth and raised by an aunt. Throughout her life, identity has been a question with which she has grappled.

Listen as Darlene talks with Alex about her path: growing up in San...

Multiracial life on and off stage and enjoying "White Privilege" while multiracial with Liz Days, Ep. 85

Oct 2, 2016

Ep. 85: Liz Days is a comic and actress. She's one of the stars of the webseries of Plant. She's also known for Woods Baseball (2013). Her mother is white (Irish, Scottish, English) from Providence, RI. Her dad is black (My sister's DNA test sites Mali as the African part) born in Atlanta, grew up in FL and New...

Multiracial family, life onstage, and race and racism in suburbia with LaTice Mitchell Klapa, Ep. 84

Sep 25, 2016

Ep. 84: LaTice was born and raised in the suburbs of South Jersey and has turned the challenges of being black in a white neighborhood into comedy. Her conversational style makes you feel like you’re in her living room laughing about interracial marriage, being a parent, reality TV, ridiculous commercials and her...

Black and Jewish heritages come together in comedian James Goff's multiracial family, Ep. 83

Sep 18, 2016

Ep. 83: Actor, comedian, and writer James Goff was born and raised in the South Bronx of New York City. In just a short time in the business, James has demonstrated the unique ability to bridge the gap between any audience, and connect with them on a level that makes them feel they've known him for years.

Not only has...