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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.

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My Family Builders (multiracial family building toy for kids) founder & designer, EZ Karpf, Ep. 19

Jun 28, 2015

Ep. 19: My Family Builders (http://www.myfamilybuilders.com/) is a wooden doll toy set intended to allow children to design and build a family as diverse as their own creativity can imagine. 

Listen as the founder of My Family Builders, toy designer, EZ Karp, talks about his background as a Jewish man from...

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Criminal justice journalist, Simone Weichselbaum, of The Marshall Project, Ep. 18

Jun 20, 2015

Ep. 18, Simone Weichselbaum, a criminal justice journalist with the Marshall Project (https://www.themarshallproject.org/staff/simone-weichselbaum), talks about her Black Jamaican and Orthodox Jewish roots, about race and criminal justice and about the multiracial experience in America in the Age of Obama.

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Africana Studies and growing up biracial & Jewish in Boston, with Prof. Zebulon Miletsky, Ep. 17

Jun 14, 2015

Ep. 17: Zebulon Miletsky, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Stony Brook University,  talks about his Black and Jewish Heritage, growing up biracial in Boston, Africana Studies in the world of academia, and the multiracial experience in America in the Age of Obama.

For more on host, Alex Barnett, please check...

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Interracial relationships, comedy & acting as told by husband & wife, Abbi Crutchfield & Luke Thayer, Ep. 16

Jun 7, 2015

Ep. 16: Abbi Crutchfield and Luke Thayer, an interracial married couple, who also are comics and actors discuss growing up in Indiana, how they met, and how race and racism arise in their lives and in their work.  For more on Abbi (who is Biracial and African-American), please check: http://curlycomedy.tumblr.com/ and...

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