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 philosophy of race, the use of race to subjugate others, and how to get a Ph.D. without going to undergrad, with Prof. David Livingstone Smith, Ep. 32

Sep 20, 2015

Ep. 32: David Livingstone Smith is a professor of philosophy at the University of New England, where he teaches courses on philosophy of psychology, philosophy of mind, metaphysics, free will and determinism, philosophy of human nature, philosophy of race, and other topics. For more on David, please see:

"Being Biracial: Where Our Secret Worlds Collide," the multiracial experience across the globe, and the World's most famous rooster, with Sarah Ratliff & Bryony Sutherland, Ep. 31

Sep 13, 2015

Ep. 31: Sarah Ratliff and Bryony Sutherland are authors who have collaborated on a new book, an anthology called Being Biracial: Where Our Secret Worlds Collide. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the issues facing multiracial people and people within multiracial families. The anthology, published by Heritage...

Being Black, White, and Jewish; getting an education from the Black Panthers; and living in Seattle at the same time as Jimi Hendrix with author, TaRessa Stovall, Ep. 30

Sep 13, 2015

Ep. 30: TaRessa Stovall is Black, White, and Jewish. She was raised in Seattle and in her formative years found herself involved with the Black Panthers and receiving the benefit of their educational outreach efforts. She also remembers quite well the experience of being introduced to the music of fellow Seattle-ite,...

A clothing line for multiracial people, embracing your multiracial identity, and how everyone is multiracial, with Rudy Tabasa, Ep. 29

Sep 6, 2015

Ep. 29: Rudy Tabasa is a Black and Filipino hip-hop dancer turned clothing designer who created a clothing line to advocate for and represent the multiracial community. Rudy calls the company HalfBreed Clothing Company (http://halfbreedclothingco.myshopify.com/), and he was inspired to create it to help his daughter...