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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.

Mar 27, 2016

Ep. 58: Naomi Kissiedu-Green is a Ghanaian, born in the UK, who now resides in Australia.  This former model who appeared on Austrailia's Project Runway is married to a White Australian, and she is the mother of 3 children, a beauty entrepreneur (operating the Shea Purity line -


Mar 20, 2016

Ep. 57: Vanessa Bell is a Latina of Cuban ancestry, raised in Los Angeles.  She is married to a Black man and has two biracial kids.  She also is the creator of desumama.com (http://www.desumama.com/) a multiracial motherhood website, dedicated to exploring issues of concern to multiracial families.

Listen, as as Alex...


Mar 13, 2016

Ep. 56: Swirl Nation (http://www.swirlnationblog.com/) is the lovechild of four female friends who share the common bond of living multiracial and multiethnic lives.

On Swirl Nation they  explore topics that resonate with the co-founders, Jen, Jenn, Amal & Kourtney. They have had so many conversations in their private...


Mar 6, 2016

Ep. 55: Liana Maneese was born in 1984 in Goiânia, Goiás Brazil.  She was adopted when she was 1 and aised in a Black community in Pittsburgh PA by two White Parents. 

Growing up, she saw herself only as adopted and not as an orphan. She finally had to face the reality that in order to be found, you have to first be...


Mar 1, 2016

Ep. 54: Ayanna Dookie is a comic and a very funny woman.  This native Trinidadian (who is half Black an half Indian) thought she was on her way to becoming an engineer.  But, somewhere along the way she gotten bitten by the comedy bug.  A decade later, after transitioning from her degrees in Applied Mathematics and...