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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.

Nov 26, 2017

Ep. 145: Catherine M. Greenspan and Elizabeth A. Atkins are sisters.  They are two sisters.  They are 2 Sisters Writing.  https://www.twosisterswriting.com/

In fact, they are two Multiracial sisters, who are writers and who share their experiences together through a wide variety of writing.

Catherine holds a Master of...


Nov 19, 2017

Ep. 144: Stand-up comedian, motivational speaker, TV and radio personality, actress, author and entrepreneur are all titles fitting for Karith Foster. Karith is "one of the hottest comics to come out of New York City" according to both The Hollywood Reporter and Backstage Magazine who named her one of the "Top 10 Comics...


Nov 12, 2017

Ep. 143: This week on the Multiracial Family Man Podcast, we speak with Nash Rose, comic and founder of the website Stellar Underground https://www.stellarunderground.com/, which focuses on rising stars in the New York Comedy scene. 

In our conversation, Nash talks about growing up as a Black person in a majority White...


Nov 5, 2017

Ep. 142:  Ali Jahangiri, fled Iran with his parents in 1991. They were refugees seeking asylum in the United States.  However, they were waylaid by World events, and had to remain in Finland, where they had first moved.

Accordingly, Ali grew up as a Middle Easterner in a Muslim family in an overwhelmingly White,...