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.

Representing the multiracial experience in fiction with author, Alison Hart, Ep. 201

Dec 30, 2018

Ep. 201: Author Alison Hart studied theater at Tisch School of The Arts, New York University (B.F.A.), and education at Saint Mary’s College (M.A.) and later found her voice as a writer. She identifies herself as a mixed race African American, Passamaquoddy Native American, Irish, Scottish and English woman of many...

The psychology of parenting multiracial children with Dr. Jennifer Noble, Ep. 200

Dec 23, 2018

Ep. 200: Jennifer Noble, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Pasadena City College. She's also on multiracial, African-American, and Tamil Sri Lankan, who is on the board of MASC (Multiracial Americans of Southern California).

On this episode Dr. Jenn talks about her own background and about the psychology...

Multiracial Japanese-American life with Gabrielle Nomura Gainor, Ep. 199

Dec 16, 2018

Ep. 199: Gabrielle Kazuko Nomura Gainor grew up immersed in Seattle’s arts and cultural scene since birth, and now works in administration for Seattle Opera, as an independent dance artist, and as an activist with the Japanese American Citizens League.

She identifies as Asian American, and culturally, as Japanese...

Revisiting a conversation with Eartha Kitt's daughter, Kitt Shapiro, on growing up multiracial with an internationally famous multiracial mother and on maintaining her mother's legacy, Ep. 198

Dec 9, 2018

Ep. 198: In this episode, we replay our conversation with Eartha Kitt's daughter, Kitt Shapiro, and listen as she tells us about growing up multiracial with an internationally famous multiracial mother and about maintaining her mother's legacy.

Kitt is the founder and creator of the Simply Eartha™ lifestyle brand (

Building diversity and inspiring free speech and social justice with Karith Foster, Ep. 197

Dec 2, 2018

Ep. 197: In this re-broadcast of episode 144, Alex talks to Karith Foster, stand-up comedian, motivational speaker, TV and radio personality, actress, author and entrepreneur. 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...