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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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Fashion history, diversity in fashion, and Afro-Latino multiracial life with Jasmine Helm, Ep. 157

Feb 25, 2018

Ep. 157: Jasmine Helm is a fashion historian.  She grew up in La Puente, CA and New York City and has studied fine art, art history, fashion and museum studies on both coasts. Jasmine has also worked as curator and archivist in Los Angeles and New York. She is passionate about exploring the cross-cultural intersections between history, art, material culture, fashion, and people. Her current research focuses on the dress and textile culture of the Afro-Indigenous groups in the Bluefields coastal region of Nicaragua. 

In 2015, Jasmine co-founded Unravel Podcast, as a means to fill a gap in the canon and lexicon of fashion. She and her co-hosts want to educate the public about the importance of fashion in history and daily life and inspire conversation and discussion. Their goals include: 1) Collaborating with experts in their field, to expand the conversation, 2) Speaking beyond the canon of traditional fashion media and history, 3) Being on the “frontline” of solidifying fashion history as a serious subject to study and learn. Their purpose is to be a conduit for understanding fashion and its place in the world in the past as well as the present.

For more about Unravel the Podcast and about Jasmine, please go to: https://www.unravelpodcast.com/

For more on host, Alex Barnett, please check out his website: www.alexbarnettcomic.com or visit him on Facebook (www.facebook.com/alexbarnettcomic) or on Twitter at @barnettcomic

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