Kinda Radical

Happy July and welcome to Kinda Radical! 

For today's episode we are joined by Kony Serrano and Giriana Hernandez to first define Hispanic and Latina, discuss ongoing ICE raids that are affecting communities across the country, and dive into the historical and political causes and effects of immigration in the US. Finally, we hear about the incredible organization Poderistas and Latina representation in politics. Check out the link...

Welcome back to Kinda Radical!

To end out June we're moving away from our typical gender based conversations. Today KR is joined by Jorge, a cofounding member of The Green Haven Project: a nonprofit garden in Florida focused on diminishing food deserts, educating the community on growing and harvesting, and producing fresh and local fruits and vegetables for free. 

In this episode we talk about how to recognize and then combat food...

Welcome back to Kinda Radical for this special June episode! 

I was invited to speak on the feminism and intersectionality panel for the Florida Young Democrats in Daytona Beach Florida. This episode breaks down the conference, and includes every piece of my speech from women as consumers, to why the Democratic Party is so obsessed with white men. 

Thank you to Florida Young Democrats for inviting me to speak at your conference. ...

Happy Pride Month from Kinda Radical! 

For the episode that marks the halfway point of 2025, KR is joined by Sydney Chin, a Philadelphia based private chef. We talk storytelling through cooking, weaving magic into food, and how culture and favorite family memories show themselves in culinary art. After a quick round of musical theater guessing games, we also discuss the hypocrisy of women in the kitchen around the world and how tha...

Kinda Radical is continuing the Mother's Day theme with Moms for Arizona! 

Today Dawn and I talk about why she started this social media account, what her goals are in Arizona democratic policy, and how people around the country can get involved. We discuss how important it is for parents to follow policies that can and DO affect their children, and how busy moms can stay involved in local politics - even if it's just a call to a r...

Happy Mother's Day! 

Today is worthy of a surprise episode with my Mom, dontcha think? On this episode we talk about being a Mother, favorite phrases, supporting women, and why in the world are people not having babies in the United States? 

Enjoyed the new intro music? Be sure to follow @kinda_radical on Instagram to see more clips and behind the scenes of the podcast, including hilarious clips of today's hilarious guest. 

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On this episode of Kinda Radical I am joined by quite possibly THE Baddest Bitch in the Building, Neeki Motabar.

We talk all things Pitbull, podcasting, hate comments, and power lifting, and we even bust some common feminist myths such as 'Do feminists shave their body hair?' Leave a 5 star review and comment on this video if you enjoy our conversation! 

Neeki hosts her own podcast The Baddest Bitch in the Building where she introd...

Welcome back to Kinda Radical! 

This week we are joined by the Philly Abortion Doula to talk about the ups and downs of being an abortion doula, personal stories, Pennsylvania abortion laws, and if we think ghosts exist. **Please be advised this episodes contains explicit personal experiences about abortion which may be triggering to some. 

To connect with Philly Abortion Doula on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phillyaborti...

April Fools! On this episode of Kinda Radical I chat with Maddy Szidon, a close friend of mine since high school. We catch up, do speed round get to know you, makeup trivia, and talk about anything and everything. This is a chill and fun episode to welcome Spring and sunshine 🌸🌞

To check out Maddy's makeup looks: https://www.instagram.com/angelfaced222/?locale=zh_CN 

To connect with Kinda Radical: https://www.instagram.com/kinda_...

On this weeks episode of Kinda Radical I am joined by three members of DC Divas, the Washington D.C. Professional Women's Football team! Kristie, Sarah, and Felicia share their team's strengths, what they're hoping for this season, and what it's like to grow the women's game. We talk about the growth of girls and women's flag football, the next steps into tackle football, injury prevention, and even get an international perspective...

This week on Kinda Radical I talk with Rose City Rollers Rocket Mean and Mutch. Rose City Rollers has many teams such as youth teams, adult rec teams, competitive teams, and the 5x World Champion travel team. 

We talk about the sport itself, connections within Oregon, and the open environment of roller derby. Regarding Trump's anti-DEI and anti-trans regulations, Rose City Rollers is committed to being a space for trans athletes an...

So excited to be back in the sports realm with DC Shadow, a professional women's ultimate frisbee team in the Premier Ultimate League. I am joined this week by teammates Kat Riztmann, Lisi Lohre, and Jackie Wang. 

On this episode we talk about the Premier Ultimate League and Shadow's beginnings to create an equal opportunity space to play, what the team is looking forward to next season, trans players and the league/teams commitmen...

After 29 episodes alone or with guests, I am proud that episode 30 features Kinda Radical's first male guest! Today we are joined by my good friend Nicholas Thurston to talk about the ERA (ratified or not?), Florida politics, and campaign trails all over the country. 

We start by giving an update about the ERA in Biden's last few days of presidency, and hoping that it will in fact be added to the constitution soon! Unfortunately,...

Continuing the month of Philly I guess... Welcome back to Kinda Radical in 2025! Today we are joined by AJ McCormick, personally running the Catcalls of Philadelphia chapter! This is the Philly chapter of the Chalk Back Movement which began in New York in 2016 aimed at calling out and ending street harassment. There are over 60 chapters around the world and I am honored to be joined today by AJ. 

On this episode we talk about the C...

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2025 Kinda Radical 🩷

Today is my first ever GROUP episode! Philly Pheminists join this special TWO HOUR release to talk criminal justice, trauma bonding, traveling, wine, witchcraft, restorative justice, and more. J, G, and Jack answer questions like "How would the criminal justice system be changed by an increase of women participants?" and "Why is creating a community of trauma survivors important an...

Welcome to the last KR episode of 2024! 

On this week's episode I am joined by philosopher, professor, social epistemologist, writer/author, traveler, and fantasy's biggest fan: Alex Stamson! Alex joins KR to discuss feminism in pop fiction, specifically in fantasy writing, film, and TV. We explore feminist theories in Game of Thrones such as self erasure, self sacrifice (or not), queerness in fantasy, and the interesting outcome...

***THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS TO THE ACOTAR BOOK SERIES***

On episode one of the special December ~double release~ with Clara we discuss the famous book series A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Mass including a full summary of the first book, and a discussion of how men and sex are written in this book. We end the episode by talking about dating in your 20's and WHY are men so afraid to date a feminist? 

Don't forget to ch...

Our second release of Kinda Radicals first ever double episode release! We are once again joined by Clara to break down the 2024 election. 

EEK! I know, right. On this episode we talk about what the Republican Party did correctly, what the Democratic Party did wrong, the role of social media, what we can expect in the future, and of course we start it all with a small rant session. Don't listen to this episode if you expect to get ...

November is Native American Heritage Month because November is the traditional month of harvesting for Native tribes. 

On this week's episode of Kinda Radical, I am joined by Gloria Horton, a long time friend and proud Native American of the Pima tribe located in Arizona. We talk about Gloria's experiences growing up on reservation land, and discuss MMIW: missing and murdered indigenous women who are not investigated, not reported ...