Join us to hear Dr. MLK Jr.'s 1967 Speech "Beyond Vietnam" - read by Indigo hosts, Spark Teacher Institute faculty and Spark alum
Nina Kunimoto, Kyra Swain, Anna Mullany, Kelly Junno, Patrice Strifert, and Katie Behan

Indigo reads "Beyond Vietnam" 1967 Dr. MLK Jr.

Indigo Radio was in conversation with Ryan Emerson, a labor organizer and political activist currently working as the Government and Labor Affairs Manager at Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 99, which represents over 30,000 education support staff across Los Angeles County. We reflect on the 2019 LA teacher strikes and what place a teacher union has in larger struggles against school privatization and other neoliberal takeovers.

Los Angeles Teacher Strike and Organizing with Ryan Emerson

In this show, we discuss some of the hidden layers of politics within sports around the world. Specifically, we discuss the 2022 World Cup and how we can analyze the world through sports entertainment. We interview two Moroccans about their thoughts on the Moroccan team's performance in the World Cup and football (soccer) in general.

World Cup, Analysis of the World

We discuss how politics in sports are acceptable as long as the messages uphold the dominant narratives of militarism, masculinity, and consumerism. But politics that question the political and economic structures are seen as a disruption to the game. Not so different from the ways social justice education is deemed too "political" for our classrooms.

REPLAY: Sports And Politics

Indigo Radio's Mikaela Simms and Nina Kunimoto was in conversation with Dr. Karanja Keita Carroll  a faculty member in the Department of Black & Latinx Studies at Baruch College (CUNY). His teaching and research interests revolve around African-centered theory & methodology, with an emphasis on social and psychological theory. As an advocate of Prison Education, Dr. Carroll has also taught, held workshops and/or lectured in state-sanctioned correctional facilities throughout Pennsylvania and New York.

Indigo Radio Interviews Dr. Karanja Keita Carroll on Political Prisoners

Guest hosts - Clark University students Gelian Rosa, Emma Cheyney, Aiman Khan, and Erin McInerney host this week's Indigo Radio. They are students in Indigo host Anna Mullany's "What is Public Health?" course at Clark in Worcester, MA. They share their learnings on depression amongst college students and why this should be considered a public health issue.  Thanks to Gelian, Emma, Aiman, and Erin for hosting!
Songs: 
1) Bruno Mars "Count on Me"
2) Reverie "Give it Time"
3) Alicia Keys "We are Here"

Depression amongst college students with Clark University undergrads

Indigo host Anna interviews Jeff Noh, writer & Visiting Professor in the English department at Clark University, Worcester, MA.  Jeff talks with us about how history and global political forces shape us, reads an excerpt from his upcoming novel, gives insight into what the incorporation of resistance movements within fiction can teach us, and shares history of the Korean peninsula.

In conversation with Jeff Noh, Clark University

We welcome Martín Espada into the studio today to read from his award-winning book of poetry, Floaters. Espada has won the 2018 Ruth Lilly Prize in poetry and was a 2021 National Book Award winner for poetry. Martín talks with us about Puerto Rico, the legacy of his father, Frank Espada, political art, activism, and teaching.  Martín will be reading at the Brattleboro Literary Festival Oct 15th, 11:30am at Epsilon Spires along with poet, Doug Anderson.

Martín Espada - In the Studio

Indigo hosts Patrice and Nik interview Ksenia Voropaeva on her work with About Face - a group of post-9/11 US war veterans who work against militarism at home and abroad, support social movements here in the US, and urge young people to think twice before they enter the military. Check out: aboutfaceveterans.org for more information!

REPLAY ~ About Face: Veterans Against the War

Bharat Rathod has a doctorate degree in International Education from University of Massachusetts Amherst and his research interest comprises caste, higher education in India and diversity, equity and inclusion framework. His book, Dalit Academic Experiences: Stories of Caste, Stigma and Exclusion in Indian Higher Education, will be published in 2022. He worked in in the ‘Inclusive Universities: Linking Diversity, Equity and Excellence for the 21st Century’ research project (2014 – 2017) which was funded by the United States-India Educational Foundation. Bharat is a trained facilitator and facilitated workshops on development topics and also worked as an instructional technologist at University of Massachusetts Amherst. He worked in the nonprofit sector and served as a leader in a community-based organization in his underprivileged neighborhood in India. Over the last decade, he has been associated with youth mentoring activities to promote higher education among the excluded communities in India. Bharat is developing an online mentoring platform, RiseUp Mentoring, to mentor and offer online resources to underrepresented youth from India. He has been associated with community development initiatives in India and involved with civil society organizations in India and the United States.

Dr. Bharat Rathod: Caste as a Protected Category in the Anti-discriminatory Framework

Dr. Olya Clark and Dr. Anna Mullany, both professors in public health, are in conversation with Indigo Radio. They help us re-frame reproductive health not as a matter of choices, which depending on your social location you may or may not have, but within larger social forces. They also connect us to the work that is being done in Mexico, Russia, and elsewhere to make abortion available.

Reproductive Justice Part 4: Beyond "Choice"

Indigo Radio interviewed Perpetual Hayfron on doula work, its entanglements in enslavement and medicalization, and Black women's health. Perpetual is a Certified Full Spectrum Doula & Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She is also a creative and beautiful human being.

In conversation with Perpetual Hayfron on doula work and Black women's health

50 years ago on Aug 7 police assassinated Jonathan Jackson for trying to free his brother George Jackson who was murdered  on this day, August 21, 1971 by police guards. In remembrance of their murders and Black August, we interviewed Dr. Keith Jones, poet and professor of Africana Studies at UMass Boston.

In Remembrance of George Jackson: Interview with poet-scholar Dr. Keith Jones

Part 1, we talked to youth about how the overturning of Roe v Wade impacts them. In this second part, we speak with Dr. Karen Cangialosi about the elimination of the Women and Gender Studies Program as a major at Keene State College in New Hampshire. We also discuss the dangers of historical amnesia without such programs and its impact on resistance.

Part 2: Women and Gender Studies Program at Keene State College with Karen Cangialosi

Last week the body of Mary Anderson, 23, of Harvard, Mass., was found in Brattleboro, VT. Today we re-air our show on IPV in rural areas with Indigo host Anna along with 5 of her UMass undergraduate public health students.

Intimate Partner Violence - rural areas

Mikaela Simms and Kyra Swain invite youth voices to talk about what the overturning of Roe v Wade means to them and their lives.

Overturning of Roe v Wade: Youth Voices

This week Vermont Gov. Phil Scott vetoed a bill aimed at stemming the state’s overdose crisis. The bill was a way to explore supervised consumption or injection sites.
Those sites would allow people to consume drugs under medical supervision to prevent an overdose. Scott says this is not the right strategy for Vermont.
💥REPLAY 💥 
We replay our show on Supervised Injection Sites, harm reduction & addiction. We air an interview with Carrie Stefanson from Vancouver Coastal Health about Insite - the supervised injection site in Vancouver operating since 2003. We also discuss the ongoing discussion in Windham Co. around opioid-related deaths, poverty, and the conditions of people's lives that lead to addiction.

REPLAY ~ Supervised Injection Sites with Vancouver Insite

Poems and discussion with local BUHS student Z'aira Pacheco & hosts Mikaela Simms, Nina Kunimoto, Sergio Arroyo, and Anna Mullany. Today's show is dedicated to all the children/students around the world who have lost their lives to gun violence. We link mass shootings here in the U.S. to U.S. militarism and violence around the world.

"Kids Who Die" - A tribute to those killed by gun violence

We speak with Dr. Aline Gubrium and Dr. Elizabeth Salerno Valdez of UMass Amherst School of Public Health & Health Sciences who work to improve outcomes and reduce inequities in sexual and reproductive health among adolescents - Join us to hear about comprehensive sexuality education and reproductive justice. 
*Photo Credit:  by J - taken as part of the STRIVE Youth Participatory Action Research Fall 2021 Retreat

Adolescent Sexual & Reproductive Health Inequities

We spend the hour with Dr. Luis Valdez of UMass Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences about chronic stress, health disparities, and racism. Dr. Valdez's work centers on Latino/x men, masculinity, and health.

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