Episodes

  • Mini: That's A Wrap

    Mini: That's A Wrap
    Jun 29 2018
    Kaleidoscope wraps up the season with highlights featuring rebels, squishy feelings, and loads of joy.

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    13 mins
  • Jade Perry — Reclaiming Self-Care

    Jade Perry — Reclaiming Self-Care
    Jun 22 2018
    Jade Perry is a mystic and activist who writes about the intersections of race, spirituality and chronic illness. As a tarot card reader, emerging herbalist, and multimedia artist, Jade wears many hats. Jade also always wears tasteful glasses. In this episode, Jade talks about the fluidity of disability, an experimental strip class, and her grandmother’s style of resistance.

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    31 mins
  • Mini: Spoon Theory 101

    Mini: Spoon Theory 101
    Jun 15 2018
    Chronic illness and disability writer, Jade Perry, explains Spoon Theory. The idea offers an effective and important framework for folks in the chronic illness community, and it’s making its way into the mainstream lexicon. Jade joins Kaleidoscope to explain this theory so we all can be in the know.

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    7 mins
  • Deborah Jian Lee — “Love & Basketball” [Rebroadcast]

    Deborah Jian Lee — “Love & Basketball” [Rebroadcast]
    Jun 1 2018

    We’ve got a format breaker episode for you. This week, Deborah Jian Lee takes us on a journey through her life, work and the origin story of Kaleidoscope. Buckle up for a wild ride of basketball, heartbreak, and a secret underground party.


    (CW: sensitive language, racism, violence)

    Learn more about the show at kscopepod.com and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

    Follow Deborah @deborahjianlee.


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    32 mins
  • Mini: "I Could Be A Jedi"

    Mini: "I Could Be A Jedi"
    May 25 2018
    A tour through Hollywood moments that have made Kaleidoscope’s diverse audience feel seen and heard. In this episode about representation done right, nostalgic listeners open up about the life-changing experience of seeing themselves portrayed positively in media. This special episode touches on Asian-American tropes, complex identities and, of course, sex and cake.

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    12 mins
  • Cindy Wang Brandt — “Mom’s a Heretic”

    Cindy Wang Brandt — “Mom’s a Heretic”
    May 18 2018
    “Unfundamentalist parenting” advocate Cindy Wang Brandt on deprogramming from toxic parenting culture. Brandt is an author, blogger and founder of the popular Facebook group “Raising Children Unfundamentalist.” The group’s tagline is, “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord and systematically decimate capitalism, racism & cis-heteropatriarchy.”

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    24 mins
  • Mini: #Halp! Toxic Boyhood

    Mini: #Halp! Toxic Boyhood
    May 11 2018
    A listener sees toxic masculinity in her kid’s friend group and asks for advice. Author, blogger, and founder of an unfundamentalist parenting group, Cindy Wang Brandt, offers guidance.

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    8 mins
  • Mahdia Lynn – Beach Moments

    Mahdia Lynn – Beach Moments
    May 4 2018
    Trans Muslim activist Mahdia Lynn gets real about her life and work. She unpacks the hard times - mental illness, addiction, and police brutality - but also the life-affirming times that revolve around justice, resistance, and hot sauce.

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    25 mins