Episodes

  • Episode 32 — Dr. Cristina Beltrán Talks Latinx Politics, Charlie Kirk's Murder, and Building Anti-Supremacist Futures in Modern-Day America

    Episode 32 — Dr. Cristina Beltrán Talks Latinx Politics, Charlie Kirk's Murder, and Building Anti-Supremacist Futures in Modern-Day America
    Oct 1 2025
    Author and Associate Professor at New York University working in Latinx, race and gender, plus political theory, Dr. Cristina Beltrán joins host Chloe Aftel for a fascinating dive into modern America. Speaking on her upbringing, academic theories, and U.S. politics spanning the last forty years, Professor Beltrán breaks down myriad political/social concepts found within politics and, more broadly, the fabric of America. From the idea of layered colonialisms to Ezra Klein's The New York Times opinion piece on Charlie Kirk's murder, Beltrán and Aftel pick apart organizing tactics on the left and right, the politics of persuasion, and so-called logics of elimination. Find out what all of these topics entail and more in this new Other episode!


    Highlights:
    • Beltrán breaks down how the Latinx identity does not denote a specific race
    • Implications and explanations of a modern-day zero-sum scarcity logic within the current U.S. landscape
    • Aftel and Beltrán speak at length regarding Charlie Kirk's murder and immediate aftermath, from public reaction to media coverage of the incident
    • Ongoing struggles of 'the logics of elimination' and what that means
    • Discussion of and thinking seriously about alienating certain groups of people versus creation a broad anti-fascist opposition
    • The right's policing of America's story and how the left needs to reframe their own narrative, too
    • What are 'politics of persuasion' and how do we envision new and creative strategies around organizing the masses


    Biographies:

    Cristina Beltrán, Ph.D., is a NYU Associate Professor and award-winning author as well as political theorist. Born to parents of Mexican descent, Beltrán grew up in Southern California and New Mexico, obtaining a Doctorate in Political Science from Rutgers University and B.A. in Politics from University of California at Santa Cruz. Select titles include her 2020 book, Cruelty as Citizenship and the upcoming Latinos and Other Uncertainties. Her books have won awards from the American Political Science Association and the Casa de Las Americas Literary Prize for the Best Book in Studies of Latinos in the United States.

    Chloe Aftel has spent her career working in commercial photography, photojournalism, and film. She’s an established name in modern photography with work featured in The New York Times, Mother Jones, Playboy, Dazed & Confused, Vogue Germany, The Hollywood Reporter, The Wall Street Journal, Vogue Italia, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Teen Vogue, and more. Aftel has photographed victims of sexual violence, reported on COVID 19's impact on the trans community, and gained access as the first reporter in COVID wards of the West Coast’s hardest-hit hospitals. She has covered underground abortion providers, the impact of gender pronouns on daily life, and clergy abuse. Aftel's first book, Outside & In Between, is an award-winning anthology covering gender non-conforming people across the United States.

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    1 hr and 49 mins
  • The New York Times Columnist Jamelle Bouie Takes on the Lightning Round!

    The New York Times Columnist Jamelle Bouie Takes on the Lightning Round!
    Sep 15 2025
    Welcome to our 'Lightning Round' with Other podcast guest and writer Jamelle Bouie! The idea is to ask questions that he — and hopefully you — don't expect, and that the answers will be as equally interesting and hopefully amusing. Please enjoy.


    Biographies:

    Jamelle Bouie is a writer, photographer, and columnist for The New York Times. Obtaining degrees in political plus social thought and government from the University of Virginia in 2009, Bouie started out at The American Prospect magazine. Also writing for The Daily Beast early in his career, Bouie became Slate magazine's chief political correspondent in 2014 before working with the Times starting in 2019. An accomplished writer and photographer, Jamelle Bouie received 2021's Hillman Prize for Opinion & Analysis Journalism followed by an election into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2024. You can find his work on Instagram and TikTok, his blog, plus as co host of Unclear and Present Danger, a podcast exploring 90s thrillers from a post-Cold War perspective.

    Chloe Aftel has spent her career working in commercial photography, photojournalism, and film. She’s an established name in modern photography with work featured in The New York Times, Mother Jones, Playboy, Dazed & Confused, Vogue Germany, The Hollywood Reporter, The Wall Street Journal, Vogue Italia, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Teen Vogue, and more. Aftel has photographed victims of sexual violence, reported on COVID 19's impact on the trans community, and gained access as the first reporter in COVID wards of the West Coast’s hardest-hit hospitals. She has covered underground abortion providers, the impact of gender pronouns on daily life, and clergy abuse. Aftel's first book, Outside & In Between, is an award-winning anthology covering gender non-conforming people across the United States.

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    11 mins
  • Episode 31 — The New York Times Columnist Jamelle Bouie on Writing, Reporting, and Politics in an Uncertain Era

    Episode 31 — The New York Times Columnist Jamelle Bouie on Writing, Reporting, and Politics in an Uncertain Era
    Sep 1 2025
    Hillman Prize for Opinion & Analysis winner, The New York Times columnist, and prolific photographer, Jamelle Bouie is Other's latest guest in discussion with host Chloe Aftel. From The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story to covering Trump-era politics and policies through an historical lens, Bouie lets us in on his upbringing, career, and creative processes in this insightful interview. Unafraid to set the record straight, listeners learn about how Bouie shapes both his writing and reporting. Come join us in hearing this guest's fascinating perspective on current American politics and meeting audiences where they're at; plus stick around for the lighting round in a few weeks where Bouie discusses various unexpected subjects ranging from amazing insults to breakfast cereal!


    Highlights:
    • Bouie shares his true place of birth (and it's not Virginia Beach, contrary to a certain Wikipedia page!) as well as how his initial experiences shaped him and his understanding of America
    • His journey from postgraduate Internet blogger to being a paid writer after originally considering law school
    • Bouie's longstanding and deep interest in 18th century American history and the early U.S. political period
    • Helping audiences understand and contextualize the U.S.'s current political period within its overall history, and being 'neutral' as a journalist versus what this moment demands regarding aggressively advocating for the dissemination of factual information
    • Helping the Times with their social media after leaning into vertical video and the world of algorithms
    • The collaborative nature of Bouie's work, the story behind his oratory quality of writing, and the details of crafting a piece including breaking down recent work

    Biographies:

    Jamelle Bouie is a writer, photographer, and columnist for The New York Times. Obtaining degrees in political plus social thought and government from the University of Virginia in 2009, Bouie started out at The American Prospect magazine. Also writing for The Daily Beast early in his career, Bouie became Slate magazine's chief political correspondent in 2014 before working with the Times starting in 2019. An accomplished writer and photographer, Jamelle Bouie received 2021's Hillman Prize for Opinion & Analysis Journalism followed by an election into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2024. You can find his work on Instagram and TikTok, his blog, plus as co host of Unclear and Present Danger, a podcast exploring 90s thrillers from a post-Cold War perspective.

    Chloe Aftel has spent her career working in commercial photography, photojournalism, and film. She’s an established name in modern photography with work featured in The New York Times, Mother Jones, Playboy, Dazed & Confused, Vogue Germany, The Hollywood Reporter, The Wall Street Journal, Vogue Italia, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Teen Vogue, and more. Aftel has photographed victims of sexual violence, reported on COVID 19's impact on the trans community, and gained access as the first reporter in COVID wards of the West Coast’s hardest-hit hospitals. She has covered underground abortion providers, the impact of gender pronouns on daily life, and clergy abuse. Aftel's first book, Outside & In Between, is an award-winning anthology covering gender non-conforming people across the United States.

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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Filmmaking Legend Phil Tippett Takes on the Lightning Round!

    Filmmaking Legend Phil Tippett Takes on the Lightning Round!
    Aug 15 2025
    Welcome to our 'Lightning Round' with Other podcast guest and filmmaking legend Phil Tippett! The idea is to ask questions that he — and hopefully you — don't expect, and that the answers will be as equally interesting and hopefully amusing. Please enjoy.


    Biographies:

    Phil Tippett is an American filmmaker who has been working in creative roles and contributing to iconic visuals for over five decades, from creatures like 'Rancor' in 1983's Return of the Jedi to a stop-motion rat in 2024's Alien: Romulus and credits such as 'Dinosaur Supervisor' in Jurassic Park. Additional credits include everything from The Empire Strikes Back and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom to The Twilight Saga plus Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Forming Tippett Studio, his own company, in 1984, Phil Tippett continues today as an expert and unique mind bringing ideas to life in Hollywood and beyond. His 2021 film Mad God, funded by Kickstarter and taking thirty years to complete has been highly praised and sets the stage for more inimitable works to come.

    Chloe Aftel has spent her career working in commercial photography, photojournalism, and film. She’s an established name in modern photography with work featured in The New York Times, Mother Jones, Playboy, Dazed & Confused, Vogue Germany, The Hollywood Reporter, The Wall Street Journal, Vogue Italia, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Teen Vogue, and more. Aftel has photographed victims of sexual violence, reported on COVID 19's impact on the trans community, and gained access as the first reporter in COVID wards of the West Coast’s hardest-hit hospitals. She has covered underground abortion providers, the impact of gender pronouns on daily life, and clergy abuse. Aftel's first book, Outside & In Between, is an award-winning anthology covering gender non-conforming people across the United States.

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    12 mins
  • Episode 30 — Phil Tippett and a Life of Creation: Filmmaking from Star Wars to RoboCop, Jurassic Park to Mad God and Everywhere in Between

    Episode 30 — Phil Tippett and a Life of Creation: Filmmaking from Star Wars to RoboCop, Jurassic Park to Mad God and Everywhere in Between
    Aug 1 2025
    Two-time Academy Award® winning filmmaker Phil Tippett has led an incredibly creative, not to mention successful, career spanning the likes of directing, producing, and visual effects supervising. His legendary stop-motion, computerized character animations, and creature designs can be traced from the original Star Wars, Jurassic Park, RoboCop, and Starship Troopers to his own recent, acclaimed film Mad God. Joining host Chloe Aftel, Tippett dives into all of the above and more, revealing anecdotes behind specific work as well as inner philosophical processes behind such a storied journey.


    Highlights:
    • Aftel and Tippett discuss four different creations throughout the filmmaker's career, prompting a myriad of stories along the way
    • Tippett's transition into computer-generated effects, and how his background in the 'real' aided new digital technologies
    • Speaking about his 2021 film Mad God and what comes now, where Tippett reveals a new project ranging from stop-motion techniques to AI


    Biographies:

    Phil Tippett is an American filmmaker who has been working in creative roles and contributing to iconic visuals for over five decades, from creatures like 'Rancor' in 1983's Return of the Jedi to a stop-motion rat in 2024's Alien: Romulus and credits such as 'Dinosaur Supervisor' in Jurassic Park. Additional credits include everything from The Empire Strikes Back and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom to The Twilight Saga plus Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Forming Tippett Studio, his own company in 1984, Phil Tippett continues today as an expert and unique mind bringing ideas to life in Hollywood and beyond. His 2021 film Mad God, funded by Kickstarter and taking thirty years to complete has been highly praised and sets the stage for more inimitable works to come.

    Chloe Aftel has spent her career working in commercial photography, photojournalism, and film. She’s an established name in modern photography with work featured in The New York Times, Mother Jones, Playboy, Dazed & Confused, Vogue Germany, The Hollywood Reporter, The Wall Street Journal, Vogue Italia, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Teen Vogue, and more. Aftel has photographed victims of sexual violence, reported on COVID 19's impact on the trans community, and gained access as the first reporter in COVID wards of the West Coast’s hardest-hit hospitals. She has covered underground abortion providers, the impact of gender pronouns on daily life, and clergy abuse. Aftel's first book, Outside & In Between, is an award-winning anthology covering gender non-conforming people across the United States.

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Actress Carla Jimenez Takes on the Lightning Round!

    Actress Carla Jimenez Takes on the Lightning Round!
    Jun 26 2025
    Actress Carla Jimenez has been acting and singing since childhood. This year, she’s made her Broadway Debut as Pancha in the original cast of “Real Women Have Curves: The Musical.” She joins host Chloe Aftel on The Other Pod to discuss her journey to where she is now and all the ups and downs along the way. They discuss her early career, including breakout roles in “Nacho Libre” and “Desperate Housewives”, as well as her recent key role in “The Mick”, and now her singing on Broadway. Carla’s story is a beautiful journey of dedication, passion, and hard work in a harsh industry. She reflects on what she has learned and how she has changed in the process.

    Bios:
    Carla Maria Jimenez is an American actress whose family hails from Mexico and Costa Rica. In 2025, she made her Broadway debut as Pancha in “Real Women Have Curves: The Musical.” Carla grew up in a working class household in Southern California and had early roles in “Malcolm in the Middle,” “The Shield,” “Nacho Libre,” and others. She held recurring TV roles in shows such as “Desperate Housewives,” “Raising Hope,” and “Last Man Standing.” Her widespread breakout moment came in 2017 when starring as Alba Pemberton in Fox’s “The Mick.” As an actress, Carla is praised for her physical comedy and emotional depth.

    Chloe Aftel has spent her career working in commercial photography, photojournalism, and film. She’s an established name in modern photography with work featured in The New York Times, Mother Jones, Playboy, Dazed & Confused, Vogue Germany, The Hollywood Reporter, The Wall Street Journal, Vogue Italia, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Teen Vogue & more. Chloe has photographed victims of sexual violence, reported on Covid’s impact on the trans community, and gained access as the first reporter in the Covid wards of the West Coast’s hardest hit hospitals. She has covered underground abortion providers, the impact of gender pronouns on daily life, and clergy abuse. Her first book, “Outside and In Between,” is an award-winning anthology covering gender non-conforming people across America.

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    8 mins
  • Episode 29 - Carla Jimenez’s Journey to Broadway: Nacho Libre, The Mick, and Real Women Have Curves

    Episode 29 - Carla Jimenez’s Journey to Broadway: Nacho Libre, The Mick, and Real Women Have Curves
    Jun 25 2025
    Actress Carla Jimenez has been acting and singing since childhood. This year, she’s made her Broadway Debut as Pancha in the original cast of “Real Women Have Curves: The Musical.” She joins host Chloe Aftel on The Other Pod to discuss her journey to where she is now and all the ups and downs along the way. They discuss her early career, including breakout roles in “Nacho Libre” and “Desperate Housewives”, as well as her recent key role in “The Mick”, and now her singing on Broadway. Carla’s story is a beautiful journey of dedication, passion, and hard work in a harsh industry. She reflects on what she has learned and how she has changed in the process.
    Highlights:
    • How she approaches acting in comedy and drama in a similar way;
    • How Latina representation in the film and television industry has changed since the early 2000s;
    • Her favorite memories improvising on set of “The Mick.”
    Bios:
    Carla Maria Jimenez is an American actress whose family hails from Mexico and Costa Rica. In 2025, she made her Broadway debut as Pancha in “Real Women Have Curves: The Musical.” Carla grew up in a working class household in Southern California and had early roles in “Malcolm in the Middle,” “The Shield,” “Nacho Libre,” and others. She held recurring TV roles in shows such as “Desperate Housewives,” “Raising Hope,” and “Last Man Standing.” Her widespread breakout moment came in 2017 when starring as Alba Pemberton in Fox’s “The Mick.” As an actress, Carla is praised for her physical comedy and emotional depth.

    Chloe Aftel has spent her career working in commercial photography, photojournalism, and film. She’s an established name in modern photography with work featured in The New York Times, Mother Jones, Playboy, Dazed & Confused, Vogue Germany, The Hollywood Reporter, The Wall Street Journal, Vogue Italia, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Teen Vogue & more. Chloe has photographed victims of sexual violence, reported on Covid’s impact on the trans community, and gained access as the first reporter in the Covid wards of the West Coast’s hardest hit hospitals. She has covered underground abortion providers, the impact of gender pronouns on daily life, and clergy abuse. Her first book, “Outside and In Between,” is an award-winning anthology covering gender non-conforming people across America.

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-other-pod-with-chloe-aftel--6567483/support.
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Comedien & Writer Chelsea Devantez Takes on the Lightning Round!

    Comedien & Writer Chelsea Devantez Takes on the Lightning Round!
    May 29 2025
    In this exciting interview with Emmy-nominated writer, comedian, and podcaster Chelsea Devantez, Chloe and Chelsea discuss what being a drag queen taught her about gender and self-acceptance, how she's navigated male violence, the experience writing her first memoir: I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This (But I’m Going To Anyway), her creative process, her marriage with fellow comedian Yassir Lester, and her podcast Glamorous Trash.

    Bios:
    Chelsea Devantez is an Emmy-nominated writer, comedian, and filmmaker. She hosts the widely-loved independent podcast Glamorous Trash which has over 5 million downloads. Her TV credits include Girls5Eva, Not Dead Yet, and Bless This Mess, along with being the head writer for The Problem with Jon Stewart. Chelsea’s new memoir “I Shouldn't Be Telling You This” released in 2024 and quickly became a national bestseller.

    Chloe Aftel has spent her career working in commercial photography, photojournalism, and film. She’s an established name in modern photography with work featured in The New York Times, Mother Jones, Playboy, Dazed & Confused, Vogue Germany, The Hollywood Reporter, The Wall Street Journal, Vogue Italia, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Teen Vogue & more. Chloe has photographed victims of sexual violence, reported on Covid’s impact on the trans community, and gained access as the first reporter in the Covid wards of the West Coast’s hardest hit hospitals. She has covered underground abortion providers, the impact of gender pronouns on daily life, and clergy abuse. Her first book, “Outside and In Between,” is an award-winning anthology covering gender non-conforming people across America.


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    6 mins