The Offbeat

Snack Culture: What do you consider a snack?

In this episode I bring a guest to discuss general ideas of snacks, and introduce possible reasons for our perception behind snacks.

Where are you from? Unloading this question or Not

Exploring the allusive question, "where are you from?" with the many things it can mean.

Not-so-Forever Chemicals: an Intro

Explaining what the mysterious Forever Chemicals are.

My babes: Mischievous father and daughter

Some anecdotes about two of my dogs, Bolt and Luna. Bolt is Luna's dad. They're both mixed Chihuahuas.

Where Does the Notion That People of Color Tend to Be Dirty Come From?

Have you ever pondered why is it that we tend to see communities of color living in places that don't seem quite to the standards of where we imagine and/or see white people live? I take a dive into explaining and analyzing two readings that explain the simultaneous undervalue placed on black people while also extracting monetary value from them. The two readings I reference coming from the book A World More Concrete: Real Estate and the Remaking of Jim Crow South Florida by N.D.B. Connolly and Family Properties by Beryl Satter.