The Rabbit Hole Podcast

#22 - Rabbit Hole Podcast, Writers Experience - Wanda Lee-Stevens

The Rabbit Podcast first author Wanda Lee-Stevens, CA resident, answers volumes of racially sensitive and timely questions in her probing new book, 50 Years of Assimilation, From the Midwest to the Wild West and All the Blackness & Whiteness In-Bet ween. Wanda shares poignant experiences adding an intriguing and revealing voice to the modern black experience.   Inspired by the climate of race relations in the country, long conversations with friends, the needless mistreatment and brutal losses of black boys/men/women, the #BlackLivesMatter movement, the syndicated television sitcom “Everybody Hates Chris”, and Oprah Winfrey’s quote,“We cannot begin to heal, until we are first willing to hear,” Wanda chose to share publicly, deeply personal and pivotal episodes of her life.

#21 - Rabbit Hole Podcast, That Hip Hop Life Style - Captaincy

Checkout whats going on with the our returning guest Captaincy as he talks about his new project The Captaincy Project. Learn about what it takes to create independent music and maintain creative control from the music to the business.

#19 - Rabbit Hole Podcast, H.S Principals who Lead by Learning - Shamar Shanks

The Rabbit Hole Podcast guest is Shamar Shanks a San Mateo County High School Principal. She has been a H.S Principal for approximately 7 years. Her High School has over 1100 students and staff members.  During our interview we will gain a understanding of what it takes to become a head of school of a large student body.

#18 - The Rabbit Hole Podcast, Gender-Neutral Marriage. Dr. Mary Cardaras

Dr. Mary Cardaras is an Assistant Professor at California State University, East Bay in the Department of Communication. She has been teaching journalism since 1991 including at (the former) Massachusetts Communications College and Northeastern University in Boston, LaSalle University in Philadelphia, Syracuse University’s London campus, and at the American International University, in Richmond, UK. Dr. Cardaras free-lanced for CNN, Boston, and has worked for CNN, Atlanta, CNN and World Television News in London, and for numerous other news departments across the country in five other major markets spanning more than 25 years in journalism. She also has conducted media training workshops for students and professionals in the Arab world and in Vietnam. Dr. Cardaras is the recipient of two regional EMMY awards for excellence in spot news producing and feature producing and has been nominated numerous times during her career in journalism. She serves on the board of the Global Press Institute in San Francisco and is a member of the Radio and Television News Directors Association (RTNDA), the Association for Education in Journalism and Communication (AEJMC), the Arab-U.S. Association for Communication Educators (AUCACE), and the National Lesbian and Gay Journalist Association (NLGJA). Dr. Cardaras continues to collaborate with the Center for International Media Education (CIME) at Georgia State University and is producing the first annual Global Press Institute World Summit scheduled for 2014. Dr. Cardaras lives in Sonoma, California.

#17 - The Rabbit Hole Podcast, The Holy Month of Ramadan - Maha Jacobs

We are conversing with a member of the Muslim community, Maha Jacobs, who is also an instructor at Cal State East Bay.  During this conversation we will discuss all that is wonderful about Islam and the Holy Month of Ramadan.  We will also discuss the the current phenomena of Islamophobia that Maha has conducted extensive research on.