CUNY Uncut

Ep. #7: Diversifying Media

On this latest episode of CUNY Uncut, Danny Chicon-Ramirez joins Hannah Kavanagh in discussing the importance of proper race representation in media, how the lack thereof perpetuates negative stereotypes and promotes implicit bias—and how those biases in turn impact every facet of our own personal lives. From there, we try to answer this seemingly age-old question: How can we actively deconstruct racial misrepresentation and where do we go from here?

Ep. #6: Let’s Talk About Sex (and Burlesque)

Alyssa Kitt (GC ’22) joins host Hannah Kavanagh on this latest episode of CUNY Uncut to discuss how her illustrious burlesque career has shaped her views on body positivity, sexual pleasure, confidence, and desire.

Ep. #5: Crypto 101: The New Wave

Emily Portalatin-Mendez (Lehman ’23) appears on this latest episode of CUNY Uncut to discuss how cryptocurrency and blockchain works, the benefits of investing in it, how Web 3.0 and the metaverse fits into all of this, as well as how different cryptocurrency companies plan on mitigating the environmental and classist issues associated with it—all the while Hannah and the listeners plunge themselves into the unknown.

Ep. #4: Intersectional Inclusion and Validation

Hanna Yeum (Macaulay @ John Jay ’23) and Kimberly Paredes (John Jay ’22) join Hannah in discussing their experiences dealing with and responding to racial injustice, how CUNY’s response to such acts prompted them to start John Jay’s APISA Club, and what they hope to accomplish through their club’s mission to validate students and ensure that they feel seen.

Ep. #3: Formulating a Strategy for Black Lives

Timothy Hunter (Baruch MPA ’23 and City Tech ’20) and Djenabou Barry (City College MPA ’22 ’20 and Guttman ’19) join me in discussing how they founded the incredible CUNY-led initiative Strategy for Black Lives as well as how they utilized both their community networks and their studies at CUNY to contribute to the BLM movement--all the while learning more about themselves and the world around them.