Episode 01
featuring Andre Perry
Episode 01
WHO’S AFRAID OF A BIG BLACK DICK?
Friday, September 11, 2020
Join me for the Very First Episode of Pan Parenting, in which I talk interracial relationships and biracial children with writer, musician, and executive director of the Englert Theater in Iowa City, Iowa, Andre Perry, author of the incredible new essay collection: Some of Us Are Very Hungry Now.
You can purchase a copy of Andre’s book from a Black bookseller here.
And see photos of his family’s life in quarantine on our instagram feed: @panparenting
If you have thoughts to share about this episode, send a voice memo to info(at)panparenting.com
Episode 02
featuring Leah James
Episode 03
featuring Robin Hemley
Episode 02
This is not objective reality
friday, September 25, 2020
In this second episode of Pan Parenting, I travel to Cali, Colombia, to talk with psychologist and social worker Leah James, a white American mother who has lived throughout the world doing humanitarian work and research with traumatized communities. Together, we discuss political estrangement, expat privilege, interracial and international relationships, hierarchies and community connections, and the future of our own young children’s American-ness.
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episode 03
If you spend one day in america…
Friday, october 9, 2020
In this episode, I talk to Robin Hemley, the Inaugural Director of the Polk School of Communications and the Parsons Family Chair in Creative Writing at Long Island University, and author of Borderline Citizen, among many other books. Robin has four daughters, ranging in age from teens to early adulthood, and together we discuss raising flexible and responsible travelers, the privileges afforded expats, finding oneself through travel, embracing a receptivity, and discovering hidden courage.
Episode 04
featuring Amanda Moore
episode 05
Police Brutality & White Childhood Part I of II
episode 04
When you don’t live where you live
Friday, october 25, 2020
In this episode, I talk to Amanda Moore, another American mother in Rome, as we unravel our feelings and thoughts during the early days of Italy’s strict lockdown. Amanda has a four-year-old daughter and one-year-old son. Together, we discuss sibling pandemic bonding, rituals for sharing grief, connections to place, expat news consumption, running from oneself, and missing the world right outside ones door.
To help families and children struggling with hunger in some of the most vulnerable nations during this pandemic, consider donating to the World Food Programme, winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.
episode 05
fuck your breath: part i
friday, november 6, 2020
In this episode, part I of a two part series on Police Brutality and White Childhood, I share my essay “Fuck Your Breath,” which was published last month in Leaping Clear. In the next episode, I will share a conversation about this essay, which examines how I understood police brutality as a young, white child, and how I understand it now, as well as what that might mean for parents of white children today.