I'm Curious with Ashley Asti

I haven’t stopped thinking about this conversation. Artie Gonz is the creative who almost never was. A juvenile-tried-as-an-adult at the age of 16, he spent 21-years of a Life sentence in the Califor…

Dorie Hagler believes that listening to someone for 10 minutes can change the world. Dorie is a visual storyteller and advocate who creates platforms for communities, for women, and even for those in…

This is a fun one! My guest is one of my best friends, Brittany Schiavone. Brittany is the founder of Brittany’s Baskets of Hope, a nonprofit on a mission to spread resources, hope, and love to famil…

“I will leave this body having danced for Madonna,” Nilaya Sabnis says in this episode. But even on tour with one of the biggest stars in the world, Nilaya doubted whether she was an artist. Having s…

Without Bard Prison Initiative, Stacy Burnett says she would have “rotted in a prison cell.”

My guest today is Stacy Burnett, who got her college degree in her forties while she was in prison. Stacy …

She talks to dead people. At least, that’s part of it.

My guest today is my dear friend Denise Correll, a psychic medium who calls herself the Grateful Messenger. As I tease about Denise, she brings …

When Morgan Godvin gave her friend Justin some heroin, she didn’t imagine he’d end up dead. Not, at least, until a SWAT team showed up at her house, pointing guns at her, and arresting her for his ov…

In this episode, I speak with Native American reporter and filmmaker Tsanavi Spoonhunter about her documentary Crow Country: Our Right to Food Sovereignty. On the Crow Reservation where food sources …

Catherine Ward is a photojournalist and humanitarian aid worker in Syria. She has not entered the country just to capture its war with her camera: this is her home. She grew up in Aleppo.

In this epi…

Today, we’re talking about libraries, but in a way you’ve probably never imagined them before.

To me, libraries have always been magical spaces, where whole new worlds exist within the pages of books…

Let's talk about food. Food is part of our daily lives, our celebrations; it connects us. But our access to food is not equal.

This episode explores food justice, asking us to consider not only what …

Rasheed Lockheart is a formerly incarcerated firefighter and, now, the Re-Entry Coordinator at Planting Justice. In this episode, we dive into his earliest interactions with police as a biracial boy …

In this episode, I’m talking with Amber Vlangas. As a survivor of sexual violence, Amber’s an unlikely advocate for ending the sex offender registry. But after her husband was accused of a crime that…

This episode is taking us on the road—to Tanzania. My guest is Hayley Balozi, who’s raising her two sons with her husband in East Africa. Hayley’s youngest son, River, is determined and adventurous a…

Since 1980, the number of women incarcerated in this country has skyrocketed, increasing by more than 750%. My guest today, Barbara Rhode, is on a mission to offer a healing space for women inside ja…

As of today, nearly 28 million people have already cast their vote in the 2020 election. Have you? Today, United State of Women Ambassador for New York, Bethan Saunders, talks to us about the power o…

When Nicole's son Jack was 7 years old, he escaped from school, leaving a trail of injured staff in his wake. After being caught by a stranger, he was suspended from school—indefinitely.

In that mome…

On today's show, we’re talking about "border girls." That's girls often 11, 12, and 13 years old who have journeyed alone to the U.S. from Central & South America to find safety. Many of them are pre…

She’s out of prison after 17 ½ years. What does freedom feel like?

Anitria, who was incarcerated in Bedford Hills until 10 months before this conversation, talks about how freedom is complicated—from…