POC Podcast - Progressive Opinions of Color
Welcome to Progressive Opinions of Color (POC), a podcast that creates space for people of color in conversations about economics, politics, and culture. Your host is Nancy Wu. Nancy is an Asian American woman, an economist, and a huge politics and policy nerd. Nancy triple majored in Economics, Government (Political Science) and Gender Studies at Dartmouth and has a Master’s in Development Economics from Oxford. She works as an Economist full time and has previously worked in economic policy at the White House (under Obama, of course) and progressive think tanks. The goal of this podcast is to engage the state of the economy, and other pressing topics in politics, economics, and culture, all through perspectives inclusive of the lived experiences of people of color. Whether you're new to politics or already a huge politics nerd, we hope this podcast inspires community and conversation among us. Join us in reimagining politics and economics with underrepresented voices.Contact Progressive Opinions of Color at: [email protected] or DM on Instagram @pocpodcast
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 47
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2022
Life as an Asian American Woman Living in the South, Talking to Asian Parents About Race, Perceptions of Asians Since COVID-19 with Maggie Su
In our first episode during AAPI Heritage Month, Nancy and Sonya are joined with Maggie Su. Maggie is a physical therapist and Asian American woman living in Birmingham, Alabama. They talk about life…
Stop AAPI Hate, Intersectionality, Alternatives to Policing, Community Care with Nicole Zhao
Nancy and Sonya are joined with Nicole Zhao to talk about the recent acts of hatred toward the AAPI community. They also talk about alternatives for community care outside of policing, whether the cy…
Womxn of Color Storytellers, Book Recs by BIPOC Authors, the Importance of Black Literary Perspectives with Leanna and Ashley from Cove Collective
Sonya and Nancy are joined with Ashley and Leanna of Cove Collective to discuss Womxn of Color Storytellers for Black History Month. We discuss: Why is the literary and publishing world so white? Wha…
Robinhood and GameStop, What's Wrong with Girl Boss "Feminism", and Cultural Appropriation from Yoga to Mahjong with Aneesha Natarajan
Sonya and Nancy are joined by Sonya's sister, Aneesha Natarajan, to discuss the GameStop uprising, why Millennials use and Robinhood and why they should stop, Dry January and why America has an alcoh…
Biden's Executive Actions, Raising the Minimum Wage, Hot Takes on the Inauguration with New Co-Host, Sonya Natarajan
Nancy is joined by her new co-host, Sonya, to discuss some hot takes on the inauguration (from “unity” to J Lo), executive actions under the Biden administration, and the debate around raising the mi…
Universal Basic Income, Student Loan Debt Forgiveness, Stimulus Checks, Where Do Delivery Service Commissions Go, LA vs NYC with Frank Chiang
On Frank Chiang's second episode with POC Podcast, Frank and Nancy discuss Frank's "conservative" views. They're not actually conservative, so please give a listen to the entire conversation. Frank p…
Quitting Pre-med, Gender Studies, Why is Healthcare so Expensive, Ivy League, and Yellow Fever with Joyce Pan
Joyce Pan has experienced all aspects of healthcare: she's studied pre-med, worked in healthcare consulting for medical devices companies, and now works on the data and marketing side of healthcare.
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Happiest Season and Queer Representation in Film, Teaching in the Time of COVID with Writer and Educator Yamilette Vizcaíno
Yami is an Afrolatinx creative and educator. She and Nancy will talk about the Happiest Season, Yami’s work as a tutor during the pandemic, queer and black representation, social media’s role in mobi…
Indian American Immigrant Families, Critiquing Capitalism When You’re a Capitalist, Internalized Racism in Dating with Sonya Natarajan
Sonya Natarajan has lived in Madrid, works in consulting, and graduated from NYU. Sonya and Nancy talk about the absurdity of capitalism and the difficulty of critiquing from within the system, Joe B…
President Biden and the Long Road Ahead, Fake News, What's Up with Black Trump Supporters, Voter Turnout, and Hope for Democracy with John Montgomery
Nancy Wu talks with John Montgomery, a clinical psychologist based in Chicago, about finally getting rid of Trump from the White House. We talk about politicians who see politics as a game, cancellin…
Presidential Election Results, What Defunding the Police Really Means, Raising the Minimum Wage, the Path to Anarchy with Isaac Miller
Nancy Wu talks with Isaac Miller about the future of the US regardless of the winner of the presidential election, what police reform, abolish the police, and defund the police really mean, political…
Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Autonomous Vehicles, and Living Internationally with DJ, Bartender, Chef Farrah Hsu
Farrah Hsu has worked in every industry and country imaginable and currently works with autonomous vehicles in Las Vegas. We chat about her life living abroad in Japan, Taiwan, International Waters o…
Trump's Tax Returns, Biden's Tax Plan, Everything You Didn't Know About Taxes, Redistributive Tax Policy, Where Do Our Tax Dollars Go with Sumaya Bouadi
Sumaya Bouadi studies tax law at Yale Law School. We talk about Trump’s taxes—what’s legal and what isn’t and what are the consequences? What would Biden’s tax on people who make more than 400k do? C…
Queer Asians Americans, Social Media Fatigue, and Performative Activism with Frank Chiang
Frank Chiang joins today to talk about being a gay, cis, Asian man in various white and Asian queer spaces. We talk about activism and far left social media activism. Has seeing racial activism on so…
Election Coverage: Presidential Debate Reactions from Real People (of Color)
What was that SHITSHOW?! Four guests bring their perspectives and reactions of the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. What are the consequences, dangers, and opportunities …
Western Perceptions of China, Mulan and Cancel Culture, Hong Kong Pro Democracy Protests with Journalist Gavin Huang
A special episode focusing on comparative politics and political theory today, featuring Gavin Huang, the managing editor of Goldthread. Gavin is based in Hong Kong and writes on China and Asia. We t…
Managing Mental Health During COVID-19, BIPOC in Politics and the Workplace with Therapist John Montgomery
Does anyone else struggle with feeling like 2020 isn't real? How is it possible that all this shit is happening? How do we even react to all the bad news quickly enough? John Montgomery is a therapis…
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Resources to Take Action Now, How to Have Political Conversations with Friends and Family
RIP RBG, but now is not the time to wallow in misery and give up. I'll talk about concrete actions you can take now, as well as the significance of this event and the upcoming election. We have to el…
Personal Finance 101 for POC, Millennials, and Immigrants. Should You Buy a House? Saving, Budgeting, and Investing with Homeowner and Entrepreneur Ron Costa
Ron Costa owns a house by the beach, leads his own real estate team, made a savings plan for his mom to help her budget to buy a house, and also an immigrant AND in his 20s. Learn about how to save, …
Asian American History, Why Immigrant Parents Support Trump, Compulsory Antiracist Education, East Coast vs West Coast Asians with Nicole Zhao
Today's guest is Nicole Zhao, a native New Yorker who will talk about the importance of antiracist education. We have lots of history on structural inequities, systemic racism, and the different expe…