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Let's Grab Coffee

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Join SunAh, University of Memphis professor, author, goal setting coach, and coffee lover, as she catches up with experts from across the country, who are investigating our most pressing soc...

Episodes

20 of 141 episodes

S1E141 - While We Were Burning with Sara Koffi

Episode Notes While We Were Burning is a domestic thriller set in Memphis examining the intersection of race, class, and female friendship,...

00:49:59Jul 29, 2024

S1E140 - Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong with Katie Gee Salisbury

Episode Notes When was the first time you saw yourself represented on screen? An actor or actress who looked like you? For better or worse,...

00:52:18Jul 22, 2024

S1E139 - Asian American History in the South: Chinese Owned Grocery Stores in the Delta with Shaolu Yu

Episode Notes Currently there are over 22 million Asians across the US representing a range of ethnic groups originating in East Asia, South...

00:46:54Jul 15, 2024

S1E138 - A Different Shade of Justice: Asian American Civil Rights in the South with Stephanie Hinnershitz

Episode Notes A key part of Memphis history is its role in the Civil Rights Movement, particularly with the Sanitation Workers Strike that b...

00:55:43Jul 8, 2024

S1E137 - Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping The Future of Our Planet with Ben Goldfarb

Episode Notes Episode Notes We spend a lot of our time on the road, commuting to work, running errands, meeting up with friends and family....

00:49:05Jul 1, 2024

S1E136 - The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi with Boyce Upholt

Episode Notes Memphis goes by many names – Home of the Blues, BBQ Capital, and the Bluff City. The last one a reference to our location on t...

00:51:32Jun 24, 2024

S1E135 - Men’s Mental Health with Dr. Justin K Dodson

Episode Notes “Boys don’t cry.” “Man up.” “Emotions are a sign of weakness.” These common sayings shape how we think about emotions, who can...

00:58:28Jun 3, 2024

S1E134 - What's in Your Cup? A Special Coffee Conversation featuring The Cxffeeblack Podcast

Episode Notes I love a good cup of coffee, but if I'm being honest, I never really gave much thought to where my coffee came from or the his...

01:01:00May 20, 2024

S1E133 - Asian American History in the South: Chinese Owned Grocery Stores in the Delta with Shaolu Yu

Episode Notes May is Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a nationally recognized heritage month established in 1992 to celebra...

00:47:05May 13, 2024

S1E132 - Telling It Like It Is, Was, and Could Be

Episode Notes This year I had the honor of moderating a panel conversation at SXSW featuring Dominic Lawson, Leta McCollough Seletzky, and C...

01:01:43Apr 22, 2024

S1E131 - Cxffee talk with Renata Henderson

Episode Notes Around the world, coffee is part of countless cultures’ daily routine. Perhaps your day starts with brewing a cup at home or g...

01:00:41Mar 25, 2024

S1E130 - Don't Lose Your Voice Trying to be Heard

Episode Notes Today is a special feature - a panel conversation I organized for SXSW featuring creatives discussing how to maintain your cre...

00:56:22Mar 11, 2024

S1E129 - Special Feature: Black is America episode highlighting Tom Lee

Episode Notes This month Let’s Grab Coffee features conversation with Dominic Lawson, host and creator of the award-winning Black Is America...

00:55:06Feb 26, 2024

S1E128 - Special Feature: Black is America episode highlighting Doris Miller

Episode Notes This month Let’s Grab Coffee features conversation with Dominic Lawson, host and creator of the award-winning Black Is America...

00:57:02Feb 19, 2024

S1E127 - Special Feature: Black is America episode highlighting Henry Johnson

Episode Notes This month Let’s Grab Coffee features conversation with Dominic Lawson, host and creator of the award-winning Black Is America...

01:02:01Feb 12, 2024

S1E126 - Special Feature: Black is America episode highlighting Sylvia Robinson

Episode Notes This month Let’s Grab Coffee features conversation with Dominic Lawson, host and creator of the award-winning Black Is America...

00:58:42Feb 5, 2024

S1E125 - Out of Place: The Lives of Korean Adoptee Immigrants by SunAh Laybourn with special guest interviewer Patrick Armstrong

Episode Notes Today’s episode of Let’s Grab Coffee is a special show featuring the Conversation Piece podcast with Patrick Armstrong. I’m si...

00:48:53Jan 22, 2024

S1E124 - The Struggle for the People’s King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement with Hajar Yazdiha

Episode Notes How is it that seemingly everyone – from liberals to conservatives, to celebrities, social media trolls, and your least favori...

00:48:20Jan 15, 2024

S1E123 - The Body Liberation Project: How Understanding Racism and Diet Culture Helps Cultivate Joy and Build Collective Freedom with Chrissy King

Episode Notes It's the start of a new year, and unsurprisingly one of the most reported New Year Resolutions is fitness-related. According t...

00:56:14Jan 8, 2024

S1E122 - New Year Check In with Dr. Justin K Dodson

Episode Notes Let’s Grab Coffee kicks off the new year with friend of the show, Dr. Justin K Dodson. As always, he gives us insightful quest...

00:47:21Jan 1, 2024