So excited to hear Piper's story, how she got started and how glad she was to go to college. And of course, sending you all love!

Interview with Kalaya'an Mendoza and Adam Cross from Across Frontlines, an organization dedicated to working alongside communities to build a safer, more equitable world.

Episode 1: Across Frontlines

Interview with Rafael Shimunov, a Queens activist and organizer who serves as a board member of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice and former Creative Director for the Working Families Party.

Episode 2: Rafael Shimunov

Interview with Adele Free Pham, a mixed race Vietnamese American documentary filmmaker on her latest film "Nailed It" about the history of the Vietnamese American nail salon industry. "Nailed It" will premiere May 7, 2019 on America Reframed on PBS.

Episode 3: Adele Free Pham

Welcome to Filminist Pod, a new intersectional film podcast featuring conversations with women and non-binary people in film hosted by me, New York City-based journalist and social media strategist, Alyssa Klein.

For our first-ever episode, I spoke with actor and activist Piper Perabo about playing and becoming a badass woman DJ on her new Netflix series with Idris Elba, "Turn Up Charlie", what it actually means to be a jury member at the Tribeca Film Festival, what the heck a down-ballot race is and why it's so damn important, Rocky and Bullwinkle and much, much more.

Tune in and look out for more episodes coming very soon!

With filminist pride,
Alyssa

Click here to read a transcript for this episode: bit.ly/Ep01Transcript

Episode artwork by Jenni Holtz | @queerxoh
 
This episode features music by:
Resistance Revival Chorus — "You Don't Own Me"
Charlie AYO aka Idris Elba — "L.U.V (feat. Shaznay Lewis)"
 
Get involved with:
Tarana Burke's Me Too Movement: metoomvmt.org
TIME'S UP: timesupnow.com
The International Rescue Committee (IRC): rescue.org
The Hometown Project: thehometownproject.org
Untold Stories — Tribeca Film Festival: tribecafilm.com/attuntoldstories
 
Watch & listen to:
Politically Re-Active Podcast: politicallyreactive.com
Turn Up Charlie on Netflix (2019)
Lost and Delirious (2001)
Imagine Me & You (2005)
hey! dw & That's My DJ: soundcloud.com/heydw_x
 
Follow Filminist Pod on social media:
twitter.com/filministpod
instagram.com/filministpod
facebook.com/filministpod
 
Follow Piper Perabo on social media:
twitter.com/piperperabo
instagram.com/piperperabo
facebook.com/piperperabo

Filminist Pod S1

Ep. 1: Piper Perabo

Interview with June from NYC Shut It Down, a police and prison abolitionist group that for four years has held weekly demonstrations, each one highlighting a different victim of state violence.

Episode 4: NYC Shut It Down

Interview with Amanda Frankel, a Democrat running for Congress in the district of New York–10. Her platform aims to advance progressive legislation supported by the majority of the people, not corporations, and to put an end to government corruption.

Episode 5: Amanda Frankel

On this special double episode in celebration of Pride month, I'm joined by two guests: Jamey Jesperson, a queer non-binary trans femme educator and activist, and Trevon Mayers, the Director of Policy & Community Outreach at The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center.

Episode 6: Jamey Jesperson and LGBT Center (Pride Special)

Filminist Pod is an intersectional film podcast featuring conversations with women and non-binary people in film. It's hosted by New York City-based journalist and social media strategist, Alyssa Klein (DJ_Diabeatic).

Ep. 1: Piper Perabo

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