In our first podcast back from our world travels, Dr. Lisa and Dr. Shaunna return to the U.S. irritated and frustrated. Don't worry -- and don't tone police them. (See what we did there?) This week shines a light on tough issues that require complex solutions. Listen in!

This week, Dr. Shaunna and Dr. Lisa talk about ERGs in the workplace and how we can engage in allyship or resist it. And why would an annual Self Care Day on our calendars really do anything to move the needle on workplace cultures?

This week, Dr. Shaunna and Dr. Lisa talk return to nostalgia for bygone eras that were not equitable for all and how systems are constantly working in the background to reinforce U.S. cultural values that maintain hierarchies of who / what is worthy of support and who / what is not.

This week, Dr. Shaunna and Dr. Lisa discuss the ways in which work is harmful to Black women, how data is rarely collected on marginalized people, and how these realities are symptoms of a larger sickness in society.

It's almost summer, which means that folks are OUTSIDE! Yes, we all have an opportunity to be out and about, watching our favorite streaming platforms, catching a summer blockbuster at the movies, or...even heading to Broadway! This week's episode wanders through the unlearning and relearning of lived experience that can happen through entertainment.

Have you heard of a switchback? It's that bend in the proverbial road that's usually a 180-degree or unusually sharp turn...and there are PLENTY of them in this week's episode.

This week, Dr. Shaunna and Dr. Lisa explore how to create equitable philanthropic opportunities - it is more than just giving money, the erasure of core parts of a person’s identity because of white comfort, and the everyday reminders the world is not made for women.

In this week's episode, Dr. Shaunna and Dr. Lisa grapple with notions of gender, "Scouting America", collective memory, and vocational awe in religious work. They intertwine in many more ways than you may think.

During this week's pod, Dr. Lisa and Dr. Shaunna explore intergenerational fights and fears related to organizational DEI efforts, women and suffering, and restoring Confederate names of two Virginia schools.

Per W.E.B. DuBois' work, The Souls of Black Folk (1903), the notion of double consciousness was used to describe psychological challenges of African Americans looking at oneself through the eyes of a white and racist society. Feeling one's "two-ness" was and is the challenge for Black folks. In today's episode, Dr. Shaunna and Dr. Lisa invite you into triple consciousness -- self as a bystander, upstander, or othered.

Dr. Lisa and Dr. Shaunna tag team on the Word of the Week and then move into a lively conversation about CEOs speaking out on DEI topics, the UK's new law sending asylum seekers to Rwanda, and finally the DEI iceberg.

This week on the show, Dr. Shaunna and Dr. Lisa discuss a whole host of issues ranging from renaming monuments and federal landmarks to criminalizing the unhoused in Oregon. Tying it all together is hope - who has greater access to hope that things will change?

Dap Dunlap, Spike Lee's character in the movie School Daze, screams into the camera, "Wake Up!" as he attempts to get Black people to come together for a common cause. Waking up and staying woke are vastly different and not knowing the history of the term can unfortunately warp its original meaning beyond recognition. Dr. Lisa and Dr. Shaunna talk about staying "woke" as a phrase, staying woke to exploitation, and staying woke to gender inequity in sport.

This week, Dr. Shaunna and Dr. Lisa pull together three seemingly disparate topics using the thread of "oversimplification". As a podcast that rests upon critical thinking, this episode challenges listeners with a new definition, thoughts on voter registration, Coach Dawn Staley's allyship, and Scotland's new hate crimes law plus Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling's historically challenging behavior.

This week Dr. Shaunna and Dr. Lisa cover the globe from California to Rome. Workplace policies, how the small steps can still have a profound impact, and what it means to have the space to self-identify your race rather than be given only a few mismatched categories on the Census.

This is not a "Ridiculist" with Anderson Cooper, but it may be close. On this episode, Dr. Lisa and Dr. Shaunna provide a snippet about the developing story of the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge and what it means for socioeconomic status and transportation. From there, they get into their own ridiculous list: the SCOTUS hearing on mifepristone, questioning "white" as a slur, and the Kate Middleton frenzy over her photoshopping images of her family.

After the disappointment of the Crown Act failing in yet another state, Dr. Lisa and Dr. Shaunna move into more recent events that get messier and messier by the episode. Listen in as they talk about the outcry against anti-DEI legislation in Florida, neuroinclusive workplaces, and sexism on display against a Delta pilot.

During this week's episode, we revisit new iterations of old challenges in equity and inclusion. Dr. Lisa and Dr. Shaunna examine a recent college women's basketball brawl, take a look at even more Oscar night nuances, and end on a lighter note with a small and simple win in women's ice hockey equity.

Staying connected to Women's History Month, Dr. Lisa and Dr. Shaunna address some curious ideas like Girl Dad Night, renting white privilege and eventually retiring from DEI.

After giving some final updates on Black History Month, Dr. Lisa and Dr. Shaunna transition into Women's History Month topics, where injustice continues to abound.