Almost 48 hours after (not) placing his hand on the Bible and being sworn in to office for a second and final term, 45/47 signed Executive Order after Executive Order, unraveling more than just President Biden's legacy alone. More than 50 years of presidential priorities were obliterated with the stroke of a Sharpie. Dr. Lisa and Dr. Shaunna touch upon those that have the most impact on diversity, equity, and inclusion work...or at the very least, the ones that vex us most.

This week, the hosts delve into virtue signaling, the future of the beauty pageant, SCOTUS’ review of gender affirming care for minors, and whether a “becoming board” is a better option than a “vision board” as we think about the year ahead.

This week on the pod, Drs. Shaunna and Lisa discuss a few issues that one might describe as illogical – underestimating HMCU American football coaches and players, U.S. healthcare, and how many states STILL have not had a woman governor.

Happy New Year...or at least we hope it's more happy moments than not. In the DEI space, we greet you with new terrain to navigate. The first episode of the year grapples with defining "engagement" in the workplace, feedback on DEI language usage, and new research on people who mourn the loss of being a grandparent.

In the last episode of 2024, Drs Shaunna and Lisa applaud General Tubman, give a slight side-eye to Cynthia Erivo, and remove themselves from the mythology of self-care.

As the hosts slide to the end of 2024, they are noticing that more and more organizations are losing courage in the face of challenges to DEI work. In this week's episode, Drs Shaunna and Lisa discuss the lack of regard for women's lives, policy rollbacks, and contentious holiday disagreements.

This week on [un]phased unedited, Dr. Shaunna and Dr. Lisa discuss the influence of voter demographics on the recent election, why women tend to get less exercise, and they explore a new concept called “Spiritual Bypassing” which can lead the minimization of someone’s pain.

This week’s episode, The Drs take on reproductive justice and misinformation around perinatal hospice care, the interplay between a lack of self-awareness and arrogance, and whether allies can truly speak for others without misrepresenting or missing the nuance or their experience.

This week, Dr. Shaunna and Dr. Lisa talk about a recent apology to Native Americans for the U.S. policy on boarding schools, how humor can disguise bigotry, and why it matters when employees misuse company resources.

Isn't it interesting how every generation feels that a presidential election is "the most divisive of our time"? The 2024 election season was not only divisive and vitriolic, but also situated within a "Super Election Year" with over 60 countries heading to the polls. Dr. Lisa and Dr. Shaunna have discussed the U.S. Presidential Election for months, even before President Joseph Robinette Biden stepped aside to create the possibility of the first woman -- and certainly the first woman of color -- in the Oval Office. Listen in as the [un]phased unedited hosts debrief the election results one week after the dust has (somewhat) settled.

Many moons ago, "Defiance" was the name and location of a pivotal "Scandal" episode to seal the U.S. Presidency on primetime tv. In this episode, airing on Election Day, the hosts ponder the systems that make up the fundamental pain points of our existence as Americans -- the prevalence of invisible labor, return to work woes, parenting, and disability.

This week the Drs discuss the ongoing uncertainty of corporate and government DEI programs, the hypocrisy present in claims of free speech (for whom, exactly?), and how equity and inclusion are lenses through which we should address weather disaster preparation and evacuation.

Our frustration with American journalism and news media continues as we share some new language, address the fragility of women's progress in the workplace, and Finland's war against fake news.

This week, Drs. Gold and Ingarfield discuss proactive social justice, the death penalty, and how the righteous indignation and political optics of some can derail legitimate efforts to make amends for past wrongs.

This week, the Drs ponder at what point watching movie or television dramatizations of people’s struggles or experiences of violence becomes exploitative. Dr. Lisa shares her frustration with the poor job news media is doing suffocating the many lies told on the campaign trail by one particular presidential candidate and the pair end with reflections on whether knowing a person’s race gives context to behavior and at what point this can tip into racism and stereotype.

Dr. Shaunna and Dr. Lisa quickly whiplash from funny to not funny in this week's episode. A satirical mockumentary attempting to discredit DEI, Tyreek Hill's unfortunately familiar police stop, and the public health risks of social media are priorities in this week's conversation.

In the U.S. context, the systems 'stay winning'! To live in community (for good or for bad), folks must function within these systems. But what happens when systems go unchecked and unimproved for years? Individuals who do not thrive within these unchecked and unchanged systems are victim-blamed for the dysfunction. In this week's podcast, Dr. Shaunna and Dr. Lisa address systems like workplace mandates, the business of health care, and lack of support for mothers.

This week, Dr. Shaunna and Dr. Lisa look at how certainty can derail dialogue, why and whether someone should give up their airline seat, and what’s up with the fact checkers?

Only listeners of a certain age will remember the medical sitcom from the late 80s/early 90s where Dr. Howser was a teenage physician. (You read that right; a child prodigy turned surgeon.) If it was hard for you to process the thought of someone so young seeing patients, you may be showing signs of ageism -- as we all have.

For the very first episode of September, Dr. Lisa and Dr. Shaunna (both as resident Gen Xers) speak to the topics of family relationships, the 'right to disconnect' from work, and being 'enough' of any identity group. We see holes as big as Swiss cheese in many of these arguments, so listen in.