Here it is! ITYC's interview with the delightfully Canadian duo behind Chonilla.com-Clove and Sherley.

Powering through technical difficulties, we talked about the genesis of the show, the trouble with most podcasts about interracial relationships, the myth of the magical white man, "when keeping it real goes wrong" and the sometimes hilariously subtle differences between Canada and the U.S. 

Author Tanji Dewberry's son was diagnosed with ADHD in 2011 after a long and agonizing process during which she took medical leave from her high-powered Wall Street job as Vice President of Investor Relations to see her son through a myriad of medical tests and doctor visits.

By the end of 2011 Dewberry had begun the process of creating Oh Fiddlesticks, a children's book inspired by her son and her family's experiences with ADHD. While the book was a form of theraputic release for her, Dewberry also hoped that Oh Fiddlesticks would help other parents and children living with ADHD. 

Here it is! Part two of our Telling Black Hair Stories series! In this installment we talk to author and associate professor in Africana Studies and Feminist, Gender, Sexuality Studies at Cornell University, Noliwe M. Rooks about her book "Hair Raising: Beauty, Culture and African American Women." We talk about the legacy of Madame C.J. Walker that you never learn about during Black History Month and why black hair politics don't just begin or end with hair that's been "fried, dyed and laid to the side."

As an added bonus, Professor Rooks also shares a bit of background about her latest book "White Money Black Power: The Surprising History of African American Studies and the Crisis of Race and Higher Education."

ITYC had the great pleasure of talking with multicultural psychologist and author Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu about his latest book When Half is Whole: Multiethnic Asian Identities. Through deeply personal, raw storytelling, When Half Is Whole explores the complex journey of identity formation in a world where social and economic realities of race affect every facet of human life both here in the United States and abroad in countries like Japan.

We talked to Professor Shigematsu about his work, his personal identity story, and his live performance piece "Celtic Samurai." Please do check out his website and blog for more information about the book When Half is Whole and his other publications.