Podcasts by The Opt-In

Season 3 Wrap-up LIVE with Aurora + Kelly from 2020-12-01T10:00

 Aurora + Kelly went LIVE to wrap-up Season 3 of the Opt-In Podcast.  Missed it? You can catch up with the wrap-up here!
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This season we touched on so many different aspects of communit...

Rebelle-ing + Rulebreaking with Shannon Sirano Greenwood from 2020-11-24T10:00

Imagine you're a woman in your 30s, an entrepreneur, and you found a planet to live on where you felt great in your mind and body, you had friends that lifted you and your business up and y...

Birth Equity in Community from 2020-11-17T10:00

Everyone has a birth story.  A warrior for sexual and reproductive health, Carmen Green, Vice President of Research & Strategy at National Birth Equity Collaborative (NBEC), is creating solu...

Giving Up Whiteness, Gaining Humanity from 2020-11-10T10:00

Jeff James was one of the good white guys—or so he thought. But when he asked an African American friend how he could help fight the rising tide of racism, he had to think again. "Simple,&q...

Election Day Equanimity with Rev. Rhetta from 2020-11-03T10:00

In such turbulent + expansive times, we call on every drop of equanimity we can muster.  Reverend Rhetta Morgan has been gathering tools for healing + inspiration over a lifetime and joins Auror...

Humanity Has No Borders with Sr. Norma Pimentel from 2020-10-27T09:00

Named one of TIME Magazine's top 100 Influential people of 2020, Sister Norma Pimentel has been providing food, shelter, dignity + compassion to migrants seeking refuge in the US. Aurora + ...

Racial Truth + Transformation with Dr. Gail Christopher from 2020-10-20T09:00

How do we heal the trauma of a country built on stolen land with stolen people? Look no further for a holistic plan for America, than Dr. Gail Christopher.  Dr. Gail is the visionary and archite...

Climate Justice with Colette Pichon Battle from 2020-10-13T09:00

Colette Pichon Battle is a climate justice WARRIOR. A generational native of Bayou Liberty, Louisiana, she is founder + ED of the Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy, developing programming f...

Dr. Kelsey Leonard on Indigenous Tradition + the Rights of Water from 2020-10-07T12:00

Water is LIFE. As a water scientist and protector, Dr. Kelsey Leonard seeks to establish Indigenous traditions of water conservation as the foundation for international water policy-making. Figh...

Alli + Asha about Schools, Writing + Race from 2020-09-29T09:00

We are getting SCHOOL-ed with co-authors, lifelong educators, parents, + great friends Alli Frank + Asha Youmans. Their debut novel, Tiny Imperfections, offers a lighthearted take on race, famil...

Children + Raising Up for Racial Justice with Tia Mathisen from 2020-09-22T09:00

How do we raise our kids to talk, play, learn and rise up for racial justice? Aurora + Kelly virtually sit with Tia Mathisen, the managing director at The Philadelphia Citizen, whose interest re...

Raising Our [white woman] Hands + Jenna Arnold from 2020-09-15T09:00

Jenna Arnold pulls the curtain back on the proverbial White Woman of Oz to reveal why America's most powerful demographic seems to think they're, well, powerless. She is the author of ...

What Does Community Mean? from 2020-09-08T09:00

For Aurora, community is love, family and life.  For Kelly, community is joining a pool or gym. To break down what community means and how we need it more than ever, they're joined by great...

Season 3 Trailer: Community from 2020-08-03T09:00

We're back! New episodes of the Opt-in drop next week.

The Opt-In is hosted by Kelly + Aurora, two socially, generationally and ethnically divergent besties getting real with hones...

Season 2 Wrap-Up: The 10,000 White Women Return from 2020-04-07T09:00

Aurora + Kelly are joined by Erica Taxin Bleznak and Lisa Lord, from Season 1's 10,000 White Women: Doing the Work episode, to reflect on Season 2 and share their growth from the last year....

Becoming a Good Ancestor with Layla F. Saad from 2020-03-31T09:00

Layla Saad is a globally respected writer, speaker and podcast host on the topics of race, identity, leadership, personal transformation and social change. Aurora + Kelly talk with Layla about h...

Penn State Football Coach James Franklin and The Road to First from 2020-03-24T09:00

BONUS MINI EPISODE! Penn State Football Head Coach James Franklin shares with Aurora + Kelly his goal of being the first African-American coach to win a National Championship, how to raise daugh...

The Parlay Effect with Anne Devereux-Mills from 2020-03-17T09:00

Anne Devereux-Mills, an author, speaker, advocate, entrepreneur and corporate leader, was sick of transactional and boring interactions with competitive white women.  After a career spent runnin...

Do Nothing with Celeste Headlee from 2020-03-10T09:00

Communication and Human Nature Expert, Award-winning journalist, NPR host and Best-Selling Author Celeste Headlee has us asking why do we measure our time in terms of efficiency instead of meani...

Racial Justice from the Heart with Dr. Amanda Kemp from 2020-03-03T10:00

Many white people want to do good - but are afraid to say the wrong thing.  Meanwhile, many people of color are exhausted from speaking up. Dr. Amanda Kemp teaches people of all races how to fee...

"B" is for Be the Change with Jay Coen Gilbert from 2020-02-25T10:00

Jay Coen Gilbert is co-founder of B Lab, a nonprofit organization that serves a global movement of people using business as a force for good. The vision for Certified B Corporations is to change...

Due Quach: Brain Hacking 3.0 from 2020-02-18T10:00

Due Quach (pronounced ‘Zway Kwok’) is an inspiring social entrepreneur and author of Calm Clarity: How to Use Science to Rewire Your Brain for Greater Wisdom, Fulfillment and Joy. Due uses neuro...

How the Story You Believe Impacts Everyone with Heather McGhee from 2020-02-11T10:00

If we ever needed a narrator to help generations of American people understand where we've come from and the direction we are going, it is Heather McGhee.  A political strategist and distin...

Yoga is Personal AND Political with Michelle C. Johnson from 2020-02-04T10:00

THIS is the yoga we've been waiting for. Michelle C. Johnson, author, yoga teacher, social justice activist, licensed clinical social worker and Dismantling Racism trainer, gets into deep c...

Daralyse Lyons: I'm Mixed from 2020-01-28T10:00

When Daralyse Lyons isn’t doing splits or jumping out of airplanes, this former yoga teacher and eternal adrenaline junkie can be found with pen in hand furiously scribbling her latest novel. Th...

Onlyness with Nilofer Merchant from 2020-01-21T10:00

Tech and innovation legend Nilofer Merchant is on a mission to reimagine a future of work that actually works… for all of us. We often listen to the loudest guy in the room.  Or the best looking...

Season 2 Trailer: Intergeneration Wisdom from 2020-01-14T18:00

Stay tuned for Season 2 of The Opt-in. The first episode premieres January 21, 2020.

The Opt-In podcast is two socially, generationally and ethnically divergent besties getting real wit...

Season 1 Wrap Up: Aurora + Kelly from 2019-12-17T10:00

Aurora + Kelly join The Opt-In producer Rachel Ishikawa in reflecting on this past season and share their New Years Revolutions.

Find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @th...

He/His: Gender Identity with Jaiden Love from 2019-12-10T10:00

Having lived the first half of his life as a Black woman and now over a decade as a Black man, Jaiden Love redefines the term intersectionality. He offers his wisdom as a Diversity and Trans Inc...

Motherhood, Money + Meritocracy with Joanne Ramos from 2019-11-26T10:00

Joanne Ramos, author of NY Times bestselling novel The Farm, breaks down motherhood, money and meritocracy with Aurora + Kelly this week.  From dormitory housing for domestic workers, to a luxur...

The Heart of Racism with Therapist April Harter from 2019-11-19T10:00

April Harter LCSW is an antiracism therapist and coach who helps white people break the rules of antiracism in order to show up authentically in their interracial relationships. Her work is cont...

Mindfully Opting-In with Caverly Morgan from 2019-11-10T23:00

From growing up a white girl in Charlottesville, VA, to becoming a Zen Buddhist Monk for eight years to creating the first for-credit Mindfulness Course in Portland, Oregon high schools, Caverly...

Meek Mill and Michael Rubin: Two Worlds Collide to REFORM Probation from 2019-11-05T10:00

Philadelphia 76ers partner and REFORM Alliance co-chair Michael Rubin talks with Aurora + Kelly and reveals how his friendship with Meek Mill shifted his perspective, his opt-in moment to help #...

From Privilege to Progress: #ShowUp from 2019-10-29T09:00

Melissa DePino + Michelle Saahene tweeted the Starbucks arrest of two Black men for not buying a coffee.  The tweet was heard around the world to the extent that Starbucks shut down for a day of...

White Men on Race, Fatherhood and Opting-In from 2019-10-22T09:00

Seth Berger is Managing Director of the Sixers Innovation Lab and Head Boys Basketball Coach at the Westtown School. Seth gets vulnerable and deep w...

10,000 White Women: Doing the Work from 2019-10-15T09:00

Aurora and Kelly sit down with their co-creators of 10,000 White Women: Doing the Work, Lisa Lord and Erica Taxin Bleznak, to talk about the harm caused by white women's unconscious racism,...

White Fragility with Robin DiAngelo from 2019-10-08T09:00

Ever notice how at diversity trainings it always seems to be the white people crying - what’s up with that? Well, there’s a name for it: white fragility. 

This week we talk to New York...