Episode 8 - The Fosters and Hidden Figures - a podcast by Margrit Talpalaru and Eileen Liu

Lin has been bingeing The Fosters on Netflix (https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/70281526), and she recommends it for broad representation of diversity, in terms of race/ethnicity, gender and sexual identity, as well as disability. It doesn’t hurt that the writers have nailed the dramatic structure, so that each episode ends on a cliff hanger. You have no choice but to binge-watch!

In the mean time, Margrit has caught up to 2016! They watched finally watched Hidden Figures (https://www.foxmovies.com/movies/hidden-figures) and are here to tell you it’s super well done, offering a nuanced glimpse into the hurdles of African American women’s efforts to forge a professional career at NASA in segregated early-1960s Virginia. But, of course, you already knew that, because you haven’t been living under a rock deprived of this awesome film.

Question of the episode: What’s a good show or movie that you’ve watched that walks the talk of diversity?

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