Meet the Content Team
Logan Toé
Why did you join KSB?
I joined KSB for multiple reasons. KSB is a great place for people with similar stories to come together in order to create meaningful content; it allows stories that have often gone unheard to be voiced. Every week, I am able to learn new things whether that be personal or historical facts. Furthermore, I wanted a community where I could connect with like-minded people and learn from each other. Especially at a place like the University of Chicago, finding community is often difficult. However, I am extremely happy that I was able to find this group and many people that I can call my friends. This space allowed me to discover more about myself and the manner in which I perceived myself. Being in a space where I could be authentic and fully myself was and is crucial to my development and I feel lucky to have found that so early on. College is the time of your life to learn more about yourself and this podcast is the true embodiment of that.
Head of Content Team
Political Science Major
What is your favorite KSB episode and why?
My favorite episode of KSB was “Black to Our Roots”. This episode holds a lot of value for me, as it was the first episode I ever recorded. I was really excited to be able to participate in the creation of an episode. I loved the way in which everyone on the team was able to get involved and share their experiences. The way the episode is structured truly makes it feel like an open conversation which emphasizes the aspect of community. I loved sharing my interpretation of blackness through my family’s understanding of it. I loved learning about other members’ experiences and childhoods. This episode will always be special to me as it represents the start of something new for me.
Trinitee Holley
Content Team
Human Rights & Public Policy Double Major, Creative Writing & English Double Minor
Why did you join KSB?
I joined KSB not only because of my passion for the work we create but also because of the community that has been fostered. Being a part of KSB allows me to work with an amazing and diverse group of students to create content that represents ourselves and simultaneously comments on society and the POC experience. The lens through which we approach our content is extremely collaborative and community-based. It has allowed me to surround myself with inspirational and passionate peers who have given me immeasurable knowledge and new perspectives to approach the world through. Along with that, it has granted me the opportunity to cultivate and sharpen my voice, while focussing on several intersectional topics that often remain unaddressed. KSB is more than just a podcast, it is also a safe space to explore while being surrounded by a supportive group of talented and passionate individuals.
What is your favorite KSB episode and why?
My favorite KSB episode is “Healing: Making Way For Our Future,” in fact, it is the reason I applied to begin with. The episode explores mental health in POC communities while also emphasizing how the way we heal today will greatly impact our futures and our communities' futures. I found this extremely important and impactful as healing and mental health, in general, are often left unaddressed in POC communities. This is explored in a very collaborative manner as it features peers, outside of KSB, sharing their experiences, struggles, and solutions. This works to create spaces for this very important conversation but, also highlights the diverse journeys faced by those who identify as “Kinda Sorta Brown,” while unifying our communities and the similar struggles they face and the solutions they implore.
Shanice Handley
Content Team
Computer Science and Media Arts & Design Double Major, Race, Diaspora & Indigeneity Minor
Why did you join KSB?
I joined KSB because it feels like home even after only being involved for a couple of months. While working on the podcast is one of the best things about KSB, the friendship I’ve made through it has been what keeps me wanting to keep engaging in the club. I also value the mission we work to achieve of sharing and highlighting the stories of POC people, I feel like the work we do not only impacts our campus with every listen but also impacts me. I also joined KSB because it gives me the opportunity to learn more about podcasting and explore it as a passion of mine while being surrounded by a supportive community.
What is your favorite KSB episode and why?
“Nothing About Us Without Us” for sure! I'm personally very interested in museums as a colonial institution and the ways nations have used museums as a front to strip communities of their cultural wealth. What I love about the episode is that while it acknowledges and discusses the history of museums' involvement in this colonial project of stealing cultural artifacts, it also shows the ways museums could work towards actually including the people whose artifacts are being represented in these institutions. I feel like this episode is a great entry point for new listeners not only because of the easy access to the topic but the production of it all is just amazing.
Arya Naik
Content Team
Economics and Chemistry Double Major
Why did you join KSB?
Kinda Sorta Brown perfectly sums up how I have felt all my life: Indian but not Indian enough to get a Bollywood movie joke, African but not African enough that when I tell people I'm from Africa, they don't do a double take because of the type of brown I am. Growing up in Zimbabwe and then Mauritius is an experience I will never take for granted but it is also something that I have begun to reflect on and see that it has changed the way people accept me in social circles. I would love to be part of the KSB team because I want to talk about this and I want to hear more about this. I would love to be part of an ongoing conversation about how different people experience being brown and what joys but also what struggles it can bring and how brown and non- brown communities alike can change the narrative.
What is your favorite KSB episode and why?
Of all the episodes, I think Community and Coalition speaks to me the most because I felt like I was having a conversation with each and every one of the speakers and I totally related to the KINDA SORTA aspect of being brown whereby there is almost a disconnect between what we look like and how we truly identify ourselves. The idea that the speakers bring up of brownness being a spectrum feels very freeing and welcoming because it almost invites anyone who feels slightly out of place in the normal cultural 'boxes' to join this community.