Hi everyone! I'm taking a short break from releasing episodes but will be back on August 11. That's just enough time for you to catch up on past episodes ;) Here's a sneak peek of the upcoming episodes with Dr. Malik Boykin. 

For episode 12 - 

[Malik] "People who study race have a much better time when there are people of color as Editors of the Journals. But oftentimes you're fighting an uphill battle. And the fact that if an editor doesn't think that this is a valid thing to think about or valid thing to study, then you have to navigate the fact that you have a harder road to hoe to convince people that this is scientific, that it's worthwhile. And sometimes it might be a study that is actually threatening to the person that receives it as an editor. So you got to bake that in, that resistance is extra drag. Over and above the fact that, one of the other things, and I don't want you to feel any kind of way about this because I'm on your platform to talk about this, but I'm often asked to talk about experiences that are racially charged and traumatic experiences as a part of my job."

For episode 13 - 

[Malik] "The one thing that I did all the way through graduate school that was the most helpful, was dance. However cheesy that sounds, it was like I had to find time to get to a place that was playing hip hop music or Afrobeat music or electronic dance music or something and just sweat it out and really just leave it there and dance until my legs retired and dance until, you know, I just was almost meditatively just in the groove, in the music, in the moment. And I think that was my best strategy to recharge. It was my best strategy to release, and I had just a consistent practice of that."

See you soon!