The Bottom Line Podcast

Janah Richardson•thebottomlinepodcast.squarespace.com

As future global leaders and thinkers, the ability to comprehend and apply pragmatic solutions to real-world issues in our youth equips us with the tools for agency and activism. This podcast features guests from a multitude of backgrounds engaging in dialogue about politics and progress. Our aim is to bring uncomfortable yet necessary conversations to the forefront while promoting diversity of thought and global perspectives.

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Episodes

How You Gonna Win When You Ain't Right Within?: Black Mental Health with Nyla Bowers

The Bottom Line: The best thing we can do for our community is what we can do for ourselves. In this conversation about mental health in the Black community, Janah is joined by Nyla Bowers, a current freshman at Cornell University. Janah and Nyla approach the discussion through multiple lenses (including historical and contemporary) to explain the conditions that create Black exhaustion and the roots of the stigma surrounding mental health practices. Mental health is especially important for the...

Mar 10, 2022•1 hr 17 min

Skin Deep: Unpacking White Privilege, White Guilt, and Allyship with Lily Gies

The Bottom Line: Weaponize your white privilege to dismantle systemic racism. In this episode, Janah is joined by Lily Gies, a senior at Walter Payton, in a conversation about allyship and activism. When discussing race, empathy and honesty are essential. However, the inability to interrogate one’s implicit bias and under systemic issues from outside perspectives prevents fruitful conversations from occurring. In this discussion, Lily and Janah discuss the ways white privilege, white guilt, and ...

Feb 24, 2022•1 hr 21 min