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From romance to organizing, a look at how love can be political

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When you think about love, what comes to mind?

Maybe a movie like or . Maybe or singing "I Will Always Love You." Love shows up a lot in our pop culture— but what about in our politics?

The relationships we build…the people we love…the way we treat each other…all of that can be political.

This hour, we hear about the importance of love in political organizing and the way even our most intimate relationships can be political.

GUESTS:

  • Dean Spade: Author, activist and professor at the Seattle University School of Law. His latest book is called
  • Terri Conley: Professor of Psychology at University of Michigan. She co-wrote a chapter called “Love is Political: How Power and Bias Influence Our Intimate Lives” in the book

Special thanks to our interns Angelica Gajewski and Kathy Wang.

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Kevin Chang Barnum is a producer for ϳԹ Radio’s weekly show Disrupted. Kevin grew up in ϳԹ and started his radio work at his graduate university’s radio station, KUCI. He has also worked for HRN, a network of food and beverage podcasts.
Dr. Khalilah L. Brown-Dean is an award-winning scholar at Wesleyan University, author, and host of 'Disrupted' on ϳԹ.
Robyn Doyon-Aitken is the Deputy Director of Audio Storytelling and Talk Shows
Meg Dalton is the director of audio storytelling and talk shows for ϳԹ where she oversees the station’s talk shows and podcasts, including the limited series 'In Absentia'.
Meg Fitzgerald is the senior manager of projects and radio programming.

Funding provided by:
The ϳԹ Office of Film, Television and Digital Media