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How ARK is Transforming Villages
In this episode, the Makillala Crew: Jen and Rachelle, with guest co-host Lenn Almadin-Thornhill; interview Ayesha Vera-Yu, CEO & Co-Founder of Advancement for Rural Kids; and Paolo Española Co-Founder at Hidden Apron. They share with us how a five cents food program can fight poverty and...
Trump's Wall and the End of the American Frontier
In this episode, Laura interviews author and Yale historian Greg Grandin about his new book The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America. They explore how America's foundational myth of progress has given way to protectionism. Will opposition to the wall finally...
How the Diversity Industry is Failing and What We Can Do to Fix It
In an era when companies spend hundreds of millions of dollars on diversity and inclusion programs, the proportion of African Americans in tech, media, and business leadership roles is stagnating. In her new book, Diversity, Inc. The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business, award-winning...
The Future Is Public: Special Report from Amsterdam
From Austria to Chile, Lagos to London, people are demanding policies that democratize economies and keep public resources in public hands. In just the last decade, more than 2,400 cities in 58 countries have brought privatized resources back under public control. In this episode, Laura reports from...
Understanding Stem Cell Therapy
In this episode, the Makillala Crew: Jen and Rachelle, with guest co-host Lenn Almadin-Thornhill; interview Bima Baje, CEO at Colts Neck Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine. They explain to us the basics about Stem Cell Therapy, a revolutionary technology that promises a lot but needs to be...
Appropriate Be Damned: Poet Staceyann Chin on her Journey to See Herself as a Poet Worthy of an Anthology
Award-winning poet, performer, novelist, and activist Staceyann Chin has just published her first anthology of poems. She has been featured on Broadway, HBO, and Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam and her latest one woman show, MotherStruck, was adapted for film and premiered at the Tribeca Film...
Puerto Rico: Freedom From Fantasy
What most Americans know about Puerto Rico is based on a colonial fantasy, says journalist and Columbia University professor, Ed Morales. This fantasy, and the reality it obscures, is the subject of his new book, Fantasy Island. In this episode, Laura interviews Morales and scholar/activist Rosa...
Pinay Calls the Shots as NYC Commissioner of Media and Entertainment
In this episode, the Makillala Crew: Jen and Rachelle; interview Anne del Castillo, first generation filipino-american who serves as Commissioner at the NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment. The episode closes with a presentation by Joanna Ruth & Cyd Tumpalan, who play violin and marimba.
Manhattan Neighborhood Network Ushers in New Era with Joe Hall as Incoming President & CEO
January 5, 2024
Manhattan Neighborhood Network Ushers in New Era with Joe Hall as Incoming President & CEO
