Scoot Over
Slate journalist and media personality Aymann Ismail hosts a series of conversations about how to build a more inclusive world and what is standing in our way in this limited podcast series celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the Ariane de Rothschild Fellowship.
Episodes
8 episodes
8. Laicite; Caveats of Assimilation
In an era where Western societies are on increasingly shaky ground with diverse groups of minorities calling for inclusion, France's definition, and enforcement, of secularism as a solution has drawn international attention.Pat...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 8
•
28:28
7. Ageism; It’s About Time
A recent AARP study stated that ageism could cost the US economy up to 4 trillion dollars by 2050, yet ageism is too often left out of the DE&I conversation.Ashton Applewhite is an internationally recognized expert on ageis...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 7
•
29:54
6. Inclusion; Hashtag Trending
Aymann is joined by two leaders in the Diversity Equity & Inclusion space in tech who know firsthand what it takes for corporate America to truly be inclusive, and why it’s worth it for both the employees and the bottom line. <...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 6
•
24:30
5. Art; Commissioning Your Self
Aymann welcomes two incredibly talented and determined female artists to discuss the struggle to be seen, heard, and accepted as outsiders in their respective spaces. Claudia Gold, who for years was known to us as simply ...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 5
•
29:07
4. Body Positivity; Commercialized or Commandeered?
A plus-sized hijabi model and a media professor join Aymann to explore the nuance of the mediated world of body positivity and confidence culture.Leah Vernon is an international Hijabi social media influencer, award-winning aut...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 4
•
26:34
3. History; A Reckoning
History is written by the victors is a famous phrase, but rarely do we dig into what it actually means and its consequences for how we understand who we are. Aymann speaks with two academics who are teaching the rest of us to resist the neat...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 3
•
32:02
2. Memory; The Things We Carry
Aymann is joined by two Jewish scholars to discuss how memory - a personal version of history passed down from generation to generation - shapes identity. Emmanuel Kattan is Director of the Alliance Program, a partnership ...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 2
•
30:40
1. Religion; The Female Exodus
What happens when women are excluded, silenced and marginalized within religious communities? In the inaugural episode of Scoot Over, Slate journalist Aymann Ismail explores the trouble with rooting out gender exclusion in a group that faces...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 1
•
36:31