Sarah kendziorHad the privilege to interview one of the fresh voices in media, when Sarah Kendzior (find her on Twitter!) graciously agreed to come on the show.

We cover a lot of ground here; from the current political campaigns to the country’s history of racism and violence.

She had an essay collection, The View From Flyover Country, published in 2015.

Sarah is also an op-ed columnist for Al Jazeera English, and has written about exploitation, particularly in higher education, the diminishing opportunities of America’s youth, and inequality and gentrification.

She has also covered internet privacy, political repression, and how the media shape public perception.  Her April 2013 article “The Wrong Kind of Caucasian” is the most popular AJE op-ed of all time.

Since October 2013, she has been a regular columnist for the Vitae section of The Chronicle of Higher Education. she has also written for POLITICO, The GuardianForeign Policy, Quartz, SlateThe AtlanticMedium,  Radio Free EuropeOpinio JurisAlternet, HRDCVREthnography Matters, Registan.net, The Common Reader,  The New York Daily NewsLa Stampa, The Brooklyn Quarterly, The Globe and Mail and The New York Times.

In August 2013, Foreign Policy named her one of “the 100 people you should be following on Twitter to make sense of global events.”

Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode With Sarah Kendzior