The Diversity Hires with Christina Lee & Neha Potalia

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11. THE ANONYMOUS EPISODE Dec 08, 2020

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For our season one finale, we are joined by Sanjay Shah ('Central Park', 'Fresh Off the Boat', 'King of the Hill') and Jordan Temple ('Atlanta', 'The Marvelous Mrs Maisel', 'Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet') to answer anonymous listener questions.

10. CHARLOTTE KOH Nov 28, 2020

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Charlotte is a Korean-American media exec and producer who founded Hulu Originals and has produced Emmy-nominated scripted and unscripted television, Oscar-nominated feature films, digital/social video, and audio storytelling at companies such as Hello Sunshine, Marvel, GoPro, HuffPost, and Fox Searchlight.

09. SUJATA DAY Nov 17, 2020

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Sujata is a writer, director, actor and producer. She appeared with Issa Rae on the web series 'Awkward Black Girl' and later on 'Insecure'. She directs 'This Is My Story', a series in which beloved storyteller LeVar Burton narrates real life personal experiences of everyday racism. Sujata's debut award-winning feature film, Definition Please, is currently touring the film festival circuit.

08. GRACE EDWARDS Nov 03, 2020

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Grace is a writer who has worked on such shows as 'Insecure', 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt' and 'Inside Amy Schumer'. She is the creator and showrunner of the upcoming 'Daria' spinoff series called 'Jodie' which will be voiced by Tracee Ellis Ross.

07. ANDREW TI Oct 26, 2020

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Andrew is a writer who was worked on 'Mixed-ish', 'Robot Chicken' and 'Problematic with Moshe Kasher'. He is also the host of the popular podcast 'Yo, Is This Racist?' with Tawny Newsome.

06. CHRISTINA LEE Oct 20, 2020

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Christina is a writer and showrunner. She is currently showrunning HBOMax’s upcoming series 'Made for Love'. She has worked on Search Party, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp and Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later. Previously, she was an executive at Comedy Central and MTV. She is also the co-host of this podcast, duh.

05. PRIYANKA MATTOO Oct 13, 2020

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Priyanka is a writer and producer. She was formerly an agent at UTA and WME, as well as Jack Black’s partner at their production company, Electric Dynamite. Priyanka is the co-founder of EARIOS, a women-led podcast network, and her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times and Vulture.

04. TAZBAH ROSE CHAVEZ Oct 06, 2020

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Tazbah is a writer, director and performance poet. She's written on 'Rutherford Falls', 'Resident Alien' and 'Reservation Dogs'. She recently wrote and directed a short film 'Your Name Isn't English', which was executive-produced by her mentor Taika Waititi.

03. MONICA MACER Sep 29, 2020

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Monica is the showrunner of 'MacGyver', 'Gentefied' and 'Queen Sugar'. She has also written for 'Nashville', 'Deception', 'Teen Wolf', 'Prison Break' and 'Lost'. We talk to Monica about whether diversity programs 'work' and the alter ego she created to deal with an abusive boss.

02. PUNAM PATEL Sep 22, 2020

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Punam is an actress who has appeared on Netflix's 'Special', 'Kevin from Work', 'Alone Together', 'Adam Ruins Everything' and 'Space Force'. We talk about her start at The Second City in Chicago, being in the 2015 CBS Diversity Showcase and being tired of being the only person of color on so many sets.

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