Humanize

About Humanize

It's easy to say you believe in social justice, but engaging in honest conversations about race can be deeply uncomfortable, vulnerable, messy, and complex. Join co-hosts Courthney Russell (social entrepreneur, activist and doctor) and Emily Braucher (keynote speaker and mom) as they take on the kind of interracial dialogue needed to disrupt the current social order and create equity.

Publisher

Courthney Russell Jr and Emily Braucher

Category

education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

30 Nov 2020

Latest episode

15 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

3 of 110 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Vulnerability, Fear, and the Need to Belong w/Pedro Silvas

   Hosts Emily and Courthney interview minister, writer, Enneagram practitioner, and liberation comedian Pedro Silvas about how fear and the need to belong silence us, exploring vulnerability as a path to mutual support and stronger communities.

2. 

   29 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Can We Just Be Human? Authenticity in the Age of Cancel Culture

   Co-hosts Courthney and Emily interview educator Ian Sanderson about embracing authenticity and Indigenous worldviews to foster connection amidst polarization and cancel culture.

3. 

   26 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Should White Parents Teach Their Kids the N-Word?

   Host Courtney and Host Emily discuss whether white parents should teach their children about the N-word, exploring historical context and fostering informed conversations.

Inside a recent episode

Vulnerability, Fear, and the Need to Belong w/Pedro Silvas

Published 15 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And a lot of us don't do that. And then we live in a culture where people kind of worship an illusion of invulnerability. And then people try to shield themselves with money or a gang or something like that. But a lot of it is only a way of denying that we all are vulnerable. Everybody's vulnerable. Men, women, even these billionaires. Everybody is vulnerable. And then people have access to different layers of denial of that vulnerability. Some people have less ways of denying their vulnerability because they might be a trans black woman that's homeless. And everybody knows that person is vulnerable, but they're not ultimately any less vulnerable than the richest person in the world because all of us are a breath away from not existent. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

51 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 44 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

68

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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