Podcast Episodes
Soundwaves of Belonging
Intimate and irreverent conversations with fellow bridge builders
What does it mean to belong? Join Annahid as she hosts conversations with thought leaders in justice, equity, diversity and inclusion about belonging—to the world around us, to the communities we live in and to one another—in a deeply divided world.
Enjoying Soundwaves of Belonging? Dive deeper into the themes of this podcast with Bones of Belonging, Annahid Dashtgard’s upcoming story collection.

On Racism: Cheerleading Women of Colour at Work with Deepa Purushothanam, Author
Jan 17, 2023 • 34:20
Deepa Purushothanam is the author of The First, The Few, The Only: How Women of Color can Redifine Power in Corporate America and the first woman of colour to make partner in the Deloitte’s history. Her 2022 book describes the paradox of women of colour at work: often the highest…
On Difference: Books, Blackness and Belonging
Jan 5, 2023 • 42:39
Kwame Scott Fraser is a former commissioned military officer, once deployed as a United Nations peacekeeper. He’s now President and CEO of Dundurn Press, one of the largest independent publishers in North America publisher of my upcoming book Bones of Belonging. He’s also one of a very small minority of Black…