For a self proclaimed shy human, Sam does pretty darn well when you throw her on stage with a microphone. She’s produced and moderated panels on diversity in the media spaces, been a featured speaker for high school and college students, and flexes her brain/funny bone combo as the host of Inner Hoe Uprising’s monthly Sex Trivia Sunday. You can listen to/watch some of Sam’s panel’s below.
Whose voices do we hear when it comes to stories of scientific breakthroughs and new technologies? Four black podcasters talk about how to make science and tech podcasts more inclusive for both creators and listeners. Sam Riddell produced and moderated this panel featuring panelists Bridget Todd of AFROPUNK Solution Sessions, Janina Jeff of In Those Genes, and Naima “Queen” Muhammad of Tea with Queen and J.
African-American Vernacular English is quickly appropriated by broader American culture. Folks want to talk like us. But do they want to hear us speak -- or at least provide us with the resources to do so? This panel produced by Sam Riddell, moderated by Berry Syk, and featuring Naima “Queen” Muhammad and Landy Watley, explores the dearth of podcasters with blaccents, inaccessibility for podcast creators and listeners who favor AAVE, and the importance of putting resources into audio series that exist outside of the NPR mold. You can listen to the panel below.
