# Ijeoma Oluo

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AW: Viet Thanh Nguyen, "To Save and to Destroy - Writing as an Other

Pulitzer Prize–winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen reflected on how society can build allegiances beyond racial identity & have more global solidarity. He's interviewed by author Ijeoma Oluo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Books: Why Corinne Manning Thinks The LGBTQ Shelf Is The Best In The Bookstore

Author Corinne Manning joined us this week for a special bonus literary episode, celebrating Pride Month and their stellar short story collection We Had No Rules. Listeners may also know Meet Me Here co-host Katie Campbell from the KUOW Book Club, which is reading Manning's book this month along wi…

Be a Revolution: Ijeoma Oluo & Hanif Fazal (Rebroadcast)

This week features a conversation from the 2024 Portland Book Festival, featuring best-selling author Ijeoma Oluo, who is a self-described “writer, speaker, and internet yeller.” She discusses her latest book, Be a Revolution: How Everyday People are Fighting and Changing the World — and How You Ca…

Palestine and The Battle for Seattle 2025 - LIVE with Katie Wilson, Ijeoma Oluo and Matt Lieb

A glorious time in Seattle just days before mayoral candidate Katie Wilson advances to the November election. Francesca welcomes the mother and transit riders activist to talk about how the old Democratic guard needs to go in favor of a working-class agenda. And author Ijeoma Oluo joins to discuss …

Jarad Russell on the Racial Attitudes of White Students

Our guest this month wrote his doctoral dissertation around the year 2020, when our country engaged in a nationwide conversation about race and racism. While the social and political contexts are different from five years ago, Dr. Jarad Russell's research on the racial attitudes of white students r…

Author Ijeoma Oluo’s guide for everyday people trying to fight oppression

Last summer, one of KUOW's Book Club selections was Seattle author Ijeoma Oluo’s 2024 bestseller, Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World – and How You Can, Too. In it, Oluo shows how people across the nation are creating positive change for racial equit…

Ep 42: ​​Staying in the Fight with Ijeoma Oluo

This week, Nora and Marcus sit down with author and activist Ijeoma Oluo for a searching conversation about movement work, harm, belonging, and the radical choice to stay. Together, they explore the personal cost of speaking truth, the wounds movements can inflict on their own, and what it means to…

Want to have better conversations about racism with your parents? Here's how

For some, talking to your parents and elders about racism can lead nowhere, or even backfire. Ijeoma Oluo, author of So You Want To Talk About Race, offers tips to make that conversation less confrontational and more constructive. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of …

Author Ijeoma Oluo on Race, Communication, and Microaggressions

“It's really important to recognize that things are called microaggressions, but it doesn't mean the impact of them is small.” - author Ijeoma Oluo Oluo is the author of the best-selling book "So You Want to Talk About Race." In it, she addresses complex issues—from history to intersectionality to…

Race, Resistance, and the Power of Community ft. Ijeoma Oluo

In the premiere episode of All Roads with Jeffery Robinson, Jeffery sits down with "So You Want to Talk About Race" author Ijeoma Oluo to talk about growing up in Seattle as a Black woman, the tipping points that pushed her to become a bestselling author, and why we all need to get a lot more comfo…