Nico is joined by John Birdsall, whose biography "The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James Beard," was just released. The book explores Beard's queerness, and the ways in which it trickled into his recipes, teachings, and American food culture as a whole. Heritage Radio Network is a listener...

This week, Nico speaks to Ianne Fields Stewart. Ianne is the founder of the Okra Project, an organization that hires Black trans chefs to go into the homes of other Black trans people to prepare a delicious home-cooked meal, building community along the way. Image courtesy of Ianne Fields Stewart...

This episode was originally produced for Season 2 of Bodies, hosted by Allison Behringer. Trans folks are 8x more likely than cis folks to be diagnosed with an eating disorder. Nico shares their own experience with trying to untangle their gender dysphoria from their feelings and behaviours around...

Nico is joined by Alia Volz to talk about her book "Half Baked: My Mom, Marijuana, and the Stoning of San Francisco," and how AIDS activists paid the way for marijuana legalization in this country. Find a Black-owned bookstore near you: https://aalbc.com/bookstores/bookstore-map.php Heritage Radio...

When Soleil Ho was hired to be the new restaurant critic at the San Francisco Chronicle, she was replacing someone who had held the role for 32 years. She took it upon herself to totally reinvent the job, working to create a sight of exploration, representation, and equity. Listen in on our...

Nico speaks with Dallas Robinson, a self-described young black Dyke, who is working to bring a visionary farm and education center to life. In March, HRN began producing all of our 35 weekly shows from our homes all around the country. It was hard work stepping away from our little recording studio...