In the days and hours after the Buffalo Massacre, the pre-planned episode with Jeff Keller takes on a much more introspective and serious turn. Keller, bi-racial who lived through history and family strife growing up in America. Ron, dealing with the reality that this is happening and people like him are the target. Stephen, thinking deeply about how we need to radically change what we're doing to push back against this. Thinking positively and constructively is the name of the game for the Positive Identity podcast. But here... here they must reckon with history and an America where this is ..read more

Stephen and Ron, the partners in justice, are at it again; this time having fun talking to Ken Nwadike, also known as the Free Hugs Guy. Ken Nwadike is a social media viral star and legend in peace activism in the United States.  Ken talks about how his love for running and the tragedy of the Boston Marathon Bombing led to the Free Hugs movement and how it evolved as racial tensions in America grew. Free Hugs went viral in the digital and real-world space by valuing real-life experiences with other people. We are a multi-racial society, yet racism and hate are still being taught in the ..read more

Stephen and Ron speak to prolific author Dr. Tara Green about self-love, putting community first, and telling stories. Dr. Tara Green came from rural Louisiana and explains the calling of a writer to put other people first in their stories in order to give them a voice. Writers don’t have to be in the spotlight; they put others in the spotlight through their stories. One of Dr. Green’s latest works, “Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson“ celebrates a bisexual Black woman’s life as a writer and an activist for women’s and African American’s rights. Dr. Green’s journ ..read more

It's a new year, new approach and new way of thinking for 2022. But it's the past that defines the good we can do. And last year, the final podcast for Ron & Stephen was them talking about what they were thankful for. In an end of the year saw saw record coronavirus cases and feeling like 2021 was a F$^%ing mess, Ron and Stephen spent time trying to ask themselves what was good. What where they thankful for. What made them happy.  Happiness, and how we find happiness, informs our diverse and dynamic identities and in this podcast episode, Stephen and Ron talk about that happiness th ..read more

It's the Tuesday after EDC.  Stephen had just come back from the weekend of a lifetime. A week that changed how he saw the world and how he saw everyone in it. Ron of course has been in this world, for a good long 30 years. He knows the score. He knows that look in Stephen's face. He knows what it's like to hit the next level and go to the other side. Anyone who knows rave culture knows what we're talking about. How no matter your race or identity, the "experience" can take you to the next level. And in this podcast, we go to the next level. "Positive Identity: It's another week wher ..read more

Ron and Stephen drop it the big one on us today. As in drop the fact that EDM culture and rave culture are both things are hugely impactful to race and identity in America. Ron is a pro at this, raving since the 90s. Stephen is the new kid in town, tearing it up in the post COVID world and about to head to EDC to make memories to last a lifetime. It's a world of joy, dance and happiness... and in this world Ron and Stephen discuss what the rave culture and EDM community has done for race relations. Then talk about how that environment can help inform how we can make a more unified and loving ..read more

The article has DROPPED! Here it is. https://www.dailynews.com/2021/09/23/can-positive-storytelling-improve-race-relations-this-la-based-collective-thinks-so/ This is a seminal moment. People are looking at Positive Identity. The Media Machine is online... and Ron and Stephen now have to digest. "Positive Identity: It's another week where we tell you inspiring and positive stories of people of different races doing good things for each other and the world. Then from there, we become better people and learn more how to make the world better for everyone ..read more

Last week Ron and Stephen were just working away at little ol Positive Identity, hoping they could make a difference in their own small way. Their Outreach Director Ben told them this reporter wanted to speak with them. Thinking it was someone just fishing in the water to see if this was something interesting, Stephen figured he would get Directors Leonora and David in on the call in hopes that they three could give a larger context to the work being done. Little did they know this "short call" was actually a large scale and comprehensive interview with a journalist for the OC Register on how ..read more

While the State of the Union address tales place in January/February, after the "Summer of Love 2021", it's time to see where we're at as a nation. For Ron & Stephen, the fun and joy of summer now turns to the seriousness and edge of fall. COVID is on a rampage, the Supreme Court is dropping the hammer, Afghanistan is dominating the news and America continues through the uncertainty of this current era. But there is optimism in the air if not a major question that Ron & Stephen must face... and that is when people refuse to see the same reality... how can they ever truly come togethe ..read more

As we are currently going through global pandemic, we are also simultaneously going through another epidemic: homelessness. But what is our country doing in terms of helping those without homes? What can we individually do to help? Jon Linton, founder of I have a Name and Let's Be Better Humans, has taken matters into his own hands. Jon shares the various ways he has impacted the homelessness community, spreading hope to those who have expressed that they feel invisible and dehumanized.  Jon shares his journey of becoming an advocate for the unhoused, and how it all started with a photog ..read more