Leila Day

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  • Username: Leiladia
  • Radio and Multi-media Producer
  • Role: Producer/Reporter: Independent

Recent Pieces from Leila Day

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99% Invisible #303-The Hair Chart (Director's Cut) (19:37)
From: Roman Mars

Beyond Oprah’s hair, Andre Walker is know for a system that he created back in the 1990s that categorizes natural hair types, often referred to simply as “the hair chart.” ...
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What's next? (with Alexis Frank) (30:48)
From: Kaizar Campwala

How do you feel about the future? Do you feel hopeful? Do you feel scared? Can we move forward together as a country? In our Season 1 finale, Carvell Wallace reflects on his ...
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What can I give? (with Eva Paterson and Aunt Bea) (38:36)
From: Kaizar Campwala

How do you stand against evil, but not the evildoer? How do you go to war for what's right with love for the people you're fighting? Carvell Wallace talks with legendary ...
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Is this worth it? (with Van Jones and Rabia Chaudry) (39:18)
From: Kaizar Campwala

Do you love America? No, seriously, Carvell Wallace wants to know: do you love America? Today, he talks with Van Jones and Rabia Chaudry about love. Love for our country, ...
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Why me? (with Shamrace Mims) (32:01)
From: Kaizar Campwala

It's like visiting a small town...but it's also like visiting the remaining survivors of an apocalypse. Carvell Wallace goes to his hometown of McKeesport, PA and talks with ...
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If not me, then who? (with Dr. Ayaz Virji) (01:01:00)
From: Kaizar Campwala

Going out and talking to people is a little thing, but it's also a big thing. Especially if those people are different from you, or might not like you, or might even reject ...
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Who is America? (with Shereen Marisol Meraji) (01:09:48)
From: Kaizar Campwala

How can we come together as a country when it seems like so many things are working to keep us apart? Host Carvell Wallace turns to Shereen Marisol Meraji from NPR's Code ...
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How did I get here? (With Mahershala Ali) (57:02)
From: Kaizar Campwala

Who or what is in your own past right now that you need to face, but aren’t facing—and why not? Carvell Wallace has a theory that maybe this whole nation is just 320 million ...
Caption: Concepción Caballero Antonio at her workplace., Credit: Leila Day

Starting over: Resettling in the U.S and the after-effects of migration (11:40)
From: KALW

Since 1989, San Francisco has been a sanctuary city -- a place that offers undocumented migrants a chance to start a new life, without the threat of immediately being turned ...
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The contested sainthood of Junípero Serra (05:49)
From: KALW

It’s not every day that a local person becomes a saint, but on September 23rd, more than two hundred years after he died, Junípero Serra will be canonized by Pope Francis. ...