Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:56:44 -0400 https://unheardvoices.buzzsprout.com en-us © 2026 Unheard Voices yes b1a106cc-5af1-5b2c-a324-a58ae7f2937d William Rodriguez episodic false A series of conversations from groups in American society who feel invisible in the dominant narrative of race and want to be included. Unheard Voices launched in Spring 2022 include a set of podcasts prepared by Boston University Students in the Cross-Campus Challenge Course titled: Unheard Voices - Deconstructing the Dominant Narrative by Inclusion.

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) William Rodriguez https://storage.buzzsprout.com/81sd81do91enupt2ce4poro4wtnn?.jpg Hidden Curricula Hidden Curricula is a podcast about what nobody puts in the syllabus. We examine how women are perceived and positioned in the workforce and in leadership — not just the visible barriers, but the deeper architecture of stereotypes and Western cultural norms that keep those barriers standing. In conversations with women working in male-dominated fields across academia and industry, we go beneath the talking points to ask harder questions: Where do these assumptions come from? Who benefits from them? And what does it actually take to dismantle them?

]]> Hidden Curricula is a podcast about what nobody puts in the syllabus. We examine how women are perceived and positioned in the workforce and in leadership — not just the visible barriers, but the deeper architecture of stereotypes and Western cultural norms that keep those barriers standing. In conversations with women working in male-dominated fields across academia and industry, we go beneath the talking points to ask harder questions: Where do these assumptions come from? Who benefits from them? And what does it actually take to dismantle them?

]]> William Rodriguez Buzzsprout-19180215 Thu, 14 May 2026 22:00:00 -0400 1263 5 1 full false Voices of Equity: Leading DEI in Times of Backlash Voices of Equity: Leading DEI in Times of Backlash
How do we champion equity when the tide is turning against it? This episode dives deep into the state of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts amid cultural pushback. Featuring candid interviews with leaders from education, business, and advocacy, we explore how they sustain inclusive practices under pressure. Personal stories, sound design, and rigorous research illuminate both the challenges and the courage behind the fight to keep equity alive.

]]> Voices of Equity: Leading DEI in Times of Backlash
How do we champion equity when the tide is turning against it? This episode dives deep into the state of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts amid cultural pushback. Featuring candid interviews with leaders from education, business, and advocacy, we explore how they sustain inclusive practices under pressure. Personal stories, sound design, and rigorous research illuminate both the challenges and the courage behind the fight to keep equity alive.

]]> William Rodriguez Buzzsprout-17093769 Sat, 03 May 2025 21:00:00 -0400 1654 4 3 full false Stolen People on Stolen Land: Uncovering America’s Foundational Hypocrisy What happens when immigration policy erases the land’s original caretakers? This provocative episode challenges the moral logic of American immigration by confronting its settler-colonial origins. Using music, archival clips, and testimony, the team unpacks how U.S. law upholds settler power while ignoring Indigenous suffering—especially violence against Native women. This episode is both a history lesson and a call to decolonize justice.

]]> What happens when immigration policy erases the land’s original caretakers? This provocative episode challenges the moral logic of American immigration by confronting its settler-colonial origins. Using music, archival clips, and testimony, the team unpacks how U.S. law upholds settler power while ignoring Indigenous suffering—especially violence against Native women. This episode is both a history lesson and a call to decolonize justice.

]]> William Rodriguez Buzzsprout-17088869 Fri, 02 May 2025 16:00:00 -0400 1245 4 2 full false Breaking Barriers: ICE, Policy, and the Immigrant Narrative
 Team: Breaking Barriers
In this urgent conversation on immigration enforcement, we center the voices of those most impacted by ICE raids and punitive policies. With insights from protest movements, immigrant communities, and a former ICE agent, this episode confronts how immigrant stories are erased, criminalized, or co-opted. We ask: How can media protect immigrant rights, amplify truth, and resist fear-based policymaking?

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 Team: Breaking Barriers
In this urgent conversation on immigration enforcement, we center the voices of those most impacted by ICE raids and punitive policies. With insights from protest movements, immigrant communities, and a former ICE agent, this episode confronts how immigrant stories are erased, criminalized, or co-opted. We ask: How can media protect immigrant rights, amplify truth, and resist fear-based policymaking?

]]> William Rodriguez Buzzsprout-17083442 Fri, 02 May 2025 13:00:00 -0400 1995 4 3 full false The Exclusion of the Special Needs Community in Sex Education William Rodriguez Buzzsprout-16138137 Tue, 19 Nov 2024 21:00:00 -0500 1649 3 3 full false The Green Line is Closed - A podcast on Environmental and Housing Justice William Rodriguez Buzzsprout-16138107 Tue, 19 Nov 2024 21:00:00 -0500 1723 3 2 full false Advancing the Narrative of Afro Latinos William Rodriguez Buzzsprout-16138080 Tue, 19 Nov 2024 21:00:00 -0500 1381 3 1 full false A conversation with BU's own Kasim-Seann - perspectives on today's education and mental health. Hear Kasim, a student in the Master's Program in Counseling Psychology and Human. Development share his lived experiences and his take as an African American male navigating the complex bureaucracies of schools and universities.  Listen as out team questions him on how he has been able demonstrate his resiliency. to survive no matter the obstacles and push forward in pursuit of his educational and career goals.  In this podcast the C-town team will inquire Kasims take on what he has been able to observe and provide recommendations for improvement. 

]]> Hear Kasim, a student in the Master's Program in Counseling Psychology and Human. Development share his lived experiences and his take as an African American male navigating the complex bureaucracies of schools and universities.  Listen as out team questions him on how he has been able demonstrate his resiliency. to survive no matter the obstacles and push forward in pursuit of his educational and career goals.  In this podcast the C-town team will inquire Kasims take on what he has been able to observe and provide recommendations for improvement. 

]]> William Rodriguez Buzzsprout-12791532 Fri, 05 May 2023 14:00:00 -0400 1808 full false The Boston Re-engagement Center - Helping youth by re-engaging and reinvesting in their education The Unheard Voices REC podcast team examines how the Boston Re-engagement  Center (BREC) dedicates countless hours on youth who have disengaged from  schools.  Listen to this powerful conversation with the Center staff and one of their students, as they share their work, challenges and successes.  More importantly, how this inconspicuous, under the radar Center achieves success and help derail the school-to prison pipeline.

]]> The Unheard Voices REC podcast team examines how the Boston Re-engagement  Center (BREC) dedicates countless hours on youth who have disengaged from  schools.  Listen to this powerful conversation with the Center staff and one of their students, as they share their work, challenges and successes.  More importantly, how this inconspicuous, under the radar Center achieves success and help derail the school-to prison pipeline.

]]> William Rodriguez Buzzsprout-12790984 Fri, 05 May 2023 13:00:00 -0400 1629 full false "An in-depth look at Sociedad Latina Inc. - Transforming Latinx youth into the social justice change agents of tomorrow." Hear our Unheard Voices Podcast Team of Students examine and explore the work of Sociedad Latina Inc, a Latinx youth serving institution whose mission has been to primarily equip Latinx youth with the engagement tools and leadership skills to challenge systemic barriers in education, health, environment and public safety.  By engaging the youth in leadership roles they seek equity and inclusion of their voices in program and policy decisions in the city of Boston.

]]> Hear our Unheard Voices Podcast Team of Students examine and explore the work of Sociedad Latina Inc, a Latinx youth serving institution whose mission has been to primarily equip Latinx youth with the engagement tools and leadership skills to challenge systemic barriers in education, health, environment and public safety.  By engaging the youth in leadership roles they seek equity and inclusion of their voices in program and policy decisions in the city of Boston.

]]> William Rodriguez Buzzsprout-12790391 Fri, 05 May 2023 11:00:00 -0400 1050 2 2 full false BUxCTown Podcast - A conversation with Marvin Moore long time advocate for youth in the Boston public schools Marvin Moore has been in the shoes of the youth he currently serves in Charlestown High School.  He is Climate & Culture Coordinator for the Road to Success Program at Charlestown High School.  Listen to BU students from our Unheard Voices Deconstructing Narratives course at BU interview Marvin on his lived experience and the challenges he faces helping youth navigate the complexities of everyday school life while also instilling hope and creating opportunities and pathways for their success.

]]> Marvin Moore has been in the shoes of the youth he currently serves in Charlestown High School.  He is Climate & Culture Coordinator for the Road to Success Program at Charlestown High School.  Listen to BU students from our Unheard Voices Deconstructing Narratives course at BU interview Marvin on his lived experience and the challenges he faces helping youth navigate the complexities of everyday school life while also instilling hope and creating opportunities and pathways for their success.

]]> William Rodriguez Buzzsprout-12787314 Thu, 04 May 2023 21:00:00 -0400 1528 2 1 full false Part 2 - "For Future Generations: Indigenous Perspectives on the Environment" Continue to listen to an exploration by indigenous activists from Micronesia  on climate change.   The podcast helps the listener take a  careful look into environmental policy, and the global connection all indigenous populations have with the natural world. The interview with activists at the Micronesia Climate Alliance allowed us to see what activists are doing and how advocacy and learning about the climate crisis is shifting. 

]]> Continue to listen to an exploration by indigenous activists from Micronesia  on climate change.   The podcast helps the listener take a  careful look into environmental policy, and the global connection all indigenous populations have with the natural world. The interview with activists at the Micronesia Climate Alliance allowed us to see what activists are doing and how advocacy and learning about the climate crisis is shifting. 

]]> William Rodriguez Buzzsprout-10552325 Tue, 03 May 2022 16:00:00 -0400 1289 1 2 full false Unheard Voices in the Carceral State - Barriers to Education while Incarcerated William Rodriguez Buzzsprout-10536164 Sun, 01 May 2022 11:00:00 -0400 876 1 4 full false Trans at BU William Rodriguez Buzzsprout-10536075 Sun, 01 May 2022 11:00:00 -0400 2272 1 4 full false Racism and Discrimination in Medicine William Rodriguez Buzzsprout-10535881 Sun, 01 May 2022 10:00:00 -0400 2159 1 3 full false Part 1 - "For Future Generations: Indigenous Perspectives on the Environment" Listen to an exploration by indigenous activists from Micronesia  on climate change.   The podcast helps the listener take a  careful look into environmental policy, and the global connection all indigenous populations have with the natural world. The interview with activists at the Micronesia Climate Alliance allowed us to see what activists are doing and how advocacy and learning about the climate crisis is shifting. 

]]> Listen to an exploration by indigenous activists from Micronesia  on climate change.   The podcast helps the listener take a  careful look into environmental policy, and the global connection all indigenous populations have with the natural world. The interview with activists at the Micronesia Climate Alliance allowed us to see what activists are doing and how advocacy and learning about the climate crisis is shifting. 

]]> William Rodriguez Buzzsprout-10514573 Wed, 27 Apr 2022 11:00:00 -0400 1264 1 2 full false Critical Race Theory An examination of critical race theory and its impact on public education.  This episode defines critical race theory, the implications and controversies by  those who use it as a tool to suppress and ban discussions on race in our classrooms.

]]> An examination of critical race theory and its impact on public education.  This episode defines critical race theory, the implications and controversies by  those who use it as a tool to suppress and ban discussions on race in our classrooms.

]]> William Rodriguez Buzzsprout-10514097 Wed, 27 Apr 2022 10:00:00 -0400 1572 1 1 full false