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Dem Bois PodcastBuilding Technology for Social and Cultural Good with Dr. Kortney ZieglerSend us a textIn this episode of Dem Bois Podcast, we get to talk about the impact of visibility equalling possibility and the significance of building technology for social good. Today I sit down with Dr. Kortney Ziegler, a serial social entrepreneur, and we discuss the importance of community and compassion, grief after losing a parent, and cultural dynamics of living in South Africa. The conversation touches on themes of aging, representation in media, and the complexities of identity within the diaspora.We talk:06:14 Embracing aging and wisdom
2025-05-211h 10
FANTIWSEO - Let's Hear It For The Boys (ft. Brian Michael Smith)This week, FANTI brings you another special installment of We See Each Other: The Podcast. We’ll be back next week to give you the usual good good! On this week’s episode, hosts Tre’vell Anderson and Shar Jossell speak with actor, Brian Michael Smith.The star shares how he is now able to bring all sides of himself to the table as an actor. But first, our hosts discuss masc representation in media, or rather the lack thereof. With cis women actors playing transmasculine characters as the norm back in the day, like Hilary Swank in Boys...
2023-10-1249 min
Black Queer Canon: The PodcastLet's Hear It For The Boys (ft. Brian Michael Smith)On this week’s episode, hosts Tre’vell Anderson and Shar Jossell speak with 9-1-1: Lone Star's, Brian Michael Smith. The actor shares how he is now able to bring all sides of himself to the table as an actor. But first, our hosts discuss masc representation in media, or rather the lack thereof. With cis women actors playing transmasculine characters as the norm back in the day, like Hilary Swank in Boys Don’t Cry, our hosts discuss how this practice creates further confusion and harm into the trans conversation. Then later, we Pass The Mic to our ev...
2023-06-0648 min
People are the AnswerS6E6 (episode #56): Dr. Kortney Ziegler on transactivism, financial assistance software, and more…In this episode, Dr. Ziegler and Jeffrey discuss Kortney’s growing up in Compton, his journey as a trans man, getting multiple degrees including the first Northwestern PhD in African American studies, being a software entrepreneur, and much more…
Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/rDFVbNiMn-c
Host: Jeffrey M. Zucker
Producer: Kait Grey
Editor: Nick Case
Learn more:
Recording date: 4/25/23
Kortney:
http://kortneyrziegler.net/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-kortney-ziegler-65885845/
Well-Money:
https://well-money.com/
Id...
2023-05-121h 11
Marsha's Plate: Black Trans Podcast#254 Still Black And Well feat. Dr Kortney ZieglerOn Today’s Menu on Marsha’s Plate
#254 We talk to Dr. Kortney Ziegler about his groundbreaking career, growing up in Compton, and his new project Well Money
Dr. Kortney Ziegler
https://www.linkedin.com/in/drkziegler/
Well Money
https://well-money.com/
Listen on all streaming Platforms
https://pod.link/1293033444
Diamond Stylz Artist Initiative
https://gofund.me/81780bfe
Support Black Trans Women
https://Blacktranswomen.org/donate
Black Trans Women Support
https://blacktranswomen.org/empowerher-support/
We have merch as well if you wanna support Marsha’s Plate
https://teespring.com/stores/marshasplate
https://linktr.ee/MarshasPlate
#marshasplate #girlslikeus #boyslikeus #transgender #podcast #podsin...
2023-01-261h 22Marsha's Plate: Black Trans Podcast#254 Still Black And Well feat. Dr Kortney ZieglerOn Today’s Menu on Marsha’s Plate
#254 We talk to Dr. Kortney Ziegler about his groundbreaking career, growing up in Compton, and his new project Well Money
Dr. Kortney Ziegler
https://www.linkedin.com/in/drkziegler/
Well Money
https://well-money.com/
Listen on all streaming Platforms
https://pod.link/1293033444
Diamond Stylz Artist Initiative
https://gofund.me/81780bfe
Support Black Trans Women
https://Blacktranswomen.org/donate
Black Trans Women Support
https://blacktranswomen.org/empowerher-support/
We have merch as well if you wanna support Marsha’s Plate
https://teespring.com/stores/marshasplate
https://linktr.ee/MarshasPlate
#marshasplate #girlslikeus #boyslikeus #transgender #podcast #podsin...
2023-01-261h 22
Enterprise Podcast Network – EPNFair Financial Access 2023 Forecast Social justice activist Dr. Kortney Ziegler, CEO & Founder of WellMoney, a social impact platform designed to create partnered access to finances and put money in the hands of those who need it again joins Enterprise Radio. Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Dr. Kortney Ziegler discuss the following * First things first. WHY do we as a society still grapple with unfair and exclusionary practices around financial access? * Can you explain again how the WellMoney platform tackles this problem? * Do you feel the pandemic has helped or hindered this issue as we head into 2023? * What...
2022-12-2410 minEnterprise Podcast Network – EPNBlack America and the Wealth Gap: Tackling Generational InjusticeDr. Kortney Ziegler, CEO & Founder of WellMoney, with a purpose to Do Good Things joins Enterprise Radio. Dr. Ziegler is a social justice activist.Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Dr. Kortney Ziegler discuss the following* Explain what you mean by “access to capital” and how are black families and consumers impacted by current policies?* I understand you are the first PhD focused African American Studies from Northwestern University. How did you choose this course of study and how has it focused your path of advocacy?* Explain the “wealth gap” and how it has perpetuated across gene...
2022-07-1413 min
Notes from America with Kai WrightThe Promise and Failure of CryptocurrencyCryptocurrency promised to democratize the financial world by giving people equal access to banking tools. It has potential, but also a long way to go.
Guest host and senior digital producer Kousha Navidar takes calls and speaks with fintech policy expert Scott Astrada about the value and pitfalls of cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ether and Dogecoin. Then, Dr. Kortney Ziegler from Stanford’s Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society speaks about empowering communities the traditional banking system leaves behind.
Companion listening for this episode:
The End of Institutions: Hollywood Edition (4/4/2022)
To many, cryp...
2022-07-1150 min
BOI MEETS WELLNESSBuilding Wealth Through Ownership & Trading Digital Currency - Featuring Kortney Ziegler - Episode 30 On this episode of BOI Meets Wellness, Evolve Benton interviews Kortney Ziegler. Kortney Ryan Ziegler is an American entrepreneur, filmmaker, visual artist, blogger, writer, and scholar based in Oakland, California. His artistic and academic work focuses on queer/trans issues, body image, racialized sexualities, gender, performance and black queer theory. He is the creator of the blog blac (k) ademic, and the film STILL BLACK: a Portrait of Black Transmen. In 2017, Ziegler and Tiffany Mikell co-founded Appolition.us in order to help incarcerated Black people return to their families by allowing users to round up purchases to t...
2020-08-0700 min
Greater Than Code168: Appolition with Dr. Kortney Ziegler01:06 - Kortney’s Superpower: Being a visionary. Seeing things that aren’t necessarily there.
01:50 - How Appolition Came to Be
Grassroots Company Crowdfunding Money for Incarcerated Black Mothers
Tweeted About Using the Change Round Up Model
Educating Those in Tech About What Bail Is
Gaining Trust
07:20 - Kortney’s Professional Background
Building Things in Technological Space
PhD in 2011 - difficulty finding substantial employment
Filmmaker, Scholar
Encountered a lot of discrimination in professional career
Became Entrepreneur in 2012/2013
Attended Filmmakers Hackathon
Launched Trans*H4CK
Appolition
13:10 - Appolition Specifics
Bail is Predatory
Educate Yourself About...
2020-02-051h 01
Greater Than Code168: Appolition with Dr. Kortney Ziegler01:06 - Kortney’s Superpower: Being a visionary. Seeing things that aren’t necessarily there.
01:50 - How Appolition Came to Be
Grassroots Company Crowdfunding Money for Incarcerated Black Mothers
Tweeted About Using the Change Round Up Model
Educating Those in Tech About What Bail Is
Gaining Trust
07:20 - Kortney’s Professional Background
Building Things in Technological Space
PhD in 2011 - difficulty finding substantial employment
Filmmaker, Scholar
Encountered a lot of discrimination in professional career
Became Entrepreneur in 2012/2013
Attended Filmmakers Hackathon
Launched Trans*H4CK
Appolition
13:10 - Appolition Specifics
Bail is Predatory
Educate Yourself About...
2020-02-051h 01
Function with Anil DashDigital Giving for GoodIt's the end of 2018, and charities and nonprofit organizations are gearing up for their most important fundraising campaign of the year. Over 30% of all annual giving occurs in December, with approximately 12% of giving happening in these final three days of the month. Whether it's SMS, mobile apps, social media, email newsletters, or a simple donation button on your website, technology has now made donating to your favorite cause easier than ever.
We're looking at digital giving this week on Function, and Anil talks with the creators of two of the most influential and innovative new nonprofits in the country. The...
2018-12-3145 min
Function with Anil DashDigital Giving for GoodIt's the end of 2018, and charities and nonprofit organizations are gearing up for their most important fundraising campaign of the year. Over 30% of all annual giving occurs in December, with approximately 12% of giving happening in these final three days of the month. Whether it's SMS, mobile apps, social media, email newsletters, or a simple donation button on your website, technology has now made donating to your favorite cause easier than ever.
We're looking at digital giving this week on Function, and Anil talks with the creators of two of the most influential and innovative new nonprofits in the country. The...
2018-12-3140 min
Black Tech Unplugged(Ep. 014) Dr. Kortney Ziegler & Tiffany Mikell UnpluggedEpisode of 14 of Black Tech Unplugged features two brilliant guests, Dr. Kortney Ziegler (Director of Research & Design) and Tiffany Mikell (Managing Director)of ZamLabs. ZaMLabs, Inc is an Idea to Seed Tech Incubator for Mad Scientists & Social Engineers. Their core area of focus is solving problems for the world's most marginalized communities. Their portfolio to-date includes Trans*H4CK, BlackStarLaunch (Sunset), AerialSpaces & Appolition.
On this episode, Tiffany, Kortney, and I discuss:
• The Black Techie movement
• How they got into tech
• The unique way they met each other & decided to be co-founders
• How having no money in the bank doesn't stop the show
...
2018-06-2739 min
LGBTQ (Audio)Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen - Trans MediaAward-winning documentary Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen centers on the stories of six thoughtful, eloquent and diverse transmen. Director Kortney Ryan Ziegler joins Jennifer Tyburczy (Feminist Studies, UCSB) to discuss the film. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 32541]
2017-07-3145 min
Communication and Media Studies (Video)Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen - Trans MediaAward-winning documentary Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen centers on the stories of six thoughtful, eloquent and diverse transmen. Director Kortney Ryan Ziegler joins Jennifer Tyburczy (Feminist Studies, UCSB) to discuss the film. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 32541]
2017-07-3100 min
Film and Television (Video)Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen - Trans MediaAward-winning documentary Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen centers on the stories of six thoughtful, eloquent and diverse transmen. Director Kortney Ryan Ziegler joins Jennifer Tyburczy (Feminist Studies, UCSB) to discuss the film. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 32541]
2017-07-3145 minFilm and Television (Audio)Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen - Trans MediaAward-winning documentary Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen centers on the stories of six thoughtful, eloquent and diverse transmen. Director Kortney Ryan Ziegler joins Jennifer Tyburczy (Feminist Studies, UCSB) to discuss the film. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 32541]
2017-07-3145 min
LGBTQ (Video)Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen - Trans MediaAward-winning documentary Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen centers on the stories of six thoughtful, eloquent and diverse transmen. Director Kortney Ryan Ziegler joins Jennifer Tyburczy (Feminist Studies, UCSB) to discuss the film. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 32541]
2017-07-3145 min
Women's Issues (Video)Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen - Trans MediaAward-winning documentary Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen centers on the stories of six thoughtful, eloquent and diverse transmen. Director Kortney Ryan Ziegler joins Jennifer Tyburczy (Feminist Studies, UCSB) to discuss the film. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 32541]
2017-07-3145 minLGBTQ (Audio)Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen - Trans MediaAward-winning documentary Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen centers on the stories of six thoughtful, eloquent and diverse transmen. Director Kortney Ryan Ziegler joins Jennifer Tyburczy (Feminist Studies, UCSB) to discuss the film. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 32541]
2017-07-3145 minWomen's Issues (Audio)Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen - Trans MediaAward-winning documentary Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen centers on the stories of six thoughtful, eloquent and diverse transmen. Director Kortney Ryan Ziegler joins Jennifer Tyburczy (Feminist Studies, UCSB) to discuss the film. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 32541]
2017-07-3145 minCommunication and Media Studies (Audio)Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen - Trans MediaAward-winning documentary Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen centers on the stories of six thoughtful, eloquent and diverse transmen. Director Kortney Ryan Ziegler joins Jennifer Tyburczy (Feminist Studies, UCSB) to discuss the film. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 32541]
2017-07-3100 min
Back2Us Radio NetworkThe Strong Stance at FTMFitCon2015I recently presented at the FTM Fitness Conference in Atlanta. It was three days of speakers, breakout sessions and events focused on the acknowledgement, discussion, education and celebration of transgender fitness in all forms: physical, emotional, mental and financial. This was the second year for the FTMFitcon, which will soon be going thru a rebranding of sorts…but we’ll get to that later. For most people that have heard of FTMFitCon, they know it as the ‘First FTM Bodybuilding Competition’, but that event is just one aspect of the conference. In addition to the historic bodybuilding competition, there was a fa...
2015-10-2559 min
Hanselminutes with Scott HanselmanExploring Trans*H4CK with Dr. Kortney ZieglerTransgender people face discrimination, unemployment, homelessness, and a myriad of social problems. Dr. Kortney Ziegler is an activist, academic, artist, and filmmaker who created Trans*H4CK as a response to help tackle these problems through education, empowerment, open source, and advocacy.
2014-08-2936 minWanda's Picks for Frameline 33 Episode 1Today we are featuring interviews with directors: Kortney Ryan Ziegler: "Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen," and Florencia Manovil: "Fiona's Script." Both screen this evening, Monday, June 22 in San Francisco. Ziegler's at the Roxie at 7 PM and Manovil's at 7 PM also at the Roxie. Visit www.frameline.org
2009-06-231h 30