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Bay Area Book Festival PodcastTelling Our Futures: Speculative Fiction and Social ChangeThis visionary, multi-generational panel brings together Bay Area authors who weave speculative fiction with powerful messages of resistance, transformation, and justice. Through creative storytelling, these authors tackle the pressing issues of our time—exploring the legacies of the past and imagining a future where change is possible. Angela Dalton’s To Boldly Go celebrates the life of Nichelle Nichols, whose work on Star Trek helped to diversify the space program, inspiring generations of astronauts and STEM professionals. Dalton’s work underscores the vital role of representation in storytelling and its potential to spark real-world change. Tamika Thompson’s Unshod, Cackling...
2025-07-2842 min
The Vault with Dr. JudithIsis Asare : Sister SciFi and how fictional characters validate our mental healthIsis Asare is the CEO/Founder of Sistah Scifi. Sistah Scifi is the first Black-owned bookstore focused on science fiction and fantasy in the United States as validated by the American Booksellers Association. Located in cyberspace, Sistah Scifi is a national brand with over 50K points of contact. In February 2023, the first three Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machines were launched in California and Washington. In March 2024, Asare became the first African American Executive Director of the Aunt Lute Foundation, the second oldest feminist press in the country. She has a bachelors degree in psychology from Stanford University, a...
2024-10-1724 min
The Reading RevolutionTransforming Communities with BOOK VENDING MACHINES with Isis "Sista Scifi" AsareIn this episode of the Reading Revolution, we chat with Isis Asare, the visionary founder and CEO of Sistah Scifi. Discover how this Black-owned, women-owned, digital-first bookstore is making waves in the literary world, particularly in science fiction and fantasy. Learn about their innovative introduction of book vending machines in Seattle and Oakland, California, aimed at bringing books directly to the community through partnerships with local businesses and organizations. Don't miss this inspiring conversation! For more, please visit https://sistahscifi.com/
2024-07-2636 min
BookEDLightning Talk: Book Vending Machines with Isis Asare of Sistah SciFiABA's Lightning Talk series features booksellers presenting 5-10 minute talks on tech tools, organizational strategies, communication methods, or innovations they’ve made in their stores. On June 15, 2023, Isis Asare of Sistah SciFi (Oakland, CA) discussed book vending machines. Additional bookstore education resources can be found at www.bookweb.org. Theme by Constant Companion https://constantcompanion.bandcamp.com
2023-07-1221 minBookEDLightning Talk: Book Vending Machines with Isis Asare of Sistah SciFiABA's Lightning Talk series features booksellers presenting 5-10 minute talks on tech tools, organizational strategies, communication methods, or innovations they’ve made in their stores. On June 15, 2023, Isis Asare of Sistah SciFi (Oakland, CA) discussed book vending machines. Additional bookstore education resources can be found at www.bookweb.org. Theme by Constant Companion https://constantcompanion.bandcamp.com
2023-07-1221 min
The Alvin Galloway ShowThe Alvin Galloway Show (TAGS) "Sci-Fi Writers Imagine Alternative Realities and Futures--A Booming Genre Across the World” 4-30-2023The Alvin Galloway Show, (TAGS), 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., on listen2krdp.com and KRDP 90.7 FM in the East Valley.
This segment of TAGS is: "Sci-Fi Writers Imagine Alternative Realities and Futures--A Booming Genre Across the World” through a press briefing hosted by Ethnic Media Services.
An increasingly racially and ethnically diverse field of writers, both in the US and abroad, are using fiction (Speculative, Science, Fantasy) to reimagine their world and their future, as well as complex problems like climate change, the legacies of colonialism and globalization, violence against women, inequality and other is...
2023-05-041h 14
Glocal CitizensEpisode 170: Sistah Scifi and our Afrofuturist Present with Isis Asare Part 2Greetings Glocal Citizens!
For this two-part conversation, I catch up with Oakland-based serial cultural entrepreneur, Isis Asare. Born in Harlem, New York to Ghanaian parents Isis, a fellow Stanford University alum, has called New York, Houston, Ghana (as a Peace Corps volunteer), Seattle, and now Oakland, California home at various times in her life. She once described herself as using her over-priced education, love of technology, and acumen for experimentation to hack Hollywood. And this is where her first entrepreneurial enterprise—Sistah Sinema emerged. With Sistah Sinema her goal was to be a part of a movement to...
2023-04-1836 min
Glocal CitizensEpisode 169: Sistah Scifi and our Afrofuturist Present with Isis Asare Part 1Greetings Glocal Citizens!
For this two-part conversation, I catch up with Oakland-based serial cultural entrepreneur, Isis Asare. Born in Harlem, New York to Ghanaian parents Isis, a fellow Stanford University alum, has called New York, Houston, Ghana (as a Peace Corps volunteer), Seattle, and now Oakland, California home at various times in her life. She once described herself as using her over-priced education, love of technology, and acumen for experimentation to hack Hollywood. And this is where her first entrepreneurial enterprise—Sistah Sinema emerged. With Sistah Sinema her goal was to be a part of a movement to...
2023-04-1133 min
Living CreativelyTo Boldly Go Book Launch [S9E3]Happy Black History Month, y'all! We hope all our Black creators out there are practicing self-care and celebrating the inspiration that is our history.
This week we are discussing Angela's newest picture book biography, To Boldly Go: How Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek Helped Advance Civil Rights. Listen as she shares all the incredible and impactful achievements that Ms. Nichols made and we don't talk nearly enough about; including a fateful meeting with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and how she diversified the NASA astronaut program in 1978. Talk about a hidden figure in plain sight!
An...
2023-02-1632 minLiving CreativelyThe Replay: Special Guest: Isis Asare, Owner of Sistah Scifi [S8E7]Happy New Year creative family! Last year we celebrated the Black Panther movie in theaters and watched Kindred as it made its debut on Hulu. This week's replay celebrates black sci-fi with our special guest Isis Asare, owner of Sistah Scifi, who joined us to discuss Black sci-fi and fantasy stories in literature; including Afrofuturism.
2023-01-0543 min
Destinations with DoniDestinations with Doni: Wakanda Forever Part 3|Welcome to the DESTINATIONS WITH DONI PODCAST: where we Explore your Cultural Passions. Embrace your cultural identity as we bring you tools to Live in Full Color. On this Destination: CULTURE, we discuss WAKANDA FOREVER - In the last of our three-part podcast for Wakanda Forever, we talk about the two feather serpent gods of Mexico, and close out by having our panelists provide their cross-cultural perspectives on the film as a whole and where how they suggest Marvel go next as a follow up to this film. Jo...
2022-12-0715 min
Destinations with DoniDestinations with Doni: Wakanda Forever Part 2|Welcome to the DESTINATIONS WITH DONI PODCAST: where we Explore your Cultural Passions.Embrace your cultural identity as we bring you tools to Live in Full Color.On this Destination: CULTURE, we discuss WAKANDA FOREVER - In our second of the three-part podcast about Wakanda forever, we talk about Merida, Mexico; actor Lupita Nyuog’o’s Mexican and Kenyan TCK heritage and actor Mabel Cadena’s underwater adventure… take a listen as we explore the cross-cultural significance of Wakanda Forever.Join cross-cultural experts from Culturs Global Multicultural Magazine: Owner of Sistah Sci-Fi (The world's f...
2022-11-3018 min
Destinations with DoniDestinations with Doni: Wakanda Forever Part 1|Welcome to the DESTINATIONS WITH DONI PODCAST: where we Explore your Cultural Passions. Embrace your cultural identity as we bring you tools to Live in Full Color.On this Destination: CULTURE, we discuss WAKANDA FOREVER - the first episode in our three-part series bringing together multiple cultural viewpoints of the latest in Marvel's cinematic multiverse. Join cross-cultural experts from Culturs Global Multicultural Magazine: Owner of Sistah Sci-Fi (The world's first Black Owned Science Fiction Bookstore, Isis Asare; TCK Hayden Greene, Director of Multicultural Affairs at Manhattan College; TCK Managing Editor John Liang (with ex...
2022-11-2326 minLiving CreativelyBlack Scifi and Fantasy Film and TV You Can't Miss with Special Guest, Isis Asare [S7:E9]This week, we discuss the bounty of Black sci-fi and fantasy in television and film with our special guest, owner of Sistah Scifi Bookstore Isis Asare. Join us as we discuss the controversy around The Woman King, the honoring of Chadwick Boseman and the uplifting of women in The Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever, and so much more!
2022-10-2746 min
Misshelved: a podcast for book loversBlack Joy with Isis Asare & Kacen Callender (4.3)When Sistah Sci-Fi's Isis Asare was invited to Misshelved, she knew at once who she wanted to talk with: the legendary Kacen Callender.
In this week's Misshelved, listen in as they do a deep dive into what it's like to navigate the digital side of the book world as Black creators and what brings them joy.
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2022-09-0539 min
The Truth In This Art: Stories That MatterCelebrating Afrofuturism: Empowering Voices with Isis Asare of Sista Sci-FiIt's time to explore creativity on 'The Truth in This Art' podcast, where Rob Lee takes the lead on this meaningful conversation with Isis Asare. A visionary serial cultural entrepreneur with a track record of transformative ventures. Her groundbreaking initiatives include Sistah Sinema, which she conceived in her living room and swiftly expanded across 20 cities in the US and abroad, all while making strides at major corporations like Microsoft, Shutterfly, and Brightroll. With a successful exit strategy in 2015, she left Sistah Sinema in the capable hands of community investors. Leveraging over a decade of finance and business development expertise a...
2022-06-1053 min
Between the ReadsSistah SciFi Book Boutique with Owner Isis AsareOh, you thought I was done?? Nope! Your girl has TWO interviews for you. This next one is with Isis Asare, owner of Sistah SciFi Book Boutique. This bookstore is exclusively online, but she has lots of in-person events like Book Clubs and Bookish Tea Tours. Get yourself an empty mug and let Isis pour you some tea. ***Visit her book boutique at https://www.sistahscifi.com.***If you enjoy this content, please help continue to amplify Black stories by becoming a monthly contributor at https://www.patreon.com/betweenthereads or by making a one-time...
2022-06-0751 min
Blerd’s EyeviewAfro-Futurism and Raisins in Rice with Isis Asare and Jason RichardsonIsis Asare, founder of Sistahscifi in Oakland which is dedicated to exposure and uplifting sci-fi, fantasy literature by Black and Native American women and Jason Richardson of J1 Studios sits with us to talk about the new Kickstarter with Spoof Animation about the new project Ajaka: Lost in Rome and what representation means to them.
2022-02-091h 11
Blerd’s EyeviewAfro-Futurism and Raisins in Rice with Isis Asare and Jason RichardsonIsis Asare, founder of Sistahscifi in Oakland which is dedicated to exposure and uplifting sci-fi, fantasy literature by Black and Native American women and Jason Richardson of J1 Studios sits with us to talk about the new Kickstarter with Spoof Animation about the new project Ajaka: Lost in Rome and what representation means to them.
2022-02-091h 11Blerd’s EyeviewAfro-Futurism and Raisins in Rice with Isis Asare and Jason RichardsonIsis Asare, founder of Sistahscifi in Oakland which is dedicated to exposure and uplifting sci-fi, fantasy literature by Black and Native American women and Jason Richardson of J1 Studios sits with us to talk about the new Kickstarter with Spoof Animation about the new project Ajaka: Lost in Rome and what representation means to them.
2022-02-091h 11
Blerd’s EyeviewAfro-Futurism and Raisins in Rice with Isis Asare and Jason RichardsonIsis Asare, founder of Sistahscifi in Oakland which is dedicated to exposure and uplifting sci-fi, fantasy literature by Black and Native American women and Jason Richardson of J1 Studios sits with us to talk about the new Kickstarter with Spoof Animation about the new project Ajaka: Lost in Rome and what representation means to them.
2022-02-091h 11
Living CreativelySpecial Guest: Isis Asare, Owner of Sistah Scifi [S5E2]This week, we have a special guest who we couldn't be more excited to have on the show! Isis Asare, owner of Sistah Scifi, joins us to discuss Black sci-fi and fantasy stories in literature; including Afrofuturism and the authors – pioneers and up-and-coming – responsible for crafting this genre. This is an episode not to miss!
Links in this episode:
Sistah Scifi
Socials: @SistahSciFi
Book Recommendation: An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
KweliTV
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2021-12-0942 min
bi+plusSistah ScifiAmes and new co-host Jack interview Isis Asare, founder and owner of Sistah Scifi, a bookstore focusing on Black and Indigenous women science fiction authors.
Visit SistahScifi.com to purchase books, Sistah Scifi Merch, check out events, and more.
2021-08-2446 min
Another Black Owned BusinessEP 418: SISTAH SCIFISistah scifi is owned by Isis Asare.
Industry: Bookclub
What is your business about?: Sistah Scifi is a cauldron of all things afro-futurism; Black mysticism, science fiction noir, and traditional voodoo; casting spells to uplift literature written by Black women
Phone: +17189266277 Business Email: info@sistahscifi.com Business Address: Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Business Website: Sistahscifi.com
Business Social Media:Instagram: @Sistahscifi
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2021-07-0901 min
The Shavaughn B PodcastIsis Asare's startup created a digital space for independent authors and book enthusiasts to dialogue, connect and share.Building a business around community is no easy task. Starting an online bookstore requires an in-depth knowledge of e-commerce business models, creating a personal brand, and developing relationships with authors and distributors.
Founder, Isis Asare has built one of the fastest growing, digital literary spaces in the U.S. centered around Black literature. The brand even made it to OprahMag.com’s Black-owned bookstore list.
Sistah Scifi is more than just an online bookstore, it is a community. Isis has managed to build an incredibly unique brand that pays homage to the likes of American Sc...
2020-12-1849 min
The C-Dubb ShowThe C-Dubb Show #120 | The Six Degrees of C-Dubb w/ Isis Asare (feat. @isisasare) | #SixDegreesOfCDubbOn the first installment of The Six Degrees of C-Dubb, Carolyn is live at the Lesbians Who Tech Summit as she interviews Isis Asare. Isis is a Senior Business Development Manager at Amazon and is also a serial entrepreneur in the queer community. She created the Sistah Sinema monthly event, which she successfully sold to investors in 2015. She was one of the invitees to the White House Inaugural LGBTQ Tech & Innovation Summit.
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2018-03-0300 min