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off the record Judith McCrayJudith McCray is a multiple Emmy-award winning broadcast journalist, documentary filmmaker and media activist with over 30 years in television and media. Her experience includes working both full time and as an independent producer for public broadcasting stations WNET/New York, WTTW/Chicago, WBEZ/Chicago, WYCC/Chicago and more. She’s written, directed and produced independent documentaries for PBS primetime and national public television. She has long embraced using social media as a vehicle to examine social justice issues and advocate social change. Her work has taken her all the way to Sudan, Egypt, Kenya, Switzerland, Brazil and across the U...

2026-01-1951 min

An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans Episode 81: REVENGE! Make Mine Cold and Sweet, Please.In this episode, The Two Humans get even with an in-depth discussion of REVENGE! Episode 81: REVENGE! Make Mine Cold and Sweet, Please. An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human. http://www.intro2anthro.podbean.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093893313542 IG @introtoanthrowith2humans Merch: www.cafepress.com/shop/TheCaveShoppe/products?designId=136195011 Resources: AZ Quotes 2025 John Milton Quotes about Revenge. AZ Quo...

2025-10-021h 16

An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans Episode 57: Home Sweet Home, A Place to Lay My Weary BonesThe Two Humans close their eyes, click their heels, and say, “There’s no place like home” as they look at the history of housing. Episode 57: Home Sweet Home, A Place to Lay My Weary Bones An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human. http://www.intro2anthro.podbean.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093893313542 IG @introtoanthrowith2humans Resources: Cordell, Linda 2009 Archaeology of the So...

2024-07-221h 20

An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans Episode 11: What’s So Funny? A Very, Very Serious Discussion about Laughter and HumorThe Two Humans break their funny bones trying to figure out what's so damn funny about laughter. Episode 11: What’s So Funny?! A Very, Very Serious Discussion about Laughter and Humor. An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human. www.intro2anthro.podbean.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093893313542 IG @introtoanthrowith2humans Resources: Beard, Mary 2014 Laughter in Ancient Rome: On Joking, Tickling, and Crac...

2023-08-291h 06

#OnTheGrind #OnTheGrind with Tiffany PaytonVice president of DePaul University's NABJ Chapter Tiffany Payton shares her challenges as a graduate student and what it is like to join DePaul University's NABJ chapter with #OnTheGrind podcast host Victoria Williams. Tiffany Payton reports and writes for Good Day DePaul at DePaul University. Tiffany was born and raised in Chicago where she also received her Bachelor’s degree in Political Science. She is a member of NABJ Chicago and the Chi Omega Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. As a current graduate student at DePaul, she will earn her Master’s degree in Journal...

2023-01-2309 min

Sisters Doing Life Together Educators: The Unsung Heroes of COVID-19It has been said that if you really want to know what a person is going through, then walk a mile in their shoes. Over the past two years I have observed what I call a "shift" in how teachers were initially viewed when the pandemic first started and how they are often seen some 2 years later. So, I asked my friend Judith McCray, if she would be willing to sit down with me to discuss some of the challenges and concerns that she and her colleagues have had to face during a pandemic and how can we as...

2022-03-0533 min

DePaul Download ‘Completing the narrative’: Training the next generation of journalists to cover diverse communitiesReducing gun violence in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, coping with the trauma of incarceration by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and building a hospitality worker unionization movement–these are the stories young and early-career journalists are sharing on the Change Agents podcast. Award-winning producer Judith McCray leads the project, which pairs journalists with activists from the communities they’re covering. It’s work that connects to her own experiences as a Chicago journalist of color—and her efforts to nurture the next generation of diverse journalists as the Diversity Faculty Fellow at DePaul’s Center for Communication Engagement. McCray joins...

2022-02-2222 min

Health, Hope & Inspiration for People of Faith Living with Cancer It's Not a Death Sentence Anymore - Episode 301 Featuring: Judith Lee The power of an encouraging word.

2022-02-1237 min

The Radio DePaul Podcast Episode 107: Turning Leaf for Black Journalists at DePaulIn this extra episode of the Radio DePaul Podcast, Neelam takes a look at the National Association of Black Journalist's chapter at DePaul. Neelam joined NABJ earlier this academic year and interviewed Monique Petty Ashmeade, one of the students who helped establish the DePaul chapter. Monique talks about how she helped create the DePaul NABJ chapter and why there wasn't one like it before. The episode highlights the importance of the organization, what it stands for and how Black DePaul students can benefit from joining. Monique also highlights some of the multicultural organizations on campus that have helped her on h...

2021-04-3010 min

Change Agents The Podcast Trailer: Change Agents PodcastA-gen-cy noun: action or intervention, especially such as to produce a particular effect.Too often the actions of real people of color making real change in their neighborhoods and lives are ignored in the media. Even worse are portrayals that people of color lack the agency to address the wrongs and find solutions that empowers residents and improves conditions. Too often these stories are told from outside, not inside, the community. Change Agent is a podcasts series by Chicagoans trained to tell stories of their neighborhood transformations and the folks who ma...

2021-01-1102 min

Hope from the Front Lines "Daycare Double Bind" reported by Judith McCrayNine months into the Coronavirus pandemic, childcare providers are doing double and triple duty supervising school aged kids with remote learning for much of each day, while doing their regular duties caring for the children of working parents. But providers fear that if and when schools reopen, their risk of COVID exposure will increase as kids shuttle back and forth between daycare and classrooms. They're placed between a rock and a hard place as their dilemma is unnoticed and under appreciated. In this episode, childcare providers Jamila Ife Wilson and Tahiti Tamer make their voices heard. Reporter ...

2020-12-1015 min

Hope from the Front Lines "Enough Is Enough" reported by Judith McCrayFive months after George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer, the struggle for justice and equality for African Americans continues in peoples’ hearts and minds, if not still in the streets. Many Black Americans are encouraged that the protests and larger number of allies joining the movement for Black Lives will bring real changes in policing and equity. In this episode, Enough is Enough, healthcare givers Shawndra Robinson, Coston Plummer and Ashley Mosley reflect on the circumstances and actions for racial justice. Reporter Judith McCray is an award winning documentary filmmaker, bro...

2020-10-2915 min

Hope from the Front Lines "Divided We Stand" reported by Judith McCrayNearly six months into the pandemic, hospitals across the U.S. still struggle to keep up with rising admissions of COVID-19 patients. While Chicagoland has yet to see a flattening of the curve, some hospitals have resumed elective surgeries and admitting visitors. Northwestern Memorial Hospital, located in the city’s center, was one of the first to do both and received a large CARES Act grant to keep its operations going. But little told is the hospital’s poor communication, inequitable PPE distribution, resistance to hazard pay, elimination of contributions to employees’ 401K plans, and seeming disregard for the safety...

2020-08-2018 min