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Militantly Mixed: Mixed Race PodcastFree To Be Fest 2025 Recap + My Big Personal AnnouncementThis week on Militantly Mixed, I’m recapping my amazing weekend in Los Angeles at the Free To Be Fest 2025 — a full day of celebrating Mixed identity, community, and representation. I also share my big personal announcement.At the festival, I had the honor of moderating the panel:"Permission to Be Mixed"This panel explored the emotional and societal complexities of a Mixed identity, from questions of authenticity to the power of representation.Panelists:Alex Chester-Iwata – @alexfchesterMaris Lidaka – @MarisLidakaMannie Williams – @itsmanniew💬 Share...
2025-08-1445 min
Militantly Mixed: Mixed Race PodcastProducer to Panelist: Maris Lidaka Returns to Free to Be FestIn this episode, Maris Lidaka returns to Militantly Mixed to reflect on his experience at last year’s Free to Be Fest, where his film Gabriella was screened to a fully Mixed audience. He shares how experience affinity spaces like Free To Be Fest is important for Mixed people..This year, Maris is stepping from behind the camera to center stage as a panelist on the “Permission to Be Mixed?” panel moderated by Sharmane at this year’s fest. Together, they discuss the emotional layers of visibility, what it means to “claim” a Mixed identity, and how storytelling contin...
2025-08-0527 min
MIXUNDERSTOODEP 26: Live from the Free to Be Fest: Celebrating Mixed Identity!We are taking a little side chat, a break from our season's theme of mixed relationships and family dynamics, because guess what? Mixunderstood and yours truly, Hanna-Lee, went to our first event for mixed people!
This episode is a bit different from our usual format. I had the incredible opportunity to attend the Free to Be Fest, a celebration of the mixed experience, right here in downtown LA.
The Free to Be Fest is an amazing event that showcases the richness of mixed identity and belonging. This year, it featured two short films and a...
2024-07-1655 minMIXUNDERSTOODEP 26: Live from the Free to Be Fest: Celebrating Mixed Identity!We are taking a little side chat, a break from our season's theme of mixed relationships and family dynamics, because guess what? Mixunderstood and yours truly, Hanna-Lee, went to our first event for mixed people!
This episode is a bit different from our usual format. I had the incredible opportunity to attend the Free to Be Fest, a celebration of the mixed experience, right here in downtown LA.
The Free to Be Fest is an amazing event that showcases the richness of mixed identity and belonging. This year, it featured two short films and a...
2024-07-1655 min
The Lot1 Podcast#17 | "Finding Your Core Message" | Filmmaker / Creative Producer - Maris Lidaka"Thank you for tuning in to 'The Lot1 Podcast'! We appreciate your support. Stay connected with us on social media for the latest updates, exclusive content, and behind-the-scenes glimpses. Follow us on TikTok @thelot1podcast for short and fun clips that complement our episodes. Join the conversation on Instagram and YouTube at @Lot1 Productions. Don't forget to subscribe, like, and share to help us spread the word! "Until next time!" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2023-08-2357 min
The Mixed Creator with Maris LidakaA Nomadic Journey | Terry Gingles & Carmen SeranoThis week we talk with a husband and wife who found creative fulfillment by relocating overseas. Writer and director Terry Gingles and Carmen Serano - actor, spiritual advisor and life coach met and married Los Angeles. But after growing tired of the grind of the city, they escaped to Merida, Mexico where they took a breath. And started a growing YouTube channel. Proving that you can find creative success no matter where in the world you are.
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2023-08-171h 03The Mixed Creator with Maris LidakaJulián Esteban Torres López | We Are Erasing OurselvesJulián Esteban Torres López, a multi-hyphenate artist, is the founder of The Nasiona, managing director of consulting and strategy at Conscious Thrive, and architect of numerous other initiatives.
We discuss his move from Columbia to the United States, carving his own path in a binary industry, and how there are more opportunities that ever before.
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2023-07-291h 33The Mixed Creator with Maris LidakaI Almost Had to Die to Start CreatingIn this episode, I talk about how not being able to breathe from toxic chemicals caused me to make a drastic change - to become a filmmaker
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2023-07-2114 minThe Mixed Creator with Maris LidakaDartanyon Crocket | Healing the UnderdogDartanyon Crockett is a former 2-time U.S. Paralympic bronze medalist. Dartanyon and his best friend, Leroy Sutton, did well on the school’s wrestling team. Their friendship was featured in an ESPN special called, “Carry On,” where it showed that each had his share of hard breaks. Dartanyon was legally blind and Leroy had lost both his legs from a train accident when he was a boy.
Join us as we speak about becoming a sociologist, learning how to talk about and heal from trauma, and his book Healing the Underdog.
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2023-07-131h 00The Mixed Creator with Maris LidakaNaomi Raquel Enright | Stories are Windows & Mirrors to Our SoulNaomi Raquel Enright is the author of “Strength of Soul” which proposes tangible strategies and ideas on how to challenge systemic racism through naming and resisting the ideology of racial difference and of the white supremacy at its root.
Join us for an informative and eye-opening discussion about identity and culture. We discuss her journey into the practice and craft of writing, how the death of her father influenced her work, and how raising her son has made her more aware of the inequity around us.
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2023-06-2248 minThe Mixed Creator with Maris LidakaMichaela Ternasky-Holland | Avatars and Digital Reality, The Future of StorytellingMichaela Ternasky-Holland is a multi-racial award-winning creative who combines immersive and interactive mediums with non-fiction content. She is an Emmy, Webby, and Sheffield Doc/Fest award-winning XR/metaverse storyteller1. She creates non-fiction and socially impactful stories by using immersive and interactive technology.
Join us as we talk about learning self-love and discovery, the future of media, why representation is important...and Hippos!
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2023-06-211h 01The Mixed Creator with Maris LidakaKen Tanabe | Breaking Barriers & the Story of Loving Day.A FULL TRANSCRIPT IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE
Do you celebrate Loving Day? Do you want to know why this is?
In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Ken Tanabe about how he discovered the Loving vs. Virginia case. Which he then created an into an event that blossomed into Loving Day. It's another example of taking something small and helping it blossom.
Join us for an enlightening and inspiring episode as we dive deep into the incredible journey of Ken...
2023-06-2148 min
The Mixed Creator with Maris LidakaMaris Lidaka - Learning To Embrace My IdentityThis is a welcome to the Mixed Creator Podcast. Learn about the journey of filmmaker and host Maris Lidaka. He will reveal how embracing his mixed identity led to having a greater creative impact.
2023-06-0208 min
Militantly Mixed: Mixed Race PodcastBlended Future Project with Maris LidakaKonnichiwassup Primos! I am back from April Mental Health Hiatus and ready to get back into this Militantly Mixed life with y'all. My guest this week is Maris Lidaka, filmmaker and creator consultant. Recently Maris founded the Blended Future Project, a content creation and media education company that works to bring the Mixed experience into the mainstream narrative.
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2023-05-011h 02
Show Don't Tell: Micro-Budget FilmmakingWinning A Netflix Filmmaking Grant With Filmmakers Evelyn Lorena & Maris LidakaToday, I am joined by filmmaking duo Evelyn Lorena (writer/director) and Maris Lidaka (producer/editor) - the team behind Gabriela, a new short film. Evelyn and Maris were able to leverage the success of their short film to secure a filmmaking grant and fellowship from Netflix, making them another great case-in-point for green lighting your own projects. In this episode we discuss their journey to create and release the short film, how it created new opportunities for them, lessons learned, and much more.Links from the show: Evelyn - Instagram...
2023-02-0353 min
The Nasiona PodcastBlended Future ProjectAccording to the Blended Future Project, even though multiracial and multiethnic identity can absolutely be a fluid and difficult road to understand, Blended Future Project would like to create a platform to initiate that understanding. To start this process, the Blended Future Project is creating a new cultural identity where multiracial and multiethnic people are understood and free to develop and collaborate their own unique culture(s). They believe this would not only benefit the growing population of multiracial and multiethnic peoples, but also adopted individuals who may not even know their racial or ethnic backgrounds, or third culture...
2021-06-221h 17
Our True Colors: Mixed Race Voices and Other Stories of BelongingMixed Up School Daze - Talking Then and Now with Maris LidakaMESSAGE ME HERE!Maris Lidaka is a filmmaker in Los Angeles and the creator of the Blended Future Project. Maris talks with me about his experience growing up mixed both in a mostly white suburb but also abroad in high school. This experience allowed him to gain some perspective on race and who he is.If this is your first time with OTC, check out EPISODE 1: START HERE for more background on the show. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram!Interested in being...
2021-02-2446 min
PerspectivesA Blended FutureGuest: Director/Filmmaker Maris Lidaka. We talk about how diversity and inclusion is changing film and media amidst the dynamic 2020 landscape and how his new media project the "Blended Future Project" is creating space for those with a bi-racial/mixed experience. blendedfutureproject.com
2020-08-2755 min
Sub PopThe Postal Service Auditions The Postal Service's 4/9/13 10th Anniversary Deluxe Reissue of Give Up
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2013-03-0608 min