

This show is a collection of real, honest, and sometimes messy conversations between two friends. We’ll explore racism, antiracism, interracial friendship, activism, books, films, and more through our different lived experiences.


Naked Conversations host, Sage B. Hobbs, and her friend and co-host Erica Howard will explore racism, antiracism, interracial friendship, activism, books, films, and more through our different lived experiences.
We’ll offer questions and actions to help you go deeper into your exploration of race & culture, find your own inner disruptor, and be a part of the solution.
Occasionally, we’ll bring you amazing interviews with others who are experts in this work so we can learn together and do better.
The Naked Conversations show has always been about courage, connection, and community building. Race, Culture, & Beyond: A Naked Conversation Podcast Series will take these principles into the hard, messy, and ESSENTIAL conversation about race.
Thank you for being a part of the conversation.
Latest Episodes


Season 7 Episode 7: Friendship Across Race with the Humanize Podcast Hosts
Season 7 Episode 7: Friendship Across Race with the Humanize Podcast Hosts And this brings Season 7 to a close! For our final episode, we are joined by Humanize Podcast hosts Courthney Russell Jr. and Emily Braucher. These two use their podcast as a platform for...
Season 7 Episode 6: Race & Roe Overturned
Season 7 Episode 6: Race & Roe Overturned We are vacillating between resignation and rage in the wake of the Roe v. Wade decision. We recorded this episode on June 28. This is a heavy and raw conversation. You will hear us dive into uncomfortable terrain and...
Season 7 Episode 5: The What and Why of Truth and Reconciliation
Season 7 Episode 5: The What and Why of Truth and Reconciliation "Own the history, tell the truth, sit with the discomfort.” Since our chat with Amy Hunter last week, we haven’t been able to stop thinking about Truth and Reconciliation. In this episode, we take...
Season 7 Episode 4: Amy Hunter on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Work
Season 7 Episode 4: Amy Hunter on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Work Season 7 continues to bring phenomenal guests and conversations. “Not everything I’ve tried has worked; I just have forgotten about the things that didn’t work.” - Amy Hunter This woman...
Season 7 Episode 3: Dr. Andrea Kane on Racism, Education, and Hope
Season 7 Episode 3: Dr. Andrea Kane on Racism, Education, and Hope Season 7 continues to bring phenomenal guests and conversations. We are joined today by none other than THE Dr. Andrea M Kane, one of the most courageous & bold women we know, working...
Season 7 Ep 2: Rita Brent: On Being a Black, Queer Musician and Comedian from Mississippi
Season 7 Ep 2: Rita Brent: On Being a Black, Queer Musician and Comedian from Mississippi Season 7 continues to bring phenomenal guests and conversations. We have an incredible guest on this episode, whom we “met” at a live comedy show in Austin, TX. She is...
Bridgerton, The Oscar’s Slap, THE Kentanji Brown Jackson, and Disrupting the Construction Industry (Season 7, Ep 1)
Season 7 Ep 1: Bridgerton, The Oscar’s Slap, THE Kentanji Brown Jackson, and Disrupting the Construction Industry WELCOME to Season 7! We’re so excited to be back with all of you. There’s so much happening in the world that we want to discuss and share with you,...
I’m Sage B. Hobbs, I support change-makers in building the courage and communication mastery needed to transform their communities, and the world, for the better.
After more than ten years working in counseling and education, I launched this business to teach & train others in how to to live, love, and lead powerfully.
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