

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 8 Episode 4: Systematic Racism
Season 8 Episode 4: Systematic Racism “You cannot heal what you have not diagnosed. You cannot repair what you do not see.” - Isabel Wilkerson Today we’re bringing it back to basics. What do we mean when we refer to “systematic racism”, and how is this different...
Season 8 Episode 3: Using Somatics to Reclaim Our Agency. With Maria-Victoria Albina.
Season 8 Episode 3: Using Somatics to Reclaim Our Agency. With Maria-Victoria Albina. Today we are joined by the outstanding María-Victoria Albina; Master Certified Somatic Life Coach, UCSF-trained Family Nurse Practitioner and Breathwork Meditation Guide. In...
Season 8 Episode 2: Hope Against All Odds
Season 8 Episode 2: Hope Against All Odds Are you finding it hard to stay optimistic lately? Our positivity has been having a beatdown too. In this episode, Sage reaches out to Erica for support and guidance through a difficult time, and we discuss strategies...
Season 8 Episode 1: Black Hair and Black History Month
Season 8 Episode 1: Black Hair and Black History Month Welcome back to Race, Culture & Beyond. Get ready for a whole new season of awkward, fun and courageous conversations. Today, we’re sharing what we’ve been noticing and thinking about in our break from...
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...
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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