A Conversation with The Next Question Co-hosts Chi Chi Okwu & Jenny Booth Potter - 160

This week Jeff has a conversation with The Next Question co-hosts Chi Chi Okwu and Jenny Booth Potter. The Next Question is a revolutionary web series where racial justice happens face-to-face. It dares to ask hard questions, listen, and then ask the next question. Chi Chi and Jenny, along with Austin Channing Brown, sit with intellectuals and artists, activists and historians, journalists and authors to expand our imaginations for racial justice.

In this episode Chi Chi and Jenny discuss the process of starting a web series like this. They share the highs and lows of everything from production, booking guests and all that goes into setting the table for hard conversations about race. It gets a little meta when Chi Chi, Jenny and Jeff discuss the art of interviewing and being entertaining.

Chi Chi and Jenny also touch on the many issues tackled in the Next Question and the line up of amazing guests. All episodes of The Next Question are available at tnqshow.com.

RELEVANT LINKS

From Our Conversation with The Next Question Co-hosts Chi Chi Okwu & Jenny Booth Potter

• The Next Question (Web Series)
• I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link)
• Nikole Hannah Jones (American Investigative Journalist)
• Brené Brown (Author & Research Professor at the University of Houston)
• Queer Eye (Netflix Television Show)
• Rachel Cargle (Public Academic, Writer, and Lecturer)
• Andre Howard
• The Problem We All Live With - Part One (Nikole Hannah Jones’ This American Life special)
• Author Austin Channing Brown – I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness – 118 (Irenicast Episode)
• Michelle Alexander (Writer, civil rights advocate, and visiting professor at Union Theological Seminary)
• Roxanne Gay (American writer, professor, editor, and commentator)

MORE ABOUT CHI CHI & JENNY

Chi Chi Okwu is a gifted leader who specializes in strategic planning and mobilization. For more than a decade, Chi Chi has been responsible for partner development, fundraising, empowering teams, and implementing programs to address local justice issues. Chi Chi is a graduate of the University of Alabama and has a Masters Degree in Public Health and Business Administration. She has also completed graduate work at North Park Seminary focusing on Urban Ministry. Chi Chi is the Content Producer and Co-Host of the show. You can follow Chi Chi on Twitter @chichiokwu and Instagram @cokwu

Jenny Booth Potter's day job is Creative Producer. She has been involved in video production for nearly 10 years. She has developed scripts, overseen casting and story interviews, provided creative direction and logistics on-set, and loves making a finished product out of a single idea. She is a storyteller at heart and is passionate about racial justice. Jenny has a degree in Psychology and Non Profit Management and loves leading workshops to teach others tips and tricks for bringing creative visions to life. She is the Creative Producer and Co-Host of The Next Question. You can follow Jenny Booth Potter on Twitter @JennyBPotter and check out her website at JennyBoothPotter.com

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