#13 Choosing Solidarity as a Career with Sonali Kolhatkar
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Sonali Kolhatkar is the host and creator of Rising Up with Sonali, airing on numerous Pacifica radio stations and affiliates and on Free Speech TV (Dish Network, DirecTV, Roku, SlingTV). She has won numerous awards including Best TV Anchor from the LA Press Club, and also been nominated as Best Radio Anchor 4 years in a row. She is a Writing Fellow with Independent Media Institute and was previously a weekly columnist for Truthdig.com. She won First Place at the Los Angeles Press Club Annual Awards for Best Election Commentary in 2016 for a Truthdig essay. She is the author of Bleeding Afghanistan: Washington, Warlords, and the Propaganda of Silence, and the co-Director of the non-profit group, Afghan Womenā€™s Mission. She has a Masters in Astronomy from the University of Hawaii, and two undergraduate degrees in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Texas at Austin. Watch her 2014 Tedx talk, My journey from astrophysicist to radio host. Originally from India and born and raised in the United Arab Emirates, she is also an artist and chef and lives with her husband and two children in Pasadena, California. Visit her personal website, www.sonalikolhatkar.com.
Time Stamps:
0:00 - I write my own words
0:19 - Intro
2:12 - Early life
7:04 - Patriarchy, Love and Solidarity
10:52 - The revolutionary women of Afghanistan
14:47 - Choosing social justice
19:35 - Letting Afghan women lead
22:02 - Independent journalism
26:37 - Family and tradeoffs
35:25 - Upside of independent journalism
40:05 - Twitter "journalism"
42:44 - Sonali's career advice
