Infusing science, practical skills, and joy into diversity discussions!Follow @DiverseJoy on social media!In each episode, Dr. William T. L. Cox and Dr. Amber Nelson share what is bringing them joy, talk about a diversity topic, share stories, teach a bias habit-breaking skill, and give a media recommendation of something that brings them joy. Their goal is jointly to provide entertainment and education, and most of all, to infuse joy into conversations around diversity.Every episode also exists as a standalone educational video that you can find on YouTube, or through our website at DiverseJoy.com. Diverse Joy is hosted by Dr. William T. L. Cox and Dr. Amber Nelson, produced by Eric Roman Beining, with music by @JayArner. New episodes release the first Wednesday of each month. To subscribe to the video podcast, follow @BiasHabit on YouTube. To subscribe to the audio-only podcast, search for it wherever you get podcasts, or go to DiverseJoy.com.The development and Season 1 Diverse
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Signup to Generate a PitchInfusing science, practical skills, and joy into diversity discussions! Follow @DiverseJoy on social media! In each episode, Dr. William T. L. Cox and Dr. Amber Nelson share what is bringing them joy, talk about a diversity topic, share stories, teach a bias habit-breaking skill, and give a media recommendation of something that brings them joy.
Recent episodes include "S3E13: Addressing Bias in Education" (7 October 2026, 63 minutes), "S3E12: Most Joyful Show on Earth: Inclusion in Circus and Variety Arts With Guest Mark Hayward" (2 September 2026, 63 minutes), and "S3E10: Avoiding Demotivational Traps When Consuming Educational Diversity Media" (1 July 2026, 54 minutes).
Diverse Joy publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 69 minutes across 41 episodes.
Booking probability for Diverse Joy is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Diverse Joy requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Diverse Joy's contact route on record: public web form.
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Diverse Joy is an education podcast with 41 episodes published.
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Episode #13
For this Halloween episode, “co-ghosts” Amber and Will are in costume as Wonder Woman and Superman, two characters known for embodying truth and justice! To open, Will shares his love of “dark joy”–à la the Addams...
Episode #12
We invite guest Mark Hayward, a highly accomplished international performer with multiple world titles and world records, to talk about bias and inclusion in circus and variety arts. (Spoiler alert: It might sound oddly...
We start this July episode discussing joy, including: Will’s is a trip he took with Roman and friends to Skywalker Ranch! Amber’s is “dopamine dressing,” in which you dress to bring yourself, and others, joy - usually...
It’s June, which means it is Pride Month, so we invited a special guest–drag queen Cynthia Mooseknuckle, a Madison legend–to talk drag and the LGBTQ+ community! For “What’s bringing us joy?” Cynthia’s is hot beverages...
For this late-spring episode, Amber and Will dressed up to express their love of the Netflix series Bridgerton. Will’s shares that his joy is his recent ADHD diagnosis (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). While...
In this episode, we invite special guest Jack Pepple, a member of the Santee Sioux Tribe, to share some of his experiences and perspectives related to his Native American heritage. Jack’s joy is that April is National...
Amber and Will are dressed up as Daisy and Donald Duck for Disney Bounding month! Will’s joy this month is his new routine of charging his phone in his kitchen at night, which has significantly transformed his sleep and...
This episode, we invite special guest Xizhou Xie (pronounced “She-Joe She-uh”), an artist, statistician, and Chinese-American immigrant. Xizhou’s joy this episode is her wonderful cats, Shadow and Kit-Kat! Amber’s joy...
Episode #4
It’s our New Year’s episode (happy 2026 everybody)! For this mid-winter episode, Will shares the joy of going to the Lake Geneva Winterfest America’s Snow Sculpting Invitational™ and the delightful sights of artfully...
Will and Amber’s joys this holiday season relate to holiday traditions: Amber’s recalls how her mom would give her and her brother gift every day of the month leading up to Christmas as kids, and then segueing that into...
In excitement for the release of the movie Wicked: For Good later this month, Amber and Will are dressed as Elfie and Guy-linda from Wicked! Will’s joy this month is Heels and Wheels, a disability-inclusive dance group...
Episode #15
For this Halloween episode, Will is dressed as Dracula and Amber is the Bride of Frankenstein! This is the first episode of season 3, and Amber’s joy is all the great reactions the podcast has received, including...
Will and Amber are dressed up as Dorothy and Sophia from “The Golden Girls”, in honor of this month being the 40th anniversary of that groundbreaking television show. Amber shares her joy about a formal tea dining...
Will’s joy this month is the annual Woof’s Boat Cruise in the lakes around Madison, and Amber's is a lovely, heartwarming gift from her former students! The cohosts start off discussing the benefits that diversity...
Amber's geeky joy this month is the creativity of insurance commercials, and Will’s joy is visiting the American Players Theater for Shakespeare productions. July is BIPOC Mental Health Awareness month, so the cohosts...
The cohosts and returning guest Nicki Vander Meulen are dressed up in rainbows and sparkles in honor of LGBTQ+ Pride Month! Nicki’s joy is a bracelet with a neurodiversity symbol for Autistic people, and Will’s joy is a...
To celebrate Star Wars Day ("May the Fourth be with you!)", Will and Amber dress in their favorite colors (pink and green) as "Star Wars" characters, and share "Star Wars" related joys. Amber's joy is attending one of...
Will, Amber, and returning guest Sandy Eichel are dressed up in purple and green to celebrate Spring! Sandy shares their joy about early spring flowers, Amber continues that thread sharing her joy about the flower farms...
March is Disneybound* month, something Amber enjoys every year, so for this month’s episode, we got dressed up as Chip (Will) and Dale (Amber) from Disney’s Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers! What’s bringing us joy this...
For this Black History Month episode, Will wears the Black History Month colors while Amber dresses in an Ankara print; they are joined by educator Bernie Hoes. What’s bringing us joy? For Will, it's an Edgar Allan Poe...
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