{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhumane-rights-w-dr-akilah-cadet.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fep-7-niema-jordan-wmdtwp6z","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Ep 7: Niema Jordan","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/0391bc8c-4f95-4f74-8d1c-ef586db0dda9/db138293-fb33-44d7-b839-0abafa9a5697/hrep7niemajordan_thumb2_sq_3.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Filmmaker, storyteller, and East Oakland native Niema Jordan joins Dr. Akilah Cadet for a candid, joyful, and deeply honest conversation about what it means to be human in a world that often asks us to be anything but. From Niema's journey of Producing documentaries — including her work on Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom — to the very personal terrain of dating, rest, and radical self-trust, this episode covers it all. \n\nNiema and Dr. Akilah explore how genuine connection, care, and accountability are the foundation of getting back to our humanity. They get real about the exhaustion of advocacy as Black women, the pressure to keep showing up for the world while still taking care of yourself, and why rest isn't optional—it's resistance.\n\nThe conversation takes a hilarious turn into dating app horror stories, 30-minute first date rules, a tiki bar disaster, and why love—even in a world falling apart—is a spiritual assignment worth pursuing. Niema also opens up about her PCOS diagnosis, freezing her eggs, becoming a guardian to her teenage nephew, and releasing timelines in favor of hope.\n\nThis is an episode about choosing joy, dancing in your kitchen, building community, and believing that your people will find you—wherever you are.\n"}