# Finding Your Roots with Athina Ramphal

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/preservecast-221598/finding-your-roots-with-athina-ramphal
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/preservecast-221598/finding-your-roots-with-athina-ramphal.md
Podcast: [PreserveCast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/preservecast-221598)
Published: 2026-04-27T18:18:41+00:00
Episode link: https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/9408dc2aec8415b66ac5920a756f1eacd6223750c5dc263368ff2d4e3d82d01e/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiJlYWE0NGM3ZC1lMDE5LTQ4NTUtOGNiYS01ZjgzNjA5M2VlMmQiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiJmYjA3NDAyZC00YTBjLTRmNDQtYTUyZC05MmQ5NDViZjAzYzMiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2OTVjMjNmMjQ4OGI0MjJkZTZhODlmMTciLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNjllZmE4ODFjODdkYzQ5YjMzY2ViMTBhL3ByZXNlcnZlY2FzdC1hLXByZXNlcnZhdGlvbi1wb2RjYXN0cy1zdHVkaW8tY29tcG9zZXItMjAyNi00LTI3X18yMC0xOC00MS5tcDMifQ==.mp3
Audio file: https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/9408dc2aec8415b66ac5920a756f1eacd6223750c5dc263368ff2d4e3d82d01e/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiJlYWE0NGM3ZC1lMDE5LTQ4NTUtOGNiYS01ZjgzNjA5M2VlMmQiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiJmYjA3NDAyZC00YTBjLTRmNDQtYTUyZC05MmQ5NDViZjAzYzMiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2OTVjMjNmMjQ4OGI0MjJkZTZhODlmMTciLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNjllZmE4ODFjODdkYzQ5YjMzY2ViMTBhL3ByZXNlcnZlY2FzdC1hLXByZXNlcnZhdGlvbi1wb2RjYXN0cy1zdHVkaW8tY29tcG9zZXItMjAyNi00LTI3X18yMC0xOC00MS5tcDMifQ==.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/preservecast-221598/episodes/finding-your-roots-with-athina-ramphal
Duration seconds: 2202

## Resource

Athina Ramphal is a psychology student at Johns Hopkins University, founder and CEO of The Genealogy Club, and Miss Diwali 2026, a preliminary titleholder for Miss Maryland (June). Through her nonprofit work, she has launched initiatives including Seedlings of the Caribbean , a grant-funded international program empowering youth across the Caribbean to explore identity through genealogy, and Project I.D.E.A. (Identity, Diversity, Exploration, All-Inclusive): Who Am I? , which encourages young people to begin exploring questions of identity early by seeing themselves reflected in history and the world around them. She also serves as an ambassador for Finding Your Roots: The Seedlings , a three-time Emmy Award-winning, WPSU-produced web series and educational program inspired by Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s PBS series Finding Your Roots . Athina is deeply committed to helping young people connect with their heritage, understand their stories, and build a stronger sense of identity and belonging.

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/preservecast-221598/episodes/finding-your-roots-with-athina-ramphal/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/preservecast-221598/finding-your-roots-with-athina-ramphal.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.