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In Open Contempt: Confronting White Supremacy in Art & Public Space with IRVIN WEATHERSBY JR.
Season 15 Episode 1140
“One of the biggest symbols of America is Mount Rushmore. This monument, right? But I think most people fail to realize where it's located and why it's located there. Even more importantly, who did i…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
An Actor Prepares - SHARON LAWRENCE on Crafting Complex Characters - Highlights
Season 15 Episode 1139
“I would encourage you, as I do if you're an actor, to know your own equipment, know your own psychology, and use the great teachers that are synthesized in my favorite teacher's book, Moss, who I st…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
SHARON LAWRENCE on Acting, Activism & The Art of Transformation
Season 15 Episode 1138
“That transformation was key to my next step as an artist, to knowing that's what acting is. It isn't just posing; it isn't just being a version of yourself in a way that was free. Performing wasn't …
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Childhood, Creativity & the Stories that Define Who We Are with MEGAN ABBOTT - Highlights
Season 14 Episode 1137
“I think that it all goes back to childhood. I’ve always really been writing about family. I suppose we always are. I do think that it is the original wound, and it's where we are kind of wired and b…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Exploring Family Dynamics & Fierce Female Friendships with Novelist MEGAN ABBOTT
Season 14 Episode 1136
“I always say to young writers, you need to put your heart on the page. Don't worry about being like anyone else. I would say that foremost, in any of the arts, it is self-expression at its core. I d…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
"We're connected to the lives of every creature on the planet" EIREN CAFFALL - Highlights
Season 14 Episode 1135
“The more that you have that evolving relationship with the natural world, that's dynamic and alive to the moment you're in, and that's not afraid of the feelings of fear, hopelessness, grief, or pai…
Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago
All the Water in the World with Writer & Musician EIREN CAFFALL
Season 14 Episode 1134
“We are in a complex and delicately balanced relationship of connection to everything else on the planet. We begin to recognize, write into, and speak into the complex interdependence and interconnec…
Published on 7 months ago
I’ll Tell You When I’m Home - Author HALA ALYAN on Motherhood & Memory, Trauma & Survival
Season 14 Episode 1132
“I want to live a life of consequence, and I want to live a life that has stakes in it because that means that things matter to you. I think, in some ways, this memoir was a project of sifting throug…
Published on 7 months ago
Building Bridges, Breaking Cycles: Personal Stories of Healing, Social Justice & Activism
Season 14 Episode 1128
How do our personal relationships affect political movements and activism? What can we learn from Native American tradition to restore ecological balance? How can transforming capitalism help address…
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago
What would it be like to live 100 milion years? Life in the Deep Subsurface Biosphere - Highlights
Season 14 Episode 1127
“I want to draw the similarities with alien life, and we have these questions. They're the same questions that we would be asking if we could get a sample from Europa or if we could get a sample from…
Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago