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165: The Intercessor - Art, Faith, & Repair in the MAGA Maelstrom
Episode 165
In this episode I talk with Arlene Goldbard about her new book that I think takes on a quiet but consequential democratic problem: how, in unstable t…
2 months, 1 week ago
164: Meeting The Moment - Tactics & Tools for Activist Artists & Cultural Organizers
Episode 164
What Arts-Based Tool & Tactics
are Emerging to Meeting the MAGA Storm?
This is the Arts Freedom weather report for February 11, 2026. In this episode …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
163: Arts Freedom Weather Report: MINNEAPOLIS JAN. 2026
Episode 163
What does it look like when artists and cultural organizers respond to authoritarian pressure—not with silence or fear, but with imagination, strateg…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
162: Alan Jenkins: These Art & Social Change Superpowers Can Help Save Democracy
Episode 162
So if democracy is under pressure, what role do stories, culture, and imagination play in defending it?
In this episode, we're joined by Alan Jenkins,…
3 months ago
161: The Arts Freedom Weather Report - January 2026
Episode 161
When unchecked power rewrites the story of America,
who gets to live, who gets to speak,
and who quietly disappears?
In this episode of ART IS CHANGE,…
3 months, 1 week ago
160: METRA - A Climate Revolution With Songs
Episode 160
What if a Musical Could Help us Tell the Truth
About Climate Change?
In this episode, Bill Cleveland sits down with theater director Emily Hartford an…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
159 What Can We Learn From Activist Artists in Australia: PART 2
Episode 159
BIGhART is Australia's leading
arts & social change organization.
Making art, Building communities, Driving change.
30 years in operation,
62 communiti…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
158 Goodbye Leni Sloan: Artist, Activist, Catalyst
Episode 158
Adios Leni
This isn’t a regular ART IS CHANGE episode. It’s a pause. A moment to mark the passing of Leni Sloan—artist, activist, catalytic troublemak…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
157 What Can We Learn From Activist Artists in Australia? Part 1
Episode 157
When I describe BIGhART to folks in the U.S. they
accuse me of making it up.
What if telling a story could rewrite history, heal generational trauma, a…
4 months ago
156: Why Should Activist Artists & Cultural Organizers Care About Sustainability?
Episode 156
Why does sustainability matter in activist art? When funding cycles are short, residencies are brief, and institutions often treat creative work as t…
4 months, 1 week ago