Podcast Episodes

How are Artists and Organizers Creating a Better World Together? Reprise

Season 4 Episode 123

Can the right song, painting, or museum exhibit spark real political change? What if culture is the missing strategy in today’s social movements?

From the Center for the Study of Art & Community, this…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Change the Story Weather Report: A Neighborhood Cultural Center Navigates the MAGA Storm

Season 4 Episode 122

The MAGA storm system continues to exert a profound influence on community members, activist artists and cultural organizers living and working in Minneapolis' Powderhorn Central Community.

Bill Cle…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Talking Walls & Dancing Kites*: Powerful Lessons from a Prison Writing Classroom

Season 4 Episode 121

What happens when a writer steps into a prison and discovers more than just stories behind bars? In this episode author and educator Jim Reese shares vivid stories and hard lessons from more than a d…

Published on 5 months ago

Change the Story Good Trouble Weather Report: Massachusetts

Season 4 Episode 120

Summary

In this Change the Story, Good Trouble “Weather Report” episode, Michael Bobbit, Executive Director of the Mass Cultural Council, joins host BC to examine the turbulent climate for arts and so…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

How do Arts Leaders Become Community Change Agents?

Season 4 Episode 119

Summary

In this powerful and personal conversation, MASS Cultural Council Executive Director, Michael Bobbitt explores the life-saving role of the arts, how creative work is inherently political, and …

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

CSCW's Art & Social Change Weather Report From Minneapolis

Season 4 Episode 118

Summary

Weather Report: The Art & Activism Forecast from Minneapolis

In this episode, we kick off a new Change the Story feature—The Weather Report—where we check in with creative change-makers across …

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

How the Arts Can Thwart the Attention Bandits

Season 4 Episode 117

Change the Story GoFundME Campaign

Along with many of our guests, we believe we have come to a place in the American story that calls for both pushing back AND pushing forward.

To do our part in this,…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Henry Frank: Art & the 21st Century Man

Season 4 Episode 116

Thank You For Listening

Its been 4 years and 116 episodes. Now, we’re at a turning point. Our listeners are asking for more—more in-depth storytelling, more tools for teaching and advocacy, and a bro…

Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago

Lynne Elizabeth: Breaking Ground for The New Village

Season 4 Episode 115

Summary

Can somethings as mundane a publishing be a revolutionary act. This podcast episode delves into the profound significance of mission centered publishing as illuminated through the life and wor…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

A Conversation With Lily Yeh

Season 4 Episode 114

Lily Yeh, a globally celebrated artist and community arts pioneer, shares her transformative journey of using art to foster healing, hope, and resilience in marginalized communities around the world.…

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago