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133: Can Arts Festivals, Community Theater & Cultural Organizers Save Democracy?
Episode 133
What happens when community theater, political leadership, and grassroots organizing collide?
In today’s polarized climate, building authentic, inclu…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
132: When the Arts Are Under Fire – Navigating Today’s Unfriendly Cultural Climate
Episode 132
What happens when your art, your activism or your organization’s mission makes you a political target?
If you’re an artist, nonprofit leader, cultural…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
131: Can Activist Artists Bring DEI Back From the Dead? Part 3
Episode 131
What if the key to undoing bias and building empathy isn’t just policy or protest—but a complicated art and neuroscience dance that facilitates the r…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
130: Can Theater Artists Bring DEI Back From the Dead? Part 2
Episode 130
Can a scripted performance shift the way people feel—and act—about race, identity, and inclusion in their workplace?
This is Chapter Two of our three-…
1 year ago
129 : Can Activist Theater Artists Bring DEI Back from the Dead? Part 1
Episode 129
Can artists revive the powerful, but increasingly vilified, values of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in America?
As DEI initiatives face growing bac…
1 year ago
128: Art IS Change: Want Proof That Art Makes Real Change? Start Here
Season 4 Episode 128
What if changing a podcast title could spark a deeper, more powerful shift in how we understand the role of artists in shaping society?
Not likely, b…
1 year ago
127: Julia Roig Believes Arts Activism & Cultural Organizing are a Pro Democracy Imperative
Season 4 Episode 127
How can the transformative power of art and culture serve as the connective tissue in movements for democracy, justice, and deep societal change?
In o…
1 year ago
126: The CETA Arts Revolution Part 2: What Can Today's Activist Artists Learn From It?
Season 4 Episode 126
What if the secret to revitalizing today’s creative workforce lies in a forgotten 1970s government program?
In a time when society urgently seeks sust…
1 year, 1 month ago
125: THE CETA ARTS REVOLUTION: What Can Today's Activist Artists & Organizers Learn from It?
Season 4 Episode 125
Did you know the U.S. once launched a massive jobs program that empowered over 20,000 artists, and creative support staff—and then let it vanish from…
1 year, 1 month ago
124: New Rules: 11 Unlikely Lessons for Activist Artists Navigating MAGA.
Season 4 Episode 124
What can we learn from artists who survived the chaos of 1980s prisons—and how can their lessons help us resist authoritarianism today?
From the Cente…
1 year, 1 month ago