Featuring Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary things in The Arts
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Sep 28, 2026 · 37:40
Are you a leader? Yes or No? Do you have stuff, your creative Superpowers -- the thing that made you successful in your creative life, whatever that does, whatever that is that…
Aug 26, 2026 · 29:41
"Many people have the misunderstanding that the boat lift was initiated by the U.S. Coast Guard—that boats only started the evacuation after the Coast Guard called for all…
Jun 29, 2026 · 37:17
What I hope to do with this show is to talk about my life...about always trying to belong, but then the ultimate challenge of belonging which is becoming a wheelchair user…
Jun 1, 2026 · 31:43
The choices we have here in America are different from the choices people have in Russia. We can vote. That is the most important right that has not been taken away. In Putin’s…
Apr 20, 2026 · 30:26
When you're running for office be your authentic self and tell the truth. You have to tell everybody what you have done for them and what you want to do. You have to listen to…
Mar 13, 2026 · 33:37
There's always hope. You can't say the word hope without smiling. Hope is that ability to get up and go again. The Finnish have word for it--SISU. What it means is white-knuckle…
Feb 27, 2026 · 34:36
As I've traveled around the world to teach, speak, and lecture about audience development, in particular, Africa, is that what I've learned is that at the end of the day, people…
Jan 19, 2026 · 30:50
I want to educate the public about what’s happening in the immigration crisis itself and inside the courts, about the refugees and how they are treated here, but also to make the…
Dec 12, 2025 · 28:03
Why is freedom to read so important? I think we take for granted the idea that a multiplicity of voices are accessible to us, and our libraries are places that represent the…
Nov 8, 2025 · 32:51
"One of the major ideas behind Fall of Freedom was not only to get some bold-faced names involved to this project to attract involvement, but to get regular folks to…
Oct 19, 2025 · 36:09
Holding women back doesn't just harm women, it holds everyone back - our economies, our nations, our future. If inequality is limiting us all, why aren't we doing anything to fix…
Sep 17, 2025 · 32:52
I came up with this idea that we would have workshops, and we would have formerly incarcerated people come to the workshops, and we would teach them about organizing and teach…
Jul 7, 2025 · 29:43
I was pleasantly surprised and [found it] incredibly fulfilling when we brought kids who I interviewed down to Florida and thank you to the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra -- they…
May 19, 2025 · 36:17
Anything that brings us back into the center of ourselves, into the space that literally is your heart, the center of you and recalls the truth of who you are, you should feel…
Apr 27, 2025 · 32:02
We are making sure that the arts remain independent, well-funded, and accessible for all. Anytime anything rears its ugly head to challenge that, we will be there fighting for…
Apr 4, 2025 · 27:31
I don’t really produce plays. There are many other organizations that are wonderful at producing plays, and I’m not interested in someone coming in that’s completely done and all…
Mar 20, 2025 · 33:11
Our nuclear security has been compromised and that really is a dangerous situation because all of our nuclear sites are nuclear power plants, or they are a theoretically defunct…
Feb 17, 2025 · 30:23
This new book I've written SWEET DREAMS AHEAD FOR BED is a story that literally outlines the steps for getting ready for sleep for babies to four-year-olds. Also, in the book are…
Jan 26, 2025 · 30:34
Whether it's about immigrants, Iranians, Lebanese people or Jews in Warsaw or transgender characters or whatever those characters may be, I feel that, especially theatre, is like…
Jan 11, 2025 · 33:54
Age tells us one thing: the day you were born and the day you will die, and there's a dash in between. And you know what? That dash is ME! That dash represents who you are. And…
Dec 20, 2024 · 33:05
I love writing about women because this is how women are, and we're so diverse, right? We show our power in so many different ways, and sometimes it's not a lot of lines in the…
Dec 10, 2024 · 31:39
What I really wanted to do was to show a strong, flawed woman - a hundred years ago! - dealing with the same issues that strong, flawed women are dealing with today. KAREN E.…
Nov 23, 2024 · 28:15
What is central to my work is comedy. For me, there is a desperation in comedy that's very theatrical. And that you can ultimately get a play to a place where everybody wants to…
Nov 15, 2024 · 28:23
For me, acting is the greatest tool we have right now to teach people empathy. Because empathy requires you to put yourself squarely in the shoes of another person. I thin,…
Oct 21, 2024 · 33:15
In BLANK, I wanted to open readers' eyes a little bit more to the inner workings of the publishing world. I started as an aspiring author then became an author ... I was…
Oct 6, 2024 · 28:46
Holding people's feet to the fire by just saying, 'You know what, you may think that a lot of women are being hired.' 'I've done five shows last season, isn't that enough to make…
Sep 18, 2024 · 31:54
I came to New York to meet people I read about in college like Joe Chaiken and Judith Malina, and I met them! I took workshops with Joe Chaiken, and he was very encouraging, and…
Jul 17, 2024 · 29:06
Alot of the reasons why the male/female -- the binary, in general, was for men specifically like white men and colonizers, to assert dominance and control over people who were…
Jun 25, 2024 · 27:47
Theater is both a spiritual healing and emotional healing and even physical healing for me, and it's been my raison d'etre for most of my life, and that's been problematic, at…
May 28, 2024 · 31:23
The theater is essential to the health of a nation - of any democracy. And perhaps we are so impoverished right now is because of our inability to communicate with each other and…
May 16, 2024 · 20:57
Harriet Tubman knows how to relate to the different groups because Harriet doesn't 'see' people like [cultural entities]; my audience is seen as humans, a beautiful mélange of…
Apr 4, 2024 · 28:02
I believe that [National Women's History month] is about women and social change. Leaders of change reside with women. Ellen W. Kaplan is Professor Emerita of acting and…
Feb 2, 2024 · 30:54
I would like to believe I attract heart-centered individuals to work with. I create a sense of safety in the rooms, empowerment and we are in service of the text. I pick plays…
Jan 17, 2024 · 32:16
Losing or winning an argument is not just a zero-sum game. Working together, collaborating is something that you have to learn. The most important part is not you getting all you…
Dec 13, 2023 · 28:11
"Art is ageless. There is no number on Art. As long as your heart is in it, you can do it. And that's a fantastic thing because very often we do put age limits on things, and we…
Nov 15, 2023 · 30:11
"Artivism is a combination of Art and Activism. I wrote about Bayard Rustin who served as the right hand of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for many years. He was a gay Quaker from…
Sep 18, 2023 · 29:47
How can I explain change? It's something that makes me feel hopeful...that audiences, and as people, and most importantly as human beings, we can, by looking at the big picture,…
Aug 29, 2023 · 28:15
How do we create a world where we allow people to express themselves, and if they need to be called in, or if they're doing something that really is egregious? How do we help…
Jul 12, 2023 · 30:48
My mission is to keep [Iraqi Jewish] culture alive; to sustain that culture because we don't want history repeating itself. And to educate - we are all the same people. We are…
Jun 29, 2023 · 30:59
Even though [Don't Shoot the Messenger] is comical it's an opportunity to change thoughts about who we are, and they can see us as normal people with disabilities. There should…
Jun 9, 2023 · 39:58
"Here's the thing about AI. It doesn't have a soul, and it doesn't understand psychology, and it doesn't understand the quirks of human behavior. All it can do is strip-mine what…
May 17, 2023 · 25:10
Focusing outside of yourself helps you thrive in this industry and helps you deal with so much and all the obstacles we face. ~Donna Benedicto Donna Benedicto is a Filipina…
May 8, 2023 · 27:08
My work has always been about bringing people together, forging new transcultural and transnational artistic relationships, and combining research with theatre-making in order to…
May 3, 2023 · 30:30
Telling stories that activate emotions helps audiences be open to new ideas. People can only change themselves. But until they experience the new they will remain stuck in the…
Apr 2, 2023 · 31:25
Getting my Masters at Harvard at age sixty-nine, I hope that I'm inspiring other women that there are no limits. There's absolutely no limits except for those you place on…
Mar 30, 2023 · 26:35
I truly believe we are in an apocalyptic culture shift ; truly, an historical, multi-century, multi-millennial shift and in the last gasp of the white-supremacist patriarchal…
Feb 28, 2023 · 31:00
We are a film production company on a mission to inspire, empower and light a fire! Not just for women. We can acknowledge that we're all damaged, we're all broken. That doesn't…
Feb 9, 2023 · 27:03
Human rights and civil rights will be realized only when we fully hear the voices, ideas and creative concepts of womxn over 40, whose perspectives have long been marginalized…
Jan 16, 2023 · 23:25
Patt Addiss , Theater Producer, I didn’t start out wanting to be a theatrical producer. She was busy running the promotion company she founded, but after 30 years, she handed the…
Dec 19, 2022 · 23:16
On one hand , Janet Stilson is a journalist. On the other, she writes scripts, novels and short stories that largely fall in the grounded sci-fi and fantasy genres and illuminate…
Dec 5, 2022 · 29:43
"We can heal. I think it's really important to be in control of what we're taking in so that we don't feel that we have to worry...that we can feel like we can live in our power,…
Oct 29, 2022 · 21:17
We're in a time where we are seeing new voices, new types of voices telling their stories and people create their identity through seeing themselves reflected in work, in all…
Sep 26, 2022 · 27:14
Learning through The Arts [as] being one of the most transformative vehicles in which we really get to a person's soul and to realize they're not alone in their feelings and that…
Sep 14, 2022 · 22:08
YVETTE HEYLIGER Playwright/Director/Producing Artist/Author is a lifelong theatre artist, as well as an educator, and the author of What a Piece of Work is Man! Full-Length Plays…
Jul 29, 2022 · 30:09
Joan Kane (writer/actor/producer) is the founding Artistic Director of Ego Actus. I had to tell my story. I needed to be able to say, 'Look, I grew up in a time period in…
Jul 27, 2022 · 25:28
Emma Palzere-Rae is a playwright, actor, director, producer and non-profit administrator. Emma spent 15 years as part of the NYC theater community, where she began producing…
Jun 29, 2022 · 26:01
Dani Martineck is a New York-based non-binary actor, writer, and award-winning audiobook narrator with a background in experimental psychology.I'm a storyteller. I've found that…
May 6, 2022 · 26:07
Nicky Beer is a bi/queer writer, and the author of Real Phonies and Genuine Fakes (Milkweed, 2022). Her first two books, The Diminishing House (Carnegie Mellon, 2010) and The…
Mar 15, 2022 · 34:12
"When we're talking about the power of The Arts -- the healing, the transformative powers -- we're really talking about the fact that we're human. We're humanizing the experience…
Jan 24, 2022 · 29:45
Moise Morancy is an American actor, writer, director, producer, poet and activist from Brooklyn, New York. Moise always had a passion for telling stories. His career as a writer…
Dec 20, 2021 · 29:46
The immigrant stories that are here. . . when they see in us the possibility that it's real. That's why I focus on a specific community because we know the challenges . . . so…
Oct 27, 2021 · 28:26
Writing plays became my way of communicating with all life- from the ordinary people to the sublime consciousness… all of which seemed to operate on the same plane for me. It was…
Sep 24, 2021 · 30:22
Actors Equity is opening its doors. I think this is one of the most exciting things that's happening in my almost two decades as a Union member. It shifts the way people can…
Sep 15, 2021 · 33:45
Everything is connected. Everything, all these things, becomes a part of YOU. But then this journey does not stop. Some people stop from manifesting what they want because they…
Sep 15, 2021 · 33:45
Everything is connected. Everything, all these things, becomes a part of YOU. But then this journey does not stop. Some people stop from manifesting what they want because they…
Aug 17, 2021
It makes me feel happy. I feel happy when I sing. People who hear me sing tell me THEY feel happy; that I make their hearts happy. It's the most joyful thing that I can do, I…
Aug 17, 2021
It makes me feel happy. I feel happy when I sing. People who hear me sing tell me THEY feel happy; that I make their hearts happy. It's the most joyful thing that I can do, I…
May 5, 2021
Holly Savas is a mom, artist and VP of Brand, Art & Community at Creative Action Network. She's a passionate supporter of artists and of universal arts education in schools and…
May 5, 2021
Holly Savas is a mom, artist and VP of Brand, Art & Community at Creative Action Network. She's a passionate supporter of artists and of universal arts education in schools and…
Feb 27, 2021
Take one part blues, one part folk, one part country. Add a dash of Southern gospel, rock and jazz. Season with world-weary experience. You’ll have a taste of Mike Turner’s…
Feb 27, 2021
Take one part blues, one part folk, one part country. Add a dash of Southern gospel, rock and jazz. Season with world-weary experience. You’ll have a taste of Mike Turner’s…
Feb 27, 2021 · 33:36
Take one part blues, one part folk, one part country. Add a dash of Southern gospel, rock and jazz. Season with world-weary experience. You'll have a taste of Mike Turner's…
Feb 27, 2021 · 33:36
Take one part blues, one part folk, one part country. Add a dash of Southern gospel, rock and jazz. Season with world-weary experience. You'll have a taste of Mike Turner's…
Feb 14, 2021 · 36:18
Award-winning and best selling author Jeannie Moon is a native Long Islander and imagines that conjures an image of big hair and a nasally accent, but that’s not the Long Island…
Feb 14, 2021 · 36:18
Award-winning and best selling author Jeannie Moon is a native Long Islander and imagines that conjures an image of big hair and a nasally accent, but that’s not the Long Island…
Jan 30, 2021
Award-winning and best selling author Jeannie Moon is a native Long Islander and imagines that conjures an image of big hair and a nasally accent, but that’s not the Long Island…
Jan 30, 2021
Award-winning and best selling author Jeannie Moon is a native Long Islander and imagines that conjures an image of big hair and a nasally accent, but that’s not the Long Island…
Jan 21, 2021
Gary Morgenstein's A BLACK AND WHITE COOKIE is a new Off-Broadway Comedy/Drama about an African American Newstand owner encouraged to fight his exorbitant rent increase by an…
Jan 21, 2021
Gary Morgenstein's A BLACK AND WHITE COOKIE is a new Off-Broadway Comedy/Drama about an African American Newstand owner encouraged to fight his exorbitant rent increase by an…
Dec 4, 2020 · 34:43
Dr. Jennifer Katona, President and Founder 3 Looms Creative Education Consulting is currently the Visual and Performing Arts Sr. Manager for the Norwalk Public Schools is the…
Dec 4, 2020 · 34:43
Dr. Jennifer Katona, President and Founder 3 Looms Creative Education Consulting is currently the Visual and Performing Arts Sr. Manager for the Norwalk Public Schools is the…
Nov 19, 2020 · 31:15
Gianmarco Soresi is a stand-up comedian and actor who just released his first comedy special " Shelf Life " on Amazon Prime, documenting the experience of writing and performing…
Nov 19, 2020 · 31:15
Gianmarco Soresi is a stand-up comedian and actor who just released his first comedy special " Shelf Life " on Amazon Prime, documenting the experience of writing and performing…
Oct 1, 2020 · 31:15
For over thirty-five years, Iman Aoun, a theatre-maker from Palestine has dedicated herself to advancing her mission of “breaking down walls” that exist as both physical and…
Oct 1, 2020 · 31:15
For over thirty-five years, Iman Aoun, a theatre-maker from Palestine has dedicated herself to advancing her mission of “breaking down walls” that exist as both physical and…
Sep 16, 2020 · 22:56
With fashion being the 2nd biggest polluter, we need to consume and produce smarter. Guess what? The solutions exist, now we need to implement! Through this series, I want to…
Sep 16, 2020 · 22:56
With fashion being the 2nd biggest polluter, we need to consume and produce smarter. Guess what? The solutions exist, now we need to implement! Through this series, I want to…
Jul 9, 2020 · 36:01
A children's book writer, folk artist, and founder of Maggie Stern Stitches , a sock company featuring Stern's illustrations of notable women—from Maya Angelou to Greta Thunberg…
Jul 9, 2020 · 36:01
A children's book writer, folk artist, and founder of Maggie Stern Stitches , a sock company featuring Stern's illustrations of notable women—from Maya Angelou to Greta Thunberg…
Jun 30, 2020 · 0:47
Put on your Super Hero Cape when you listen to Valerie David’s podcast: The Pink Hulk, a One-Woman Warrior’s survival story from cancer . But her show is NOT just about cancer;…
Jun 30, 2020 · 0:47
Put on your Super Hero Cape when you listen to Valerie David’s podcast: The Pink Hulk, a One-Woman Warrior’s survival story from cancer . But her show is NOT just about cancer;…
Jun 5, 2020 · 29:12
So what’s a young Muslim woman born in Saudi Arabia, raised as a US citizen in Mississippi, only to defy all the odds by moving to NYC to become a one-woman sensation in her…
Jun 5, 2020 · 29:12
So what’s a young Muslim woman born in Saudi Arabia, raised as a US citizen in Mississippi, only to defy all the odds by moving to NYC to become a one-woman sensation in her…
May 13, 2020 · 0:25
Feeling trapped during the COVID-19 self-quarantine? Here's a pair of Italian Sisters, Delphine and Carmela, cooking up concoctions that will soothe your soul. Listen to their…
May 13, 2020 · 0:25
Feeling trapped during the COVID-19 self-quarantine? Here's a pair of Italian Sisters, Delphine and Carmela, cooking up concoctions that will soothe your soul. Listen to their…
May 8, 2018
THE TRAUMA BRAIN PROJECT is a unique theatrical narrative about the personal journey of one of its survivors, playwright Dayle Ann Hunt. Actress Marsha Mason talks about her role…
Sep 20, 2017 · 30:31
The podcast offers opportunities for you to join her in discussions on how ordinary people are doing extraordinary things in The Arts to make our world a richer, deeper, better…
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