Justus and Cynthia interview Chi T. Mathias, a vocalist, author, speaker, and teacher, who tells her incredible story of overcoming trauma in and through creative expression.
Stay tuned at the end for Chi’s single, “Forgiveness.”
Justus and guest co-host Cynthia Giles (http://creativeactivation.org and http://cynthiasinspirations.com) talk to medical student and aspiring psychiatrist Lydia Jones about making art and staying mentally healthy during the pandemic and after.
Stay tuned after the episode to hear “Still,” a new single by Civilized Creature.
Justus sits down with Erik Løkkesmoe, a former DC press secretary and speechwriter who now produces films from his home-base in Nashville, to discuss politics and patronage and how we can contribute to cultural transformation without feeling like we as individuals need to (or even could) move the whole world.
Stay tuned at the end for “When There’s a Mountain” by Anthony Quails, from his record Before the Bright Lights.
Justus Stout talks on the phone with Joseph Pensak, main songwriter for the band Hallowell, about his most recent record, his approach to making music, and running a community art gallery.
Stay tuned at the end for “Another World” from Hallowell’s self-titled record.
Your hosts, Justus and Michael, return to launch into this year’s theme at Renew the Arts: Politics and the Arts. In our politics-obsessed climate, cultivating culture can seem like a most ineffective way to affect the future of our polarized nation. Michael and Justus explore the ways that culture precedes and predicts politics.
Stay tuned at the end for “Be the Beast,” from Warbler’s Sea of Glass.