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Supercool to talk with martial artist (pro muaythai fighter) Yolanda 'Springbok' Schmidt as she prepares to represent Australia at The World Games 2022 in Birmingham, USA from July 7-17. Even though she's representing our country this entire trip is self-funded(!). Please join me in helping Yolanda raise funds to travel to the USA with her trainer Andrew Parnham to compete in this prestigious  international multi-sport event organised with the support of the International Olympic Committee: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-yolo-fight-for-gold-at-the-world-games-22Instagram: @Landa_yoloTwitter: @Landa_yoloPhotograph: William Luu 

An uplifting conversation with Jerris Madison, one of the first to create a digital magazine way back before print was dead. Jerris is Founder & Editor in Chief of Obvious Magazine; photographer; curator;  and social media strategist. He also mentions this video by Prince Ea.http://www.obviousmag.comhttps://www.tiktok.com/@obviousmaghttp://www.twitter.com/ObviousMag http://www.facebook.com/ObviousMag http://www.instagram.com/ObviousMaghttp://www.snapchat.com/add/obviousmag

An introduction to enigmatic photographer Lady Woolf.Instagram: @ladywoolf____ 

Tv and radio presenter, podcaster, author and my dear friend Yumi Stynes joins me for a conversation about her latest book for tweens and teens titled, "Welcome to Consent". Co-authored with Dr. Melissa Kang (aka Dolly Doctor) it was recently the number one non-fiction book in Australia and is available worldwide. It's also a book of particular relevance to women. Sadly, we  often have to deal with attempts to breach or manipulate our consent from our teens well into adulthood, including in work environments. We talked about Welcome to Consent and the themes it explores from an adult perspective. Yumi talking about consent on ABC tv's Q+AInstagram: @yumichildTwitter: @yumichild

Bruce Sterling blew my mind about NFTs, Cryptocurrency and, possibly, everything else. Listen at your own risk. For me, it was totally worth it. Thank you Bruce. Website: www.toshareproject.it Twitter: @brucesMedium: bruces.medium.com

Artist Carol-Anne McFarlane shares good news, in part as a result of our podcast episode (#2), and we talk about the creation of new systems by people for whom the old ones weren’t viable. We cover the innovative work of Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator (DVCAI, founded by Rosie Gordon-Wallace) and Black Girl Basel (founded by Kesha Bruce, Carol McDonald and Mavis Gragg); Carol-Anne’s recent contribution to AIM Biennial (with Marie Vickles and Mikhaile Solomon); and group self-publishing the book “Beaver the Exhibition” with Naomi Elena Ramirez and Kristen Korvette.Instagram: @camcfarlane and @dvcaiWebsites: cmcfarlaneart.com and dvcai.orgPhoto: Portrait of Carol-Anne McFarlane and Izia Lindsay by Roy Wallace.

Analogue photos as film-stills from life; creating self-portraits as a conversation with women photographers who came before her; and making carbon prints with her body. An introduction to emerging artist, Lilly Moorhouse.Instagram: @bilbyfuntime

The beauty of bodies marked by the experience of living; classical painting; choosing a bigger life with chronic illness over searching for a miracle cure; thriving after a crisis; and the importance of connection and community. A conversation with Sarah Marie Lacy, painter, teacher, draftswoman and founder of The Drawing Room.

Why self-portraits by women matter; how women artists circumvented rules in the 1600s; freedom of expression after the feminist movement; what “the personal is political” means; women using our (often naked) bodies in art; beauty; defiance; vanity; vulvas and selfies. A conversation with Frances Borzello, art historian, critic, editor and author of a substantial body of work on women’s art including "Seeing Ourselves, Women’s Self Portraits", which has been continuously published since 1998. Website: francesborzello.co.ukInstagram: @francesborzello

Contemporary Caribbean writing; the vibrancy and eloquence of creole/vernacular voices; DIY in the New Media Age; PREE Writing Studio; and finding meaningful and constructive ways to financially sustain an independent production. An inspiring conversation with Annie Paul, writer, critic and Editor-in-Chief of online magazine PREE.Website: preelit.comTwitter: @anniepaulInstagram: @anniepaulishPlease note that due to reception between Australia and Jamaica the recording has some periodic background static (a faint rustling). However I hope listeners will persist as I think this episode is of significant value to everyone in the arts.

Rona Green's artworks are part human, part animal. We talk about human animals; the duality of domestication and primal instinct; art existing in the imagination of the audience; her love of boxing (she competes in the Masters category) and her first time being punched in the face. It's a long, relaxed conversation. I hope you enjoy it. And if you are finding the podcast interesting or of value, please leave a positive rating / review on iTunes.Website: ronagreen.comInstagram: @ronagreenart

“Gleason clobbers the closed door snobbishness that has increasingly distanced the public from the rarefied air of the art world.” – David BowieMat Gleason founded the highly controversial Coagula Art Journal, which ran from 1992 to 2010 and is archived in the Museum of Modern Art, New York. He was art critic for The Huffington Post from 2010 to 2018 and  opened his commercial gallery Coagula Curatorial in 2012. From 2015 to 2018 Gleason hosted “Modern Art Blitz”, a streaming internet series of sit-down interviews with over 200 artists. He has appeared as an art critic on several tv shows including “Art Or Not?", “Jeff Koons: Beyond Heaven" and "Skin Wars: Fresh Paint” hosted by Ru-Paul. Most recently, he appeared in the on-demand streaming film “Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies” offering Art Historical commentary (available to watch now). In 2019 Mat transitioned to publishing art editions with Los Angeles master printer Abel Alejandre as Coagula Editions.Website: coagulacuratorial.comInstagram: @coagulacuratorialTwitter: @CoagulaMagazine

Sex, power, black women, rap music, strip clubs, guns, social manipulation and self-actualisation with multi-media artist Carol-Anne McFarlane.Website: cmcfarlaneart.comInstagram: @camcfarlaneTwitter: @camcfarlanePortrait of the artist by So-Min Kang Photography.

Vasili Kaliman is an art advisor based in New York with more than 20 years of experience in the contemporary art world. We talked about how he started in art, his career as a gallerist, what he actually does as an art advisor and how the pandemic normalised selling art online and artists connecting directly with (and selling directly to) the audience for our work. You can follow him at  @vasilikaliman on Instagram.