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“Literature is not the same thing as publishing. We’re in the literature business and publishing is one thing that we do.” Chris Fischbach talks about taking over leadership of an organization, the health of print and the challenge of getting someone to actually purchase a specific book. He also excitedly talks about the work of […]

“My gauge of success is how do I feel on Sunday nights and Monday mornings.” In this episode, Chief Experience Officer at Clockwork Chuck Hermes talks about how he got started doing graphic design as a night manager at Prince’s legendary Paisley Park studios. He talks about building an art department and how he transitioned […]

“You can make better art when you listen to community voices.” Leah Cooper is Co-Artistic Director of Wonderlust Productions. She has been directing, producing, and performing in theater for thirty years. She was the director for the Veterans Play Project, a collaboration between Footprints Collective, Mixed Blood Theatre and Bedlam Theatre. Locally, she has also directed […]

“Anytime I want to feel better I just need a stage.” On this episode, singer/songwriter Katy Vernon talks about depression, her fairly new relationship with sobriety, how she went from writing songs in her head to process life to being an actual artist and what parenting is like for someone who lost both parents before […]

“By having a plan B, it weakens your plan A.” On this episode, Kory talks about wanting to work with the best to push himself to grow. He talks about making space for himself, making space for others and how important truth and sincerity are to any collaborative work. Kory LaQuess Pullam was born and […]

“If you have an idea for a podcast, please make it.” On this episode of the podcast, Hans Buetow talks a lot about podcasting. He talks about the specifics of working in that medium and how it’s different from radio work. Hans talks about the iterative nature of relationships and creative work, the messes and […]

“In India I think everyone is pretty much always dancing.” Divya Maiya and Madhu Bangalore talk about their marriage, their work with Bollywood Dance Scene and how the two intersect. Bollywood Dance Scene was formed in 2012 by Divya Maiya, Rashi Mangalick and Jinal Vakil, three dynamic Indian dancers who wanted to share their love of […]

“This has been a year of understanding resilience and how humor is part of processing something as dark and deep as suicide.” Shannon Forney is working at the intersection of creativity, creative placemaking, entrepreneurialism, small business, nonprofit management, and clown. On this episode of the podcast, Shannon talks about the work clown training does to […]

“I don’t have to be only about this rigid, tough-guy masculinity that was passed down in my neighborhood, I’m into poetry.” Jake Virden learned anti-racism and a love for hip-hop music and culture at a very young age. On this episode of the podcast, Jake talks about growing up in Northeast Minneapolis amidst a huge […]

Nina Simon is inspiring speaker, writer and thinker who started changing the way museums and cultural institutions do and think about their work when she started her Museum 2.0 blog over a decade ago.  In this episode of the podcast, Nina talks about writing and sharing her latest book “The Art of Relevance” and how […]