Future Prairie Radio

Future Prairie Radio is a podcast examining the future of art, design, and culture through the eyes of marginalized artists. We go beyond AI, robotics, and new currencies to investigate the humanist and ethical values that intersect with contemporary life and technology.

Episodes

S5E5: Recognize the Gift with Henry Noble

June 23, 2022 • 24 min

Actor Henry Noble on process, conviction, and his role in August Wilson's play “Gem of the Ocean”.

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S5E4: It's Just For You with Jess Ackerman

June 17, 2022 • 15 min

Painter Jess Ackerman on paint, process, addiction, recovery, gender, and discovery.

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S5E3: For Nourishment with Colleen Loverde

June 3, 2022 • 24 min

Choreographer Colleen Loverde on integrity, voice, and expression in movement.

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S5E2: In This Cloth with Lehuauakea

June 2, 2022 • 12 min

Fiber artist Lehuauakea on identity, displacement, and environmental dysfunction through a contemporary Indigenous lens.

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S5E1: To Listen with Elly Swope

May 4, 2022 • 18 min

Portland drummer Elly Swope on making collaborations work, leveraging neurodivergence as a creative asset, and finding passion in music again after the onset of the COVID pandemic.

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S4E4: Everyday Feelings with Sarah Mirk

January 31, 2021 • 19 min

Visual journalist and author Sarah Mirk on representing marginalized voices as a method of writing future historic records.

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S4E2: Layer by Layer with Annamieka Davidson

January 31, 2021 • 14 min

Painter, teacher, and creative mentor Annamieka Davidson on getting started with a professional art career, making botanical paintings, and finding new avenues for social support for artists.

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S4E10: How Long Everything's Been Going On with Damon Smith

January 31, 2021 • 22 min

Freelance illustrator and muralist Damon Smyth on making work that makes your family proud, staying engaged with the community, and creating and facilitating difficult conversations through art. Please note this episode contains racial slurs, racialized violence, and a discussion of violent crime.

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S4E5: All the Million Things with Laura Weiler

January 31, 2021 • 25 min

Collage artist Laura Weiler on visual composition, working with texture, line, color, form, and placement, image sourcing, and developing a narrative for an art piece.

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S4E7: Beautiful but Chaotic with Michael Bui

January 31, 2021 • 22 min

Artist and activist Michael Bui on self-expression, social practice as art, and living a free and creative life.

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S4E6: Moment by Moment with Kate Zipse

January 31, 2021 • 15 min

Writer and doodler Kate Zipse on her two full-length illustrated children’s books: "Squishing the Squash" and "Lighting the Garden".

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S4E8: Away from Language with Ebenezer Galluzzo

January 31, 2021 • 21 min

Photographer Ebenezer Galluzzo on gender identity and photography as a way to claim and redefine the lens through which he sees the world and the world sees him.

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S4E3: What Speaks to Me with Steven Christian

January 30, 2021 • 32 min

Medical student, retired football player, and augmented reality artist Steven Christian on making Black stories available to children of all ages, reading skill and comprehension level, making time for everything you love, and getting big dreams to come true.

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S4E1: The Cannon Will Be Made with Matt Schumacher

January 30, 2021 • 15 min

Professor Matt Schumacher on moving play into process, how to manage a tenuous artist collective during an economic crisis, the importance of creating art during crisis, and how poetry can support the community during challenging times.

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S4E9: How To Talk About It with John Akira Harrold

January 21, 2021 • 24 min

Designer, printer, and educator John Akira Harrold on responding to what interests you, finding a political home while grappling with wokeness, and developing personal politics as an artist.

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S4E15: That's Art Larger Than Me with Daren Todd

January 21, 2021 • 14 min

Visual artist and musician Daren Todd on unearthing buried Black history, expressing through art, and letting go of expectations through the creative process.

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S4E13: Year of Unity with An Duplan

January 21, 2021 • 20 min

Trans poet, curator, and artist An Duplan on accessibility in art, Afrofuturism, and driving social change through community building in the arts.

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S4E12: Art Starts With Feeling with Marceau Michel

January 21, 2021 • 25 min

Artist and entrepreneur Marceau Michel on self-discovery, the process to liberate oneself from outmoded ways of thinking, and raising ten million dollars for Black Founders Matter, a venture fund for black entrepreneurs.

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S4E14: Year of the Spaceship with Jonny Cool

January 21, 2021 • 17 min

Musician Jonny Cool on spiritual music, ancestor work, and weaving family and future into all of his projects.

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S4E11: With a Sense of Agency with Darrell Grant

January 21, 2021 • 34 min

Composer, professor, and activist Darrell Grant on the love of jazz, love of community, and the mythology of Portland, Oregon.

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Episodes

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S5E3: For Nourishment with Colleen Loverde

S5E2: In This Cloth with Lehuauakea

S5E1: To Listen with Elly Swope

S4E4: Everyday Feelings with Sarah Mirk

S4E2: Layer by Layer with Annamieka Davidson

S4E10: How Long Everything's Been Going On with Damon Smith

S4E5: All the Million Things with Laura Weiler

S4E7: Beautiful but Chaotic with Michael Bui

S4E6: Moment by Moment with Kate Zipse

S4E8: Away from Language with Ebenezer Galluzzo

S4E3: What Speaks to Me with Steven Christian

S4E1: The Cannon Will Be Made with Matt Schumacher

S4E9: How To Talk About It with John Akira Harrold

S4E15: That's Art Larger Than Me with Daren Todd

S4E13: Year of Unity with An Duplan

S4E12: Art Starts With Feeling with Marceau Michel

S4E14: Year of the Spaceship with Jonny Cool

S4E11: With a Sense of Agency with Darrell Grant

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