Gold Minds

Gold Minds

Twice a month, join legendary graffiti artist, fashion designer, and entrepreneur Claudia Gold (Claw Money), on her exploration of different subcultures, and the people that helped create them on “Gold Minds”!Art, Music, Dance, and even Extreme Sports, have all had massive impacts on our society, both social, and economic. From creating new trends and entirely new markets, to influencing our very governments on a global level. There is no doubt that subcultures are powerful forces, that truly help shape who we are, and our perspectives of the world around us. Claw is interested in finding out, who the brilliant people that helped perpetuate them are, and the struggles they went through, just to keep their vision going.We are excited to hear what you think of the podcast! Please rate and leave us a comment! To find out more about Claudia you can check her out on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook: @ClawMoney or on her website https://clawandco.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

April 23, 2020 75 mins

While Miami has cemented itself as the new epicenter for pop art and commerce, the neighborhood of Wynwood within it, may then be the epicenter of street art and graffiti. Sadly "street art," as it were, which can at times be both terrible and awe inspiring, still owes its very existence to graffiti. With it now so dominant, commercial and otherwise, a few individuals dedicated to celebrating the roots of the artform have joined fo...

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A true Renaissance Man of art, music and subculture, Kaves aka Michael McLeer, tells of his early days bombing the buses in Brooklyn, break dancing and going on tour with House of Pain. He tells of the rise of his band, The Lords of Brooklyn as well as his new careers: acting and owning a popular, family-run restaurant.

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March 25, 2020 95 mins
The inception of Rap Music: NYC, early 80's, writer-publicist, Bill Adler was right there, at the very beginning of Def Jam helping explode the movement worldwide. He talks with Claw about all of it as well as growing up in Motown, writing for the Voice and People Magazine and the cultural significance and future of Hip Hop.

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March 11, 2020 67 mins
The queen of Hip Hop fashion, April Walker gets real with Claw. From early Brooklyn days with Run DMC and Biggie, to huge success with her own company, Walker Wear. This is a strong woman who can tell it like it is and you should listen.

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February 26, 2020 88 mins
Current Ambassador of NYC Graffiti, CES talks with Claw about his origins in Westchester and the Bronx, crazy old jobs, and “painting all night and racking everyday”. Woah, and then getting his Instagram hacked!

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February 12, 2020 132 mins
Guerrilla marketing pioneer and social commentary artist, Ari Forman talks with Claw about growing up wild in 70's Hollywood in an "alternative lifestyle" where Mom showed him porn. Moving to Philly, he had to survive "Warriors" style runs daily, just to get to school, and avoid the gangs. He may also be the king of the cease & desist with his brilliant Menthol 10s sneaker, biting both Nike and Newport at the same time!

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January 29, 2020 104 mins
Real Deal NYC OG and one of graffiti's most infamous writers, PJ talks with Claw about graffiti and gangs, from Chicago to the Bronx, bootlegging T-shirts for 70's bands and taking revenge for getting stabbed in the chest.

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January 15, 2020 118 mins
Videographer and self-appointed, ambassador of Islam, Aymann Ismail talks with Claw about experiencing 911 as a young Muslim boy in New Jersey, scaling dangerous heights to make the ultimate video, and becoming a meme at the Republican convention.

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January 1, 2020 109 mins

Hugo Martinez is one of the most controversial figures in graffiti. A polarizing figure, yes - yet so, so crucial. His vision of what seminal graffiti represented, as well as what it could be, helped to shape its evolution. He influenced the public, but also writers themselves, by imbuing the sense that this was, indeed, "real" and important art. Born in New York City, that art, and those writers, now identifying as artists, became...

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December 18, 2019 92 mins
Dave Ortiz has been one of NYC's most influential tastemakers in so many fields - street-art, skateboarding, BMX, sneaker culture and streetwear. He talks with Claw about getting there, the wonders of New York, and about where he's going next... vodka? Mmmm.

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December 4, 2019 99 mins
Artist Cey Adams talks about growing up in Jamaica, Queens where graffiti was his life and it was all about "bombing the buses". He then gets into his time at Def Jam working with Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, LL Cool J and Jay-Z as a creator of legendary hip hop graphic design.

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November 20, 2019 121 mins
Claudia and Brad sit down with #1 dad Stash 2 and reminisce about the good old days - writing graffiti, printing t-shirts in bathtubs, literally birthing streetwear and sneaker culture. The current fashion wave owes so much to Stash for being a pioneer in product and lifestyle design and creating a lane in business that merely didn’t exist before. On this podcast he discusses his wins and his loses - and comes out the end, back on ...

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November 6, 2019 80 mins
Theo talks about starting the Lunachicks in high school and getting discovered at a Limelight show by Sonic Youth. She an Claw get into female empowerment, punk parenthood and Theo's latest music and fashion adventures.

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October 23, 2019 89 mins
Claudia sits down with Danny Danko and gets schooled about one of her favorite subjects- marijuana. Danko shares his vast knowledge of all things WEED, his start from dealing illegally to now- being HIGH TIMES MAGAZINE’s leading expert on strains. Thus, spreading the culture globally from it’s original outlaw roots. He even dabbled in the dark arts of graffiti. Find out more, give a listen.

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October 10, 2019 110 mins
Infamous graffiti artist turned Dept. of Corrections Warden turned current day artist and thinker, Trike1 talks with Claw about being the "King of Buses", his basketball scholarship, how he helped keep baby Claw out of trouble and all her little graf-crew safe when in the slam. They also discuss drone graffiti and the future of street-art.

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September 25, 2019 99 mins
Publisher, journalist, curator, Miss Rosen lays it on the line with spiritual hacks and naked observations of our modern capitalist culture. She and Claw dwell a bit on their history together but then dig deep into our era's big issues!

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September 12, 2019 113 mins
Kunle Martins aka Earsnot, talks about being inspired to run away from home after seeing "Kids" on motel cable, beating up homophobes and breaking bones skateboarding to work.

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August 25, 2019 73 mins
Roger Gastman discusses "Beyond The Streets", his massive graffiti and street-art museum-worthy exhibition in New York City. Claudia revisits his happy days as a spray-can "cap” entrepreneur, spending his profits on delicious pizza. They chat about their history together at Swindle Magazine, the future of publishing, and she grills Roger on his favorite graffiti artist... tune in to find out more.

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January 29, 2019 87 mins

In this episode of “Gold Minds”, Claw Money and Freedom both discuss: Slowly experiencing graffiti become a movement, and the culture as a whole, growing up as a young artist, The Freedom Tunnel, The people that lived there.

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You can follow Claudia Gold aka "Claw Money" - (@clawmoney)

You can follow Chris Freedom Pape - (@chrisfreedompape)


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January 14, 2019 78 mins

In this episode of “Gold Minds”, Claw Money and Nick Heller both discuss: The stigmas behind mental illness, 9/11, how he copes with his anxiety, his work on Instagram as New York Nico, the origins of his production company Heller Films, as well as his film Big Mike Takes Lunch

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Nick Heller is a human, just like you and me, that goes through an illness that unjustly has massive social stigmas tied to it. He is also an extremel...

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