Creators in COVID
COVID-19 has changed the way we live and work as creatives. This is especially true for Black creatives and creatives of color who have statistically been the target of the virus, the racism, and also the economic fallout from the pandemic. It is an important time, as we begin to emerge from the pandemic lifestyle, we must capture the stories of how creatives learned to pivot and thrive in, under the circumstances, or how they simply survived the isolation and fear of the year-long ordeal. These stories are complicated by the social justice landscape that changed so dramatically during the same period of time. This podcast will capture those pandemic stories and create a space to comfortably discuss them, with the racial and social implications. Creators in COVID aims to be a catalyst for important discourse every week. New episodes are available Monday Mornings exclusively on the Vero social media app (available for iPhone in iTunes, for Android in app stores, and for desktop) and on Tuesdays here on the Red Circle and other podcast streaming platforms. The first episode premieres November 22, 2021, exclusively on Vero social media app. Follow the Host Jonita Davis on Vero for those Monday releases. All episodes edited and engineered by Bryan Archilla.
Episodes
This final episode of #creatorsincovid brings a special guest, with a story that sums up almost all the lessons from this first season. Ray Fisher experienced the changes of working after the lockdown, the joys of new opportunities, the call to activism for Justice's sake, and the maintaining of self-care/mental wellness needed to survive the fight. We dive into it all in Bonus Episode 11: When Accountability Matters More Than ...
Tonya Pinkins joins the #creatorsincovid podcast to discuss the decision to walk away from it all, for now.
During the pandemic, she was writing a book, directing, starring in, and producing her debut film, and acting in #womenofthemovement. The latter took her to the heart of the South days before the Jan. 6, 2021 Insurrection, where she faced head on the reality of her family's trauma under Jim Crow laws in Mississippi.
At...
The 9th and final episode of Creators in Covid is focused on a writer who learned one of the toughest lessons in life during the pandemic. I thought that the virtual workspace and having my family home would be the ideal work environment. Instead, it turned out to be one part of a cocktail that forced me to learn a new way to balance work and life.
Find out more in #CreatorsInCOVID Ep.9: Learning to Fail, featuring me, Jonita Davis...
This is Episode 8 of 9 Creators in COVID Podcast. We are down to the wire but don't speed through this one.
Tessa Smith is well known for her #MamasGeeky YouTube channel. During the lockdown, Tessa saw the perfect moment to pivot her channel and website from product reviews to film reviews and criticism.
Her audience loved the change and she quickly built a small community of like-minded people. People who love her enthusiasm a...
Episode 7 of #CreatorsInCovid features a journalist, Olivia Monahan, who did the WORK in 2020. She and other journos in the field at the time helped us learn so much about the injustices happening as the world protested #georgefloyd 's murder and #policebrutailty.
But Liv Monahan is a scarred warrior who is now on an existential journey to define her place in journalism and the world.
Join us as we discuss the work, and the toll ...
Science fiction has a way of reconciling a chaotic present with an uncertain future. But what happens when the sci-fi writer creates something that happens to tell the future? Liam Quane did this with his book Road to Juneau.
Road to Juneau is a super-powered family as they feud with a cosmic god in order to stop World War 3 from happening. The book is published by Beaten Track Publishing. Liam’s story of gods and superheroes has di...
This week, we have an episode that comes with a trigger warning.
TRIGGER WARNING FOR: self-harm, suicide.
Ankit Ohja, film critic, filmmaker, and videographer who found himself struggling to just survive each day during the lockdown. The uncertainty of the global event and the seemingly unending restrictions in his country, as the government struggled to get the virus under control. Ankit felt the mental toll of the lockdown, the sa...
Today’s episode comes from the Windy City, one of the many cities rocked by the COVID-19 outbreak and police reform protests. The Black community suffered the most harm in Chicago, from the virus and protest crackdowns. Aisha Allan is one of those Chicagoans. Aisha is a writer/Editor in Chief of the mag Reel Mamas. She is also a filmmaker, a mentor, a mom, and a military wife. Aisha had the stress of daily life to deal with on top ...
For Corey, the lockdown was not productive at all. In fact, the usually fit cameraman found himself getting lost in the social media wormholes and stuffing himself with bad food. One day, after scrolling through videos on Instagram, he found some CrossFit videos that seemed doable from home. Corey quickly invented ways to do the workouts while also observing how some of the CrossFit workouts and routines created great poses for pho...
Sezín Koehler is an editor/writer who became an expert on burnout during the pandemic. For some creators, the abundance of opportunities meant extra cash at a time when the world had slammed to a halt. It also meant distraction from the politics for Sezín. However, a serious bout of carpal tunnel and a fractured hand would yield lessons that she will never forget. These lessons are ones that all creators need to heed.
Sezin Koehler ...
In episode 1, "Who's 'Essential' Now?" host Jonita Davis talks with Toronto actor Steve Kasan. Steve is a background actor who worked has worked since the lockdowns in Canada. His story raises the question of the pandemic-coined term "essential" and who gets the benefits attached to this label. This conversation will lead many of you to reconsider what is essential during this pandemic. IT also forces a ...
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