Imagine Otherwise
A podcast about bridging art, activism, and academia to build more just futuresOn each episode, host Cathy Hannabach interviews the scholars, dancers, authors, artists, and filmmakers imagining collective freedom and creating it through culture.
Bakirathi Mani on Curating with Confidence
Cathy Hannabach interviews Bakirathi Mani about postcolonial art curation and building representations no longer haunted by empire.
Jillian Hernandez on the Politics of Confidence and Creativity
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews curator and professor Jillian Hernandez about the politics of confidence and collective creative support.
Aimi Hamraie on Sustainability and Disability Justice
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Aimi Hamraie about how disability culture practices like slowness and mutual aid build collective sustainability.
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Solomon Enos, Abigail Romanchak, and John Hina (Prime) on Native Hawaiian Food Security
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Native Hawaiian artists Solomon Enos, Abigail Romanchak, and John Hina about the ‘Ae Kai Culture Lab.
Rosanna Raymond, Léuli Māzyār Lunaʻi Eshrāghi, and Ricky Tagaban on Indigenous Sovereignty Movements
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Pacific artists Rosanna Raymond, Léuli Māzyār Lunaʻi Eshrāghi, and Ricky Tagaban about Indigenous art.
Kālewa Correa, Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis, and Adriel Luis on Radical Curation
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews curators Kālewa Correa, Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis, and Adriel Luis about the ‘Ae Kai Culture Lab.
Lila Sharif on the Settler Colonial Politics of Food
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Lila Sharif about the role of food in both transnational settler colonialism and resistance to it.
Surbhi Malik on Diasporic Radio
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Surbhi Malik about diasporic radio production and mentoring students’ whole, complex selves.
Emily Hue on Burmese Performance Art
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Emily Hue about creativity and resistance in Burmese refugee performance art.
Leah Milne on the Good Trouble of Racial Justice
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Leah Milne about a pedagogy of discomfort and using the classroom to teach radical empathy.
Tara Fickle on Asian American Game Studies
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Tara Fickle about why games are such fruitful sites for understanding racial formations.
Karen Jaime on Queer Puerto Rican Slam Poetry
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Karen Jaime about the history of QTPOC Puerto Rican poets and the classroom as performance space.