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.
Koritha Mitchell on Homemade Citizenship
Cathy Hannabach interviews cultural critic and professor Koritha Mitchell about the history of Black women’s citizenship and achievement.
Kishonna Gray on Teaching and Parenting in a Pandemic
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews professor Kishonna Gray about radical simplicity, pandemic parenting, and an ethics of care in online teaching.
Adrienne Shaw on Accessible Online Teaching by Design
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews professor Adrienne Shaw about building online courses that are accessible for both faculty and students.
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Amanda Phillips on Critical Digital Humanities
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Amanda Phillips about video game realism, police violence, and hashtag syllabi.
André Pérez on Transgender Oral History
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews André Pérez about storytelling and using film and oral history to empower trans of color communities.
Wazhmah Osman on Autoethnography and Afghan Documentary Film
Wazhmah Osman addresses the politics of memoir, what the trauma of war does to archival research, and her critically acclaimed documentary film, Postcards from Tora Bora, which recounts Wazhmah’s return to her childhood home of Kabul, Afghanistan nearly 20 years after her family fled Cold War violence.
Ronak Kapadia on Resisting Imperial Visuality
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Ronak Kapadia about how artists are using visual culture to critique US empire and the global war on terror.
April Lynn James on Whimsical Poetry as a Healing Tool
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews poet and performer April Lynn James about how storytelling can help trauma survivors heal.
Karma Chávez on Queer Migration Politics
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Karma Chávez about the intersectional politics of migration and the power of sound-based media.
Minal Hajratwala on How to Write Like a Unicorn
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Minal Hajratwala about writing coaching, queer postcolonial publishing, and how to “write like a unicorn.”
Elizabeth Walker and Maria Novotny on the ART of Infertility
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Elizabeth Walker and Maria Novotny about art, infertility, and the childfree movement.
Katie Manthey on Fat Feminist Fashion Blogging
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Katie Manthey about feminist fat fashion blogging and the politics of professional dress.