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.
Dorinne Kondo on Reparative Creativity
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews scholar, playwright, and dramaturg Dorinne Kondo about liveness, theater accessibility, and theorizing vulnerability.
Ani Maitra on Media and Identity in the Public Sphere
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews media studies scholar Ani Maitra about the interplay between identity, media, and capitalism.
Zakiyyah Iman Jackson on Black Feminist Interdisciplinarity
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews interdisciplinary feminist scholar Zakiyyah Iman Jackson about the role of blackness in histories of the human.
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Vicko Alvarez on Latina Feminist Comics
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Vicko Alvarez about Latinx feminist comics in the K-12 classroom and herseries ScholaR Comics and CholActivist.
Aishah Shahidah Simmons on Black Feminist Anti-Violence Activism
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Aishah Shahidah Simmons about filmmaking and Black feminist anti-violence activism.
Amy Sadao on Museums as the New Public Sphere
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews curator Amy Sadao about the role of art in social change and putting ethnic studies to work in musems.
Sarah Grey on Food as Community Building
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews editor Sarah Grey about using food to create community and editing for social justice.
micha cárdenas on Wearable Technologies for Racial Justice
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews micha cárdenas about using digital media and technology in the service of social justice.
Nikiko Masumoto on Queer Feminist Japanese American Farming
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Nikiko Masumoto about queer feminist of color farming in California’s Central Valley.
Simone Browne on the History of Anti-Black Surveillance
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Simone Browne about the history of Anti-Black surveillance and resistance to it.
Elizabeth Ellcessor on Disability Media Accessibility
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Eliabeth Ellcessor about media accessibility, closed captioning, and disability media activism.
andré carrington on Race in Science Fiction
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews andré carrington about racial representation in science fiction and the role of faculty of color on campus.