Host Cathy Hannabach interviews filmmaker and scholar Mark Villegas about how foregrounding abundance can transform academia and build new worlds.
Resources: ethnic studies
Maile Arvin on Kuleana and Indigenous Feminist Community
Cathy Hannabach interviews Kānaka Maoli feminist scholar Maile Arvin about community building, kuleana, and reciprocal responsibility.
Mecca Jamilah Sullivan on Cultivating Joy through Queer Black Feminist Art
Cathy Hannabach interviews Mecca Jamilah Sullivan about centering queer Black feminist joy in literature and life.
J. Faith Almiron on Abolitionist Pedagogy within and beyond Institutions
Cathy Hannabach interviews scholar and performance artist J. Faith Almiron about abolitionist pedagogy in the classroom and the art world.
Hiʻilei Julia Kawehipuaakahaopulani Hobart on Transgenerational Inspiration
Cathy Hannabach interviews Kānaka Maoli food studies scholar Hiʻilei Julia Kawehipuaakahaopulani Hobart about inspiration and writing.
Gwen D’Arcangelis on Inspiration for Scholar-Activists
Cathy Hannabach interviews scholar-activist Gwen D’Arcangelis about cultivating inspiration in academic life and research.
Chris Barcelos on Beginning from Educated Hope
Cathy Hannabach interviews public health scholar Chris Barcelos about reproductive justice, access intimacy, and educated hope.
Siobhan Brooks on Reckoning with Violence
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Siobhan Brooks about what it means to reckon with violent histories without losing hope for the future.
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.
Anusha Kedhar on the Limits of Flexibility
Cathy Hannabach interviews dancer and scholar Anusha Kedhar about the limits of flexible labor regimes in dance and higher education.
Dorinne Kondo on Reparative Creativity
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews scholar, playwright, and dramaturg Dorinne Kondo about liveness, theater accessibility, and theorizing vulnerability.












