R-F/C's Podcast
Join our dynamic discussion with professional Artivists (an artist + an activist) in the midst of the creative process. Learn how they determine targets, tactics, and principles; how they deal with surprise roadblocks, criticism and burnout; how their visions are ever evolving. Each episode culminates in a mission for you, to seek and share knowledge on how to creatively transform society.
Episodes
29 episodes
The Knell of Poetry Collection: Part Two
Please subscribe, like, and share!Welcome to Part Two of the Knell of Poetry Collection. We are exploring how we use language for liberation. And asking, "What strategies are writers using to topple the colonizer’s tongue?" With special...
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Episode 29
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1:09:18
The Knell of Poetry Collection: Part One
Please subscribe, like, and share!Welcome to Part One of the Knell of Poetry Collection. We are exploring how we use language for liberation. And asking, "What strategies are writers using to topple the colonizer’s tongue?"
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Episode 28
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1:06:05
The Navigating Artivism Collection: Part Three
Please subscribe, like, and share!Welcome to Part Three of the Navigating Artivism Collection. We are further pondering on how Artivists thrive in an economic system built on racial capitalism. And how Artivists reconcile and navigate c...
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Episode 27
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1:07:21
The Navigating Artivism Collection: Part Two
Please subscribe, like, and share!Welcome to Part Two of the Navigating Artivism Collection. We are chatting with Y?, an interdisciplinary artivist who uses creative expression & cypher pedagogy to activate his highest potential ser...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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1:12:23
The Navigating Artivism Collection: Part One
Please subscribe, like, and share!Welcome to Part One of the Navigating Artivism Collection, where we are asking: how do Artivists thrive in an economic system built on Racial Capitalism? And how do Artivists reconcile and navigate capi...
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Episode 25
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1:08:17
2025 Highlights & Takeaways
Please subscribe, like, and share!This is our last episode of 2025! We’re reflecting on the awesomeness of our guests, what we’ve learned, and our bestest takeaways. We'll back in February of 2026!Help us continue this fruitful ...
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Episode 24
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1:18:16
WHUT YA GONNA DO? Artists, do you know your rights?
Please subscribe, like, and share!In this special episode, we are educating ourselves on our rights as artists.Share your thoughts in the comments section. And let us know what questions you need answered regarding Artists Right...
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Episode 23
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1:11:09
The Environmental Art & Advocacy Collection: Part Three
Please subscribe, like, and share! Welcome to Part Three of the Environmental Art & Advocacy Collection! We are reflecting with Dori Miller, oil painter, papermaker, installation and teaching artist, and Olumide Idowu, a climate...
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1:09:28
The Environmental Art & Advocacy Collection: Part Two
Please subscribe, like, and share! Welcome to Part Two of the Environmental Art & Advocacy Collection! We are chatting with Sari Nordman, an interdisciplinary artist working in environmental art and advocacy.We’d like t...
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Episode 21
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1:08:55
The Environmental Art & Advocacy Collection: Part One
Please subscribe, like, and share! Welcome to Part One of the Environmental Art & Advocacy Collection! We’re discussing how interdisciplinary environmental art responds to environmental justice issues. We’d like to...
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Episode 20
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1:15:57
The Fabric and Crowns Collection: Part Three
Please subscribe, like, and share! In Part Three of the Fabric and Crowns Collection, we are reflecting on parts one and two of the collection with Mugisha Ali Allan, Yoga Teacher and TAI Lead Curator, and Kristina Koutsoudas, chor...
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Episode 19
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59:43
The Fabric and Crowns Collection: Part Two
Please subscribe and like and share! In Part Two of the Fabric and Crowns Collection, we are chatting with Nawili G, Master Braider, Yogi, Textile Artist, and Instructor. Nawili guides us through the spiritual journey that has form...
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Episode 18
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1:21:17
The Fabric and Crowns Collection: Part One
Please subscribe and like and share! In Part One of the Fabric and Crowns Collection, we are discussing how textiles, yoga, and African hair braiding are acts of activism and play significant roles in social movements. In the comme...
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Episode 17
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1:05:45
WHUT YA GONNA DO? Examining Executive Branch Overreach in the Arts
Please subscribe and like and share! In this special episode, we are examining executive branch overreach in the Arts, discussing how Artivists are pushing back, asking each other and you, ‘Whut Ya Gonna Do?’Share your thou...
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Episode 16
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1:12:34
The Transmuting Artificial Intelligence Collection: Part Three
In Part Three of the Transmuting Artificial Intelligence Collection, Chris Van Loan Sr. joins us to further ponder upon Artificial Intelligence and its social and cultural impact. In the comments, share how you feel about artists using AI and A...
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Episode 15
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1:03:33
The Transmuting Artificial Intelligence Collection: Part Two
Please subscribe and like and share! In Part Two of the Transmuting Artificial Intelligence Collection, we are chatting with Roshmond "Sum" Patten... MC, Writer, Performer, Creative Director, AI Specialist, Researcher, Ethicist, Ac...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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1:07:15
The Transmuting Artificial Intelligence Collection: Part One
In Part One, we investigate the intersectionalities of AI, art, and activism, including the social and cultural impacts. In the comments, share with us how AI impacts your life.We’d like to remind our listeners that this podcast is fund...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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1:03:02
The Design Advocacy Collection: Part Three
In Part Three, we reflect on what we've been learning in this Design Advocacy Collection, with guests Michel F. Brava, Marketing Director for Riverviews Artspace and Puppeteer, and Amy Funderburk, Visionary Visual Artist and Arts Writer. Find u...
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Episode 12
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53:44
Episode 11: The Design Advocacy Collection featuring Greg Bunbury, Part Two
Join our dynamic podcast discussion on DESIGN ADVOCACY. In Part Two, we talk about Design Advocacy with Greg Bunbury, a Black British Graphic Designer, Diversity & Inclusion Consultant, lecturer and public speaker of Caribbean heritage. Fee...
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Episode 11
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1:16:40
Episode 10: The Design Advocacy Collection, Part One
Join our dynamic podcast discussion on DESIGN ADVOCACY. In Part One, we talk about the definition of "Design Advocacy". Feel free to share with us what "design" means to you and how do you see design utilized in activism? Just visit our YouTube...
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Episode 10
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56:44
Episode 9: Maria Schechter, Bio Artist
Join our dynamic podcast discussion with the super magical MARIA SCHECHTER, a bio artist based in Bloomington, Indiana whose work is made from sustainable materials. Maria has been an artist for 26 years and is passionate about EVERYONE having ...
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Episode 9
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59:41
Episode 8: Martha Gonzalez, Chinc@ Artivista
Join our dynamic podcast discussion with MARTHA GONZALEZ, Chican@ Artivista! Martha Gonzalez was born and raised in East Los Angeles. She is the author of our new favorite book, Chican@ Artivistas: Music, Community, and Transborder Tactics in E...
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Episode 8
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1:16:46
Episode 7: Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sánchez, artist + facilitator
Join our dynamic podcast discussion with Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sánchez, artist + facilitator, using their art to transform individual witness into collective action. As a person who was separated from their first family for 28 years through ...
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Episode 7
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1:05:54
Episode 6: Studio Two Three, community arts space in Richmond, VA
Join our dynamic podcast discussion with artivists Kate Fowler and Ashley Hawkins from Studio Two Three @StudioTwoThree (IG) https://www.studiotwothree.org.We’d like to remind our listeners that this podcast is funded by the two of u...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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46:39
Episode 5: Gabriel Torres, community artist and multidisciplinary director & writer
Join our dynamic podcast discussion with artivist Gabriel Torres @gabrielgtorrest (IG) https://www.gabrielgtorres.com. In the episode, Gabriel also mentions their recent project “Haus of Dust" which you can find at iamdust.org. We’d ...
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Episode 5
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55:49