Nehemiah Cisneros earned his BFA in painting from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2021 and was awarded a New Opportunities Fellowship at UCLA School of Arts and Architecture, where he will complete his MFA in 2024. He has work on view at the Rubell Museum in Miami until Nov 2024.
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Matt Meyerson has been working in talent management & public relations for years, largely in the action sports space. We talk about his career, what makes someone good at his job, and so much more in this episode of #BTSPodcast. This was recorded in summer of 2023.
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Sua Hernandez is the Director of Housing Resilience & Executive Administrator at El Sereno Community Land Trust. She’s been working in affordable housing since the late 90s and is an alumni of Occidental College, with a BA in urban and environmental policy. We talk about differences between co-ops, land trusts, and a community development corporation. Sua shares some of the questions ESCLT staff asks themselves to establish and maintain a culture of dignity and autonomy, and why that's important.
Learn more about Community Land Trusts:
https://www.shareable.net/infographic-the-why-how-of-community-land-trusts/
https://groundedsolutions.org/strengthening-neighborhoods/community-land-trusts
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Here’s some of the readings Sua mentioned, use these affiliate links that will support independent bookstores & this podcast:
Howards End: https://bookshop.org/a/9735/9780141182131
Kuxlejal Politics: Indigenous Autonomy, Race, and Decolonizing Research in Zapatista Communities: https://bookshop.org/a/9735/9781477314470
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Cerise Castle is a multi-award winning journalist best known for her research & reporting around LASD Gangs. She’s been published by VICE, LA Times, LA Mag, HBO, NPR, & Wondery Media. In this episode she talks about what being a freelance journalist means, pitching work, juggling stories, therapy, self-care, & so much more. Be sure to listen to her podcast A Tradition of Violence & follow her across social platforms.
Hear Cerise discuss A Tradition of Violence & her the details of her reporting on Locatora Radio talking more about her work here for condensed context to better understand what A Tradition of Violence is about
Follow Cerise & support her work via The Knock:
Database of Sheriff-Involved Shootings in LA: https://knock-la.com/life-under-the-gun/
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Jay Washington is a comedian, actor, & former wrestler. You may have seen him in Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq or American Gigolo. We talk about parenting as an entertainer, leaving wrestling, finding the right representation, his career in comedy & how comedians get paid, & mental health. Please follow Jay across social (links below) you can watch a YouTube recording of this convo on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/mk15Hed3G-E
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Culturalist, journalist, creative coach, grief coach, and multi-media artist Laura Sullivan Cassidy discusses her work around grief, death, & dying, as well as what Recompose does and how states are slowly but surely getting on board with this eco-friendly burial option.
Check out Inelda, which is mentioned as the organization Laura did her training at here: https://inelda.org/learn/end-of-life-doula-training/
A Sacred Passing (end of life care community in Seattle): https://asacredpassing.org/
Laura’s IG: https://www.instagram.com/laurasoftdata/
Recompose IG: https://www.instagram.com/recomposelife/
Laura’s newsletter “Griever’s Ball” https://grieversball.substack.com/
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Annie Cruz is a streamer, horror fanatic, and host. We talk about wrestling, her life after the adult entertainment industry, streaming, and a ton more. Follow Annie: Instagram.com/AnnieCruz https://www.twitch.tv/thewitchynerd Twitter.com/AnnieFuckinCruz Watch this full convo on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pEUG2d129uA Reference links: We talked about HeidiWorld, listen here: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-heidiworld-the-heidi-flei-93537284/ Support via Spotify/Anchor at just .99c/month: anchor.fm/btspodcast Sign up for Rakuten & get cash back on tons of purchases: https://www.rakuten.com/r/LYNAEM19 Book your next hotel stay using HotelTonight & save: LCOOK61 Follow on IG: @btsthepodcast Follow me on IG & TW: @lynaecook
Brittinae has a Masters Degree in Health Science and works building sex ed curriculums. In this conversations she dispels common misconceptions about Plan B & birth control, explains why she decided to focus on sex ed in Black communities, elaborates on what the health department does, & the importance of talking about sex, acknowledging the history of birth control.
Resources she mentions here:
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Molly Lambert is an incredible writer. She’s the writer & host of Heidi World: The Heidi Fleiss Story & talks about navigating freelance writing while trying to break into TV writing. I super appreciate how candid she is about juggling jobs, the abyss of pitching & the instability of freelance creative careers. If you haven’t listened to Heidi World, please stop what you’re doing & listen ASAP. Be sure to follow her for updates on her upcoming projects which I am thrilled to hear.
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This episode was recorded at the end of 2020. As of now, Sierra Reed is at Whalar as their Social Platform Partnerships Director. She was previously at Mozilla as their Marketing & Social Media Relations manager where she worked on both Firefox & Pocket & shares what she's learned about working across organizations and managing up. Books Sierra recommends:
One Minute Manger: https://bookshop.org/a/9735/9780062367549
Executive Presence: https://bookshop.org/a/9735/9780062246899
Emotional Intelligence 2.0: https://bookshop.org/a/9735/9780974320625
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Lia Haberman has a steep career in media and is currently an adjunct professor teaching Social Media & Influencer Marketing at UCLA Extension. Her former employers include E!, The Wrap, LIVESTRONG, & Beachbody. In her class she teaches influencers how to best monetize their work, work with brands, and how to advocate for themselves. In her consulting work, she teaches brands how to work with influencers. We talk about about she's reading (links below) & her approach to successful influencer x brand partnerships.
Lia's reading list:
The Lean Startup: https://bookshop.org/a/9735/9780307887894
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https://twitter.com/liahaberman
https://www.linkedin.com/in/liahaberman/
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Caitlin Angeloff is a thoughtful & brilliant strategist who I've had the joy of working with over the years. We met when she was Director of Global Social Strategy & Operations at DocuSign, I then saw her transition in to the healthcare industry, and now she is at Seismic as their Senior Director, Corporate Marketing & Communications. She walks listeners through how she's advocated for increased head count & budget & proven the value of social in organizations. We also talk about parenting & maintaining a marriage while growing a career.
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Open Mike Eagle is an artist, runs a record label, recently launched podcast network, co-created The New Negroes on Comedy Central, & has a merchandise company. He also has a few podcasts of his own: Secret Skin & What Had Happened Was with DJ Prince Paul (both are linked below) & has appeared on many podcasts (I highly recommend his episode of Father Hood.) You may have seen him on SyFy, Adventure Time, Black Ice, or It’s a Party. We dig in to a little bit of what he does & answer listener & fan questions.
Listen to & purchase his new album “Anime Trauma & Divorce” https://openmikeeagle.bandcamp.com/album/anime-trauma-and-divorce
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mike_Eagle
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mikeeagleraps
Watch Call & Response on Blavity: https://youtu.be/wmPkoIMdHr8
Open Mike Eagle & Lizzo “Extra Consent” on The New Negroes: https://youtu.be/HslbuwTMhrw
Merch Engine: https://shop.merchcentral.com/collections/merch-engine
Explore Stony Island Audio podcasts (including Mike's podcasts): http://mikeeagle.net/stoneyisland
Subscribe to Cherie Hu’s Water & Music: https://bit.ly/35eE11f
Super Duty Tough Work Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2iFnRgQZRH7u0tpLgNN8OF
Watch Video Dave’s music video for Tuesday: https://youtu.be/qstPRbgffm8
Open Mike Eagle on Father Hood Podcast: https://fatherhoodspod.com/ep-99-unapologetic-dad-trap-feat-open-mike-eagle/
Brain Study on Rappers: https://www.nature.com/news/brain-scans-of-rappers-shed-light-on-creativity-1.11835
#BTSPodcast music-specific episodes: https://bit.ly/3mwwLmW
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Jordyn Reese is the Director, Global Advertising & Audience Development, we recorded this episode right as she was leaving The Orchard & heading to OneRPM for a role as Product Manager, US Latin & Urban. After just a few months at OneRPM took on her current role as Director of Global Advertising & Audience Development. This episode was literally recorded a year ago. So if we sound less distressed about life… now you know why! Our conversation focuses on work at The Orchard where she lead global strategy and executed +$8.5M in global on-platform Spotify advertising, & lead global strategy on +750 artist YouTube advertising campaigns and increased total client investment on YouTube +400%.
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Below are my recos that I mentioned at the end of this episode (in the outro), & here's the link to join Libro.fm, my favorite alternative to Amazon that supports Bookshop.org (which supports independent bookstores) http://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm180888
Maria Hinojosa’s “Once I Was You” audiobook on Libro.fm: https://bit.ly/3mruJEO
N.K. Jemisin’s “The City We Became” audiobook on Libro.fm: https://bit.ly/2G8P3LM
Caoilin Hughes “Orchid & the Wasp” audiobook on Libro.fm: https://bit.ly/2HFAXlk
Talks at Google Caoilinn Hughes: https://youtu.be/08NDIn_Hmzg
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Tiffanie Woods is a writer & strategist who leverages her background in engineering to apply systems thinking to operations & her writing/pitching processes. Tiffanie lists off how she pitches & what she includes, for easy reference these will be listed on my Medium & are found at 00:10:05 in to the podcast & again at 00:30:56.
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This episode is part 2 in a series with the co-founders of Scentia Labs & Canapa, if you haven't listened to Part 1 with Rubin Torf, please do! This episode is with Molly Conroy, Co-founder of Scentia Labs & Canapa. We discuss CBD policy, what her role as CEO entails, reading CBD labels, the development of their business model & revenue streams & how they work with their clients to establish their ethos & standards.
Organizations we discuss include The Last Prisoner Project: https://www.lastprisonerproject.org/ & The Bail Project: https://bailproject.org/
Pro-tip: use Amazon Smile & select one of these orgs to support with every purchase (smile.amazon.com)
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Explore Scentia Labs' services at https://scientialabs.io/
Listen to the episode with Rebellious PR founder Evie Smith: http://bit.ly/2TUK0Ct
Here’s a link to April Pride’s podcast “How to do the Pot” this link is specifically to one of her episodes on CBD: https://bit.ly/32pbpRl
Hear April’s episode of #BTSPodcast here: http://bit.ly/2Zoa7q2
The “How to do the Pot” episode “Pot & Pills” https://bit.ly/35dRo1Q
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Rubin Torf is a chemical engineer with a background in computational modeling and equipment design, including data collection for optimized production efficiency and many types of hydroponic systems. With a passion for the science at all steps of the extraction process, he leads the production and development teams as they advance Scientia’s custom methods and technology. Rubin holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Astronomy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Master’s of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
In this episode we discuss the extraction process, how Rubin applies engineering principles to business & vice versa, journalism as a form of keeping businesses honest, and what you should be looking for on your CBD product labels.
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Explore Scentia Labs' services at https://scientialabs.io/
Listen to the episode with Rebellious PR founder Evie Smith: http://bit.ly/2TUK0Ct
Here’s a link to April Pride’s podcast “How to do the Pot” this link is specifically to one of her episodes on CBD: https://bit.ly/32pbpRl
Hear April’s episode of #BTSPodcast here: http://bit.ly/2Zoa7q2
The “How to do the Pot” episode “Pot & Pills” https://bit.ly/35dRo1Q
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Aundre Larrow is a Brooklyn-based portrait photographer who has spent the last few years shooting editorial and lifestyle content for clients and for personal work. His work is pursued the truth that can be found in portraiture. We discuss his experience in Adobe’s Creative Residency program, getting work, pricing client jobs, & so much more. One thing we don’t discuss much in this conversation is how terrific Aundre’s videos are! I highly recommend finding him across platforms. He has a super helpful “how to” video to help photographers understand how to best photograph people with darker skin tones. (Linked below)
Explore Aundre’s projects here: https://www.aundrelarrow.com/projects
Watch Aundre’s video “How to shoot & edit darker skin tones” https://youtu.be/1a-YYgvHl1o
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/aundrelarrow
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Throughout her work as an actress, writer, producer, small business owner, & teacher Crystal Lowe brings a strong work ethic and endless curiosity to all that she does. I've gotten so much from her film & TV classes at Graham Shiels Studios & appreciate her vulnerability & humanity. We discuss how she does all that she does in addition to being a parent and wife, lessons learned, & so much more.
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https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0522909/
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Heidi Bakk-Hansen is a writer, teacher, and researcher. She serves as Board Secretary for the Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial. We discuss her work as an educator, with CJMM, a writer, and in anti-racist-focused activism. This is part three in a series of #BTSPodcast episodes with anti-racist organizers in Duluth, Minnesota. Please listen to the two previous episodes with Jordon Moses & Terresa Moses for additional context and education.
Links discussed in this episode:
Michael Fedo’s “Lynchings in Duluth” https://bookshop.org/a/9735/9781681340135
CJMM website: https://claytonjacksonmcghie.org/
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