<p><em>How can communication between fields change the way they are communicated individually?</em></p> <p>Multimedia artist <a href="https://www.cmason3.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Charles ‘Trae’ Mason III</a> and microbiologist and immunologist <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexandraYSoare" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Alexandra Soare</a> talk with me about the relationship between art and science, and how both fields still have a long way to go in their ability to communicate outside of themselves. We also discuss the necessity of a good mentor, and acknowledge those who changed and expanded the ways they work.</p> <p><strong>On today's episode, Trae talks to me about all of the people who have made him who he is as an artist. We discuss the grief, family and love explored in his work, as well as, in his words, “the performative act of Blackness” for him and his body.</strong></p> <p>Music in this episode is by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PerpetualMotion2/">Emmanuel Ohemeng III and Perpetual Motion</a>, a Philly &nbsp;jazz fusion group that combines elements of jazz, hip hop and rock, led by local award-winning trumpet player Emmanuel Ohemeng III.</p> <p>Check out our <a href="https://chat.squarespace.com/our-shared-field" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">website</a> to read more about the musicians and our guests, and to follow their collaborations together.</p> <p>Thank you to technical director Eric Carbonara at <a href="https://www.nadasoundstudio.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NadaSoundStudio</a>, and to <a href="https://chat.squarespace.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the Center for Humanities at Temple University</a> for supporting this podcast.</p>