Active Hope

Join us for our third episode which features guest Jad Abumrad. In this episode, our hosts unearth the practice of active listening and the nuances that come with listening and communicating.

Join us for the second episode of our second season featuring guests Lori Pourier and Natalie Hopkinson. Kamilah Forbes, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, and Paola Prestini engage in conversation surrounding sovereignty, indigenous peoples, and gentrification through a macro and micro lens. This episode is in tandem with the We the Peoples Before celebration happening at the Kennedy Center on June 30 – July 2. 

For more information on the event, click on this link: https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/festivals-series/we-the-peoples-before/.

Our premiere episode focuses on belonging, and the work that it takes to create emotional equity in cultural spaces. Our hosts describe the process of maximizing cultural safety as performance halls re-open themselves to the public. Featured guests for this episode are two Kennedy Center Next 50 awardees: NYC Ballet company member Georgina Pazcoguin, and dancer and author Phil Chan. Together, Georgina and Phil have established Final Bow for Yellowface, an advocacy coalition and field-wide barometer for Asian-American inclusion in dance.

Join us for Episode 5 of the Active Hope Podcast, featuring adrienne maree brown. Kamilah Forbes, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, and Paola Prestini of the Apollo Theater, the Kennedy Center, and National Sawdust engage in conversation surrounding social justice and pleasure activism. What is the connection between the individual and larger systemic change? How can we construct systems and modalities that take into consideration that the world is constantly changing? And how can we do all of that while being present with our bodies and finding personal fulfillment?

A special thank you to our guest adrienne maree brown. Thank you to all artists featured in this part: Kamasi Washington and Molly Joyce.

“Truth” Performed by Kamasi Washington Live at the Apollo
Courtesy of Young/XL Recordings.

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast do not necessarily reflect the opinions or position of the Kennedy Center.

For more information on Active Hope, including a transcript of this episode, please visit https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/special-programming/active-hope-podcast/

Join us for the second part of Episode 4 of the Active Hope Podcast, featuring poet Brenda Shaughnessy and illustrator and animator Tim Fielder. Kamilah Forbes, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, and Paola Prestini of the Apollo Theater, the Kennedy Center, and National Sawdust engage in conversation surrounding futurism; how can we reimagine a collective future? How does futurism intersect with art and culture? What do we know about the future for sure, and what is there for us to create, together?

A special thank you to our guests, Brenda Shaughnessy and Tim Fielder. Thank you to all artists featured in this part: Gaelynn Lea, from audio provided by NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concert); and Paola Prestini and Cal Shaughnessy, from audio provided by Enactlab from Sensorium.

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast do not necessarily reflect the opinions or position of the Kennedy Center.

For more information on Active Hope, including a transcript of this episode, please visit https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/special-programming/active-hope-podcast/