On this episode of Imagining Podcasts, we talk to Salome Asega about how she centers celebration in her work and employs speculation to imagine and realize Black Futures. Also, art-washing the moon and hitting up Cam'ron just to check in.  Want to learn more? Check out below for today's further reading: @computers_puting - http://www.salome.zone/ - https://www.fordfoundation.org/just-matters/just-matters/posts/digital-and-technological-literacy-is-crucial-to-social-justice-work/ - http://www.salome.zone/iyapo-repository - https://aacc-awc.org/ - Co-teacher @ Parsons: American Artist https://americanartist.us/ - https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/speculative-everything - https://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html - Hyperopia: https://hyperopiaradio.tumblr.com/ - Still Processing NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/column/still-processing-podcast - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m2K0CD0UQI - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xviCfvjjJE Original Music: Amar Lal | @ummm_r

On this episode of Imagining Podcasts, we talk to Amar Lal about creative self-help books and the importance of play when making art.  Want to learn more? Check out below for today's further reading: - @ummm_r - www.amarlal.info - Sonorama http://www.claudiamolitor.org/sonorama-1 - https://www.instagram.com/p/CDiTtqMjKNZ/ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp3BlFZWJNA - https://bigups.bandcamp.com/ - Phillip Glass lecture: https://soundcloud.com/topology/glass-nyu - The Artist's Way https://juliacameronlive.com/the-artists-way/ - The Gift by Lewis Hyde https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/84882/the-gift-by-lewis-hyde/ - La Cosa Preziosa https://www.lacosapreziosa.net/the-secret-soundscape-club - Gardening https://amar.bandcamp.com/album/gardening - Pauline Oliveros 'Deep Listening' https://deeplistening.org/ Original music by Amar Lal. Found sounds:  https://amar.bandcamp.com/album/tour-diary-2 tour diary 2 prague https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6hVmFBijyo cobblestone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNGJMJ7FZfQ painting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_7f14NkOyU garden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq5wdxeG-s0&t=161s dishes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn4d5F-rdJs&t=901s keyboard

On today's episode we interview our friend Rachel Mendelsohn! We talk about language, we talk about deserts, we talk about research as art.  Want to learn more? Today's further reading: - @rmendy - http://rachelmendelsohn.com/ - http://bad-lang.com/ - Kapital https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ - Sans Seder lecture: https://archive.org/details/rachelmendelsohnpresentation04132020 - Rick Prelinger and Lost Landscapes of San Francisco https://www.panix.com/~footage/ - Herb Jeffries IG post : https://www.instagram.com/p/CDjhdDQDTLraQQw53ErzztW46wm-xd48C7QeXs0/ - Murray's Dude Ranch: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray%27s_Dude_Ranch - Black Westerns: https://www.criterionchannel.com/black-westerns - Saguaro cactus photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/CCnBDiejzz_arh1W0B1cQIyUwCjcImfDUCgm7Y0/ (original music by amar lal)(found sounds: www.drought-smart-plants.com)

On this episode of Imagining Podcasts, we introduce Imagining Podcasts and ourselves. Original music by Amar Lal.