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SPNN Podcast

May 27, 2020

Rory Wakeump - Minneapolis based Native artist and activist Rory Wakeump talks about his life as a community based artist and shares his thoughts about the inequity of grant funding for Native artists. Rory also describes some upcoming pandemic related community artwork and tells us why he was interested in mashing...


May 19, 2020

Nekima Levy Armstrong - Civil Rights Attorney and activist shares the work she has been doing to support the Black community in North Minneapolis during the pandemic. Nekima also talks about the recent vote to adopt the Comprehensive District Design (CDD)in Minneapolis public schools and she discusses the threat that...


May 11, 2020

Maia Maiden - Twin Cities based dancer, choreographer, curator, and laboratory scientist Maia Maiden is interviewed about her life since the COVID-19 pandemic. Maia talks about how dancers can continue to work in the time of social distancing and she shares her experience working on COVID-19 testing as a...


May 5, 2020

Sha Cage - Twin Cities actor, director, filmmaker, and activist is interviewed about her life since the the COVID-19 pandemic began. Sha talks about how she has stayed connected to the arts community during this crisis and tells the story of how she was forced to cancel a new film project just as the shutdown hit.