#23 Everything in Art is Politics

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Hello LabCast family,

We hope you are all safe and managing as best you can during these challenging times. We are happy to (finally) bring you our spring 2020 season, delayed, in no small part, due to COVID, remote work, and recent events.

Given the obstacles our team faced recording and finishing the episodes, we ask that you forgive any sound hiccups and join us in applauding our student editors and audio engineers who managed the challenges and limitations with grace and skill. Thank you students!

We think it’s also important to note that both the episodes and the introduction to episode 23 were recorded prior to the tragedies surrounding George Floyd and the BLM movement. The Lab reiterates its unequivocal support of the members of the Black creative community at NYU and the BLM movement more generally. We have compiled resources on our website for those looking to learn more and support BIPOC artists.

The episodes this season center two Black voices from our community: Michael R. Jackson and Joshua Pierce. We hope their stories will be educational and inspiring. Thank you for your support as listeners. We will return in the fall with new episodes.

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LabCast Team

In this episode, we talk with Pulitzer Prize winner, Michael R. Jackon, about art, politics, and queer identity.

Hosts: Ronica Reddick and Jerusalem Adams-Shepard
Recording Supervision: Joey Carducci
Editor: Jeric Brual
Sound Engineers: NYU Abu Dhabi and the Music Technology & Sound Recording Group -- Farah Elmowafy, Aaron Marcus-Willers, and Bea Lazlo.
Thanks to: John Tintori and Matteo Marciano (Head of the Production) and Reema El-Kaiali and Toby Tinson (Assistant Heads of Production)

Theme Song: "Wrong Turn" by Abby T
Sun Tan Lines by Florian Decros from WFMU Free Music Archives