“The imagination is like a muscle and we need to work it out, we need to make it stronger to keep it healthy and to keep it expansive.” - Susu Attar, Artist
One of LA’s finest event promoters and DJ's on the 1's & 2's affectionately known to the world as @spinorita shares some great childhood memories about how an early love of getting close to the DJ booth paved the way for a career in music that has no signs of slowing down.
Writer & Director Roberta Munroe shines a light on toxic masculinity and applauds all the men in women working to eradicate it from our lives and culture.
The incredibly funny, beautiful and ever talented @sashamerci talks about something she became super passionate about after moving to LA and the lack of representation she faces by people trying to silence her culture.
Author, musician, playwright, activist & culture sculptor, Rubén “Funkahuatl” Guevara talks about writing his autobiography and how it’s kept his flame alive as human and a working artist.
Rebecca Gitana is a Transformational Guide who uses home healing as a means of cleansing the mind, body and spirit.
In order to want to see a change in any aspect or situation in life, you have to go out and do something about it.
Singer Daymé Arocena enjoys traveling around the world while sharing her Cuban music and reminds us to dream & make love part of your life.
Singer/Songwriter Nia Andrews describes the simple ways in which Stevie Wonder and a batch of chai tea helps her reconnect with her "why" keeping her grounded in a world in need of more human connections.
Anthony Valadez, a KCRW DJ, and Fuse TV personality talks about how his life has changed after adopting Smedley, a french bulldog responsible for bringing more sunshine, fun, and connection to his Venice Beach community.
Benjamin Lowder takes pleasure in transforming metal advertising signs into sculptures steeped in sacred geometry and shares thoughts on negative space and its effect on the repeating patterns of organic life from the subatomic to the galactic level.
No matter what side of the environmental debate you stand on, one thing we can all agree on is that she’s the only planet we’ve got. Have a listen as the ever-forward thinking Jaden Smith shares some of his ideas about how education, solar tech and gaining a passion about your environment just might hold the keys to creating long-lasting positive change.
Moroccan singer Hindi Zahra pays homage to fellow artist and photographer Hassan Hajjaj who encouraged her to express herself not only through music but also through paintings and drawings.
Blitz the Ambassador shares his love for filmmaking and the importance of having native voices behind the lens telling their stories.
Musician Diego Garcia shares the inspiration behind his new album and how it is a reflection of the many shades of being Latin.
Musician Taylor McFerrin recognizes his students at Lavell School for the Blind for their fearlessness in their expression which has changed his life.
Colombia's socially-conscious hip hop artists Choc Quib Town share the joys of touring around the world and the parallels of being home in Choco.
Grammy-nominated, Nigerian musician Femi Kuti explains the importance of African unity and awareness given the continent's colonial history and current political systems as the impetus for his new album, Africa for Africa.
Musician and record collector, Will Holland, aka Quantic, muses about the collaborative process of recording music and the importance of vinyl recordings for its preservation.
Vanessa Chakour from Arts, Action & Awareness describes her artistic and boxing methods to peel surface layers to get to her authentic self.
The incomparable Pharrell Williams talks about the lack of news sources for the youth demographic of 14-20 and how this inspired the creation of Kidult.com with his partner, the brilliant, Mimi Valdes.
Coco Malaika, of the Danish duo Quadron, gives us a glimpse into her recent obsession with party games, while her partner in crime, Robin Hannibal, shares his lifetime passion for movies as a magical recess from reality.
“There is a deficit especially among women of color to look at ourselves as own seeds.”
- Tracy Perez, Storyteller