Radio Resistance
Radio Resistance is a limited series produced by the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis in conjunction with the exhibition Stories of Resistance. Artists featured in the exhibition are paired with figures from the past, present, and future of St. Louis, coming together to transmit messages of dissent. Co-produced and hosted by Wassan Al-Khudhairi, Michelle Dezember, and Misa Jeffereis.
Podcasting since 2021 • 12 episodes
Radio Resistance
Latest Episodes
Afterword
In this bonus episode, co-producers Wassan Al-Khudhairi, Michelle Dezember, and Misa Jeffereis look back at Radio Resistance with Lara Hamdan, Producer of St. Louis on the Air
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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40:56
Defiant Writing with Banu Cennetoğlu and Treasure Shields Redmond
What is the power of writing to carry a voice, or many voices, particularly defiant ones? In this final episode, we return to the impetus for this series, the exhibition Stories of Resistance, as an invitation to consider the medium of...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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38:50
Ancestors and Testimonies with Tuấn Andrew Nguyễn and Gwen Moore
How can we move beyond the dominant narrative, to hear stories that have been erased? Artist Tuấn Andrew Nguyễn and curator and public historian Gwen Moore find similarities in growing up in communities that were violently transformed or comple...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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43:50
Forms of Liberation with Torkwase Dyson and Geoff Ward
This episode explores historic and contemporary failures of infrastructure, racial capitalism, and climate change and how these current dysfunctions are intertwined. Our guests discuss ideas of spatial justice, St. Louis’s ongoing engagement wi...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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54:38
Women As Activists with Jen Liu and Candace Borders
What would it mean to live out a fair and better future, right now? Join artist Jen Liu and scholar Candace Borders as they explore the complex role that women have played in labor rights and activism in both the US and China. This episode digs...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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51:43