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.
Episodes
12 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
Collective Healing with Guadalupe Maravilla and Dr. LJ Punch
What it would mean to reset our understanding of health and well-being as an entire community, especially now? In this episode, artist Guadalupe Maravilla and trauma surgeon Dr. LJ Punch speak to the effects of untreated, unhealed trauma in the...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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36:16
Insisting on Our Humanity with Hank Willis Thomas and Congresswoman Cori Bush
In this episode, artist Hank Willis Thomas holds space for Congresswoman Cori Bush to share vulnerability around the intense battles that have shaped her public career: the Ferguson uprising, personal traumas, the road to Congress, and the viol...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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29:56
Public Platforms with Marina Peng & Shannon Levin (PSA:) and Cleo Barnett
How do public spaces reflect public consciousness? Join Shannon Levin and Marina Peng of PSA:, a public art project that features text installations by St. Louis-based artists, writers, and poets, and Cleo Barnett of Amplifier, a non-profit des...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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41:46
Leveling the Field with Glenn Kaino, Tommie Smith, and Dr. Harry Edwards
In a gesture witnessed around the world, Tommie Smith’s raised fist at the 1968 Olympics, with fellow US sprinter John Carlos, connected with and inspired future athletes to take part in social and political activism. Colin Kaepernick and other...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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55:00
Perseverance and Participation with Wendy Red Star and De Nichols
If taking a collaborative stance in protesting ensures sustainability and longevity, how do we lay the groundwork for participation? In this episode of Radio Resistance, Wendy Red Star and De Nichols talk about how and why they use their creati...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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46:23
Organizing Rebellion with Dread Scott and Walter Johnson
Is rebellion a norm, or is it exceptional? In this episode, artist Dread Scott and scholar Walter Johnson discuss the community-engaged performance Slave Rebellion Reenactment and the in...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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52:53
Introducing Radio Resistance
In this inaugural episode of Radio Resistance, the co-producers Wassan Al-Khudhairi, Michelle Dezember, and Misa Jeffereis will introduce the show’s origins and intentions, as well as contextualize the choice of radio within the medium’s histor...
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Season 1
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Episode 0
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22:34