In this podcast, Lina Adams explores some burning questions about the creative process with friends across different artistic disciplines, unpacking what it's like being a full-time artist in the modern world. Among many topics - Lina and co. navigate the challenges of social media and originality, managing mental health, and what it means to "suffer for your art".
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Nia King's trying to figure out if her dream of making a living as an art activist is beyond reach. In this podcast, she seeks advice from other political queer artists, trans artists, and artists of color who seem to have figured out how to make art and make rent without compromising their values.
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Creative License: Episode 10 - Fräulein
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For the grand tenth episode of Creative License, I sit down for a chat with none other than killer grunge duo Fräulein. Since forming in 2021, Fraulein have released a string of luscious, angsty tunes, with 2023 EP Pedestal blasting the duo onto the music scene. 2023 saw the duo embarking on a tour supporting Big Joanie across Europe last October, …
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Growing up, reading and writing were things that made Sonora Reyes feel "dumb" in school. So how did they get from there to writing the Lamba Literary Award-winning, National Book Award-nominated Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School? In this interview, Sonora discusses healing their relationship to writing through fanfiction, growing up with a combi…
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Creative License: Episode 9 - Lizzie Esau
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Lizzie Esau is a single-handed alt rock powerhouse from Newcastle. Taking inspiration from big names like Wolf Alice, Radiohead, and Beabadoobee among a few, Lizzie has established a sound over the last couple of years as distinctively dynamic, vibrant, and filled with heart. In recent years, Lizzie has cemented herself as one to watch, having supp…
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Creative License: Episode 8 - Junodream
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Space rock quintet junodream released their debut album Pools of Colour back in January - and the record has since amassed over a million streams already, as of last month. This release only cemented junodream’s place as one of the current big names in the world of modern dream rock. The band commemorated the release of Pools of Colour with a sold-…
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Creative License: Episode 7 - Year of the Dog
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In Episode Seven, I chat with upcoming BBC-Introducing band Year of the Dog about their highlights from 2023, the writing process behind their latest single ‘Tigers in the Living Room’, and what to expect from their upcoming album! Year of the Dog are a six-piece brasshouse soul band from Bristol and Cardiff. The group formed at the Royal Welsh Col…
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118: Queer & Trans Comics & Zines
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A panel featuring four of Nia King's favorite artists: Sawyer Lovett, Joe Hatton, Vo Vo, and Cristy C. Road. Zines played a crucial role in reducing social isolation for many of us, whether we were one of the only punks of color in our scene (Nia in Boston, Joe in the Dakotas, and Vo in Sydney, Australia), or the only gay in our rural Virginia town…
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Creative License: Episode 6 - Ellie Dixon
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In Episode Six, I chat to singer-songwriter Ellie Dixon about what she has learnt in the last few years since her career has skyrocketed, and the challenges of having your actual name as the face of your brand. Ellie also opens up about mental health struggles and provides some self-help strategies she has found useful. We also delve into Ellie's e…
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Creative License: Episode 5 - Jasmine Thakral
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In Episode Five, I chat to singer-songwriter Jasmine Thakral about all things writing, balancing studying a Computer Science Master's course with making new music, and where she gets her inspiration. We touch on what it was like to work with Fickle Friends on the catchy tune Vampire, and delve into the poeticism of Taylor Swift’s writing. Jasmine T…
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Creative License: Episode 4 - Maxie Cheer
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Hello! I’m Lina Adams, and welcome to the fourth episode of Creative License: Inside the Worlds of Rising Artists. In this episode, I chat to North London-based professional drummer, musical director and mentor Maxie Cheer, about touring with Bimini and Kate Nash, the new EP from Just Kids, and being a Roland Artist. We also nerd out on drum gear a…
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Creative License: Episode 3, Part 2 - Annabelle Sami
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This is part 2 of Lina's interview with children’s author Annabelle Sami. Annabelle Sami is a children’s author, who is passionate about introducing young people to characters they can relate to, by exploring a diverse range of narratives in middle-grade fiction. Annabelle is the author of two series: the first being the charming detective series A…
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Creative License: Episode 3, Part 1 - Annabelle Sami
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This is part 1 of Lina's interview with children’s author Annabelle Sami. Annabelle Sami is a children’s author, who is passionate about introducing young people to characters they can relate to, by exploring a diverse range of narratives in middle-grade fiction. Annabelle is the author of two series: the first being the charming detective series A…
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117: Ten Year Anniversary Episode, pt. 1
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We Want the Airwaves celebrates 10 years with a panel featuring six of the artists from Queer & Trans Artists of Color, Volume Three: Anthony J. Williams, Kamal Al-Soylaylee, Joamette Gil, Venus Kii Thomas, Qwo-Li Driskill, and Osa Atoe! (This is the first part of a two-part episode, so you will only hear Ant, Kamal, and Jo on it.) This panel is co…
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Creative License: Episode 2, Part 2 - Claudia Kate
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This is part 2 of Lina's interview with South London-based singer-songwriter Claudia Kate. Claudia is an indie pop artist whose DIY sound is imbued with elements of spoken word, reminiscent of Baby Queen as well as Brit-nominated artist Self Esteem. Claudia artfully sets her sincere lyrics, underpinned with existential and political angst, to upbea…
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Creative License: Episode 2, Part 1 - Claudia Kate
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This is part 1 of Lina's interview with South London-based singer-songwriter Claudia Kate. Claudia is an indie pop artist whose DIY sound is imbued with elements of spoken word, reminiscent of Baby Queen as well as Brit-nominated artist Self Esteem. Claudia artfully sets her sincere lyrics, underpinned with existential and political angst, to upbea…
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Creative License: Episode 1 - Conor Kinsella
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Hello, I'm Lina Adams, and this is the very first episode of Creative License: Inside the Worlds of Rising Artists! In this episode, I chat to young Irish talent Conor Kinsella about his experiences of studying music at undergrad and how this has impacted his passion for music. We also talk about everything from cleaning your room, to optimistic ni…
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Hi, my name's Lina Adams, and this is a brief introduction to Creative License: Inside the Worlds of Rising Artists! I started this podcast because I wanted to chat to artists about their experiences of navigating the creative sector during a very challenging time. In a period of financial and mental turmoil, brought on by the pandemic as well as B…
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In this very special CROSSOVER episode, I interview the hosts of the Mexican podcast No Hay Tos (in English after they interviewed me for their own show in Spanish). Beto and Héctor, both long-time Spanish teachers, discuss their own language-learning journey, what they love about podcasting, and some of the challenges of teaching. Check out their …
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Sri Lankan-American Tamil trans woman reporter and martial artist Simi Kadirgamar is the guest on this month's podcast episode. In it, we discuss her reported/illustrated zine on the Indian and Pakistani occupation of Kashmir, a family that peddles Brazilian Jiu-jitsu training to police all over the world, and why she chose hate groups and the far-…
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Singer, dancer, actor: Briyana Clarel is a triple threat! In this episode, the Black, nonbinary theater artist discusses growing up in South Jersey, racism at Princeton, and learning to love musical theater, sketch comedy, and a capella. Read the transcripts at scribd.com/artactivistnia. Support the podcast at patreon.com/artactivistnia.…
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Afro-Latina trans woman essayist Princess Harmony stops by the podcast to discuss her writing for Black Girl Dangerous, Wear Your Voice and Workers World. We also discuss what's missing in reporting about the opioid pandemic, the different types of medication-assisted treatment available and whether rehab is a scam. Read the transcript at scribd.co…
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112: Gabriela Watson-Burkett, pt 2
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In part two of my interview with Afro-Peruvian Brazilian filmmaker Gabriela Watson-Burkett, we discuss her second film, Baobab Flowers and her new organization, Presente! Media. Baobab Flowers follows the parallel lives of two Black women educators, one who lives and teaches in São Paulo, Brazil and another who lives and teaches in Philly. At the e…
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111: Gabriela Watson-Burkett
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Filmmaker and producer Gabriela Watson-Burkett makes work to connect people across the African diaspora. Her first film, Nosotros Afroperuanos, discusses Black history in Peru and its erasure. Her second film, Baobab Flowers, draws parallels between a Black woman educator in São Paulo, Brazil and a Black woman educator in Philadelphia. Her most rec…
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110: Mike Watkins and Teresa Ellis
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How has coronavirus impacted the fitness industry? In this episode Nia chats with two queer Black business owners, athletic trainer Mike Watkins and Pilates instructor Teresa Ellis, to find out. They also discuss creating fat-positive fitness spaces, working with disabled clients, and ways they try to make their services accessible to low-income fo…
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At the intersection of political art and environmental science, queer nonbinary Chinese-American Fèini Yĭn is a celestial presence in a static world. Their work ranges from enthralling pieces in The New York Times, to art processions designed to shake up science communities, to short stop-motion films about the natural world — a praxis that challen…
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To say that Vo, a nonbinary trans masc Vietnamese immigant, is an artist is to dance to the arrhythmic tune of understatement: they are a traveler, social worker, and wizened anarchist soul who not only dabbles in various artistic media, but transforms each discipline they encounter. Their galvanizing work in the zine underground with the internati…
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Black Boricua Taíno queer and trans artist Ignacio Rivera is a poet, performer and activist working to end child sexual abuse, or CSA. They are also a grandparent. In this interview, featuring their baby grandson, Ignacio discusses growing up in Brooklyn, becoming politicized in Massachusetts, and the connections between sexual liberation and endin…
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Bisexual Latina writer, comics artist and musician Suzy X has gone from making zines to drawing comics for Rookie Mag to writing for MTV Iggy (RIP) to being the Latin music editor at Rolling Stone in the short time (approx. 7 years) I've known her, and I cannot think of anyone more deserving of this success. In this interview we discuss her zines M…
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Queer Indian-American author Rahul Mehta discusses his award-winning collection of short stories, Quarantine; growing up Asian in Appalachia; and how LGBTQ audiences in India have received his work. We also try to sort out why he's so drawn to unlikeable protagonists. Photo by Matthew Hamilton. Read the transcript at scribd.com/artactivistnia. Supp…
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Alex Smith is a queer, Black sci-fi writer, musician and visual artist. In this interview, we discuss his collection of short stories, ARKDUST, as well as his many influences, ranging from Public Enemy to Nirvana and Marvel Comics to the Black Panther Party. Photo by Shane Jenkins. Read the transcript at scribd.com/artactivistnia. Support the podca…
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BL Shirelle of Die Jim Crow Records discusses the challenges of recording and releasing music by incarcerated artists. She also shares stories of dealing drugs, doing time and raising kids with her wife. (Photo by Verse.) Support the podcast at patreon.com/artactivistnia. Transcript coming soon.
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102: Oliver Spencer / St. Sol
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Black queer Philadelphia-based musician and visual artist Oliver Spencer (known musically as St. Sol) discusses growing up between North Carolina and Okinawa, how their dad's military service impacted their life, and finding the space to be weird in (an arts) high school. We also talk about the whiteness of art school(s), not letting perfectionism …
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Black asexual zinester and cartoonist Joyce Hatton discusses their comic Locks and their zines Trust the Knife and Grief. Joyce is a survivor of breast cancer, homelessness, and a suicide attempt, so this episode gets pretty heavy. We also talk about the concept of "trauma porn" (which is not actual porn), when illustrations come easier than words,…
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1.) I'm taking a break from the podcast. I'll be back in October. 2.) I'm moving to Philly. Please hit my up if you have leads on any jobs! 3.) The book launch for Queer & Trans Artists of Color, Volume 3 is October 19th at East Bay Booksellers in Oakland, featuring Anthony J. Williams, Luna Merbruja and Paradise Khanmalek. PLEASE DONATE so we can …
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Bisexual trans Latina writer Mey Rude discusses growing up in Idaho, getting kicked out of her church family, and how comics helped her find her queer- and trans-ness. Read the transcript at scribd.com/artactivistnia. Support the podcast at patreon.com/artactivistnia.
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99: Aja Archuleta
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Two-Spirit mestiza musician Aja Archuleta discusses growing up in a big Mexican family with deep Denver roots, discovering her Indigenous identity, and why "Two-Spirit" now fits her better than "trans". She also shares how her love of music evolved: from playing piano in Catholic school to discovering the how much fun noise-punk could be to making …
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Queer Chinese-American drag queen, filmmaker, and musician, Kyle Casey Chu talks growing up in SF, touring the South in a punk band, and changing media representations of Asian-American men. Photo by Vincent Flores. Read the transcript at scribd.com/artactivistnia. Support the podcast at patreon.com/artactivistnia.…
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97: 6 Year Anniversary Episode!
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Acclaimed author and artist Luna Merbruja interviews me (Nia King) about my pre-podcast life as zinester and cartoonist, turning the podcast into a book, and how the QTPOC art world has changed since We Want the Airwaves began six years ago.
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96: The Lady Ms. Vagina Jenkins
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Black queer femme Southerner The Lady Ms. Vagina Jenkins may be best known as a burlesque performer, but she's also a stand-up comic, filmmaker, and taxidermist. In this interview, she discusses growing up working-class in the country, starting sex work after finishing college, and moving to the Bay (nearly ten years ago) to pursue greater artistic…
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95: Breena Nuñez and Lawrence Lindell
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Queer Black and brown punk weirdos in love! In this episode, Breena Nuñez and Lawrence Lindell, both cartoonists, musicians, and educators, tell the story of how they met and how the places they grew up shaped them. They also discuss getting what you need out of art school DESPITE the faculty and administration, making a living off of art (but purs…
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Black queer SF native and dancer Jocquese Whitfield discusses discovering vogue in college, his first ball in Oakland, performing with MIA and Azealia Banks, taking corporate money and giving back to the community. (Photo by Ejects Collection) Read the interview at scribd.com/artactivistnia. Support the podcast at patreon.com/artactivistnia.…
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Indigenous trans woman poet Arielle Twist discusses her upcoming book DISNTEGRATE/DISSOCIATE, growing up Cree on a M'ikmaq reservation, and the mentorship she's received from other trans women of color poets. This conversation also covers the importance queer sex education, the problems of performative allyship, and the meaning of the phrase “all t…
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92: Malcolm Lasalle
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Is visibility ultimately a good thing for the artist with revolutionary intentions? For most artists, seeking to be visible to the mainstream mass media is key to economic survival. However that visibility and the surveillance that comes with it can be detrimental to the intent of subversive art. What if we accept that anything we get paid to do ca…
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Jackie Wang's book Carceral Capitalism helps draw a direct line between the Recession of 2008, the following calls for austerity, and the visible uptick in anti-Black police violence. Indebted cities are trying to cut costs and raise funds, and they are doing it by having machines and algorithms make decisions that cops and judges would usually mak…
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Queer mixed-race writer Jackie Wang and I lived parallel lives in different parts of the country. In this first half of the interview, we reminisce about our teen years, spent listening to punk, reading/writing zines, and volunteering at Food Not Bombs. We also discuss her trajectory from zinester to blogger to published author and from dropping ou…
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89: Chief Esparza
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Chief Esparza is the founder and editor-in-chief of EFNIKS.com, an online magazine for queer and trans people of color. In this episode, we discuss the environmental racism issue (EARTH), why they went on hiatus after Pulse, and how they hope to nurture young writers of color in the future. Read the transcript at scribd.com/artactivistnia. Support …
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88: Rabih Alameddine
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Gay Lebanese-American novelist Rabih Alameddine authored the California Book Award-winning book An Unnecessary Woman and the Lambda Literary Award-winning book The Angel of History. In this interview we discuss (questionable) reasons some Lebanese don't identify as Arab, and the commodification of gay struggle, and writing against empire. TW for us…
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87: Venus Di'Khadijah Selenite
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Black trans dyke poet Venus Di'Khadijah Selenite discusses finding her voice in the Baton Rouge slam poetry scene, moving to DC to transition, and performing at the White House. STAY TUNED UNTIL THE VERY END to hear her perform two of her poems. Photo by Pink & White Productions. Read the transcript at scribd.com. Support the podcast at http://kck.…
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In part two of my interview with queer Afro-Cuban comics artist, editor, and publisher Joamette Gil, we get into the nuts and bolts of surviving off your creative labor. Jo gives us an exact breakdown of how much she made last year and how she made it. She also discusses the process of putting together Power & Magic: The Queer Witch Comics Antholog…
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Queer Afro-Cuban illustrator Joamette Gil and I discuss some of the many racial categories that exist in Cuban society and how they correlate (or don't) to US understandings of Blackness. Read the interview at scribd.com/artactivistnia. Support the podcast at patreon.com/artactivistnia.
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Mixed-race Puerto Rican filmmaker and oral historian André Pérez discusses how he came to identify as a person of color, founding the Trans Oral History Project, and his upcoming documentary series America in Transition. Read the transcript at scribd.com/artactivistnia. Support the podcast at patreon.com/artactivistnia.…
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