Imagine Otherwise podcast
Subscribe to the showImagine Otherwise is a podcast about bridging art, activism, and academia to build more just futures.
Created and hosted by Cathy Hannabach and produced by Ideas on Fire, Imagine Otherwise features interviews with scholars, cultural producers, dancers, editors, artists, and activists who are building new worlds.
Cathy created the show in 2016 to both demonstrate the vibrant public voice that interdisciplinary scholars can have beyond the academy as well as to inspire new generations of thinkers.
Over the past 9 years, episodes have been taught in a wide array of university classrooms, been featured in international art exhibits, and taken Cathy to live tapings at venues as diverse as feminist circus art performances, scholarly conferences, and a culture lab on convergence.
The show’s programming partners have included the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, the Cultural Studies Association, the Association for Asian American Studies, and more.
Episodes
Imagine Otherwise: J. Faith Almiron on Abolitionist Pedagogy within and beyond Institutions
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews scholar and performance artist J. Faith Almiron about building an abolitionist future in art and education.
Imagine Otherwise: La Marr Bruce on Renewal, Loss, and Black Creativity
Cathy Hannabach interviews La Marr Bruce about his new book How to Go Mad without Losing Your Mind: Madness and Black Radical Creativity.
Imagine Otherwise: Hiʻilei Julia Kawehipuaakahaopulani Hobart on Transgenerational Inspiration
Cathy Hannabach interviews Kānaka Maoli food studies scholar Hiʻilei Julia Kawehipuaakahaopulani Hobart about transgenerational inspiration.
Imagine Otherwise: Badia Ahad-Legardy on Black Historical Joy and Inspiration
Cathy Hannabach interviews Badia Ahad-Legardy about cultivating daily inspiration, the power of Black historical joy, and interdisciplinary social change.
Imagine Otherwise: Gwen D’Arcangelis on Inspiration for Scholar-Activists
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews scholar-activist Gwen D’Arcangelis about cultivating inspiration for more just worlds.
Imagine Otherwise: Dolores Inés Casillas on Flexible Planning with Bullet Journals
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Chicanx media studies scholar Dolores Inés Casillas about flexible planning systems for scholars.
Imagine Otherwise: Meredith D. Clark on Adapting Plans to Where You’re At
Cathy Hannabach interviews journalist Meredith D. Clark about new methods, tools, and strategies for planning during the pandemic.
Imagine Otherwise: Chris Barcelos on Beginning from Educated Hope
Cathy Hannabach interviews public health scholar Chris Barcelos about socially engaged research, public health, and educated hope.
Imagine Otherwise: Siobhan Brooks on Reckoning with Violence
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews sociologist Siobhan Brooks about reckoning with violent histories while building more just futures.
Imagine Otherwise: Bakirathi Mani on Curating with Confidence
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews curator and scholar Bakirathi Mani about postcolonial South Asian photography, curation, and confidence.
Imagine Otherwise: Jillian Hernandez on the Politics of Confidence and Creativity
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews curator and professor Jillian Hernandez about the racialized, gendered, and classed politics of confidence and creativity.
Imagine Otherwise: Aimi Hamraie on Sustainability and Disability Justice
Cathy Hannabach interviews Aimi Hamraie about collective sustainability, disability justice, and building a world beyond scarcity.
Imagine Otherwise: Anusha Kedhar on the Limits of Flexibility
Cathy Hannabach interviews dancer and scholar Anusha Kedhar about flexible labor regimes and sustainability lessons from dance.
Imagine Otherwise: Sasha Engelmann on Art and Activism in the Air
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews feminist geographer Sasha Engelmann about the transnational politics of air and building an atmospheric commons.
Imagine Otherwise: Christopher Persaud on Creating Balance to Avoid Burnout
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews scholar and digital media associate Christopher Persaud about approaching project management with balance in mind.