#9: The Power of Technical Skills in Fashion, with Brittany Hicks at #SXSW

Nehemiah Cisneros earned his BFA in painting from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2021 and was awarded a New Opportunities Fellowship at UCLA School of Arts and Architecture, where he will complete his MFA in 2024. He has work on view at the Rubell Museum in Miami until Nov 2024. Support via Spotify/Anchor at just .99c/month: anchor.fm/btspodcast  Sign up for Rakuten & get cash back on tons of purchases: ⁠https://www.rakuten.com/r/LYNAEM19⁠ Book your next hotel stay using HotelTonight & save: LCOOK61 Become a pet sitter via Rover: https://www.rover.com/ambas-refer-a-friend/ag2O2ypQ Use promo code LYNAEC91325 to save on your first booking with a sitter on Rover Follow on IG: @btsthepodcast  Follow me on IG & TW: @lynaecook  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/btspodcast/support

21 Huhti 202458min

Matt Meyerson has been working in talent management & public relations for years, largely in the action sports space. We talk about his career, what makes someone good at his job, and so much more in this episode of #BTSPodcast. This was recorded in summer of 2023. Support via Spotify/Anchor at just .99c/month: anchor.fm/btspodcast  Sign up for Rakuten & get cash back on tons of purchases: ⁠https://www.rakuten.com/r/LYNAEM19⁠ Book your next hotel stay using HotelTonight & save: LCOOK61 Follow on IG: @btsthepodcast  Follow me on IG & TW: @lynaecook  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/btspodcast/support

4 Helmi 20241h 9min

Sua Hernandez is the Director of Housing Resilience & Executive Administrator at El Sereno Community Land Trust. She’s been working in affordable housing since the late 90s and is an alumni of Occidental College, with a BA in urban and environmental policy. We talk about differences between co-ops, land trusts, and a community development corporation. Sua shares some of the questions ESCLT staff asks themselves to establish and maintain a culture of dignity and autonomy, and why that's important. Learn more about Community Land Trusts:  https://www.shareable.net/infographic-the-why-how-of-community-land-trusts/ https://groundedsolutions.org/strengthening-neighborhoods/community-land-trusts  Follow El Sereno Community Land Trust on IG: https://www.instagram.com/elserenocommunitylandtrust/  Follow El Sereno Community Land Trust on Twitter: https://twitter.com/land_elsereno  Here’s some of the readings Sua mentioned, use these affiliate links that will support independent bookstores & this podcast:  Howards End: https://bookshop.org/a/9735/9780141182131 Kuxlejal Politics: Indigenous Autonomy, Race, and Decolonizing Research in Zapatista Communities: https://bookshop.org/a/9735/9781477314470  Support via Spotify/Anchor at just .99c/month: anchor.fm/btspodcast  Sign up for Rakuten & get cash back on tons of purchases: https://www.rakuten.com/r/LYNAEM19 Book your next hotel stay using HotelTonight & save: LCOOK61 Follow on IG: @btsthepodcast  Follow me on IG & TW: @lynaecook  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/btspodcast/support

4 Elo 202358min

Cerise Castle is a multi-award winning journalist best known for her research & reporting around LASD Gangs. She’s been published by VICE, LA Times, LA Mag, HBO, NPR, & Wondery Media. In this episode she talks about what being a freelance journalist means, pitching work, juggling stories, therapy, self-care, & so much more. Be sure to listen to her podcast A Tradition of Violence & follow her across social platforms. Hear Cerise discuss A Tradition of Violence & her the details of her reporting on Locatora Radio talking more about her work here for condensed context to better understand what A Tradition of Violence is about Follow Cerise & support her work via The Knock: Database of Sheriff-Involved Shootings in LA: https://knock-la.com/life-under-the-gun/ A Tradition of Violence Podcast: https://linktr.ee/atraditionofviolence Cerise Twitter: @cerisecastle Cerise IG: @yourmajestcee The Knock Twitter: @knockdotla The Knock Instagram: @knockdotla The Knock Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/KNOCK_LA   The DART Center, trainings for therapists to work with journalists: https://thedartcenter.org/ Support via Spotify/Anchor at just .99c/month: anchor.fm/btspodcast  Sign up for Rakuten & get cash back on tons of purchases: https://www.rakuten.com/r/LYNAEM19 Book your next hotel stay using HotelTonight & save: LCOOK61 Join Honey (browser extension w/ promo codes & cash back): joinhoney.com/ref/ekippx  Follow on IG: @btsthepodcast  Follow me on IG & TW: @lynaecook  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/btspodcast/support

2 Elo 20231h 1min

Jay Washington is a comedian, actor, & former wrestler. You may have seen him in Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq or American Gigolo. We talk about parenting as an entertainer, leaving wrestling, finding the right representation, his career in comedy & how comedians get paid, & mental health. Please follow Jay across social (links below) you can watch a YouTube recording of this convo on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/mk15Hed3G-E Follow Jay Washington across socials & to see when he's coming to your city: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mrjaywashington IG: instagram.com/mrjaywashington Twitter: twitter.com/mrjaywashington  Support via Spotify/Anchor at just .99c/month: anchor.fm/btspodcast  Sign up for Rakuten & get cash back on tons of purchases: https://www.rakuten.com/r/LYNAEM19 Book your next hotel stay using HotelTonight & save: LCOOK61 Follow on IG: @btsthepodcast  Follow me on IG & TW: @lynaecook --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/btspodcast/support

20 Heinä 20231h 24min

Culturalist, journalist, creative coach, grief coach, and multi-media artist Laura Sullivan Cassidy discusses her work around grief, death, & dying, as well as what Recompose does and how states are slowly but surely getting on board with this eco-friendly burial option.  Check out Inelda, which is mentioned as the organization Laura did her training at here: https://inelda.org/learn/end-of-life-doula-training/ A Sacred Passing (end of life care community in Seattle): https://asacredpassing.org/  Laura’s IG: https://www.instagram.com/laurasoftdata/ Recompose IG: https://www.instagram.com/recomposelife/ Laura’s newsletter “Griever’s Ball” https://grieversball.substack.com/ Support via Spotify/Anchor at just .99c/month: anchor.fm/btspodcast  Sign up for Rakuten & get cash back on tons of purchases: https://www.rakuten.com/r/LYNAEM19 Book your next hotel stay using HotelTonight & save: LCOOK61 Follow on IG: @btsthepodcast  Follow me on IG & TW: @lynaecook --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/btspodcast/support

15 Heinä 20231h 39min

Annie Cruz is a streamer, horror fanatic, and host. We talk about wrestling, her life after the adult entertainment industry, streaming, and a ton more.  Follow Annie: Instagram.com/AnnieCruz https://www.twitch.tv/thewitchynerd Twitter.com/AnnieFuckinCruz Watch this full convo on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pEUG2d129uA Reference links:  We talked about HeidiWorld, listen here: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-heidiworld-the-heidi-flei-93537284/  Support via Spotify/Anchor at just .99c/month: anchor.fm/btspodcast  Sign up for Rakuten & get cash back on tons of purchases: https://www.rakuten.com/r/LYNAEM19 Book your next hotel stay using HotelTonight & save: LCOOK61 Follow on IG: @btsthepodcast  Follow me on IG & TW: @lynaecook --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/btspodcast/support

6 Heinä 20231h 16min

Brittinae has a Masters Degree in Health Science and works building sex ed curriculums. In this conversations she dispels common misconceptions about Plan B & birth control, explains why she decided to focus on sex ed in Black communities, elaborates on what the health department does, & the importance of talking about sex, acknowledging the history of birth control. Resources she mentions here: https://www.instagram.com/sexpositive_families/ https://www.instagram.com/incaseyourecurious/  Support this podcast via Spotify/Anchor at just .99c/month: anchor.fm/btspodcast  Sign up for Rakuten & get cash back on tons of purchases: https://www.rakuten.com/r/LYNAEM19 Book your next hotel stay using HotelTonight & save: LCOOK61 Follow on IG: @btsthepodcast --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/btspodcast/support

27 Kesä 20231h 10min