S3 E11: Practicing Anti-racism & Resilience

Hear two experts in the art of personal storytelling consider how telling and listening to our stories may be healing. With a live audience at the #HealMeToo Festival, Founder and Artistic Director Hope Singsen interviewed: Sarah Austin Jenness, Executive Producer of The Moth -- a 21 year old arts organization and home of The Moth Radio Hour, The Moth Podcast, and over 600 live storytelling events worldwide each year, andPlaywright Katie Cappiello, whose plays about teen sexuality, bas...

10 Jun 201939min

World-famous artist and activist Emma Sulkowicz debunks misconceptions about their protest work "Mattress Performance (Carry That Weight)" in which they carried a mattress from 2014 to 2015 at Columbia University, sparking a movement against rape on campuses worldwide -- and shares personal stories and insights about the healing process they experienced while creating that work. The #HealMeToo Podcast is hosted by Hope Singsen--the artist, creativity researcher and survivor-activist w...

31 Mai 201944min

Answering a question from a French audience member who followed their Mattress Performance protest throughout 2014-15, Emma shares stories about two of the most surprising, authentic and positive interactions with strangers while carrying the mattress at Columbia University. Subscribe now. Let's talk about how we can #HealMeToo. Listen and subscribe to the #HealMeToo Podcast on Apple Podcasts at bit.ly/hm2pod. Or visit healmetoopodcast.com to find links to other platforms. On our site, y...

31 Mai 20196min

Subscribe now to get #HealMeToo Podcast Extras throughout Season One with longer excerpts of the plays, monologues, poems, songs and more heard at the #HealMeToo Festival. In order of appearance, this episode features the following excerpts: ****Scaffolding, with music by Thomas Jacobsen and lyrics by Dana Aber, from the soloshow Dana Aber’s Baggage at the Door, presented in the variety show Self / Worth, curated by Hope Singsen. ****Through the I's, devised and performed by the students of...

29 Mai 20193min

Hear from the 50+ artists, experts and activists who performed in the first-ever #HealMeToo Festival or joined panels and participatory workshops to empower survivors and help inspire change. In this preview of the Podcast, you'll hear (in order of appearance): -Tony-winning actor, playwright, producer & activist Tonya Pinkins. -Lindsay Lederman, Clinical Director of The Art Therapy Project. -The Moth's Executive Producer Sarah Austin Jenness. -Celebrated playwright Katie Cappiello...

27 Mai 20192min