Joey Pham is the Chicago-based founder and chef of Flavor Supreme, as well as a tarot reader and spiritual counselor. We discuss how their relationship to work, creativity, and hospitality has continuously evolved as life unfolds. You can find their work here:

https://www.flavorsupre.me/

Mariana is an artist from Chicago, IL. We discuss how creating art can be a vital touchpoint for someone who has faced the dark uncertainty of depression and how sometimes lines and shapes can speak when words are unavailable. Find her work here:

https://www.instagram.com/memar__/

Angelo is a Chicago-based illustrator. Born in the Philippines, Angelo arrived in California at a young age and quickly developed tactics for navigating a new language, culture, and social structure. You can find his work here:

https://dolojangelo.com/
https://www.instagram.com/dolojangelo/

Nicole Huphrey or NAH Create is a Chicago native artist and brand strategist. We talk through Nicole's creative journey as well as the personal challenge of balancing work and art, when work requires your creative talent

https://www.nahcreate.com/
https://www.instagram.com/nahcreate/

Chef and owner of Loba Pastry in Chicago, IL. Valeria talks of moving from the familiarity of Mexico to the United States during her formative teenage years. Hear how her dedication to following her own path remained unchanged even as everything else did

https://www.instagram.com/lobapastry/?hl=en

Musical artist Semler rose to the top of the christian/gospel itunes charts with the EP release Preacher's Kid in early 2021. This was the first time a queer Christian artist has ever topped such a chart

https://music.apple.com/us/album/preachers-kid/1549729565

https://www.instagram.com/gracebaldridge/

As a child of immigrant parents, Vivian speaks of the journey of navigating cultural, social, and gender expectations in the low brow art scene

https://vivianleart.com/

https://www.instagram.com/levivianart/

Katie shares the story of her early artistic days, discovering ceramics in art school, and finding home in the desert

https://www.katiekimmel.com/

https://www.instagram.com/katiekimmel/

Chicago-based artist Molly Anne Bishop shares her journey from med school to art school. Hear how she uses the characters in her art to express that the thoughts that so many of us have, but less of us share

Website: www.mollyannebishop.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mollyannebishop/

Chicago-based Penny Pinch shares his journey into creating street art using nothing but found materials. Hear how he views his art as both a love letter to humanity as well as a critique of wayward power structures

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_pennypinch_/