The CMA's latest exhibition, 22 South Carolinians, is now on view.  Director of Art and Learning Jackie Adams drops by to tell Ray all about  it before she's joined by artist J. Renee. In the second half, Ray  chats with artist, chef, poet, and SC Arts Commission Artist Development  Director Ce Scott Fitts about her work and the state of art in South  Carolina.

The Binder Podcast is a production of the Columbia Museum of Art. Produced and Edited by Drew Baron. Hosted by Ray McManus.

Ray and writer Julia Liz Elliott talk all things weird and wonderful in this uncut interview.

Binder Podcast is a production of the Columbia Museum of Art.

Ray dives into some oddities of the CMA Collection with help from museum staff. The strangeness continues when author and UofSC professor Julia Liz Elliott drops in to share her  thoughts on why weird is wonderful.

Binder is a production of the Columbia Museum of Art.

In this extended interview, Ray chats with his "cousin," Ashley M. Jones, on her appointment as poet laureate of Alabama and her latest book, Reparations Now! Binder is a production of the Columbia Museum of  Art.

Photography credit: Amarr Croskey.

Learn more about Jannie Harriot of the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission in this uncut full interview with CMA Director of Art and Learning Jackie Adams.

Binder is a production of the Columbia Museum of Art.

Binder is back, and this time we are talking all things 30  Americans. In the first half, CMA Director of Art and Learning Jackie  Adams interviews Jannie Harriot of the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission about her life, career, and impressions of the CMA's latest  exhibition. Next, Ray chats with his "cousin," Alabama's Poet Laureate  Ashley M. Jones, on her appointment as poet laureate and her latest  book, Reparations Now!, available through Hub City Press. 30 Americans is on view through January 17, 2022, at the Columbia Museum of Art.

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Special announcement from Binder podcast producer, Drew Baron.

Look for more episodes of the Columbia Museum of Art's Binder podcast coming soon.

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In the season one finale of Binder podcast, host Ray McManus chats with  freelance photojournalist Thomas Hammond about empathy, working on  assignments overseas, and Columbia's "riot day." Later, poet Sunshine  Dempsey sheds some light on the role of allies in the national climate and premieres her new poem, "Memory History Dysphagia." Hindsight 2020 is on view at the Columbia Museum of Art through November 21, 2021.

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In today's episode, host Ray McManus is joined by photojournalist Sean Rayford to chat about his occupation and the repercussions of that work for the historical record. Later the shop talk continues when poet and organizer Al Black stops by to premiere his new poem, "How Black Lives Pose Matters." They talk verbs, nouns, and what ekphrasis really means. Hindsight 2020 is on view at the Columbia Museum of Art through November 21, 2021.

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In today's episode, Ray sits down with community organizer and  photographer Héctor Vaca Cruz to talk about police aggression, the  immigrant story, and essential workers. After the break, poet power  couple Loli Molina Muñoz and Jesus Redondo Menendez stop by to premiere two  poems, "ALMA" and "Witness" ("Testigo"), and chat with Ray about  responding to Cruz's work and the challenges and opportunities of  writing poems in English versus Spanish. Hindsight 2020 is on view at the Columbia Museum of Art through November 21, 2021.