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This week we have found a tape of Carrie Hott and Kate lost on a submarine. Carrie HottAir SupplyVoyage of the Mimi You never know when you'll need a net!

This week we receive some secret correspondence from Art Workers Anonymous! We also field a listener question about art ethics. Plus, Kate recounts her experience of being on a secret eco-revenge art tour. All the music in this episode is by Y La Bamba (from our neighbor to the north, Oregon!) After Pop Life  The Feminist Economics Department Tom Steyer on Twitter African Tulip Tree Vulture funds have Puerto Rico cornered by Joel Cintrón Arbasetti How Hanjin's collapse left a British artist stranded at sea by Yvette Tan Oslo architecture triennale: Airbnb cosplay for the gig economy nomad by Oliver Wainwright Here comes the judge!

This week we tie up some loose ends about DNA testing. We also try to figure out SFAI's lecture calendar, chat about some juror controversy, and we have a great contribution from Joann Pak. Joann interviewed Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo of Nook Gallery in Oakland. All the music in this episode is by Samaria Nook Gallery (facebook) Embedded by Yung Jake (this is just a video, but originally it was a thing that would actually happen to your computer) SFAI Graduate Lecture Series SECA Finalists Artadia SF Finalists Kate and Maysoun chilling outside.

Hey, we're back! This week we have a glorious chat with artist, activist, and co-founder of BoomShake, Nkei Oruche. We talk street drumming, being an artist mom, and hope for people with no rhythm. The music in this episode is by Francisco Herrera BoomShake Streets Are Free (video) Loco Bloco AfroUrban Society Umoja Festival Go take a drumming class!

We just have a tiny shorty for you this week. Kate's on the road doing witchcraft and Maysoun has been consumed by fog. WE ARE TAKING THE NEXT TWO WEEKS OFF! Don't panic! All the music in this MicroEpisode is by Tyler Holmes (NEW ALBUM!) Mississippi River Basin Model Indianapolis Museum of Art Des Moines Art Center Recast by Cathy Lu at Root Division TBA:16 in Portland On the road for summer!

This week we've got a little mellow chiller for you. Kate recounts her LA art excursions. Maysoun gets into some Tonya Harding dance performances. Plus we call bullshit on geographic ancestry testing. All the music in this episode is by Yea-Ming and The Rumours Aggregate Space BAC: Quiet Please In That Case: Havruta in Contemporary Art—Kota Ezawa and James Kirby Rogers Factory of the Sun by Hito Steyerl at LAMOCA Royal Hawaiian Featherwork: Na Hulu Ali‘i at LACMA Doing some hardcore research this week.

This week Maysoun goes rogue! She went to the San Francisco Art Book Fair and got some real page-turner interviews. Watch out: there's some butt talk. All the music in this episode is by Silent Pictures SF Art Book Fair Gallery 16 Owl Cave Books Hesse Press Colpa Press  Johannes Gutenberg invented movable type around 1450.

This week we had an expansive conversation with artist and educator, Jessalyn Aaland. We talk anarchy, teaching, colors, and whether or not people should be covered in fur like cats. All the music in this episode is by Favors Jessalyn Aaland Radical Art Theory Tuesday Recology SF Residency Alternative Exposure Round 10 Facebook AIR (on Facebook) Plants are everywhere.

This week instead of a new episode, we're playing the audio from a panel discussion titled, Black Liberation & White Anti-Racism in the Time of Ferguson, organized by the Catalyst Project at the Omni Commons in December, 2014.  Music by the Seshen Black Liberation & White Anti-Racism in the Time of Ferguson (video) The Catalyst ProjectSURJ- Showing Up for Racial JusticeBlack Lives Matter (find chapters)Critical Resitance Anti Police-Terror Project

This week we have a rousing conversation with artist and educator, Erik Parra. We talk painting, displacement, pizza, and more! Also we mention some events we're excited about, and a petition you might want to go sign at The Lab. The music in this episode is by Zakiya Harris, plus Summer Furs by Woffles and Herb Erik Parra Odium Fati (New Gallery!) Rhythmix Cultural Works Torreya Cummings at OMCA Clean your brushes!