Creative Alabama

Soapy Jones, owner of the Tuscaloosa based Left Hand Soap Company and MC of the Pink Box Burlesque Troupe, is a creative force in the city of Tuscaloosa. In this episode I chat with Soapy about how she got started making Soap, how she hates being told what to do, and the community of like minded people she's established in the Druid City.

Bradford Thomason is one half of the filmmaking duo, Window Pictures. They’ve made several feature length documentaries over the years which have played at Birmingham, Alabama’s Sidewalk Film Festival, and Park City, Utah's Slam Dance.  Bradford was co-director for the movie, Jasper Mall, and has edited all of their films. In this episode I chat with Brad about his documentary work, his music, and how he and his creative partner transitioned from working as Deejays to becoming documentary filmmakers. 

King Kwofi is a musician and hip-hop recording artist working in Huntsville, Alabama. In this episode, Kwofi and I talk about his latest EP, Get Home Safe and the special significance each track and their titles hold. We also learn about Kwofi’s influences, and we even talk about mental health and physical health and how they are intertwined. 

Kristen Iskandrian is a writer and co-owner of Thank You Books living in Birmingham, Alabama. Her first novel, Motherest, was released in 2017. In this episode we talk about Kristen's work and her take on "writing what you know" but from a different angle.

Adam Schwartz is a filmmaker and video producer from Birmingham, Alabama, and one of the leaders of the viral video series, So True, Y'all on the social media sensation known as, It's a Southern Thing. In this episode we talk about how Adam got started in filmmaking and how it got him to where he is now.