Kaia Kater is a Juno and Polaris prize-nominated songwriter from Canada, who also won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Song in the BET series 'The Porter'. We talk about how a government-support grant system for the arts effects creativity, the importance of speaking out in integrity, the power in finding communities with shared experiences, and owning vulnerability.

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• Kaia Kater
• The Porter
• Eric Ward
• Western State Center
• Stokely Charmichael
• Allison Russell
• Brandi Carlile

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All music written, performed, and produced by Aaron Shafer-Haiss.

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