In our latest episode, we are joined by filmmaker Israel Brooks of Fast Fire Films. Listen as we discuss his work as a filmmaker and immigrant rights advocate, as well as his forthcoming film Spanish Class (2026). 

In this episode, we are joined by Seattle University professor and documentary filmmaker Alex Johnston. Listen as we discuss film and media activism, films about the prison industrial complex, and his latest documentary work. 

In this episode, we are joined by Lara Jacoski of Bemtevi Productions, based in Brazil. Listen as we discuss her film and media work capturing the stories of indigenous people, including her recent film Eskawata Kayawai (co-directed with Patrick Belem). 

In this episode, we sit down with Miami-based Italian filmmaker Jacopo Fantastichini to discuss his recent film A Healing Revolution, a documentary film exploring the work of "Doctors within Borders" and their care and support to Miami's unhoused. 

In this episode we speak to artist/animator E.T. Russian and playwright/performer Edward Mast and discuss their film Sweep Dreams, a 7 minute animated dream of displacement and apocalypse.

In this episode, we speak to Yarrow Koning (they/them), environmental educator and multimedia storyteller, about the film Can't Stop Change: Queer Climate Stories from the Florida Frontlines. 

For further information on their work and how you can get involved:

Instagram: @queers4climatejustice

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.queerecoproject.org/cant-stop-change

In this episode, we sit down with Davey Shaupp, director of No Place to Grow Old. This film is the first documentary to capture a growing crisis unfolding quietly across America: older adults aging into homelessness. Set in Portland, Oregon, this film follows the lives of three older adults navigating the harsh realities of life without a home. 

In this episode, we sit down with filmmaker and activist Aaron Taylor to discuss his film Dark and Tender, a film that follows ten Black men on a transformative retreat with the Chronically UnderTouched (CUT) Project outside Seattle, WA. 

In this episode, we sit down with director Sharon Yamato to discuss her latest film, One Fighting Irishman, the story of lawyer Wayne Collins and his fight to save 5,500 Japanese Americans from being deported during World War II. Listen as we discuss the background history, George Takei's involvement in the film's production, and the importance of telling these stories in the present-day. 

In this episode, John sits down with director David Massar and writer/producer John Thomas to discuss Kalamazoo Gals, the story of the women who built the classic Gibson World War II banner guitars.