StitchCast Studio

StitchCast Studio

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StitchCast Studio episodes

  • Music & Me
    Music & Me
    Story Stitchers Youth Council leaders discuss the powerful role of music in their lives. Recorded live at Hansen House, Kranzberg Arts Foundation, January 21, 2021.
    Pick the City UP Art Interlude
    Wade Reprise from The WHY of MY City album
    Published by Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2021
    StitchCast Studio Season II in 2021 is sponsored by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund’s three year grant 2020-22, Arts and Education Council PNC Grant, and Lush Corporation’s The Charity Pot.
    For more information visit: 
    https://storystitchers.org/stitchcast-studio/
    23 min
  • The WHY of MY City: Music in the Lou
    StitchCast Studio Special Edition: The WHY of MY City
    Music in the Lou
    Season II Episode 37
    Saint Louis Story Stitchers StitchCast Studio Special Edition: The WHY of MY City, is a series with conversations exploring St. Louis neighborhoods and Black culture.
    In this episode, local musicians and promoters Timothy McGimpsey and Lamara Williams talk with Story Stitchers staff artists Ntegrity and Emeara Burns about the richness of music in St. Louis. Recorded live at the .ZACK in Saint Louis, Missouri,August 25, 2020.
    Pick the City UP Art Interlude
    What’s Your Why by Ntegrity and KP Dennis
    Published by Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2020
    This program is a Special Edition of StitchCast Studio, called The WHY of MY City and is funded by Missouri Humanities Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. Funding for this grant is provided by the CARES Act and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
    Special thanks to Kranzberg Arts Foundation for providing the .ZACK Rooftop and Ballroom for our recording sessions.
    For more information visit: 
    https://storystitchers.org/stitchcast-studio-special-edition-the-why-of-my-city
    1 hr 3 min
  • The Divided City II: Trauma as Culture in Black Families
    StitchCast Studio Special Edition: The Divided City II
    Trauma as Culture in Black Families
    StitchCast Studio Special Edition: The Divided City is a series of four unique conversations in the series will bring historical context around recurring topics chosen by youth in the StitchCast Studio published podcasts, including: the culture of trauma caused by poverty and repeated exposure to violence amongst families of color in St. Louis, stories of disorientation and dislocation of black families, and the power of story as healer in black cultures through time.
    This episode features a conversation with Story Stitchers’ youth led by Stitchers Youth Council co-chairs Branden Lewis and Emeara Burns with author and educator John A. Wright, Sr. and Sowande’ Mustakeem, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History and African and African American Studies at Washington University. Recorded live in Zoom February 9, 2021.
    This project is funded by The Divided City initiative. The Divided City is a joint project of the Center for the Humanities and the Sam Fox School, College of Architecture and Urban Design at Washington University in St. Louis. The Divided City is funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
    StitchCast Studio Season II in 2021 is sponsored by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund’s three year grant 2020-22, Arts and Education Council PNC Grant, and Lush Corporation’s The Charity Pot.
    50 min
  • The WHY of MY City: The Ville
    StitchCast Studio Special Edition: The WHY of MY City
    Saint Louis Story Stitchers StitchCast Studio Special Edition: The WHY of MY City, is a series with conversations exploring St. Louis neighborhoods and Black culture.
    In this episode, local residents Paul Norfolk, Bobby Norfolk, Percy Green II, Emeara Burns, and Timoni Sherrod discuss the past, present and future of The Ville. Recorded live at the .ZACK in Saint Louis, Missouri, September 3, 2020.
    This program is a Special Edition of StitchCast Studio, called The WHY of MY City and is funded by Missouri Humanities Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. Funding for this grant is provided by the CARES Act and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
    Special thanks to Kranzberg Arts Foundation for providing the .ZACK Rooftop and Ballroom for our recording sessions.
    For more information visit: 
    https://storystitchers.org/stitchcast-studio-special-edition-the-why-of-my-city/
    1 hr 20 min
  • The Center Part II
    In this week's episode, 16-24 year old Stitchers Youth Council leaders brainstorm with host Emeara Burns about The Center, a project to create a youth arts and technology center supported in part by a 2021 Accelerator Award from The Lewis Prize For Music and discuss the future of Story Stitchers. Recorded live in Zoom January 28, 2021.
    Pick the City UP Art Interlude
    America The Beautiful
    Featuring Roland Johnson with Stitchers Youth Council
    Copyright Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2019
    35 min
  • The Divided City I: Understanding Trauma
    StitchCast Studio Special Edition: The Divided City I 
    Understanding Trauma
    A conversation exploring trauma with Story Stitchers’ black youth led by Stitchers Youth Council co-chairs Branden Lewis and Emeara Burns with LJ Punch, MD, President, Power4STL and an American Critical Care Surgeon. 
    Four unique conversations in the series will bring historical context around recurring topics chosen by youth in the StitchCast Studio published podcasts, including: the culture of trauma caused by poverty and repeated exposure to violence amongst families of color in St. Louis, stories of disorientation and dislocation of black families, and the power of story as healer in black cultures through time. 
    This project is funded by The Divided City initiative. The Divided City is a joint project of the Center for the Humanities and the Sam Fox School, College of Architecture and Urban Design at Washington University in St. Louis. The Divided City is funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
    40 min
  • Sex Education
    Sex Education
    Youth leaders discuss the stigmas around STI’s, pregnancy, and safe sex practices with Ebony Boyce Carter, MD, MPH, a Washington University Physician with a specialty in Maternal-Fetal Medicine and a practice in High Risk Obstetrics. Recorded live in Zoom December 18, 2020.
    Pick the City UP Art Interlude
    Different
    Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective, 2017
    45 min
  • Covid-19 Vaccine Fears and Facts
    Season I
    Episode 29
    Covid-19 Vaccine
    Fears and Facts
    Stitchers Youth leaders discuss fears and concerns swirling around the Covid-19 vaccine with Dr. LJ Punch from The “T”. Recorded live in Zoom December 17, 2020.
    Pick the City UP Art Interlude
    Good For Your Health
    Copyright Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2019
    34 min
  • Reflecting on StitchCast Studio Season I
    Episode 28
    Reflecting on StitchCast Studio Season I
    Youth leaders reflect on Season I of StitchCast Studio which included topics related to trauma such as Covid-19, gun violence, police brutality, mental health, compounding issues and more. Recorded November 13, 2020 in Zoom.
    Pick the City UP Art Interlude:
    What’s your Why
    By KP Dennis and Ntegrity
    Copyright Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2020
    30 min
  • The Center Part I
    Episode 27 Season I
    The Center Part I
    Story Stitchers discuss becoming one of eight organizations nation-wide to reach the finalist stage of The Lewis Prize for Music’s  2021 Accelerator $500,000 grant competition. Youth and staff reflect on their application’s focus, a new youth arts and technology facility for Saint Louis’ at-risk youth called “The Center.” Recorded in Zoom on December 2, 2020.
    Pick the City UP Art Interlude - Who’s Ready?
    Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2018.
    21 min

About StitchCast Studio

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StitchCast Studio is a podcast produced by Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective in Saint Louis, Missouri.