The American Age

031 - C. Travis Webb, Seph Rodney, and Steven Fullwood discuss Seph's recently completed book project. Seph has spent years studying how art museums cadre to and shape public expectations. Is it possible for the museum to be a neutral space of aesthetic engagement, or is it hopelessly bound to a political agenda?

030 - C. Travis Webb, Seph Rodney, and Steven Fullwood discuss the various ways that music does and does not shape the work they do. Does music boost or distract from your work? Just as musical tastes differ, so do preferences for listening.

029 - C. Travis Webb, Seph Rodney, and Steven Fullwood begin by discussing Rachel Dolezal, but quickly move to a free ranging discussion of why we're so bound up in racial narratives. What's at stake, and what do African and European Americans gain by focusing on it?

028 - C. Travis Webb, Seph Rodney and Steven Fullwood swap poems that have moved, inspired, and saved them. If you care about words or love lyrical licks, pop on some cans and give us a listen.

027 - C. Travis Webb, Steven Fullwood, and new contributor Meloo discuss the limits of civility. Does justice demand that we make public life uncomfortable for members of the Trump administration, or have we left too little space for principled disagreements on immigration?

026 - C. Travis Webb, Seph Rodney, and Steven Fullwood discuss "toxic masculinity." What do healthy models of masculinity look like, and is it possible to be manly without being misogynist?

025 - C. Travis Webb, Seph Rodney, and Steven Fullwood discuss Trump's announcement of a space force. While many pundits spent the week laughing, the show considers the rough and tumble arena of international politics, and asks whether it's crazy to consider the possibility "politics by other means" will continue unabated in space.

024 - C. Travis Webb and Steven Fullwood discuss what their twenty year old selves would think of their middle aged selves. How do our measures of success change overtime?

023 - C. Travis Webb, Seph Rodney, and Steven Fullwood discuss Roseanne Barr's apology. How much credit should she get? Can we fight for a progressive political agenda and make room for forgiveness and empathy?

021 - C. Travis Webb and Steven Fullwood discuss the roll of politics in art. Artists have always been politically engaged, but can too much politics interfere with what is moving and provocative about great art?