On this week's episode of The Indy, host Molly McAnany covers the 37th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival. On the red carpet, she speaks with actors Troy Kotsur and Emilia Jones on playing the father-daughter duo in CODA, a film about being the only hearing member of a deaf family. Screenwriter Sian Heder of CODA shares her writing process and working with her ASL master to show rather than tell. After background from Belfast's Kenneth Branagh at the Writer's Panel, actress Caitroina Balfe shares her thoughts on playing 'Ma' as well as the role of Irish women during 'The Troubles.'

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All music for this episode written by Molly McAnany.

Santa Barbara International Film Festival

On this week's episode of The Indy, we sit down with Andre Barbieri (@andrebarbieri), first-time paralympic athlete heading to the 2022 Paralympics in Beijing this coming March. Representing his home country of Brazil, the SB local will be the only Brazilian to compete in snowboarding this year.

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All music for this episode written by Molly McAnany.

On this week's episode of The Indy, we chat with UCSB Professor Kim Yasuda about her Discovery Seminars program in collaboration with Arts & Lectures' Justice for All series, an initiative that sparks dialogue about contemporary divisions on race and social justice. Amongst many keynote speakers this month is Roxane Gay, author of the Indy Book Club's February pick, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body. To talk about the book's poignant detailing of trauma and survival as a Black woman in America is Molly Wetta, Library Services Manager for the Santa Barbara Public Library.

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All music for this episode written by Molly McAnany.

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body

On this week's episode of The Indy, we speak with Daniel Nash, Assistant Instructor at Master Yun’s Traditional Tai Chi and Kung Fu about bringing tradition Wu Style Tai Chi to Santa Barbara and how the Tai Chi practice encourages a healthy lifestyle. After, we spoke with Rita Madlock, founder of Monkeytail Intelligent Exercise about cultivating a training program through mind-body techniques as well as how connectivity throughout the body begins with an understanding of anatomy and holistic health.

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All music for this episode written by Molly McAnany.

Master Yun’s Traditional Tai Chi and Kung Fu

Monkeytail Intelligent Exercise

On this week's episode of The Indy, we sit down with SB native Dawson Fuss (@dawsonfuss), a young, Indie-Pop musician who recently released his first EP, the edge of adolescence. In partnership with the Trevor Project (@trevorproject), the world's largest suicide prevention organization for LGBTQ young people, every pre-save of the album donated $1 to the cause.

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All music for this episode written by Molly McAnany.

On this episode of The Indy, we sit down with two authors from Santa Barbara to discuss their new books. First, we talk with William Peters, author of At Heaven’s Door, a book about the metaphysical experience of people who guide their loved ones through the process of dying. After, we chat with Mike Eliason about his first book of photography, Santa Barbara and Beyond: The Photography of Mike Eliason, and his relationship with photography as art as well as his journey as a photojournalist.

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All music for this episode written by Molly McAnany.

At Heaven’s Door

Santa Barbara and Beyond: The Photography of Mike Eliason

On this episode of The Indy, Executive Arts Editor Charles Donelan and host Molly McAnany recap the fall and holiday music and arts shows as well as discuss what is to come for music and arts in the new year. Happy 2022 everyone!

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All music for this episode written by Molly McAnany.

On this week's episode of The Indy, we sat down with Ryan Rising and Melissa Ortiz of the Gaucho Underground Scholars Initiative (@undergroundscholarsucsb) about their efforts building a prison to university pipeline granting formerly incarcerated students a chance to reclaim their futures.

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All music for this episode written by Molly McAnany.

On this week's episode of The Indy, we sit down with Richard Falk, a leading international law professor, activist, and author of over 50 books describing his various encounters throughout his career in international relations, including his recently published a memoir entitled Public Intellectual: The Life of a Citizen Pilgrim. After many years of loose ties with Santa Barbara, Richard Falk is now a research fellow with the Ofalea Center for Global and International Studies at UCSB.

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All music for this episode written by Molly McAnany.

Public Intellectual: The Life of a Citizen Pilgrim

On this week's episode of The Indy, we speak with Jenn Kennedy of Riviera Therapy (@riviera_therapy) about what you can do to de-stress this holiday season and how to cope with heightened mental health issues.

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All music for this episode written by Molly McAnany.