Van Jones
CNN host and political commentator
Active Hope
PODCAST
Active Hope explores how the country’s vanguard artists and arts leaders can shape this transformational, historical, and polarizing moment in history. After emerging from a global quarantine while still figuring out what the new normal is, the second season of our podcast orbits the theme of “Organizing Hope”.
Our hosts and their guests of wide-ranging backgrounds investigate the uncertainty of the post-pandemic world from the unique perch of executive leadership at some of our country’s foremost arts institutions. Join an engaging conversation with Director and Executive Producer at the Apollo Theater Kamilah Forbes; poet, TED Global Fellow, and Kennedy Center Vice President/Artistic Director of Social Impact Marc Bamuthi Joseph; and composer and Artistic Director/Co-Founder of National Sawdust Paola Prestini.
Event Information
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Genre
Social Impact
Latest Episode
Active Listening and Scoring Dreams
Special Guests: Jad Abumrad
Join us for our third episode which features guest Jad Abumrad. In this episode, our hosts unearth the practice of active listening and the nuances that come with listening and communicating.
Latest Episode
Active Listening and Scoring Dreams
Special Guests: Jad Abumrad
Join us for our third episode which features guest Jad Abumrad. In this episode, our hosts unearth the practice of active listening and the nuances that come with listening and communicating.
Episode Guide
Episode 1
Topic: Active Hope Podcast - Pilot Episode
Podcast Release Date: Thursday, March 4, 2021
Episode 2: Listen on Spotify Episode 2: Listen on Apple Podcasts
Episode 2
Topic: Incarceration, Law, and Politics
Podcast Release Date:Thursday, March 25, 2021
Episode 2: Listen on Spotify Episode 2: Listen on Apple Podcasts
Special Guest:
Episode 3
Topic: Borders
Podcast Release Date:Thursday, May 6, 2021
Episode 3: Listen on Spotify Episode 3: Listen on Apple Podcasts
Special Guest:
Regina Romero
Mayor of Tucson, Arizona
Episode 4
Topic: Futurism
Podcast Release Date (Part1): Thursday, June 10, 2021
Episode 4 Part 1: Listen on Spotify Episode 4 Part 1: Listen on Apple Podcasts
Episode 4 Part 1: Read the Transcript (PDF)
Podcast Release Date (Part2): Thursday, June 17, 2021
Episode 4 Part 2: Listen on Spotify Episode 4 Part 2: Listen on Apple Podcasts
Special Guests:
Marina Gorbis
Executive Director of the Institute for the Future
Brenda Shaughnessy
Poet
Tim Fielder
Illustrator, concept designer, cartoonist, and animator
Episode 5
Topic: Feminism and Social Justice | Beauty and Aesthetics
Podcast Release Date: Thursday, July 8, 2021
Special Guests:
adrienne maree brown
Writer
Episode 1
Topic: International Work and Sense of Place
Podcast Release Date: Thursday, June 16, 2022
Special Guest:
Episode 2
Topic: Stolen Land, Sovereign People
Podcast Release Date: Thursday, June 23, 2022
Special Guest:
Episode 3
Topic: Active Listening and Scoring Dreams
Podcast Release Date: Thursday, July 7, 2022
Special Guest:
Jad Abumrad
Hosting the Conversation
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VP, Social Impact at the Kennedy Center
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Executive Producer
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Artistic Director and Co-Founder at National Sawdust
Leadership support for Social Impact programs is provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Major support for Social Impact programs is provided by Ford Foundation and David C. Frederick and Sophia Lynn.
Additional support is provided by the Bernstein Family Foundation and the Orlebeke Foundation.
Active Hope was conceived in collaboration with Lumahai Productions.
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All events and artists subject to change without prior notice.
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