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TRYTOBEGOOD is a podcast about cultural activists, a member of Bel-Air Radio, an artist-run online radio station located in Silent Barn Brooklyn. Now fundraising! https://www.patreon.com/trytobegood

TRYTOBEGOOD

  • May 16, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 59m AVG DURATION
  • 24 EPISODES


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Bodily agency in the work of trans artist Edua Restrepo

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2020 40:47


Bodily agency in the work of trans artist Edua Restrepo by TRYTOBEGOOD

Birthwork, weaving textiles, teaching art, and telling stories

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2018 60:40


Birthwork, weaving textiles, teaching art, and telling stories by TRYTOBEGOOD

Chinese comics and self-publishing with Paradise Systems

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2018 60:51


The world is a mess but at least there's round babies who seem to appreciate Chinese comics with titles such as "Electrocat and Lightning Dog"! This episode features R. Orion Martin, translator and a scholar of 连环画 lianhuanhua (Chinese serial comics) and founder of paradise-systems.com which distributes and publishes Chinese comic artists.

DJ Hesotalen (Akira Katsumata)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2018 62:17


QURULI - Wandervogel SUPERCAR - Yumegiwa Last Boy (Live) Fishmans - Ikareta Baby PREP - Cheapest Flight PUNPEE - Oyome ni oide 2015 feat. PUNPEE CHAI - N.E.O Shintaro Sakatomo - Yuurei no kibun de Maki Asakawa - Yuki ga furu VIDEOTAPEMUSIC - Sekai kakkoku no yoru D.A.N. - Ghana Tujiko Noriko & Aoki Takamasa - Fly Words L'Rain - Stay, Go (Go, Stay) https://astronautico.bandcamp.com/album/lrain Naruyoshi Kikuchi - Gundam Thunderbolt main theme Vampire Weekend - Step

#EthicalCS and promoting equity in computer science curriculum

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2017 60:04


A conversation with designers at Hopscotch: Creative Coding, and educators in tech at #CS4AllNYC and #ethicalCS about the ethical issues in the industry, in curriculum, and how those can be addressed to promote equity in computer science.

Designers From the Sandbox: From War to Wireframes

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2017 64:30


Very excited to have on the show James Z. B. Vanié, Shane Strassberg, and Hector Fabian Nandez, veterans from the U.S. military who decided to pursue careers in design after their service. The topic of military service is incredibly loaded as most of us liberal-leaning folx advocate for demilitarization and are contributors to the stigma against individuals who've served, when we should be addressing larger systems of colonization and capitalism. During this talk we'll hear about what these vets learned during their deployment and how they've translated that into insights about humanity and behavioral change.

Stupid Hackathon: "this is the year stupid went mainstream"

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2017 49:32


Stupid Hackathon is the "one-day event where participants conceptualize and create projects that have no value whatsoever. The years of 2016-17 have become a span of time when "stupid has gone mainstream and become normalized, and satire is no longer valuable." Our politics and media now are so inundated with the stupid that we confuse what is really at stake. Do we agree that whatever's going on now is just a big stupid hackathon?

Megan Daalder's "The Museum of the Revolution" | March 4, 2017

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2017 45:30


Megan May Hem Daalder's film about two of her firsts: discovery of Serbia's Museum of the Revolution in New Belgrade, and falling in love with a total stranger

Oral Histories, Local Activism in Chinatown & Future Cities

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2017 51:41


How do oral histories help create frameworks for cities of resilience? Diane Wong researches gentrification's impact on low-income immigrants and the mobilization of Chinatown residents in their fight for their homes. Mélissa Emily is the first artist-in-residence at Wing On Wo & Co. The W.O.W. Project, founded by Mei Lum and will unpack yesterday's 店面 Residency: Artist Talk + Arts & Activism Roundtable event. We're also joined by Jenni Loo who will speak to her experience interning and volunteering out of high school!

Kwame Akosah x Imara Jones x TRYTOBEGOOD | February 20, 2017

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2017 49:16


Kira Simon-Kennedy guest-hosted TRYTOBEGOOD to talk with Imara Jones and Kwame Akosah about voting rights, gerrymandering, and what we can do to make sure elections work better from now on.

Small Data Squad x TRYTOBEGOOD

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2017 61:00


I got my Internet Reincarnation Autobiography read on the air. Small Data Squad (Melanie Hoff and Dan Taeyoung) have thoroughly found all embarrassing versions of my internet self to paint a picture that will show me who I was then, and who I really am now. Along with that we discussed how scary big (and small) data is and what tactics we might have in subverting the panopticon!

Rasu Jilani x Rafael Sergio Smith x Dahkil Hausif x TRYTOBEGOOD | January 23, 2017

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2017 60:57


Rasu Jilani, Rafael Smith, and Dahkil Hausif about social justice and inclusion in art, design and tech, and film.

Stephanie Dinkins x Nitzan Hermon x TRYTOBEGOOD | January 09, 2017

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2017 66:59


NEW INC member Stephanie Dinkins and alum Nitzan Hermon speak about artificial intelligence, machines, and art on the first TRYTOBEGOOD show of 2017.

Alexis Convento x Miko Revereza | December 12, 2016

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2016 74:14


Art, cinema, education, and the #Filipinx diaspora.

Matter—Mind Studio x TRYTOBEGOOD | November 28, 2016

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2016 46:34


Talking about the importance of Emotion-Centric Design with Matter-Mind Studio.

Move38 x TRYTOBEGOOD | November 17, 2016

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2016 52:57


Move38 (tabletop game designers and developers Jonathan Bobrow and Nicholas Bentley)foster systems thinking and understanding through the act of play and believes we learn best when at play, and that our play shapes who we are.

Siren x TRYTOBEGOOD | October 31, 2016

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2016 64:14


The horrors of online dating, something that's (unfortunately) near and dear to many New Yorkers' hearts. I am in conversation with the founders and content strategist of SIREN app, "a social discovery platform created by women and founded on core principles of comfort, privacy, and mutual respect," as we discuss whether the shittyness of dating is exacerbated by the internet, and what solutions design can provide as a remedy. Join us as we talk about the importance of saying "no" to the swipe.

QSPACE x TRYTOBEGOOD | October 17, 2016

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2016 55:36


Talking queerness in the built environment & "potty politics" with fellow NEW INC members QSPACE.

Mei Lum (The W.O.W Project) x TRYTOBEGOOD | October 3, 2016

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2016 59:04


Wing On Wo & Co. is New York Chinatown's oldest store that dates back to the 1890's. Now almost 130 years later, the store has been passed down five generations and has plenty of stories to tell. I sat down with Wing on Co's current owner Mei Lum to talk about how her founding of the The W.O.W Project, which holds events based out of the store, is trying to engage the community of residents in Chinatown in the shaping of the neighborhood's future. Mei said a lot of insightful things but one comment in particular, about how a place rich with cultural, historical, and economic history like Wing On Wo & Co. could function as a gathering place of for critique and dialogue, really stood out to me: "The great thing about The W.O.W Project and the space we hold our discussions in is that its a store -- there's nothing institutional attached to it."

Matthew Manos (verynice) x TRYTOBEGOOD | September 5, 2016

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2016 57:32


Talking to Matthew Manos, founder of a verynice design studio, about how his volunteer efforts turned into a design studio that's able to keep its doors open by doing 50% pro-bono work, and how his new book about rethinking the reactive post-trauma nature of social enterprises will impact the future.

Silica Magazine x TRYTOBEGOOD | August 22, 2016

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2016 67:17


Interview with Silica Magazine founders Evander Batson and Ivy St Ive to talk about the friction of the anthropocene & ecology and geography in the age of global systems. Silica Magazine (http://silicamag.com) Reading discussed in interview: Emergent Ecologies published by Duke (https://www.dukeupress.edu/emergent-ecologies)

Eric Parren (la force sauvage) x TRYTOBEGOOD | August 8, 2016

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2016 57:07


Two part session featuring dub mix made by guest DJ Eric aka la force sauvage, usually appearing on KCHUNG Radio LA. I really love dub especially his mix, sent him a message, and we decided to make a remix couplet of sorts where I make a "response-mix" to his mix (starting roughly 30 minutes in), and he will return the favor on one of his upcoming shows. My tracklist: Bosley - Just Like You Average White Band & Ben E. King - Give It Up For Love (A Heavy Disco Joint) Linton Kwesi Johnson - Inglan Is A Bitch Fishmans - nightcruising Horace Andy - Zion Dub Howling - 'Signs' (Rødhåd Remix) Umm Kulthum - Hologram Powell - No U Turn

Extrapolation Factory x TRYTOBEGOOD | July 25, 2016

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2016 77:15


Extrapolation Factory co-founders Elliot Montgomery and Chris Woebken advise on thinking and designing for the future. Concepts and methodology discussed in this radio hour published in Extrapolation Factory Operator's Manual: https://www.amazon.com/Extrapolation-Factory-Operators-Publication-modeling/dp/1532713355

PublicScience x TRYTOBEGOOD | June 13, 2016

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2016 74:38


Unpacking some ideas behind machine learning and agent-based simulations. Francis Tseng and Fei Liu of Public Science are working on brood, an open-source simulation toolset and framework that makes complex systems thinking (how did we get here?) and the creation of speculative and critical simulations of the world (where can we go?) more accessible.

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