Audio: March 2009 Blogcast
Hello Imagine 2050 Listeners! My sincere apologies for the delay in getting new audio out to y’all…times are tough. But here is our first installment for 2009! As you have most likely read on the blog, there has been some heavy anti-immigrant activity in Arizona lately. So, in this edition of the Imagine 2050 podcast we visit with some local Arizonians and get their thoughts on people like Sheriff Joe Arpaio. We also get some idea of the complexity of American identity through our visit with a couple of indigenous Americans whose people (the Tohono O’odham) have been in the area we call Arizona far longer than any European immigrants.
But don’t just take my word for it…
Audio: (Part 2) One Be Lo on Hip-hop and Being American.
Filed under: American Identity, Culture, Immigration, podcast
What does it mean to be “Hip-Hop”? What does it mean to be “American”? In part two of our visit with Michigan-based hip-hop artist One Be Lo, we get his take on both of these questions and what he feels they have in common.
Click here to listen to part two with One Be Lo.
Diversity. Strength. Global Community.
(The One Be Lo songs you hear in this piece are “The Future” and “Propaganda”. You can get these One Be Lo songs here. And be sure to visit One Be Lo on MySpace). Read more
Audio: (Part 1) Hip-hop artist One Be Lo talks music, youth, and empowerment.
In Tempe, Arizona the hip-hop show “Stop the Circus. Fight Intolerance. Stop Arpaio.” was organized in opposition to the human rights violations that Sheriff Joe Arpaio most recently committed in the state. Even though the show was organized in a matter of days (four!) it turned out to be a huge success.
Click here to listen to One Be Lo
Local and national artists pulled together and put on a top-notch show and the Tempe, Arizona hip-hop community showed up in big numbers. I was there with my microphone to document not only the show but all the organizing efforts. Read more
Audio: Stop Arpaio, Stop the Circus!
This week I’ve been in the area of Phoenix, Arizona documenting the organizing efforts of the young people here as they take a stand against the recent human rights abuses committed by Sheriff Joe Arpaio. With the assistance of the Center for New Community’s Campaign for a United America Hip-Hop Project, a concert featuring local and national hip-hop talent was successfully pulled together within days of Sheriff Arpaio’s offenses. This was no small feat. In witnessing and working with the people who made this happen brought a new level of hope for me and in an area where I didn’t expect any. In between my time interviewing, going to city council meetings and tagging along side these amazing organizers I was able to pull together a short (albeit, rough) publicity clip for the event. There will be lots more coming in the following days - stay tuned!
Click to Listen: Hip-Hop Against Arpaio promo (rough)
Audio: November 2008 Blogcast!
This month we are on the streets in San Francisco, California as we join a rally of over seventy-five hundred people who have come to show their support of same-sex marriage rights. This historic rally is part of a large network of rallies taking place on the same day all across the United States. We are joined by Stuart Gaffney, who, with his husband John, are speakers at the rally read more
Audio: September 2008 Blogcast
Around the globe people have always immigrated from one country to another. The U.S. is a unique place in that our nation was founded on exactly that movement of people. Since day one a multitude of cultures and ethnicities have made the United States home. In my eyes, this mix of people defines exactly what it means to be American.
However, even with that history there remains read more
Audio: August 2008 Blogcast
Filed under: American Identity, Culture, Immigration, podcast
Welcome to the August 21, 2008 edition of the Imagine 2050 audio blogcast. This week we take to the streets in Oakland, California where we do some more “on-the-street” style interviews. While this type of interviewing is tough, especially for those talking as here they are minding their own business, walking down the street and someone accosts them with tough questions. read more
Audio: 2050 Blogcast - July 2008
(Image gratefully borrowed from tomsaint’s photos on flicker.com/creativecommons)
This month I bring you some audio that I captured during a summer trip the Middle East. What you will hear is an interview that I did with a person I met along my travels. Her name is Nadine and she was born in Lebanon and her parents are Syrian. The catch is that her family read more
Audio: 2050 Inaugural Blogcast!
Yes, the Imagine 2050 blogcast is here! It’s a simple beginning for a wonderful project. I invite you to send in your ideas and input to 2050audio(at)gmail.com. This week we hear the opinions of some people “on the street” about this projected 2050 demographic shift and how that might impact our identity as Americans.
If you are reading this post through blogger.com and don’t see the audio player, you may download this weeks program by here. read more
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