Imagination State
by Rebeka Ryvola de Kremer
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Update on Imagination State Season Finale
Update on Imagination State Season Finale
About this podcast
Welcome to Imagination State, with Rebeka Ryvola de Kremer. This is a podcast about imagination: how it shapes our lives, our world, and our futures. You’ll hear from people on the frontlines of imagination: artists, writers, thinkers, activists - teachers of all kinds - who stand up to the forces that shrink our inner worlds, who open us to richer, more just futures, and who remind us that building imagination is also a form of liberation.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 27 episodes
- Update on Imagination State Season Finale · 1 min · Season 3 Episode 7This is an update on the episode that was supposed to go live today. My guest for this last episode of the season is an artist and art teacher living in Gaza, Noura Al Qasasia…
- Interruptions to move us beyond the familiar, with Professor Barbara Leckie · 1 h 8 min · Season 3 Episode 6What might an imagination curriculum look like? How is learning the art of interruption a key part of that? This week's guest is Barbara Leckie, professor at Canada's Carleton…
- Creating the environment for discoveries to happen, with César Jung-Harada · 43 min · Season 3 Episode 5César Jung-Harada has a wildly adventurous life: He’s a justice-oriented philosopher-inventor traversing the world’s oceans to help humanity adapt to climate change. He has built…
- Convening between and across worlds, with Daniel Tam-Claiborne · 1 h 4 min · Season 3 Episode 4Daniel Tam-Claiborne is a writer, producer, and nonprofit leader whose work bridges cultures and builds belonging. His debut novel Transplants (Simon & Schuster, 2025), a…
- The world beyond social media beckons, with Amelia Hruby · 1 h 6 minThis week on Imagination State, we are joined by Amelia Hruby - feminist writer, podcaster, and creator of Off the Grid, a podcast and community for people reclaiming their…
- Marcie Alvis Walker is writing goodness into the world · 1 h 3 min · Season 3 Episode 2Why wouldn’t we want all stories together? We miss out when we’re segregated. Marcie’s stories open the door to her home and her heart - and, somehow, to your own. She once wrote…
- Goodbye Heart Gallery, hello Imagination State · 16 min · Season 3 Episode 1Hello again, and a warm welcome to new listeners! This is the first episode of a new season and, in a way, the first chapter of an entirely new story. Old friends will remember…
- Listening to the music of the landscape, with Professor Angela Impey · 59 min · Season 2 Episode 19In this episode, we step into the world of ethnomusicology with Angela Impey. Angela is a researcher, author, and senior lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies in…
- Loretta Pettway Bennett pieces a Gee's Bend quilt full of community resilience and colorful coziness · 43 min · Season 2 Episode 18In this episode launching on Juneteenth, come on a trip down the road from Selma, Alabama - home of the 1960s Selma Voting Rights Movement and the Selma to Montgomery marches…
- Marine Tanguy explores the sinister and heartening aspects of your visual landscape · 1 h 14 min · Season 2 Episode 17Did you know that the average person encounters 10,000 commercial images in a day? That neighborhoods where people have lower incomes tend to have more advertisements for…
- Tara DePorte on envisioning enticing futures and meaningful climate opportunities · 1 h 0 min · Season 2 Episode 16A recurring theme on the podcast is the climate crisis and the ways in which artists are addressing it in their work, whether they're focused on showing ways forward for society…
- Métis artist Christi Belcourt on how to "make things right" in Canada · 1 h 18 min · Season 2 Episode 15This episode of The Heart Gallery will take you into the history and ongoing realities of Indigenous affairs in Canada. Recent years have shed light on a painful and violent…
- Beyond the crisis: Justin Cook on climate stories that truly captivate · 57 min · Season 2 Episode 14In today's episode, Justin Cook takes us into the evolving world of climate storytelling where he's been a journalist and photographer covering "communities living along the…
- What good can a museum do for global society? With Pascal Hufschmid · 55 min · Season 2 Episode 3In today's escalating humanitarian crises, the term itself is complex, influenced by various factors. The United Nations reports 235 million people needing humanitarian help…
- Lingering in the sun with Gaelynn Lea · 1 h 30 min · Season 2 Episode 2For the 12th episode of The Heart Gallery, I am in conversation with Gaelynn Lea. Gaelynn, a violinist and songwriter who won NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Contest in 2016, has a unique…
- Inclusive storytelling from Gaza and beyond with Patrick Gathara - Part 2 · 45 min · Season 2 Episode 1This is the second part of my conversation with Patrick Gathara. In this segment, we continue to dissect inclusive storytelling and its critical role in understanding humanity…
- Inclusive storytelling from Gaza and beyond with Patrick Gathara - Part 1 · 38 min · Season 2 Episode 1For the first episode of The Heart Gallery Season 2, I talk to Patrick Gathara, The New Humanitarian's Senior Editor of Inclusive Storytelling. Patrick talks about what inclusive…
- Taylor Freesolo Rees on tuning into the heart · 57 min · Season 1 Episode 10For the 10th episode (and the season finale!) of The Heart Gallery Podcast, I connect with my wonderful friend Taylor Freesolo Rees. Taylor is a filmmaker, documentarian…
- Alisa Petrosova on weaving climate threads into mainstream stories · 45 min · Season 1 Episode 9For Episode 9 of The Heart Gallery Podcast, Rebeka Ryvola de Kremer talks to climate story consultant Alisa Petrosova. This episode explores how the film and TV industry is doing…
- John Kazior on nonhuman perspectives, greenwashing arts, & moving beyond consumption · 1 h 10 min · Season 1 Episode 8For Episode 8 of The Heart Gallery Podcast, Rebeka Ryvola de Kremer talks to artist and writer John Kazior. Today’s guest on The Heart Gallery sparks imagination incredibly well…
