62 episodes
Helga WNYC Studios and Brown Arts Institute
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- Society & Culture
Artist, performer, and host Helga Davis brings a soulful curiosity and love of people to the podcast Helga, where she talks about the intimate lives of creative people as they share the steps they’ve taken along their path. She draws listeners into these discussions with cultural change-makers, whether already famous or rising talents, whose sensibilities expand our imaginations as we explore what we think we know about each other. The new season of Helga is a co-production of WNYC Studios and the Brown Arts Institute at Brown University. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts including Radiolab, On the Media, and Death, Sex & Money. The Brown Arts Institute at Brown University is a new university-wide research enterprise and catalyst for the arts at Brown that creates new work and supports, amplifies, and adds new dimensions to the creative practices of Brown’s arts departments, faculty, students, and community.
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Author Letty Cottin Pogrebin on her Decades of Activism
Letty Cottin Pogrebin, author and tireless advocate for social equality, talks about the pivotal moments that defined her political thinking, her feminism, and her understanding of Jewish tradition.
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Journalist Jenna Flanagan on Local Politics and Seeking Truth
Journalist Jenna Flanagan discusses the impact of local news, the legacy of Black women in media, and how to get a great story out of just about anyone.
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Noliwe Rooks on Extending the Ethic of Care
Noliwe Rooks, author, education advocate, and Chair of Africana Studies at Brown University, shares her family’s experiences with education inequality and how community can foster success at school.
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Singer-songwriter Sampha on Fatherhood and Intuition
British singer-songwriter and producer Sampha talks about fatherhood, the images that inspired his album “Lahai,”and how he follows his intuition in art and life.
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Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks on Self-Worth and Loving the Grind
The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks talks storytelling, family, and creating a one-act play for each day of the year.
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Scholar Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo on the Joys of Nerd Rap
Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo is a music professor who also performs as the rapper and producer Sammus. Here, she talks about navigating childhood anxiety and showing up as a socially conscious artist.