Carbonated Conversations Podcast

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A pop drinker's love letter to the Soda City. Telling stories that bubble up in Columbia, SC.

  1. MAY 8

    Jordan Sirois brings the big screen to Columbia, SC with Watching Movies Podcast

    This week, host Kat Kezon sits down with Jordan Sirois, host of the Watching Movies Podcast. Jordan talks about how movies have remained a steady interest and hobby, and has since produced a movie podcast with family and friends. Jordan advocates for visiting your local movie theatre and creating your own analog movie collection at home. Tune in to hear about how Jordan's show has led him to an amazing relationship with South Carolina's only nonprofit arthouse cinema, The Nickelodeon Theatre.

    1h 9m

  2. APR 30

    The Magnolia Drifters tackle rugby culture, body positivity, and women's sports

    This week, Kat sits down with Britt and Kara of the Magnolia Drifters womxn's rugby club, a 501(c)3 and womxn's social club promoting positive rugby culture and community service. The teammates discuss falling in love with the sport, especially thanks to their amazing teammates.

    57 min

  3. APR 23

    Dogon Krigga crafts their love letter to Columbia SC's artists

    This episode is truly a love letter to the Soda City. Kat has the pleasure of sitting down with multi-talented paper craft, fabrication, and graphic artist Dogon Krigga whose Afrofuturist, Afrosurrealist art can be found all around the city of Columbia. Dogon shares on their artistic roots in the city and the current day art scene. We talk synesthesia, loving our neighbors, the importance of art spaces, their teenage rap sheet, tarot, mutual aid, Hoodoo, and so much more. Dogon also gives us an update on our friends at Columbia Community Fridges.

    1h 34m

  4. APR 16

    Rebekah Cadet builds a village in Columbia, SC celebrating Black motherhood

    It's Black Maternal Health Week! And host Kat Kezon has the pleasure of sitting down with Rebekah Cadet, the founder of The Black Mom Village, who opens up about her personal experiences in motherhood that set her on the course to find and build her village. Rebekah has created a space for Black moms in Columbia, SC that centers lived experience, advocacy, de in the face of disparities in healthcare access, maternal outcomes, and support systems.

    54 min

  5. APR 9

    Evelyn Berry sings Queerness through the US South one poem at a time

    This week, your host Kat sits down with trans, Southern author Evelyn Berry for another Carbonated Conversation. Evelyn discusses the books that built her, the practices that sustain her, and the Southern treats that delight her. We talk Queerness and the United States South, Queerness IN the United States South. Evelyn even performs two poems from her latest published collection "T4T'. Tune in to hear about the many ways her poetry has been transformed, transposed, and transfixed into other artistic mediums.

    1h 2m

  6. APR 2

    Penny McPeak starts with the art in Columbia, SC

    This week, host Kat Kezon sits down for a carbonated conversation with local Artist and Art Consultant, Penny McPeak of Penny & Lucy Lou Co. Penny is a multi-media artist whose work has been implemented in nearly every element of interior design here in Columbia, SC all the way to Barbados. Penny shares on her experiences falling in love with the arts here in Columbia, SC and being raised by her mother, a pioneer woman business owner and interior designer. Tune in to hear about Penny's upcoming projects, her Cola hidden gems, and her inspiring message to other women owned businesses. You won't want to miss it!

    58 min

  7. MAR 26

    John Tjaarda flies us through a lesson on the backyard birds of Columbia, SC

    Greetings listeners! This week Kat sits down with John Tjaarda for a lesson on the backyard birds of Columbia, SC. John flies us listeners through a lesson on what birds you can expect to see during the different months of the year, how to get started on your own birding adventures, and the importance of citizen science. Tune in to learn some birding lingo and even a few birding calls, you won't want to miss it!

    1h 9m

  8. MAR 19

    Kylee Hewitt pours into Columbia, SC with Cola AF

    This week, Kat sits down with Kylee Hewitt, founder of Cola AF (Alcohol Free), career tattoo artist, and emerging social worker. Kylee shares her journey of reevaluating her relationship with alcohol and explains how that process inspired her to create Cola AF, a space for fun and community without alcohol.

    48 min
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A pop drinker's love letter to the Soda City. Telling stories that bubble up in Columbia, SC.

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