Small Joys with Hanif Abdurraqib

Hanif Abdurraqib
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Small Joys with Hanif Abdurraqib

Small Joys is a series of conversations between best-selling writer and Columbus-native Hanif Abdurraqib and creative people of all stripes about what keeps them going.In each episode, Hanif talks with artists and writers about what fuels the creative process and discusses the little pleasures that help sustain us in our daily lives.

  1. Raeghan Buchanan

    06/14/2023

    Raeghan Buchanan

    Raeghan Buchanan is artist and writer whose debut comic book, The Secret History of Black Punk: Record Zero, celebrates overlooked figures in music history. At a live WOSU event, Raeghan and Hanif talked about the history of punk, how they discover new music and why getting ice cream near a cemetery is not the best first date idea.

    40 min
  2. Avishar Barua

    05/24/2023

    Avishar Barua

    Chef Avishar Barua talks to Hanif about creating a welcoming restaurant experience, expanding the definition of barbeque, and favorite things to order at Taco Bell.

    31 min
  3. Lawrence Brownlee

    05/17/2023

    Lawrence Brownlee

    Opera singer Lawrence Brownlee talks with Hanif about the similarities between tennis and singing, commissioning work from Black composers, and finding time for family as a touring musician.

    33 min
  4. April Sunami

    05/10/2023

    April Sunami

    Artist April Sunami talks with Hanif about how different regions of the world have their own palette, watching the 1977 miniseries "Roots" and the joy of cleaning.

    33 min
  5. Stephen Markley

    05/03/2023

    Stephen Markley

    Novelist Stephen Markley talks with Hanif about injecting humor into tragic stories, writing for TV and being a diehard Cleveland Cavaliers fan.

    35 min
  6. J Rawls

    04/26/2023

    J Rawls

    Hip-hop producer, DJ, and college professor J Rawls talks with Hanif about digging in the crates, looking for new sounds, and bringing turntables into the classroom.

    33 min
  7. Lydia Loveless

    04/19/2023

    Lydia Loveless

    Singer-songwriter Lydia Loveless talks with Hanif about leaning into awkwardness, the perks of living alone, trying stand-up comedy, and writing while heartbroken.

    35 min
  8. Richard 'Duarte' Brown

    04/12/2023

    Richard 'Duarte' Brown

    Artist Richard 'Duarte' Brown talks with Hanif about why you don't have to move to New York to be an artist, making art with the everyday things all around you and his journey as an art educator.

    37 min
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Small Joys is a series of conversations between best-selling writer and Columbus-native Hanif Abdurraqib and creative people of all stripes about what keeps them going.In each episode, Hanif talks with artists and writers about what fuels the creative process and discusses the little pleasures that help sustain us in our daily lives.

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