Best James Irvine Foundation Podcasts (2025)

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CA Arts & Culture Summit - “Highlights Show Part 1” 30:10

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"I have been used, abused and silenced within the nonprofit industrial complex... I'm not gonna take it anymore... I'm gonna get mine and my community's gonna get there's this year" - Nikko Kimzin, Kimzin Creative In Part One of season two of Where Art Meets Impact highlight episode. This episode features inspiring voices from the 2024 California A…

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State of the Arts Summit Highlights Part 2 30:30

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"When the community comes together, organizes, advocates, makes noise, and has a plan, we can change systems” - Richard Raya Join host George Koster for part two of our Arts for a Better Bay Area highlights as ten visionary guests tackle some of the big issues facing San Francisco and our arts organizations and creative workforce; Such as downtown …

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State of the Arts Summit Highlights - Part 1 30:00

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We must disrupt and rebuild; our task is to shift how society thinks through art” - Ralph Remington Part one of this special episode, in collaboration with Arts for a Better Bay Area, delves into the discussions and insights from the 2023 State of the Arts and Culture Organization Summit. Host Eric Estrada and summit reporter Isa Nakazawa bring you…

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"Breaking Isolation: Arts as a Community Solution" 35:45

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Arts Equity, Advocacy, Impact "Artists, cultural bearers, creatives are essential contributors to the economy… so that arts are not a luxury, arts are not a hobby" – Ron Muriera This episode of Where Art Meets Impact features Kristen Sakota, Michael Alexander, Ron Muriera, Meghna Bhat, and Josiah Bruny, discussing arts advocacy, economic empowermen…

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Creative Equity: "Building Sustainable Futures for Artists and Communities" 59:28

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"Artists must be at the center of decision-making, shaping policies and funding structures that directly impact their work and their communities” - Nataki Garrett Show Guests Tiara Amar Title: Advocate for Art Workers’ Rights Key Points: Advocates for fair pay and professional protections for musicians. Highlights the Fair Play Initiative for setti…

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Making the Invisible Visible - Finding Home Part 2 1:02:05

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“So, if people need potable water, then we need to provide them with that. Or if people are looking for a job that we don't need to categorize that. We can start to put away our own judgment and provide them with the opportunity that they're putting in front of us versus us telling them, no, no, you need to go get treatment before you get a job”- M…

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Harnessing the Power of Arts: Advocacy, Equity, and Community Transformation 1:07:38

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"For the first time, we are centering artists in our work with an equity-centered, artist-centered cultural plan... with a big emphasis on affordable housing and live-workspace for artists” - Jonathon Glus, City of San Diego In this engaging episode of Voices of the Community, we spotlight transformative policy wins and the visions shaping the futu…

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Making the Invisible Visible - Finding Home Part 1 1:01:53

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"Our philosophy is simple: without rest, there is no healing. We open our doors so that people can have a safe space to rest, restoring a basic dignity often lost on the streets.”- Lydia Bransten In Finding Home, host George Koster speaks with leaders from San Francisco-based organizations committed to supporting unhoused residents. This insightful…

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Building Better Bridges in the Arts Economy - Case Making for Collaboration 1:13:29

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"It’s really important for arts advocates and tradition bearers, artists, and cultural organizations to participate in the visioning and guiding principle process in your community plan, to get named in the vision statement of the community" - Tracy Hudak Join Tracy Hudak, Director of Field Engagement for California for the Arts, and Jackie Melende…

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Discover the Future of Creative Work! 1:11:42

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"We’re living through the greatest art heist of all time. Billions of images, data, and content were scraped illegally, impacting creative jobs, and AI is at the forefront of this transformation." - Nicole Hendrix The creative economy is at a crossroads, grappling with issues of fair pay, technological disruption, and access to resources. The panel…

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Voices of Change: "The Intersection of Art, Equity, & Economic Empowerment" 1:01:45

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“So if you have not tapped into community members that you are serving, that you are working with, then you are missing a large, piece of the solution to your problems”. - Heather Heslep Gentrification, displacement, the struggle for ownership... these are the challenges faced by many communities today. But what if art could be the key to preservin…

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CA Arts & Culture Summit "Arts and Health" panel 1:08:31

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"At the structural level, we don’t make decisions based on evidence. If we did, we would have universal healthcare and basic income. The arts can be part of this shift” - Tasha Golden Join Nefesha Yisra’el from California for the Arts as she introduces our second episode, featuring a powerful panel discussion on the intersection of arts and health.…

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The Future of Arts & Culture in California: Keynote Insights from the California Arts & Culture Summit 59:16

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"Together we can create a world where arts and culture are recognized and invested in as essential to society, embedded in community life, and intersecting with broader policy change to reshape systems towards equity and justice." - Julie Baker Join us as we kick off our second season, celebrating the vibrant and resilient arts and culture scene th…

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Discover the Artist Space Trust: Unlocking the Future of Housing for Creatives! 38:25

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"The interesting thing about a Land Trust is that it's a split title, we'll split the title and the land trust will own the land forever. And then we'll either sell or lease the housing or creative space on top of it to artists" - Meg Shiffler Welcome to the finale of our series on affordable housing for the creative workforce, brought to you in pa…

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How to Buy Your Performance Space | CAST & CounterPulse Real Estate Model 1:00:31

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"The resilience that we have to live through booms and busts and pandemics and continue to serve the community, continue to drive foot traffic, continue to create economic opportunities for local people to have jobs and work and express themselves is just incredible. So if you're struggling with a storefront or a vacancy or empty space, just rememb…

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REP-SF’s Citywide People’s Plan for Affordable Housing 32:59

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“It's about forcing the city to make sure that they build affordable housing. And there's lots of, programs that we have in the Citywide People's Plan that can make, huge steps towards, building affordable housing” - Dyan Ruiz This episode is part of our ongoing Special Series on How the Arts and Culture sector is coming back from the covid 19 pand…

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Proposition E, 2018 & Arts Impact Endowment Update & Discussion & Grants For The Arts 1:16:20

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"I think the action and the continuity of the coalition from Prop S to Prop E went from 40 organizations to 140 organizations. That was something that was huge” - Vin Seaman In this seventh episode of our series focusing on the arts and culture sector's recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, we bring you highlights from the Co-Production of Arts For …

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How Do Community Based Arts Orgs Secure Sustainable Funding? 1:13:07

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“Bringing the scale of human life to the community again so that we can kind of start seeing our humanity and our everyday Experiences” - Melissa Abercrombie This episode is from our November 4th 2023 live event co-production with the Petaluma Arts Center, our broadcast partners KPCA 103.3fm and Petaluma Community Access TV and BAVC Media. This spe…

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Meredith Winner - Paint the Void & Lyzette Wanzer - Author of Trauma, Tresses & Truth 33:00

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“I think really being open minded and also really trusting artists is a really big, important factor because. Artists know what they're doing, at least when it comes to making the artwork, that's why people hire them and allow them to have the most creative freedom as possible, really. Usually allows the project to be as best as it can be or as goo…

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Fernando Pujals & Rachel Osajima- How their using the Arts for Economic & Community Development 29:33

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"So of course, the pandemic was a struggle for all of us, and so we all know the arts organizations are the first to close and last open, especially the performing arts are really still struggling" - Rachel Osajima This episode is the long form of our one-on-one interview with Fernando Pujals, the Deputy Director of the Mid-Market Business Associat…

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Regional Economic Recovery Through the Arts 59:52

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"There's been a lot of talk about, how do you make this sustainable, and there's not one answer, but one piece that is core to that, is really galvanizing and cementing around this notion that arts and culture is already right here and we need to lean into it and value it and uplift it. And in that way it won't be able to be ignored'“ - Fernando Pu…

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Revisiting Artists’ Housing Solutions 50:02

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"So looking at how do we build an ecology where affordable housing isn't just a place you stay, it's a place you stay and work and build a business and raise a family and, you know, build the economic resources,for the next step. " - Josh Simon This episode is part of our special series on how the arts and culture sector is coming back from the Cov…

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Ralph Remington of San Francisco Arts Commission - Interview at Arts for a Better Bay Area State of the Arts Summit 8:24

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“One of the things that I, would say to this community coming from a repressed community is let’s turn to each other, not on each other. Let’s bond together, and find our commonality, not our differences. Because the enemy, I’ve seen the enemy in Arizona, and it is not us. So when we have small differences with each other, let’s recognize them for …

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Arts for a Better Bay Area State of the Arts Summit – “Economic Recovery in the Arts: Regaining Patrons and Artistic Engagement” Ep 3 53:26

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"It's all about partnering artists with small businesses to create site specific installations and that way create more exposure both for the business and for the artists and also to revitalize those corridors" - Vanessa Wilson This is our second episode from the co-production with Arts for a Better Bay Area of the re-launch of the State of the Art…

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Maria Jensen of SOMARTS Cultural Center - Interview at Arts for a Better Bay Area State of the Arts Summit 14:13

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“This is a time when the art community's creative expertise and skills and talents are being relied upon. And finally, really seen as major contributors to the local economy.” – Maria Jensen This interview with Maria Jensen is part of our co-production with Arts for a Better Bay Area of the re-launch of the State of the Arts Summit on June 28th, 20…

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Jonathan Moscone Interview at Arts for a Better Bay Area State of the Arts Summit 7:51

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"A clean city is not what San Francisco is. San Francisco is a messy city. It’s politically messy, it’s diverse. It fights amongst itself. It is San Francisco and it’s never not gonna be. So, let’s lean into the right kind of messy of San Francisco and artists can get messy. So, let’s get messy." — Jonathan Moscone, Executive Director,California Ar…

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Arts for a Better Bay Area State of the Arts Summit - Opening & Keynotes Ep 2 52:06

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“This is a time when the art community's creative expertise and skills and talents are being relied upon. And finally, really seen as major contributors to the local economy.” – Maria Jensen This is our first episode from the co-production with Arts for a Better Bay Area of the re-launch of the State of the Arts Summit on June 28th, 2023 . This epi…

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“The State of Our Arts & Culture Organizations” - Ep 1 Board & Governance 1:09:05

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"We wanna incentivize and give board love too. I think the board is often like the scary people or viewed as the scary people behind the curtains that are doing the work or maybe overseeing or assessing” - Michelle “Mush” Lee, Youth Speaks Our first episode of the special series titled "Insights for Building Your Nonprofit Arts and Culture Board" f…

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Gimme Shelter: Mobile home parks in disrepair 27:14

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In the new episode of "Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast," CalMatters Housing Reporter Manuela Tobias shares her findings from a five-month investigation on California’s mobile home parks, the last stop in housing affordability for the state’s most vulnerable residents.By Manuela Tobias and Liam Dillon

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Gimme Shelter: Homeless veterans in Los Angeles offer statewide insights 27:00

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In the first of an eight-part series, Anna Scott of KCRW takes listeners through the story of Veterans Row, a homeless encampment in Los Angeles.By Manuela Tobias and Liam Dillon

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Gimme Shelter: Can an obscure law unleash a lot more housing in California? 36:51

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With a majority of housing plans out of compliance with state housing law, developers could theoretically use a little-known law to kick building into high gear. On this week’s podcast, a housing law expert breaks down the untested “builder’s remedy.”By Manuela Tobias and Liam Dillon

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Gimme Shelter: CARE Courts are coming to California 37:45

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A new court system to address the needs of people with severe mental illness who are often homeless will launch in some counties in 2023.By Manuela Tobias and Liam Dillon

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Foundations for Social Change 44:13

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"There's still a lot of public resistance to the idea of giving people in homelessness cash, because, the public doesn't trust people in poverty or people in homelessness, I think that has to be corrected and addressed" - Dr. Jiaying Zhao One of the topics we have focused on through our special Covid-19 series is our unhoused neighbors' lives by or…

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San Francisco's Department of Homelessness & Supportive Housing 1:12:20

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“I volunteer at a safe sober space. I serve on the board of a retreat for healing that happens once a year. I serve on the Board of StartOut which helps LGBTQ + entrepreneurs gain access to mentorship and resources and fundraising to increase our representation as founders of companies. I will always do this work, because these are the same kind of…

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Gimme Shelter: Mayor Karen Bass on housing and homelessness 43:35

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Liam Dillon and Ben Oreskes of the L.A. Times interview Mayor Karen Bass about homelessness and housing problems in California.By Manuela Tobias and Liam Dillon

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Why Many Unhoused Californians Can't Access Healthcare 26:14

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CalMatters health reporter Kristen Hwang discusses the health care crisis facing California’s homeless population with housing reporters.By Manuela Tobias and Liam Dillon

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Miracle Money Pilot Program Update 48:34

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“It breaks my heart as a mother and a teacher almost the, majority of people who are unhoused are families with children. Sleeping in cars, sleeping in garages, and that these families, these moms and dads, aunts and uncles, they work, but again, they can't get enough together to secure safe and affordable housing”-Elizabeth Softky Welcome to our a…

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SKYWATCHERS Ensemble 1:03:48

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"It’s the chemistry of people, who come from very different backgrounds, you have gay, transgender, straight, and different talents and different abilities coming together and making this music and magic"-Shavonne Allen This episode features the voices of the founder of ABD Productions and the Sky Watchers Ensemble program, Anne Bluethenthal, along…

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Avocado of the Year: The Wildest Housing Story of 2022 37:59

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CalMatters' Manuela Tobias and the Los Angeles Times' Liam Dillon pick the wildest housing story of 2022: how a California town almost used mountain lions to sidestep housing law.By Manuela Tobias and Liam Dillon

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How California’s Housing Crisis Hurts College Students 25:24

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California’s housing crisis is pushing public higher education out of reach for low-income college students.By Manuela Tobias and Liam Dillon

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Gimme Shelter: Gavin Newsom promised 3.5 million homes. How'd he do? 24:23

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Last time he was on the campaign trail, Gov. Gavin Newsom promised 3.5 million new homes to fix California’s housing crisis. Two housing reporters take stock of what he’s done so far.By Manuela Tobias and Liam Dillon