In this episode, we talked to Gavin Schiffres and Jack Krewson of Kairos Academies about education, education reform, and the importance of how we learn. Kairos Academies is a free, public charter school serving 6th-12th in St. Louis. They are

Kairos Academies: Part One

Jun 30th, 2021 21m 27s

4theVille: Part Three

May 6th, 2021 12m 35s

*Note: We had some technical difficulties when recording this episode. We did our best, but apologize for any audio issues you might encounter*In this episode, we talked with Aaron Williams and Julia Allen, two co-founders of 4theVille. 4theVil

4theVille: Part Two

Apr 29th, 2021 29m 45s

4theVille: Part One

Apr 22nd, 2021 21m

Faces Not Forgotten: Part Two

Apr 1st, 2021 24m 55s

This week, Dee and Jayvn talked to Christine Ilewski, founder and executive director at Faces Not Forgotten. Don't forget to listen to part one! Faces Not Forgotten was formed in 2010 to serve the dual mission of giving comfort to families who

Faces Not Forgotten: Part One

Mar 25th, 2021 33m 49s

This week, Dee and Jayvn talked to Christine Ilewski, founder and executive director at Faces Not Forgotten. Tune into part two tomorrow! Faces Not Forgotten was formed in 2010 to serve the dual mission of giving comfort to families who have lo

New Year, New Co-Host: Dee Drenning

Jan 6th, 2021 58m 45s

After a little bit of a hiatus, we're back! This week we talked with Dee Drenning, who's not only an awesome human being, but also our new co-host. In this episode, we get to know Dee, do a refresher on what this podcast is all about and why we

Michael Pagano with Continuity

Sep 4th, 2020 39m 45s

This week, we spoke with the new executive director of Continuity, a local nonprofit that addresses the disparities and lack of equity in the film and media production industry. We talk about why Continuity is such an important program in St. L

Painted Black STL

Jul 10th, 2020 46m 13s

In this episode, we talked with the duo that created the few-week-old initiative called Painted Black STL , Jayvn Solomon & Tyson Baker. That's right-- One of the STL by Design co-hosts is both the interviewer and interviewee this time!Painted

Quinton Ward of St. Louis Metro Market

May 28th, 2020 26m 4s

In this episode, we talk with the new Executive Director of the St. Louis Metro Market, Quinton Ward. The St. Louis MetroMarket is a non-profit mobile farmers’ market that is restoring access to healthy, affordable food to St. Louis City food d

Scott Gericke of UMSL

May 13th, 2020 29m

This week, we talked with Scott Gericke, who's one of the design school teachers at UMSL here in St. Louis. Scott has been a designer in St. Louis for many years, and also served as AIGA St. Louis President from 1994–1997. We talked about how e

James McAnally of The Luminary

Apr 30th, 2020 20m 33s

This week, we talked with James McAnally, founder of The Luminary. We discuss how it all started, and the journey that The Luminary has taken so far. We also talk about the new Emergency Artist Relief Fund (in partnership with the Andy Warhol F

Andy Wise of Paradowski Creative

Apr 16th, 2020 23m 28s

This week we talked with Andy Wise of Paradowski Creative. Paradowski Creative has been taking on a variety of different projects aimed at helping those in the creative community who are suffering due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Efforts include a

Lee Broughton of STLMade

Mar 12th, 2020 1h

This week we talked with Lee Broughton, one of the minds behind the STLMade movement. STLMade is a movement within the St. Louis area that shines a light on the amazing things our innovative, tenacious, big-hearted people are doing. It’s suppor

Shreyas R. Krishnan

Feb 26th, 2020 46m 24s

This week, we talked with designer, artist, and educator Shreyas R. Krishnan, who started Bad Drawing Club and currently teaches at the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts. We discuss a lot of things, ranging from the need for Bad Drawing

Caitlin Metz

Feb 12th, 2020 1h 10m

This week, we talked to Caitlin Metz, who's a local artist and teacher. In her own words, Caitlin is "a tender queer, feisty introvert, early morning art making kind of human that wants to fuck shit up with empathy". We discuss living document

Jia and Ashley of We Live Here

Jan 29th, 2020 42m 2s

This week we interviewed Jia Lian and Ashley Winters, co-hosts of the popular podcast We Live Here. We Live Here explores the issues of race, class and power that led to the emotional eruption in the wake of Michael Brown's shooting death in Fe

Blank Space and Kaveh Razani

Dec 5th, 2019 1h 12m

In this episode, we talked with Kaveh Razani. He’s a CAT alumn (and if you don’t know what we’re talking about, you can listen to our episode on the Regional Arts Commission to learn about their CAT program), a member of the Cherokee Street Com

Park-Like @ Pulitzer Arts Foundation

Nov 6th, 2019 48m 56s

In the first episode of this next season, we talked (again) to our guests Kristin Fleischmann Brewer, of the Pulitzer Arts Foundation & Chris Carl, of Studio Land Arts. They discuss their newest collaboration called Park-Like, a new green space

CRXLab and Antionette Carroll

Sep 18th, 2019 1h 6m

For our final episode of this season, we talked with past AIGA St. Louis President and current AIGA National Board Member Antionette Carroll about her non-profit, Creative Reaction Lab. Creative Reaction Lab was founded in response to the unres

RAC/CAT Program

Sep 4th, 2019 49m 45s

This week, we talked with Erika Fiola, who works for the Regional Arts Commision. The Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis (RAC) is at the forefront of efforts to transform St. Louis into a more vibrant, creative, and economically thriving com

LaunchCode

Aug 21st, 2019 1h

This week, we talked with Jeff Mazur, Executive Director at LaunchCode. We discussed how important it is for the tech industry to become more inclusive and open, and what LaunchCode is doing to help solve that problem in Saint Louis and other c

Creative Mornings STL

Aug 7th, 2019 55m 51s

On this week's episode, we talked with Samantha of CreativeMornings STL about the importance of sharing stories within the creative community, and the impact that the project has had in the past year. Creative Mornings STL is a free monthly gat

Surprise Episode V.1 - Jayvn Solomon + Anna Heinze

Jul 24th, 2019 39m 23s

"When it rains, it pours". We had some major technical difficulties this week, so instead of our scheduled interview, you'll be hearing from US instead! This week, Jayvn and I reminisce about what we've loved (and sometimes not loved so much) a