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Ai Weiwei: How Do We Save Our Humanity?
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Episode 104
In “ZODIAC: A Graphic Memoir”, the renowned artist Ai Weiwei writes that artists should “ignite stories”, “fight for freedom” and “help us hope.” Over his long and defiant career, he has used his art in a wide variety of media to do just that. In this wide-ranging conversation with Laura Flanders, they discuss the role of the artist and ask why is “Power so afraid of art and poets?”
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Laura speaks to organizers in western North Carolina one year after Hurricane Helene.
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Artist Akinsanya Kambon brings histories of colonization and liberation to life.