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Hatched

by Bruce France

Hatched is a podcast of Mondo Bizarro where we talk with people who make things.

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  1. HATCHED #42 - Shannon Turner

    Shannon Turner "is the Founder & Creative Director of StoryMuse. She serves as an independent consultant who conducts workshops and provides coaching to individuals and organizations seeking to use true, personal stories for transformative potential." She was recently in residence with us at...

  2. HATCHED #41: The Unreliable Bestiary

    Today we spoke with Deke Weaver and Jennifer Allen of The Unreliable Bestiary. They were two of a group of three artists we recently presented at Catapult as part of our Mondo Bizarro Presents series. They shared their latest work Cetacean (The Whale), which is their sixth show of a life-long...

  3. HATCHED #40 - Leslie Scott & Melanie Greene

    Today we had the pleasure of talking with two artists, Melanie Greene and Leslie Scott, who are both dancers, choreographers, teachers, and most importantly for our conversation today, two of the lead organizers for the International Dance Festival. The festival takes place in New Orleans…

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  4. Introducing Katrina Stories

    Katrina Stories is a documentary podcast built from first-person accounts recorded after Hurricane Katrina as part Mondo Bizarro's I-10 Witness Project. Each episode weaves together voices that reveal the human impact of the storm—stories of loss, resilience, anger and hope. The series preserves...

  5. HATCHED #39 - Millicent Johnnie

    Millicent Johnnie is an award winning dancer, choreographer, director, teacher and filmmaker. She's currently in post-production on her most recent film Ma Negresse. For more info about us visit www.mondobizarro.org. Click here to donate to Mondo Bizarro. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs. Here...

  6. HATCHED #38 - James Bartelle & Zarah Spalding

    James Bartelle & Zarah Spalding recently shared their latest theatrical production Flying Dreams: The Ambitious Ascent of Icarus & Daedalus as part of our Mondo Bizarro Presents series in April. James is a multi-disciplinary artist living and working in New Orleans. Through the mediums of visual...

  7. Hatched #37 - Michelle Joan Papillion

    On Hatched #37 we talk with Michelle Joan Papillion. She is a a grower, creator and builder who works conceptually. Her current work is centered around shared economics and cultural heritage preservation. She's a steward of her ancestors' native land and created Royal Queen Farms. For more info...

  8. Hatched #36 - Farm Arts Collective

    In this episode we talk with Tannis Kowalchuk & Jess Beveridge from Farm Arts Collective. This past weekend we hosted them as part of our Mondo Bizarro Presents series during which they shared their latest work Decompositions. Farm Arts Collective is an Agri-Cultural organization located on…

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  9. Hatched #35 - Monique Verdin

    Monique Verdin is a transdisciplinary artist and storyteller who documents the complex relationship between environment, culture, and climate in southeast Louisiana. For more info about us and to donate to the show visit www.mondobizarro.org. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs. Here are some…

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  10. Hatched #34 - Kelly Bond

    Kelly Bond is a New Orleans based director, choreographer, performer and teacher. Her and her creative partner, Ellery Burton, recently premiered their latest dance experiment, Fuzzy Bulldozer, at Catapult as part of our Mondo Bizarro Presents series. They'll be doing it again in Philadelphia and...

  11. Hatched #33 - Steve Bailey

    Steve Bailey is a theater artist, teacher, and arts administrator. He was the co-founder and producing director of Jump-Start Performance Co. in San Antonio, TX and has worked internationally with production companies from Peru to Slovakia. We got to talk to him on one of his last days as the...

  12. Hatched #32 - ashley sparks

    ashley sparks is a theater maker, engagement strategist, collaboration coach, and facilitator, as well as a long-time friend and collaborator with Mondo Bizarro. You can learn more about her from the links below as well as find some info related to subjects brought up on the show. spark+dive...

  13. Hatched #31 - Hali Dardar

    Hali Dardar is a New Media enthusiast, interaction designer and a member of the United Houma Nation. Her work supports process development, community-based design, language revitalization, indigenous media, and memory documentation. Some links Hali mentions during the podcast are: 10 Words in Uma...

  14. Hatched #30 - Madeleine Grace Kelly

    Madeleine Grace Kelly is a visual artist and educator living in New Orleans. She is receiving her MFA from UNO this spring and you can witness her master's thesis exhibition entitled Temple of Familiars at the UNO Gallery (2429 St. Claude St) from March 9th to April 7th. From the official blurb...

  15. Hatched #29 - Katya Chizayeva

    Katya Chizayeva is a New Orleans-based Ukrainian American artist, community activist, and acupuncturist. She is currently working on a show with Goat in the Road Productions based on her recent experiences in Ukraine called Top 5 Survival Moves, which gives us "a glimpse of Chizayeva's ongoing…

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  16. Hatched #28 - Nicole Marquez

    Nicole Marquez is a dancer, advocate and a survivor of brain and spinal injuries. Approximately 15 years ago she relocated to New York with the aspiration of pursuing a career in dance on Broadway. Her dreams were momentarily deferred following an accident where she fell six stories from the roof...

  17. Hatched #27 - Lizz Freeman Kelly

    LIzz Freeman Kelly is the Executive Director of ricRACK, a creative reuse shop and community sewing studio. ricRACK'S main focus is "keeping textiles out of the landfill and teaching all of New Orleans how to sew." Our theme music is by Rotary Downs. For more information about Mondo Bizarro and…

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  18. Hatched #26 - Becca Chapman

    Becca Chapmans is a Chalmation, a performer, an educator, a lover of community, and curious human being. She, along with Alex Smith, co-founded a healthcare clowning nonprofit, Prescription Joy, that brings imagination and wonder to pediatric and adult hospitals in the Greater New Orleans area.…

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  19. Hatched #25 - Simone Immanuel

    Simone Immanuel is a New Orleans born actor, writer, singer and dancer. We recently presented a work-in-progress showing of her one woman show On My Way: My Ancestors Wildest Dreams at our studio, Catapult, as part of our Mondo Bizarro Presents series. Simone says that the hope of her work is to...

  20. Hatched #24 - Synamin Vixen

    Synamin Vixen is a dancer, actor, poet, teacher, sex doula, herbalist, and so much more. She is bringing her latest performance called Daughter of a Nymph Devine to our studio, Catapult, this weekend (September 22, 23, 24). Seating is limited so get your reservations here today. Our theme music…

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  21. Hatched #23 - Dee Dee Green

    Dee Dee Green is the Area Program Director for American Friends Service Committee's Peace by Piece New Orleans program. She is also a member of the New Orleans coalition Eye on Surveillance. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs. COINTELSHOW runs 23-25 March. Click here to reserve your tickets. For...

  22. Hatched #22 - Renard Bridgewater

    Renard Bridgewater is a New Orleans based musician (performing under the moniker Slangston Hughes), organizer and cultural advocate who works as the Community Engagement Coordinator for the Music and Culture Coalition of New Orleans (MaCCNO). He is also a member of the New Orleans coalition Eye…

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  23. MB BONUS AUDIO: Floating Adaptations in Search of Invisible Rivers

    This audio is an exploration of some of the waterways you will soon visit as part of A Studio in the Wood's event Floating Adaptations in Search of Invisible Rivers. Floating Adaptations in Search of Invisible Rivers is conceived by Monique Verdin, Jeff Becker and Mondo Bizarro. It is a search…

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  24. Hatched #21 - Amelia Acosta Powell

    Amelia Acosta Powell is the Associate Artistic Director of the Repertory Theater of St. Louis. Previously she has worked as the casting director and artistic associate at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. and as line producer at Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs. For...

  25. Hatched #20 - Jamil Jude

    Jamil Jude is a director, producer, playwright, and dramaturg. He is currently the Artistic Director at Kenny Leon's True Colors Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia as well as the Co-Founder of The New Griots Festival. Self-identifying as an "Artist Plus", Jamil feels most at home bringing socially...

  26. Hatched - Imani Jacqueline Brown

    Imani Jacqueline Brown is a New Orleans native, artist, activist, researcher, and writer. Her work attempts to expose the layers of oppression, injustice, resistance, and refusal that make up the aggregate of our society's foundation stones. Imani received her Master of Arts in Research...

  27. Hatched - Larry Bogad

    Larry Bogad is an author, performance artist/activist, professor at UC Davis, Director of the Center for Tactical Performance, and co-founder of the Clown Army. His most recent performance, A FAIR FIGHT is a personal piece about his family history of bootlegging and klan-fighting in New York City...

  28. Hatched - Raymond Bobgan & the Cleveland CORE Ensemble

    This episode our guests are Raymond Bobgan and the Cleveland Core Ensemble. We sat down with Raymond, Faye and Darius when they were in town presenting Red Ash Mosaic at Catapult. The Cleveland CORE Ensemble is currently creating a play - Masks of Flight - that will have its world premiere in the...

  29. Hatched - Kesha McKey

    Kesha McKey is a New Orleans based choreographer, the artistic director of KM Dance Project and the chair of the Dance Department at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. She recently received NEFA's National Dance Project award for her latest work Raw Fruit and an invitation to the Urban…

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  30. Hatched - Bob Martin

    Bob Martin works primarily as a community theater artist and cultural organizer, producer and educator to support people and communities in transformative change. Bob and his company Clear Creek Creative recently received NEFA's National Theater Project award for the development and touring of...

  31. Hatched - Daniel Alexander Jones

    Daniel Alexander Jones is an American performance artist, playwright, director, essayist and educator. His performance alter-ego, Jomama Jones, has been at the center of several of his works, including Black Light, a critically acclaimed performance piece commissioned by Joe's Pub's New York…

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  32. Hatched - Sage Crump

    Sage is a creative producer and cultural strategist, who recently became the Chief Architect of the Emergent Strategy Ideation Institute. Based in New Orleans but working nationally, Sage's work amplifies the intentions of her collaborators to create new strategies that intersect art, culture,...

  33. Hatched - Season 2 Announcements

    Hatched Season 2 is here! This is just a couple of brief announcements telling you what's been happening with Mondo Bizarro and what you can expect in season 2. Visit Mondo Bizarro for more information and to donate. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs.

  34. Hatched - Tiffany Vega

    Tiffany Vega is a Creative Producer, Arts Administrator, and Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Facilitator. She is a graduate of Columbia University's MFA program in Theater Management & Producing and was the General Manager of the Hip Hop Theater Festival in New York City. She currently runs La Vega...

  35. Hatched - Bonnie Gabel & indee mitchell

    Bonnie Gabel & indee mitchell are theater makers, community organizers and cultural historians. They are company members of Last Call. Most recently the co-directed Alleged Lesbian Activities. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs. Our sponsor is Dirty Coast.

  36. Hatched - Blaise Pezold

    Blaise Pezold is an environmental specialist with the Department of Agriculture and Forestry. He designs, implements and studies plant restoration and coastal renewal projects in Louisiana. Our sponsor is Dirty Coast. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs.

  37. Hatched - Michael Cerveris

    Michael Cerveris is a Tony Award winning actor, musician and New Orleans Super Fan. In addition to his many leading roles on Broadway, you may know him from his film and television work on such hits as Fringe or HBO's Treme. Today's interview is hosted by Dan Pruksarnukul. Our theme music is by...

  38. Hatched - Khari Allen Lee

    Khari Allen Lee is the band leader for the New Creative Collective and one New Orleans' most sought after saxophone players. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs. This episode is sponsored by Dirty Coast.

  39. Hatched - Zack Smith

    Zack Smith is a fine art and commercial portrait photographer who has been documenting the social, musical and cultural landscapes of Louisiana for the past 19 years. Learn more about Zack via his website at www.ZackSmith.com. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs. Learn more about Mondo Bizarro at...

  40. Hatched - A Scribe Called Quess?

    A Scribe Called Quess? is a poet, educator, actor, playwright and activist. He's garnered a lot of recent attention for his work with Take 'Em Down NOLA which is an organization whose goal is the removal of all monuments to white supremacy in New Orleans. Today's show is hosted by Dan…

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  41. Hatched - Jayeesha Dutta

    Jayeesha Dutta is the co-founder of the Radical Arts and Healing Collective in New Orleans, LA. This episode is hosted by Nick Slie. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs.

  42. Hatched - Jeff Becker

    Jeff Becker is a designer, director and visual mastermind. You can tour through some of Jeff's work at www.setsalive.com. This episode is hosted by Nick Slie. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs.

  43. Hatched - Maritza Mercado Narcisse

    Maritza Mercado Narcisse is a dancer, choreographer and leader of the Narcisse Movement Project. This episode is hosted by Dan Pruksarnukul. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs.

  44. Hatched - Ballzack

    Rami Sharkey, aka Ballzack, is a local rapper, entrepreneur, and West Bank celebrity known for such albums as Knucklehead Memoirs and Chipmunk Dream Machine. You can check out his design work (and buy it!) at www.snowballstand.com. This episode is hosted by Nick Slie. Our theme music is by Rotary...

  45. Hatched - Tina Antolini

    Tina Antolini is a Peabody-Award-winning storyteller and radio producer. She serves as the host and producer of Gravy, a podcast with the Southern Foodways Alliance, which was named the James Beard Foundation's Publication of the Year for 2015. This episode is hosted by Dan Pruksarnukul. Our…

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Hatched is a podcast of Mondo Bizarro where we talk with people who make things.

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Bruce France

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