#39: 'Two White Guys Talking About Diversity,' with guest Veronica Corzo-Duchardt of Winterbureau

This week, Cher and James join Veronica Corzo-Duchardt to talk about her Neche Collection, how she blends her tangible prints on analog and digital mediums, and encouraging more visibility in artist talks. In Open Mic, Cher and Veronica debate over teaching methods, James and Veronica debate over notebooks vs iPads, and Cher and James debate with Veronica over Queen Latifah and how Missy Elliott needs to get into acting. Lastly, in Open Call, Veronica finds her vibe watching choreography videos, James finished another book, and Cher gives a shout out to a music podcast. We are sponsored this week by: Open TV: This episode is sponsored by Open TV, a platform for television pilots and series by queer, trans, cis-women or artists of color in Chicago. Open TV is celebrating the release of the second season of its very first series, You're So Talented by Chicago's own Sam Bailey. The premiere of You’re So Talented is Thursday at The Whistler in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood. The screening is at 6PM, after which SloMo's DJ Tess will throw a fierce dance party! Visit weareopen.tv for more information. Basecamp: When you use Basecamp to run projects, people know what to do, people know where things are, and you stay on top of everything all the time. If you'd like to sponsor a future episode, let us know! We also have announcements like: Help us reach our new fundraising goal for 2015-2016! We have our eyes on a portable recorder so we can start doing more on-site interviews, continue to pay our guests, and make this podcast sustainable. Give us a hand with a one-time donation at openended.fm/donate, and becoming a member starting at $1 a month, at patreon.com/openended. "Open Up" will be a regular feature on episodes without guests! Head over to ask.fm/openended to receive our excellent advice! Rate and leave us a comment on iTunes so we can get discovered by more listeners! Recommend us on Overcast so people know that we are a rad podcast! Find your favorite episode clips on our new Soundcloud page and share them with your squad! References made during our conversation: Veronica Corzo-Duchardt, creator of Winterbureau The Neche Collection, a blog based on Veronica's late grandfather Art vs Design Panels Do What You Love Panels Diversity Shouldn't Be a Person Reply All's latest "Raising the Bar", a story of a former Black engineer at Twitter Veronica is really good at Twitter, follow her! Open Mic, a series of mini-debates: Cher vs. Veronica: Micro vs. macro management teaching methods James vs. Veronica: Notebooks vs. iPads Open Ended vs. Veronica: Missy Elliott vs. Queen Latifah Open Call, what we are feeling this week: Veronica: Tricia Miranda Choreography Videos on Youtube James: Deep Work by Cal Newport Cher: Switched on Pop's Episode #28: Click with Dick and Other Campaign Anthems Thanks for listening to episode 39. It couldn't have been done without the help of the following folks: The Chicago Podcast Cooperative. Like this show? You might like MBSing MBSing, Host Mary Beth Smith cuts the BS out of conversation by discussing a topic her guest unabashedly loves thus discovering why people love what we do and how that passion affects us. Our Patreon supporters: Caty, Amy, Kathy, Stewart, Classy, Jennifer, Joelle, Will, "Michael", and Revision Path podcast. If you have any recommendations for show topics, contact us! Script written by Cher and James. Music by U+1F60C. Until next time, keep things Open Ended.