Ian Danger Capstick ⁽¹⁴⁾

For as long as people have made things by hand, they've used that making to push back against the people in charge. Textiles, in particular, sit at the centre of nearly every major story about empire and resistance, because cloth is both the commodity that…

Listen on:Spotify Apple Podcasts Interview Episode · ~45 min · Season 1 A queer artist in Boston crochets basketball nets and paints whole courts like quilts you can only see from above. They're also a Shaker scholar. This episode asks whether sports, Shakers, and the…

Listen on:Spotify Apple Podcasts Bonus Episode · ~55 min · Season 1 The full conversation with Cleve Jones, creator of the AIDS Memorial Quilt and collaborator on the original rainbow flag with Gilbert Baker. We'd been trying to make this interview happen for months. He…

Listen on:Spotify Apple Podcasts Documentary Special (Part 3 of 3) · ~65 min · Season 1 The final part of the documentary. The Freedom Quilting Bee in Alabama. The AIDS Memorial Quilt on the National Mall. The rainbow flag on a clear blue day in…

Listen on:Spotify Apple Podcasts Documentary Special (Part 2 of 3) · ~58 min · Season 1 On Saturday, March 25, 1911, a fire broke out on the eighth floor of the Asch Building in New York City. The exit doors were locked. One hundred and…