Untrained Effort
5 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago -Every two weeks, join political scientist and theatre maker Lora V Krasteva for a short dive in current cultural affairs, followed by an interview with guests bringing perspectives from around the world.
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Starts Monday 18 May 2020
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02. Untrained Effort - Full Interview with Clemence Huckel (France)
August 02, 2020 17:34 - 29 minutes - 41.1 MBWelcome friends, Back in June I spoke with Clemence about the subsidised performance sector in France, the effects of COVID and how the intermittance system works. Hear here the full interview in its original language. If you like what you hear, support Untrained Effort by getting us a cuppa at https://ko-fi.com/untrainedeffort Join the conversation #Untrained Effort and find me on twitter @lorakrasteva Until soon, Stay safe Lora Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...
03. Still looking for the UK arts bailout
June 25, 2020 21:25 - 29 minutes - 40.2 MBWelcome friends, In this episode I sit down to chat with producer Michelle Barnette who is currently on furlough from the King's Head Theatre in London. For the past month, Michelle has been following parliamentary debates and re-posting valuable updates about the future of theatre. Her twitter feed has become a source of citizen's tools to lobby MPs, sign petitions and get the latest news from the Commons. On June 9th, I stumbled on her analysis of an evidence hearing by the parliamentary...
02. Universal Basic Income and the creative industries
June 15, 2020 16:56 - 34 minutes - 46.9 MBWelcome friends, for the second episode of Untrained Effort I deep dive in UBI - Universal Basic Income to understand what that mechanism could do to our understanding of work, institutions and our relationships with the State. It leads me to ponder how artists and other creatives could achieve a greater freedom in their occupation and what other mechanisms exist that aim to do that. I speak to Clemence Huckel (in her English voice by Victoria Valcheva), a producer from France who works i...
01. Full interview with Claudio Fuentes, Santiago Off, Chile (Spanish)
May 19, 2020 11:48 - 45 minutes - 62.3 MBWelcome friends, This is the pilot bonus content for the very first episode of Untrained Effort - a podcast about performance, politics and the people they have in common. Every two weeks, I investigate a current cultural topic and interview an interesting figure who can bring a different perspective. For my very first episode I attempt to tackle the prickly topic of "the money" and why we haven't yet heard plans of the UK arts bailout package. I called Claudio Fuentes, director of the fe...
01. Where is the UK arts bailout package?
May 19, 2020 11:35 - 29 minutes - 41 MBWelcome friends, This is the very first episode of Untrained Effort - a podcast about performance, politics and the people they have in common. Every two weeks, I investigate a current cultural topic and make a link with the world of policy making and activism. For the pilot, I am reflecting upon the financial aid the cultural sector needs from the UK government, in the face of the COVID-19 crisis. I am asking why we haven't seen a proactivity from the state to salvage the second fastest ...