EPISODE 67: Wanting What We Want with Pau S. Pescador
The Amy Beecher Show
Today on the podcast is artist, filmmaker and icon Pau S. Pescador. Pau is a trans-nonbinary artist who works in film, photography, and performance. She lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Pau is prolific, and on the podcast we focus on work she made post-Covid that documents her life transitioning in various social spaces: her dating life, her work life, her domestic life. I love Pau, and I think you will too. Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. or follow us on and . Show Notes
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EPISODE 66: Systems Down with Julia Weist
The Amy Beecher Show
Julia Weist and I talk about municipal archives, private detectives, following and finding stuff. Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. or follow us on and . Show Notes
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EPISODE 65: Casting Lots with David Muenzer
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We talk kinship, games, and the perfect first job. And a cameo from Benny! Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. or follow the pod on and . Show Notes
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EPISODE 64: Conjuring Those Graceful and Disheveled Ghosts with David Gilbert
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Photographer David Gilbert and I relish in flatness, drapery, and ghosts. Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show . or follow us on and .
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EPISODE 63: Addressing The Reader with Bronwen Tate
The Amy Beecher Show
Bronwen Tate writes poems about sex after miscarriage, among other things. She is brilliant, she is my friend. Recorded from my bed in 2022, I don’t entirely remember what we talked about…definitely writing, higher education, friendship, and Barbara Johnson. Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. or follow us on and . Show Notes website Barbara Johnson’s essay “” Subscribe to Bronwen Tate’s Read the feature on Bronwen in Jill Hess's published in Typo Mag (as read aloud in the episode by Bronwen) Bronwen curates...
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EPISODE 62: Having an American Baby with Leslie Tai
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Filmmaker Leslie Tai’s How To Have an American Baby is streaming on PBS through March 10, 2024. The POV documentary is an intimate look at the shadow economy that caters to Chinese parents who travel to the US to give birth for citizenship. We discuss the film, the commodification of American motherhood, the tragedies of infant morbidity, and what birth sounds like (in any language). Trigger warning: this episode includes discussion of death and medical malpractice. Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. or follow us on and . Show Notes Watch on PBS ...
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EPISODE 61: Planting Willow with Mary Lauren Fraser
The Amy Beecher Show
This episode is an enlightening conversation with basket weaver and green burial expert . Content warning: Mary weaves urns and coffins. We talk a lot about death and dying in this episode. Show Notes Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. or follow us on and .
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EPISODE 59: Navigating Survival with Erin M. Riley
The Amy Beecher Show
Erin M. Riley makes narrative, painterly weavings that give voice to complex stories of domestic abuse and intimacy. We talk trauma, healing, self-splintering, and weaving. Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. or follow us on and . Show Notes
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MINI EPISODE with NYC Crit Club
The Amy Beecher Show
NYC Crit Club is a misleading name for the collaborative learning program that Catherine Haggarty and Hilary Doyle founded five years ago. A) You can take classes with them from anywhere in the world B) it's super inclusive (affordable!)- less a club, more a gathering. I'm teaching there in the spring and Mira Fucking Schor is teaching there in the fall..two icons! Listen on for more info. Enrollment opens August 15th. PS: We don't usually do #ads because that would break from this pod's brand of time consuming and unprofitable that Amy has built over so many years. But...
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EPISODE 58: Sleep Training with Didier William
The Amy Beecher Show
Didier and I talk Miami, Haiti, immigrant experiences, concepts of home, and painting (of course). Also: how to not sleep train a baby. Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. or follow us on and . Show Notes
info_outlineBrittni Harvey and Harry Gould Harvey IV are the artists and minds behind Fall River MoCA, a visionary new venue that opened in Fall River last year. We talk about the project and Fall River, the coolest place you’ve never heard of. Bonus: Amy enters into a painting educed trance at Katherine Bradford exhibition Philosopher’s Clambake.
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