Part of the Practice
What is social practice, and how does it affect the ways we navigate our lives and make change in the world? Join artists, scholars, and collaborators from Social Practice CUNY on Part of the Practice, hosted by Catherine LaSota, as we discuss our individual art practices, our communities, and the role of socially-engaged art in our work for social justice.
Podcasting since 2024 • 32 episodes
Part of the Practice
Latest Episodes
30: Making Meaningful Art Together with Alexandra Juhasz
In this episode, Dr. Alexandra Juhasz (SPCUNY 2022-23 Faculty Fellow) joins host Catherine LaSota to share her thoughts as a scholar, maker and organizer around activist media. She discusses the queer and feminist methods in her work and...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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39:34
29: Boundaries of Intelligibility with Jay Reinier
Social Practice CUNY Student Fellow Jay Reinier, an MFA candidate in the Performance and Interactive Media Arts (PIMA) program at Brooklyn College, joins host Catherine LaSota in this episode to discuss the more-than-human grief of clima...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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34:51
28: Manipulation and Conversation with Monica Rocha
Monica Rocha, a 2025-26 SPCUNY Student Fellow and MFA candidate in the Integrated Media Arts program at Hunter College, joins host Catherine LaSota to discuss her interest in conversation as a method of engagement, and how manipulation i...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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30:39
27: Improvisation and Co-Creation with Amirtha Kidambi
We return from our season two break with conversation featuring 2025-26 SPCUNY Faculty Fellow Amirtha Kidambi. Host Catherine LaSota chats with Amirtha about her improvisational approach to music, teaching, and activism, and about the ma...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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35:47
26: Building Better Museums with Tom Finkelpearl
In this final episode before we take a brief holiday break during season two of Part of the Practice, host Catherine LaSota is in conversation with SPCUNY Teaching Scholar-in-Residence Tom Finkelpearl. Tom is a former Director of the Que...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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41:17
