We are postponing tomorrow’s event and will reschedule for a later date. There may be time for conversations about audio and creative inspiration in the future; right now, we believe the focus should be on conversations about race and inequality in America. Please email us at info@podcastgarage.org if you have any questions.
Are you curious about podcasts? At Podcast Wine Down, you’ll listen to a series of audio clips from Sonos’ Object of Sound and join a discussion with Host Hanif Abdurraqib and moderator Se’era Spragley Ricks. Object Of Sound brings you in tune with the music shaping our culture today. Hosted by poet and critic Hanif Abdurraqib, each episode blends the eclectic curation of freeform radio with artist interviews and textural storytelling, guiding you to a new way of listening.
As we go behind-the-scenes of the making of this podcast, you’ll walk away with a deeper appreciation for audio storytelling and some practical approaches for creating your own podcast or audio project.
The gathering is free - grab your favorite beverage and snack and join us online. RSVP below - all are welcome! We will send you instructions on how to join us beforehand.
ABOUT OUR GUEST
PHOTO COURTESY OF KATE SWEENEY
Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His poetry has been published in Muzzle, Vinyl, PEN American, and various other journals. His essays and music criticism have been published in The FADER, Pitchfork, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. His first full length poetry collection, The Crown Ain't Worth Much, was released in June 2016 from Button Poetry. It was named a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Prize, and was nominated for a Hurston-Wright Legacy Award. His first collection of essays, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, was released in winter 2017 by Two Dollar Radio and was named a book of the year by Buzzfeed, Esquire, NPR, Oprah Magazine, Paste, CBC, The Los Angeles Review, Pitchfork, and The Chicago Tribune, among others. He released Go Ahead In The Rain: Notes To A Tribe Called Quest with University of Texas press in February 2019. The book became a New York Times Bestseller, was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize, and was longlisted for the National Book Award. His second collection of poems, A Fortune For Your Disaster, was released in 2019 by Tin House, and won the 2020 Lenore Marshall Prize. In 2021, he will release the book A Little Devil In America with Random House. He is a graduate of Beechcroft High School.
ABOUT OUR MODERATOR
Se’era Spragley Ricks is the associate producer of PRX Remix, PRX’s SiriusXM 24/7 channel of audio stories and podcasts, hand-picked from independent creators. Before joining PRX Remix, she was the community manager at PRX Podcast Garage D.C. She is also a voting member of The Podcast Academy.
Prior to producing, Se’era specialized in marketing, events, and special projects at WAMU 88.5, Daily Press Media Group, and Christopher Newport University’s Ferguson Center for the Arts. Learn more at seerasharae.com.