The Short Fuse Podcast
The Short Fuse Podcasts, hosted by Elizabeth Howard, are conversations with artists, writers, musicians and others whose art reveals our communities through their lens and stirs us to seek change. "Artists are here to disturb the peace." James Baldwin
The Short Fuse is produced by the Arts Fuse, the online journal of arts commentary and criticism.
- Update frequency
- every 23 days
- Average duration
- 43 minutes
- Episodes
- 77
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Talking Appalachian after the floods
Amy Clark is a professor of Appalachian and Communication Studies at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise, where she is the founding co-director of the Center for Appalachia…
Meredith Hall
Meredith Hall's memoir Without a Map was instantly recognized as a classic of the genre and became a New York Times bestseller. It was named a best book of the year by Kirkus and BookS…
From Madison Avenue to Rikers Island
Mark Goldsmith, author of From Madison Avenue to Rikers Island: The Making of a Social Entrepreneur, is founder and CEO emeritus of Getting Out and Staying Out, a nonprofit that provides educational…
Gwendolyn Brooks: A Poet's Work in the Community
Gwendolyn Brooks: A Poet's Work in the Community opened at the Morgan Library on January 28 and will be on view through June 5, 2022.
Comprising more than forty manuscripts, broadsides, and first edit…
On Pause: Three Months that Changed New York
Charlie Bennet is a Swedish-born photographer based in New York City. He specializes in still life and lifestyle photography and has worked with editorial and advertising clients such as The New York…
Desmond Tutu: Then and Now
Sumaya Hisham is a freelance photojournalist based in Cape Town. She is passionate about capturing images of people in their daily lives. She covers news and cultural events for a variety of clients…
The power of music: Living with Hope
Jeannine Otis was born and raised in Detroit, and now lives in Staten Island, She has been a singular and substantial voice for four decades, drawing equally from jazz, classical, dance, gospel and p…
Race for Tomorrow
Simon Mundy is a journalist with the Financial Times. He is currently the Moral Money Editor – covering the push for a cleaner and more sustainable world economy for the award-winning Moral Money p…
Lessons Superpredators Teach Us
Autodidact, Halim A. Flowers (b. 1980, Washington, DC) visual artist, spoken word performer, businessman, and author of eleven published non-fiction works, is married…
The Greatest American Play?
Bryan Halperin is a co-founder and Producer of Powerhouse Theatre Collaborative, a new program of The Belknap Mill in Laconia, NH and the resident theatre company of the Colonial Theatre in Laconia. …
Zakes Mda's Washboards and MIrrors at the South African Cultural Center
The South African Cultural Center, New York City
The value of cultural diplomacy has long been acknowledged as a critical component in the projection of a nation's identity. On September 23, 2021, the…
Film About a Father Who
Lynne Sachs is a Memphis born, Brooklyn based filmmaker. Since the 1980s, Sachs has created cinematic works that defy genre through the use of hybrid forms and collaboration, incorporating elements …
Bloodlines, Punk Picks and Other Delights
Stephen Petronio is a choreographer, dancer, and the artistic director of the Stephen Petronio Company.
Stephen has created over 35 works for his company and has been commissioned by some of the worl…
Poetry
Kyle Dacuyan is a poet, performer, and translator. His poem have appeared in DIAGRAM, Lambda Literary, Foundry, and Best New Poets, among other places. He is the recipient of scholarships from Poets …
Promise Witness Remembrance
Promise, Witness, Remembrance (on view from April 6 to June 11, 2021) at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, was curated by Allison Glenn and reflects on the life of Breonna Taylor, her ki…
Inviting Readers into a Brightly Lit Room
Lauren Cerand is a writer and arts and literary publicist with twenty…
Seeing Silicon Valley: the Fraying of Life in America
Mary Beth Meehan and Fred Turner launch Seeing Silicon Valley, Monday, May 3, 2021, 6:00 p.m. PT / 9:00 ET, through a virtual Zoom platform event hosted by City Lights Booksto…
Cultural Concierge Jesse Kornbluth's lens on the Oscars
Jesse Kornbluth has written or collaborated on 14 books and a dozen screenplays. He has worked with Paul Newman, Robert De Niro, ABC, PBS, and Warner Bros. After stints at The New York Times Magaz…
Massimiliano Gioni, Artistic Director of the New Museum, in conversation around "Grief and Grievance"
https://artsfuse.org/224483/visual-arts-review-letter-from-new-york-goya-grief-and-grievance/
https://www.newmuseum.org
Massimiliano Gioni is the Edlis Neeson Artistic Director of the New Museum and t…