The Emergency Room is an ongoing online event series where members of the Youth Collective host open and honest conversations with professionals from across the creative world.
Members of the Young Community can join the conversations live and contribute questions to the guests (advertised in the monthly Young Community newsletter).
Catch up using your preferred platform:
S2Ep2. Surviving & Thriving in the Music Industry
🎤 Hosted by Scarlett Smith & Georgia Madden
🚨 Joined by Georgia Davies
Join us for a conversation with Georgia Davies of The Last Dinner Party, hosted by members of the Youth Collective. Georgia shared tips on finding like-minded creatives, gave insights into entering the music industry, told us why TLDP are activists as well as artists, and talked about what the future looks like for the band.
Conversation date: 24th March 2026
S2Ep1. Craft, Courage & Creative Survival
🎤 Hosted by Selina Candengue & Ummi Hoque
🚨 Joined by Jo Clarke & Lucy Martin
This episode explores what it really takes to build a life in making — financially, emotionally, and socially — and how community spaces like Blackhorse Workshop challenge who feels allowed to enter that world in the first place. It becomes a conversation about creative survival, not just creative success.
Conversation date: 18th February 2026
S1Ep5. How do artists use archives in their work?
🎤 Hosted by Amie Kirby & Freda Igiogbe
🚨 Joined by Alafuro Sikoki-Coleman & Jennifer Reid
Are you interested in how artists pull from archives to create work that resonates with the now? This session is part of The Emergency Room – our online event series where members of the Youth Collective host conversations with professionals from across the creative world.
Conversation date: 11th November 2025
S1Ep4. How can research-based design better reflect communities?
🎤 Hosted by Gen Hemeson & Louis Shepley
🚨 Joined by Eva Jonas & Mimi Dearing
Are you interested in how designers/architects use research to authentically advocate or represent certain communities? Join us for a conversation exploring this theme. This session is part of The Emergency Room – our online event series where members of the Youth Collective host conversations with professionals from across the creative world.
Conversation date: 9th September 2025
S1Ep3. Advocating for others in creative spaces
🎤 Hosted by Fisola Kelly-Akinnuoye & Arisha-Jane Marsh
🚨 Joined by Ash Cox, Alistair Wilkinson, Simon Pollard
Are you passionate about access and inclusion in the arts? Want to learn how to advocate for others in creative spaces? Join us for an open conversation about what it means to support each other in the arts and creative industries. This session is part of The Emergency Room – our online event series where members of the Youth Collective host conversations with professionals from across the creative world.
Conversation date: 12th August 2025
S1Ep2. Telling Stories Across Disciplines
🎤 Hosted by Georgia Madden & Ayah Khan
🚨 Joined by Viviane Schwarz, Alan McDonald
Join a creative conversation about how to tell stories across different art forms - from books to games, screenwriting to installations. Whether you're into games, fiction, film or anything in between - this is a chance to hear how storytelling can evolve and connect across different platforms.
Conversation date: 17th July 2025
S1Ep1. Journey into Filmmaking
🎤 Hosted by Yusuf Uddin & Sam Oddie
🚨 Joined by Sami Abusamra
Whether you're curious about filmmaking, comedy, or how to turn creative ideas into a job, this one’s for you. Sami Abusamra, whose career began at MTV UK producing and directing music shows like Gonzo with Zane Lowe, opened up about his journey into the industry, how he built a career around comedy, and what it’s really like working behind the scenes.
Conversation date: 4th June 2025
Led by the Youth Collective
Other Arts Emergency Podcasts
Visit arts-emergency.org/podcasts for links to these podcasts
- Crash Culture - this 3-part series in 2021 explored inaccessibility of the arts and humanities, taking an in-depth, personal, and advice-filled look at the creative sector crashing with social justice - from visual arts and the climate crisis to literature and class.
- The OG Arts Emergency Podcast - running over 23 episodes from January 2015 to February 2017, this series presented and produced by Karla Marie Sweet gave young emerging artists a platform and a source of inspiration with advice and insight from popular creatives.