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The Emergency Room

Creative chats in critical times - an events series and podcast

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). 

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5. How do artists use archives in their work?

🎤 Hosted by  Amie Kirby & Freda Igiogbe
🚨 Joined by Alafuro Sikoki-Coleman & Jennifer Reid

Conversation date: 11th November 2025

4. How can research-based design better reflect communities?

🎤 Hosted by Gen Hemeson & Louis Shepley
🚨 Joined by Eva Jonas & Mimi Dearing

Conversation date: 9th September 2025

3. Advocating for others in creative spaces

🎤 Hosted by Fisola Kelly-Akinnuoye & Arisha-Jane Marsh
🚨 Joined by Ash Cox, Alistair Wilkinson, Simon Pollard

Conversation date: 12th August 2025

2. Telling Stories Across Disciplines

🎤 Hosted by Georgia Madden & Ayah Khan
🚨 Joined by Viviane Schwarz, Alan McDonald

Conversation date: 17th July 2025

1. Journey into Filmmaking

🎤 Hosted by Yusuf Uddin & Sam Oddie
🚨 Joined by Sami Abusamra

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.