This week, we welcome Brit Charek, a recent winner of the Knight Arts Challenge, whose project will take a unique spin on film festivals. The Bechdel Fest will highlight movies that pass the “Bechdel Test,” coined by Alison Bechdel, which requires that there are two women who talk to each other about something besides a man. You’d be surprised at the number of mainstream films that lack this criteria, she says, hoping this project will help move the needle on the way we look at equality. Brit, who also runs the wildly successful Crafty Mart, visits Shane and Chris, along with her two boys, one of whom is likely the youngest podcast guest in Spoils of Akron history. This is the first interview in a series featuring recent Knight Arts Challenge winners. For a full list of grantees, visit https://knightfoundation.org/articles/meet-akron-s-2017-knight-arts-challenge-winners.
Episode 110 - We’re Stylin’: Interview with a Hairdresser
Episode 109 - A Virtual Future for Akron
Episode 108 - Gender-Bending the Bard
Episode 107 - Akron’s Urban Troubadours
Episode 105 - Heroes and Villains: On Location at Akron Comicon
Episode 104 - A Second Chance for Akron’s Homeless
Episode 103 - It's Liz, Live From Florida
Episode 102 - Peace is an Active Process: Zach Freidhof
Episode 101 - We’re Not Making This Up: It’s Danny Volk
Episode 100 - We've Done This a Hundred Times (Live from Jilly's)
Episode 99 - Music That Speaks for Itself
Episode 98 - Rock and Roll Christmas
Episode 97 - Anoo Vyas’ Symphonic Sense of Place
Episode 96 - Chris Horne’s Akron-Centric Adventure
Episode 95 - Canals, Clean Waterways and Akron’s Oat King
Episode 94 - Akron Racers: in a League of Their Own
Episode 93 - Art, Music, Zumba and Explosion-Proof Paintings
Episode 92 - Wine, Goats and Wolf Creek
Episode 91 - JT Buck’s Creative Revolution
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