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 71 - Playing the Bard Card
Episode 70 - Beeswax and Shipping Containers
Episode 69 - Shane Wynn's Cleavage
Episode 68 - Kofi Boakye: Made in Akron
Episode 67 - Talking books with David Giffels and Jane Ann Turzillo (LIVE from Musica)
Episode 66: All That Jazz
Episode 65: From Porch to Rocking Porch
Episode 64 - Lemon Coladas, Marathon Chefs and Cody’s Funny Joke
Episode 63 - LIVE from Middlebury Better Block
Episode 62 - The Truth is Out There
Episode 61 - The Old Becomes New
Episode 60 - Music, Fame and Pie with Chuck Auerbach
Episode 59 - Big Betty the Food Truck
Amish Miller, Farms and Fleas
Episode 57 - A Coach for the Community
Episode 56 - Mr. Greg Milo
Ep. 55 - Meeting with the Maestro
Ep. 54 - Raw and Real, One Local Graffiti Artist Holds on to His Passion
Ep. 53 - Our Sounds of Akron
Ep. 52 - "Mr. Mary Coyle" Makes More Than Great Ice Cream
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