In early 2020 COVID-19 cancelled all live events worldwide, but how do performers earn a living without a live audience? Across the globe, comedians, poets, dancers, teachers and musicians had to pivot to livestream to stay alive. Some things worked and some things didn’t, but we’ll never go back to the way things were. Here’s what we’ve learned about pandemic-proof creativity.

As creators we must do something never done before. But are we doing this alone? Or are we in it together? We brought the Mobile Incubator to Tulsa, OK to ask 100+ artists one question: How does collaboration expand your creativity?

Sponsored by AHHA Tulsa

Holly Becker, Assistant Producer

Amber Litwack, Location Scout

Lauren Teague Collins, Casting

Caitlin Turner, Team Mascot

Created by Culture Hustlers

Edwin Ruiz, Director / Editor

Lucas Spivey, Executive Producer / Host

Angel Rose, Sound Design / Co-Host

Basil Childers, Assistant Director

JP Morrison Lans, Logistics

Featuring:

Spoken Quincey

Michelle

Phetote Mshairi

Bethany Boles

Alesha Chesser

Lauren Lunsford

Apryl McAnerney

Hoesy Corona

Sterlin Harjo

Will Hill

What makes local food better? More delicious? More nutritious? Or is it the story? We barnstormed Fermentation Fest in Reedsburg Wisconsin and asked 100+ people, "What local food would you be willing to pay double for?... And why?"

The demolition of a two mile bridge invokes the collective ghosts of Seattle past and present. With $3.3 billion on the line, we jump into a time machine and find that rational decisions about money are emotional after all.

Producer/Host: Lucas Spivey
Sound Designer/Editor: Lucas Spivey
Associate Producer: Julianna Ross, Space 101.1fm

Audio: Poddington Bear, Otis McDonald

Field Reporters:
Amoshaun Toft
Kristine Kim
Neroli Price
Trevor Pogue
Kendra Hanna
Ben Campion
Karina Kunins
Liz Woodward
Janice Blackmore
Eric Zappa

Why are most creators in worse shape after school? Grades can punish true creativity, and teach us to do what's already been done. Through his personal story, BFA/MBA Lucas Spivey lays out scandals in higher ed, arguing that it's time for creators to banish grades, and create a new kind of education, one that rewards true creativity.

NEXT Producer Andrea Muraskin takes us on an exhibition tour of "Culture Hustlers: Artists Minding Their Business" at the Boston Center for the Arts, starring: Derek Erdman, Kristin Farr, SmithShop, Tieton Mosaic, and the Espanola Valley Fiber Arts Center.

Culture Hustlers is a podcast that interviews artists on how they've hacked out a living by selling culture.