FRESH Labs: The Greenroom

Episode 14 :: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine K. Wilkinson Minisode - A Joyful Education

In this minisode, Courtney dives into what we can learn from community in building conversations with real staying power and how friendship is a love language all its own.

Episode 13 :: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine K. Wilkinson - Quilting Community

This last episode of the Greenroom features not one but two brilliant humans: Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Dr. Katharine K. Wilkinson, a dynamic duo of climate scientists who are the visionaries behind the best-sellingAll That We Can Save.  We talk about rage walks, asks that feel like invitations, and DMing celebrities on Insta. It’s a laughter-filled conversation that provides a deep celebration of the power of the collective alongside the nitty gritty of book publishing.

Episode 12 :: Bridgit Antoinette Evans Minisode - A decolonial awakening

In this minisode, Courtney dives into her and Bridgit’s conversation about watching Roots on TV and having, what Bridgit calls a “decolonial awakening.” She gets curious about how we bring our assorted gifts or superpowers to make sense of past and present suffering to shape where we go from here.

Episode 11 :: Bridgit Antoinette Evans - The stories that shape us

Bridgit Antoinette Evans is a groundbreaking narrative strategist at The Pop Culture Collaborative. She and Courtney sat down to talk about the stories that shape us in our families, on TV, and across our culture all the while asking: what other stories might we tell?

Episode 10 :: Angela Patton - The power of taking your time

In this minisode, Courtney reflects on how Angela Patton took her time to make her documentary Daughters because she wanted to do it in a way that truly aligned with herself, her work, and she wanted to do it with someone she could trust. Taking that approach took a lot longer, but the result is truly phenomenal.