Foment: Thinking aloud about why we keep trying

Foment: DIY Artist Residencies

EPISODE NOTES In this episode, Christina and Albert share stories from the time they accidentally created an artist residency program at Mt Caz -- and imagine other ways we can DIY retreats and residencies in more creatives' lives. Inspiration: * Mt Caz Artist Residencies [https://mtcaz.tumblr.com/air] * Wayward Retreats [https://waywardretreats.com/] * Empty House Art Lab [https://emptyhouseartlab.wordpress.com/about-2/] * Artist Residency in Motherhood [https://www.artistresidencyinmotherhood.com/] * Jenny Odell Recology residency [https://www.jennyodell.com/bso.html] * Beth Grossman [https://vimeo.com/388559981]'s Block by Block residencies * Piney Wood Atlas [https://www.pineywoodatlas.com/] * If you want to offer Albert an artist residency, or take them up on beta-testing their dishwashing residency, email us at koanprops at gmail dot com! If you want to support Foment the podcast, send us a tip below. If you want to foment more artist residencies in your community, ask yourself what time/space can you share? If you want to support Christina directly, visit patreon.com/sodelightful [http://patreon.com/sodelightful] If you want to support Albert directly, visit manyworld.diy [https://www.manyworld.diy/]  If you have questions for us, that we might answer in a future episode, email koanprops at gmail dot com. Support Foment by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/foment [https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/foment] Find out more at https://foment.pinecast.co [https://foment.pinecast.co]

Foment: Play

EPISODE NOTES In this episode, Albert and Christina talk about the importance of play, and what keeps us from play. * telepoem [https://mtcaz.itch.io/telepoem] * katy chen mazzara [https://www.katychenmazzara.com/] money coach * LIFT economy [https://go.lifteconomy.com/next-economy-living] life design * hadassah damien on fear and enough [https://www.ridefreefearlessmoney.com/blog/2025/07/fear-feeling-enough/] * punished by rewards by alfie kohn * teachers in play: elsa menendez / anthony rocco / lea redmond [https://leafcutterdesigns.com/lea-3/] / come out and play festival [https://www.comeoutandplay.org/] * more books: pleasure activism by adrienne maree brown, joyful militancy [https://joyfulmilitancy.com/] by carla bergman and Nick Montgomery * bread and puppet [https://breadandpuppet.org/] * youtube video about breaking social media addiction by replacing consumption with creativity [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4MInIP2c-A] Support Foment by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/foment [https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/foment] Find out more at https://foment.pinecast.co [https://foment.pinecast.co]

Questioning: Philosophical frameworks for anticapitalist artists

SHOW NOTES In this episode, Christina and Albert toss around questions about patronage for artists and wonder about a philosophical framework for anticapitalists working under capitalism. Christina is uncertain about a lot. We hope to do more episodes in future with more possibility models. Some things mentioned: * LIFT's Next Economy Living course [https://go.lifteconomy.com/next-economy-living] * Matthew Desmond's book Poverty, by America [https://bookshop.org/a/24476/9780593239933] To support Albert, check out their new collective endeavor Many World [https://www.manyworld.diy/] To support Christina, subscribe to her Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/sodelightful] Support Foment by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/foment [https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/foment] Find out more at https://foment.pinecast.co [https://foment.pinecast.co]

Foment: Yogurt Coops (and Meal Coops and Asparagus Coops too!)

YOGURT COOPS! In this episode, Albert and Christina wax poetic about yogurt coops, and other types of microsolidarity coops such as meals coops and asparagus coops. Shownotes: * Mid-Valley Yogurt Coop [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TzU_xcknqlvowq6FwekUyz9Pug3eEGj-CUGuln2GQzw/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.ulpjjpaocror] (a FAQ doc we used for recruiting) * Yogurt coop zine [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T1edeftBeWzrBe8oObJAPn4ug6XiLMYH/view?usp=sharing], including recipe! (print it double-sided, fold it in four) * Somerville Yogurt Coop [https://www.edibleboston.com/blog/yogurt-co-op-culturing-community] * Meals Coop zine [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WndPaKwzIVZUElPEcLPMzHrMhnXJkM65/view?usp=sharing] If you have questions about cooperative housing or micro-solidarity experiments that you'd like us to answer in future podcast episodes, email them to koanprops@gmail.com [koanprops@gmail.com]! To support our podcast, give us a tip us per episode at: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/foment [https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/foment] To support our collective liberation, try making your own yogurt...with friends! Support Foment by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/foment [https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/foment] Find out more at https://foment.pinecast.co [https://foment.pinecast.co]

Foment: Thinking aloud about why we keep trying

EPISODE NOTES In this episode, Albert and Christina discuss why they keep practicing towards liberation, and the role of hope or despair or right-sized power during these times. This one's more a meandering conversation, as we try to figure it out ourselves. Shownotes: this episode, we mention a lot of books without going deep into them, but here are the ones mentioned in case you want to dive further in! * "We Don't Get There Without the Shared Struggle" [https://millennialsarekillingcapitalism.libsyn.com/we-dont-get-there-without-the-shared-struggle-kelly-hayes-and-mariame-kabas-let-this-radicalize-you] -- Mariame Kaba and Kelly Hayes on the podcast Millennials Are Killing Capitalism talking about hope * Hospicing Modernity [https://decolonialfutures.net/hospicingmodernity/]by Vanessa Machado de Oliveira * Rebecca Solnit's books [http://rebeccasolnit.net/books/]: Hope in the Dark and A Paradise Built in Hell * Everyday Anarchism [https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/everyday-anarchism-graham-culbertson-E3SWb8XmQHC/] podcast * World as Lover, World as Self [https://www.joannamacy.net/main#books] by Joanna Macy * Fierce Vulnerability [https://www.kazuhaga.com/fiercevulnerability] by Kazu Haga * Mutual Aid [https://www.pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1185] by Peter Kropotkin * "Shocks, Slides, and Shifts" [https://movementgeneration.org/shocks-slides-and-shifts/] framework from Movement Generation * Mid-Valley Yogurt Coop [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TzU_xcknqlvowq6FwekUyz9Pug3eEGj-CUGuln2GQzw/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.k9vstxjp923u] -- we'll record a full episode about yogurt coop soon, we promise! Please send your questions about cooperative housing or micro-solidarity experiments for future podcast episodes to koanprops@gmail.com! To support our podcast, give us a tip us per episode at: https://foment.pinecast.co/ [https://foment.pinecast.co/] To support our collective liberation, have a meandering conversation about what keeps you going through despair and chaos with someone in your chosen political fam. Support Foment by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/foment [https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/foment] Find out more at https://foment.pinecast.co [https://foment.pinecast.co]