The Why

Published: Aug. 14, 2020, 2 p.m.

Perkins Center for the Arts brings to listening audiences a variety of podcasts that explore, the role of multi-disciplinary arts, folklife and culture in advocacy, protest, healing, and change.

This initial episode introduces audiences to the reason and the season for Perkins Center podcast with a lead in philosophy on the role of artists in our society by the late great Nina Simone.

This neophyte episode highlights the first series, Upon Our Authority100 Years of Women's Empowerment through Oral Tradition and Folk Traditions.