The Radical Creativity Podcast

Holly Hilgenberg's Radical Creativity Podcast is a small, intentional show that explores how art can function as a tool for social change. With just 6 episodes so far, it's early days, but the conversations Hilgenberg is having are substantive and different from what you'll find on most creativity podcasts. The interview format centers artists and visionaries who see their creative work as inseparable from community building and activism. Guests talk about the solidarity economy, art as a healing practice, navigating creative identity, and what it means to center community in your artistic process. One episode features organizers from Art.coop discussing how artists can participate in economic systems that actually serve people. These aren't casual chats -- Hilgenberg clearly prepares thoughtful questions and gives her guests room to develop complex ideas. The show carries a 5.0 rating, though from only 2 reviewers, so it's still flying under the radar. Episodes release roughly twice a month and the most recent dropped in March 2025, so the publishing pace is slow. But if you're an artist who thinks about your work in political or community-oriented terms -- or if you're curious about what creativity looks like when it's explicitly aimed at collective liberation rather than individual success -- this podcast fills a gap that bigger shows ignore. It's the kind of project that deserves a bigger audience.