what is Same Wavelength?
Equal parts oral history project and journalistic interview series, Same Wavelength is a place where artists speak their truths and discuss what is most meaningful and urgent for them as artists and citizens.
My name is Michael Sokol. I am the host, producer, and creator of Same Wavelength.
I started Same Wavelength because I am eager to hear how artists are making sense of our current moment. How do artists navigate the relationship between their creative practice and the fight towards liberation, social transformation, and more just futures? What can we learn from artists and their work as we move through chaos and crisis? Same Wavelength is a space where these questions are opened up and explored.
Season One features conversations with Merrill Garbus from Tune-Yards, Henry Rollins, Kamasi Washington, Anaïs Mitchell, Alynda Segarra from Hurray for the Riff Raff, Archie Shepp, David Crosby, Andrea Gibson, and Josh Krugman from Bread & Puppet Theater.
Season Two will highlight voices of Los Angeles-based poets, musicians, muralists, dancers, and activists.
A little about me:
I currently live in Los Angeles and am pursuing a Masters in Library and Information Science (MLIS) at UCLA. Specializing in Archival Studies, I am interested in the ways that critical and long-overdue work within archives, libraries, and museums can help us interrogate our past as a means to envision and enact more just futures.
I work at the Los Angeles Public Library and volunteer at 826LA, where I work with middle and high school students on their creative writing projects. Prior to moving to Los Angeles, I was a radio producer in Western Massachusetts, where I conducted hundreds of interviews with artists and community leaders as an on-air host for nearly a decade. I am a founding member of the band Bunk.
Thank you for listening,
Michael
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