Today, October 30th, marks the launch of the second season of Santigold’s podcast Noble Champions, a modern day salon, created and hosted by her and distributed by Talkhouse. In each bi-weekly episode, she sits down with some of today’s leading artists, authors, activists, and progressive thinkers who stand up, stick up and speak up for important causes. Inspired by the artist Kandinsky, when he said that periods during which art has no noble champions are ones of retrogression, these candid no-holds-barred roundtable conversations where ideas and experiences are exchanged, are where Santi and her fellow champions try to make some sense out of our world, to push culture forward. Boundary-expanding and defiantly vulnerable, Noble Champions is a public invitation to an intimate gathering of the minds. The second season features: Shailene Woodley, Flea, Seun Kuti, Vince Staples, Wyatt Cenac, Rep. Maxwell Frost, Adesuwa Aighewi, Syd, Terence Nance, Kiese Laymon and more. Listen here.
Episode 1 with John Jennings and Terence Nance is a discussion about afrofuturism and how, at a time when the world is in such a precarious place, art that envisions a better future is crucial. To tackle this subject, Santi sits down with best-selling writer, illustrator and academic John Jennings and artist, filmmaker and musician Terence Nance (creator of HBO’s Random Acts of Flyness), as they discuss rituals, the tools of imagining, deindustrializing oneself, time as a nonlinear construct, and much more.
The forthcoming episode 2 with Shailene Woodley and Odille Zexter-Kaiser looks at how we can disconnect from technology as a way of connecting more with our inner selves and others. Joining her in this discussion are Shailene Woodley, an actor and activist who is an ardent advocate for living a tech-free lifestyle, and Odille Zexter-Kaiser, a former member of the Luddite Club, a group of New York City high school students who intentionally limited their use of technology in order to live in a more grounded, tangible reality..
The complete first season of Noble Champions is available on all platforms and features guests: Tunde Adebimpe, Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def), Sanford Biggers, Bun B, Idris Elba, Mary Anais Heglar, Dan Kovalik, Resmaa Menakem, Questlove, Rebecca Walker, Olivia Wilde, Saul Williams, and Angela Yee.
About Santigold
Santigold is a creative visionary across multiple platforms who is renowned for her ability to fuse unexpected elements in her boundaryless work. Her era-defining self-titled debut album has been credited as a catalyst for the cross-genre sound of contemporary pop music. Her eclecticism has led to musical collaborations including Jay Z, David Byrne, Tyler the Creator, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Beastie Boys, Drake, and Pharrell. Along with creating the iconography of her album covers, live shows, and videos, her visual work includes collaborations with artists Wangechi Mutu, Kehinde Wiley, Sanford Biggers, and Kara Walker. Santigold has also brought her signature wit to television with comedic roles on The Office and Adult Swim’s NTSF:SD:SUV. In 2022, Santigold released her album Spirituals as a multi-sensory experience with a corresponding line of teas whose ingredients speak to the record’s themes and a series of video vignettes. She also launched her podcast Noble Champions which is a modern day salon that unites today's leading artists, authors, activists, and progressive thinkers around important issues to push culture forward. An inimitable pioneer, Santigold’s unwillingness to conform to conventions has made her a profound inspiration to many. She has always been an artist charting new paths in the world of pop music and beyond, breaking down barriers of genre along the way, further cementing her as an essential artist when surveying the last two decades of popular culture at large.
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