Phong Tran shares the origin and ethos behind Media Queer, a creative collaboration with Darian Donovan Thomas. What began as casual conversations became a trusted creative feedback loop — and a reminder that not everything has to be formal to be meaningful.

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Carlynn Crosby talks through the tension between creative identity and economic survival. She shares why she’s hesitant to turn writing into a full-time career, how labels like “writer” and “journalist” still catch her off guard, and what it means to embrace both passion and practicality in a world where everyone wears multiple hats.

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Roger Zare reflects on how his lifelong love of science — from NASA launches to particle physics — influences his music. He shares stories about pieces inspired by natural phenomena, like the Green Flash, and how writing about science became a major creative thread throughout his work.

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Austin Hammonds traces the profound and recurring impact Jurassic Park has had on his life — from falling in love with the score as a kid, to hearing it live, to writing his first orchestral piece, and finally hearing the LA Philharmonic perform it just after moving to Los Angeles. He and Tyler reflect on how a single piece of music can quietly shape a whole creative life.

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Vanessa Ague shares how her listening habits shifted in high school — from an early contrarian love for classical music to discovering Radiohead’s Kid A and Amnesiac. What started with burned CDs and record store finds led to a broader embrace of experimental rock, and a deeper appreciation of sound’s emotional range.

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Sean Hamilton shares the core philosophies that guide his music-making: a timbral approach shaped by Helmut Lachenmann, a fluid rhythmic sensibility influenced by Stuart Saunders Smith, and an immersive spatial awareness inspired by Morton Feldman. In this excerpt, Sean walks Tyler through how these principles inform his hybrid setups, his electronic processing, and even the contents of his “suitcase of goodies” — all in service of creating performances that are fully alive in their own moment.

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Mahdis Golzar Kashani shares how stories, feelings, and visual imagination are central to her creative process. In this excerpt, she discusses how she approaches composition almost like film scoring—following imagined scenes and emotions as if directing a film in her mind. Kashani explains how personal memories, visual imagery, and narrative depth fuel her music and create a vivid sense of storytelling through sound.

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Composer Daijana Wallace reflects on the complicated realities of increased visibility following 2020, sharing how questions of identity, recognition, and artistic worth shaped her creative path. She and host Tyler Kline talk about balancing opportunity with authenticity, processing the emotional layers of that period, and ultimately emerging with a stronger sense of artistic confidence.

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