The Emergency Room: an Arts Emergency podcast

🎙️ Interview by Georgia Madden & Louis Shepley What does it mean to be a young creative right now? Youth Collective members Georgia and Louis sit down for a genuine conversation about their personal journeys, professional struggles, and the creative freedom they are looking for. The pair discuss imposter syndrome, comparing lives of peers, what opportunities they've managed to take and cre...

🎙️ Interview by Gen Hemeson & Fisola Kelly-Akinnuoye Join Youth Collective members, Fisola and Gen as they share their guide on the art of creative collaboration with peers. The pair reflect on their experience as collaborators in the Youth Collective, on Wordstew literary magazine’s first issue - ‘Reconnect’ and in their own practice as creatives working in graphic design, image production, t...

🚨 The Emergency Room: Community within Design 🎙️ Hosted by Yusuf Uddin & Louis Shepley Join us for a conversation with Kevin Green & Taiye Ige from STORE STORE, a shop and educational space that hosts a weekly After School Club for young people. Participants learn with practicing artists and designers to develop their own products, learn practical skills and build portfolios in art, desig...

🚨 The Emergency Room: Surviving & Thriving in the Music Industry 🎙️ Hosted by Scarlett Smith & Georgia Madden Join us for a conversation with Georgia Davies of The Last Dinner Party, hosted by members of the Youth Collective. Georgia shared tips on finding like-minded creatives, gave insights into entering the music industry, told us why TLDP are activists as well as artists, and talked a...

🚨The Emergency Room: Who gets to make? Craft, Courage and Creative Survival? 🎙️ Hosted by Selina Candengue & Ummi Hoque This episode explores what it really takes to build a life in making — financially, emotionally, and socially — and how community spaces like Blackhorse Workshop challenge who feels allowed to enter that world in the first place. It becomes a conversation about creative surv...

Are you interested in how artists pull from archives to create work that resonates with the now? This session is part of The Emergency Room – our online event series where members of the Youth Collective host conversations with professionals from across the creative world.  🎤 Hosted by Amie Kirby & Freda Igiogbe 🚨 Joined by Alafuro Sikoki-Coleman & Jennifer Reid, ✨ Alafuro Sikoki-Colema...

Are you interested in how designers/architects use research to authentically advocate or represent certain communities? Join us for a conversation exploring this theme. This session is part of The Emergency Room – our online event series where members of the Youth Collective host conversations with professionals from across the creative world. 🎤 Hosted by Gen Hemeson & Louis Shepley 🚨 Joined...

Are you passionate about access and inclusion in the arts? Want to learn how to advocate for others in creative spaces? Join us for an open conversation about what it means to support each other in the arts and creative industries. This session is part of  The Emergency Room  – our online event series where members of the Youth Collective host conversations with professionals from across the creat...

Join a creative conversation about how to tell stories across different art forms - from books to games, screenwriting to installations.  Whether you're into games, fiction, film or anything in between - this is a chance to hear how storytelling can evolve and connect across different platforms. 🎤 Hosted by Georgia Madden & Ayah Khan 🚨 Joined by Viviane Schwarz, Alan McDonald The Emergency R...

Whether you're curious about filmmaking, comedy, or how to turn creative ideas into a job, this one’s for you. Sami Abusamra, whose career began at MTV UK producing and directing music shows like Gonzo with Zane Lowe, opened up about his journey into the industry, how he built a career around comedy, and what it’s really like working behind the scenes. 🎤 Hosted by Yusuf Uddin & Sam Oddie 🚨 J...