It's Giving

On this episode of It’s Giving, host Ingela Travers-Hayward is joined by Joy Oladokun , a musician whose art and activism have been deeply intertwined since the very beginning. This conversation dives into her history of advocacy - focusing on her deep roots in faith, family, and standing up for community care. Joy opens up about the breakdown between commercial success and cultural impact, the an...

On this episode of It’s Giving , host Ingela Travers-Hayward is joined by Brian Weitz , better known as Geologist from the influential band Animal Collective . This conversation dives into his equally long history of advocacy - focusing on his deep care for community-based harm reduction.  Brian opens up about the "duality" of social media, the burnout that comes with the pressure to spe...

In the first artist spotlight of the series, Ingela sits down with Amelia Meath of Sylvan Esso to discuss why she moved away from "performative helping" toward the "smaller world" of mutual aid. Amelia talks about tackling public school lunch debt in Durham, North Carolina, opens up about the pressure of social media activism, and why she traded the studio for a rental truck to...

On the inaugural episode of It’s Giving, host Ingela Travers-Hayward is joined by her husband and nonprofit co-founder, William Perry . While future episodes will feature deep dives with world-class musicians about the causes they champion, this episode peels back the curtain on their own nonprofit: This Must Be The Place . Perry shares journey from the front lines of the opioid epidemic in Ohio a...

The intersection of art and impact, hosted by Ingela Travers-Hayward. What happens when your favorite artists decide to weave social justice into their careers? From the co-founder of the nonprofit This Must Be The Place (the folks passing out free Narcan at music festivals), It’s Giving features deep-dive conversations with musicians like Sylvan Esso, Animal Collective and Joy Oladokun about the...