The Creative Resistance Podcast

Deep-dive conversations with the artists, activists, and thinkers who refuse to look away 🎙️✌🏼 thecreativeresistancepodcast.substack.com

The Creative Resistance Podcast is a society podcast hosted by The Creative Resistance Pod, with 19 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

The Creative Resistance Pod hosts The Creative Resistance Podcast, a society show with 19 episodes published.

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  Darren McGarvey on the Trauma Industrial Complex

  Apr 8, 202644 minS0

  <p><p>“Most people aren’t comfortable telling that…story of trauma. They want to tell the side of what happened to them and how it hurt—not how they are dysregulated around their own children, or how they shut other people’s emotions down because they can’t cope.”</p><p>Darren McGarvey</p></p><p>In this episode, Scott Cassidy sits down with Darren McGarvey —the Orwell Prize-winning author, broadcaster, and hip-hop artist known as Loki. From his creative roots in Glasgow to becoming one of Britain’s most vital cultural commentators, Darren discusses the intersection of creativity, class, and the mod...

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  Collective Action & Solidarity: Inside the FBU with Scottish Chair Gus Sproul

  Apr 1, 202654 minS0

  <p></p><p><p>The union is more than a pay negotiation—it’s a bulwark against extremism and a lifeline for the working class.</p><p>Gus Sproul, Scottish Chair, FBU</p></p><p>In this episode, we sit down with Gus Sproul, a firefighter of over 20 years and currently the Scottish Regional Chair of the FBU. Gus takes us beyond the sirens to explore the union’s role as a ‘bulwark against extremism’ and a hub for international solidarity. From the front lines of fire safety in Scotland to sending fire engines to Palestine, Gus explains why organised labour is...

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  Victoria McNulty on Stories as Social Archive, Gentrification and the Problem with Robert Burns.

  Mar 25, 202645 minS0

  <p>In this episode of The Creative Resistance Podcast, Scott Cassidy sits down with award-winning poet and writer Victoria McNulty. From a deep dive into the creative roots of her Glasgow upbringing to her fierce critique of the Robert Burns legacy, Victoria discusses why working-class stories are a form of social archive and why true grassroots art is the ultimate weapon against gentrification. She also shares a brand new poem - Nettles - that is jaw-droppingly brilliant.</p><p>In This Episode, We Discuss:</p><p>The Creative Origin Story: How 60s records, Britpop, and The Streets shaped her poetic...

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  The Creative Resistance x Wee Sparrow Poetry Podcast: A Conversation with Malika Booker

  Mar 18, 20261h 16mS0

  <p><p>...the poem is an empathy machine. And I think that is what the poetry can do, that rhetoric can't do.</p><p>Malika Booker</p></p><p>In this collaborative episode, Scott Cassidy (The Creative Resistance Podcast) joins forces with pal Claire Thom (The Wee Sparrow Poetry Podcast) to welcome the mighty poet, educator, and community-builder Malika Booker.</p><p>A pioneering force in contemporary poetry, Malika is a lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University, co-founder of the legendary Malika’s Poetry Kitchen, and the first woman to win the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem twice. Her work sp...

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  Dani Larkin on Making 'Next of Kin', the Magic of Music and Creative Intuition

  Mar 4, 202642 minS0

  <p><p>“Music is one of the most present mysteries that we have — in how it connects us and transforms us.” </p><p>“Living within two worlds showed me that if there are two possibilities, there are infinite ones.”</p><p>— Dani Larkin</p></p><p>In this episode, Scott Cassidy is joined by Irish folk artist Dani Larkin — a Belfast‑based singer‑songwriter and multi‑instrumentalist whose work bridges contemporary folk and ancient storytelling traditions. Her internationally acclaimed debut Notes For A Maiden Warrior brought her to stages at SXSW, WOMEX, and tours with Snow Patrol, Lisa O’Neill and Glen Hansard. She...

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