Stance is an independent award-winning arts and culture podcast run by journalist and curator Chrystal Genesis.
Stance explores the World Through People, Places, Stories and Ideas.
“Consistently Smart”- The Financial Times
“Stance Podcast are a great source of creative sustenance“- Charlene Prempeh, British Vogue
“Razor Sharp Series” - Refinery29Stance Won Bronze for Best Current Affairs at British Podcast Awards after The Guardian and The Economist
“It’s really adding to my cultural landscape and I’m finding out about so many interesting artists, musicians, theatre makers and authors from all around the world.” - Reni Eddo-Lodge, The Guardian
Stance Won Best Arts & Culture Show and Rising Star 2018 Mixcloud Online Radio Awards
Top 9 Arts Podcasts - The Royal Academy of Arts
“Stance relays different stories to the prevailing ones we hear repeated over and over.” - Miranda Sawyer, The Observer
Guests so far include musicians Questlove, Four Tet, Jamila Woods, Tricky, Chassol, Róisín Murphy, Amber Mark, Caribou, Ebo Taylor, Ibeyi, Kaytranada, Jessie Ware, Ghostpoet, ESG, Carroll Thompson, Sinkane, Zakir Hussain & Nao, authors Yaa Gyasi, Elif Shafak, Saidiya Hartman, Sayaka Murata, Maaza Mengiste & Valeria Luiselli, lawyer & campaigner Gina Miller, politician Bobi Wine, poets Fatimah Asghar, John Cooper Clarke, Linton Kwesi Johnson & Kae Tempest, actors Zazie Beetz, Adjoa Andoh, Desiree Akhavan, Claire Danes, CCH Pounder, Steve Buscemi, Jennifer Esposito & Riz Ahmed, Me Too founder Tarana Burke, writer and activist Janet Mock, choreographers Akram Khan, Deborah Colker, Last Yearz Interesting Negro and Hofesh Shechter, Performance Artists Scottee & Travis Alabanza, fashion designer Duro Olowu, Philosophers Kwame Anthony Appiah & Angie Hobbs, and visual artists Nari Ward, Shirin Neshat, Jasleen Kaur, Larry Achiampong, Antony Gormley, The Singh Twins, Hassan Hajjaj, JR & Juliana Huxtable.
Topics covered include The New Paris, Nightclubs: Counterculture & Resistance, Black in the Time of Corona, Sport & Revolution, Manchesters LGBTQ+ Story, Politics: Failing Upwards, The Class Ceiling in the Arts, Modern Mumbai, Sex, The Female Prison Experience, Revolutionary Mothering, The Future of Drugs, Kids In Cults, Demystifying Yoga & Donald Glover’s Atlanta. Stance loves to explore and has visited locations including Mumbai in India, Colombo in Sri Lanka, Bergen in Norway, Kingston in Jamaica, Paris in France and New York, LA, SF & Philadelphia in the US in search of original stories and fresh perspectives.
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Stance is produced by Chrystal Genesis, Etay Zwick, Saskia Sewell & Zara Martin.
Music by Rikette Genesis and Stance branding by Edward Vince.
