A major activist pop-up show featuring an art exhibit and panel discussions called Into Action is taking place in Los Angeles this week and we’ll be bringing you coverage from the event space this week and next. We’ll begin today’s show with a conversation with the event’s executive producer Yosi Sargent, known for commissioning and managing the 2008 “Hope” poster by Shepherd Fairey and who has now set his sights on art as a tool for cultural and social transformation. Then we’ll turn to one of the Into Action panelists, Christian Picciolini, a former white supremacist who is sounding the alarm on neo-Nazi groups in the US and co-founded the group Life After Hate. Finally, we’ll turn to author Philip Ackerman-Leist to discuss his new book, A Precautionary Tale: How One Small Town Banned Pesticides, Preserved its Food Heritage, and Inspired a Movement.
Hosted by Sonali Kolhatkar.