The Rally Podcast - Cultivating community through creativity.

Chef Andrew Black - Finding Home

Fifteen years ago Jamaican-born Chef Andrew Black landed in OKC, a city he knew nothing about nor did he want to. Today he can't imagine life without what he has found here. Over that time not only has he found a home in Oklahoma City, but he has also been integral in changing it. His award-winning cooking and creative culinary vision executed through his restaurants have helped shape the food scene in OKC from only a steak and potatoes town into an emerging foodie mecca. Sit in on this fascinating conversation with OKC's biggest cheerleader and champion, Chef Andrew Black.

Katelynn Noel Knick - Embracing Community

Katelynn Noel Knick is an OKC based painter, muralist, and founder of a national collective of artists entitled Art Friends. Her passion for creating a safe, welcoming, and inclusive environment for all artist is infectious. Join us as we sit down with our friend and have a conversation about her painting, her experience as a female muralist, and how founding Art Friends brought her unexpectedly into a community she didn't know she needed. For a more in-depth podcast experience, check out our show notes for this episode on www.rallyokc.com.

Lauren Palmer - Community Care

As a business owner, DEIA instructor, florist, maker, creator, artist, musician, and singer, Lauren Palmer is a true Renaissance woman. As an afro-indigenous, afro-Latino woman she constantly finds herself at unique points of acute intersectionality. As her worlds overlap each other, she constantly finds ways to include others by folding them into community with her and with each other. Join us as Lauren takes us along her own path of community care. We all teach, we all learn, we all are responsible for cultivating community. For a more in-depth podcast experience, check out our show notes for this episode on www.rallyokc.com.

Senator Julia Kirt - Advocating for the Arts

Senator Julia Kirt has over 20 years of experience in championing the arts. There are not many people who have advocated for the arts in Oklahoma more than her. For 15+ years as the first Executive Director of the Oklahoma Arts Coalition, as the Executive Director of Oklahomans for the Arts, and now as an Oklahoma state senator, Julia is always looking for ways to cultivate community through creativity. Join us as we sit down with a candid conversation with Senator Julia Kirt and find out how she found her calling on the set of Texas Chainsaw Massacre IV. For a more in-depth podcast experience, check out our show notes for this episode on www.rallyokc.com.

Romy Owens - Creating Together

We sit down with Romy Owens, who is a multidisciplinary artist from Enid, Oklahoma. Romy creates with great intentionality and her desire for community and collaboration is at the forefront of her artistic journey. Currently, she is working with a team of artists to create an immersive art experience in her small community of Enid, due to open on April 1, 2022. She shares about the process of creating together across many of her past projects and how working with others elevates her own creativity to new levels. Join us as we talk about her experience and work as an artist and a creative community activist. For a more immersive experience, listen to the podcast and check out the show notes at rallyokc.com/rally-podcast-s1-ep04

Nathan Poppe - Make Each Other Better

Nathan Poppe shares with us how his work as a concert photographer, Editor-in-Chief of the Curbside Chronicle, and enamel pin designer is all fueled and elevated by the people and relationships he finds throughout his creative journey. Unabashedly an Okie to the core, Nathan celebrates the "supernatural wealth" of creatives he has discovered along the way and the communal relationships that he has formed. You will also get to hear how he uses his talents and imagination to engage and activate the Oklahoma City community to help end homelessness in his city. Tune in today as Nathan shares how he believes we all make each other better. Discover more about Poppe and his work online at nathanpoppe.com. Find out more about Rally online at rallyokc.com.

Lauren Midgley - Exploring Our Broken Places

Lauren Midgley is a fine art photographer specializing in surrealist conceptual self-portraiture. She is also a nationally certified EMT. Join Rally co-founders, Marissa Raglin and Josh Vaughn as they sit down with her for a deep conversation about not only her process, but what brought her to where she is at, and how she explores the broken places in her life through her art. Discover more about Lauren online at iamwonderandlight.com. Find out more about Rally online at rallyokc.com.

Welcome To the Rally Podcast - Origin Story

Rally Co-founders and cohorts Marissa Raglin and Josh Vaughn share a bit of the Rally origin story and what they would be striving to accomplish in their podcast series. Being visual artists and creatives themselves, Josh and Marissa are passionate about cultivating community through creativity. Join them as they explore creative communities and the communal landscapes they foster. Find out more about Rally online at rallyokc.com.