In The Collaborative's second podcast episode, Brian Chiappinelli of Almost Never Dead Collective talks about the uptick in local music collectives, the benefits of working with artists in and out of your genre and gives us the scoop on the collective's Nov. 17 Fuze Box show.

CollabCast Episode 2: Brian Chiappinelli of Almost Never Dead

It's time to meet our columnists! Guest Jon Russel Cring will be writing about local film and the art of filmmaking in The Collaborative magazine. He joins editor David Howard King to talk about the success of his recent project "Darcy," impersonate Orson Welles, and discuss how making movies in a small city can (or can't) change a culture.

CollabCast Episode 3: Filmmaker Jon Russel Cring

After a few updates from The Collaborative editors, the magazine's new music columnist André Foisy joins in to chat about sustaining a creative career, the artistic direction of his noise rock band Locrian and the genres that surprise (and frustrate) him in the 518. Opinions get thrown all around in this one so get those Twitter fingers ready.

CollabCast 4: André Foisy of Locrian

In this episode, choreographer and Troy Dance Factory owner Nadine Medina stops by to talk about her dance column in the magazine, TDF's new local music choreography class, and the power of communicating emotion through movement.

CollabCast Ep. 5: Nadine Medina of Troy Dance Factory

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