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An independent award-winning arts and culture podcast run by journalist and curator Chrystal Genesis The website editor is Rene Katiisa.

Guests so far include actor and director Adjoa Andoh, musician Four Tet, singer-producer Nao, author Yaa Gyasi, poet Fatimah Asghar, lawyer and campaigner Gina Miller, playwright Inua Ellams, actor Riz Ahmed, writer and activist Janet Mock, Me Too founder Tarana Burke, DJ-producer Kaytranada and artist Larry Achiampong. Stance loves to explore and has visited locations including Mumbai in India, B

ergen in Norway and New York in the US in search of original stories and fresh perspectives. Stance was awarded Best Arts & Culture Show and Rising Star in the Online Radio Awards 2018, included in The Observer’s annual Best Podcasts list, and has been Podcast of the Week in publications including The Times, Grazia, and Guardian have named it ‘Podcast of the Week’. Stance is produced by Chrystal Genesis, Rachel Porter and Marilyn Rust. Chrystal launched Stance in January 2017 with freelance journalist and producer Heta Fell. Music by Rikette Genesis, Stance branding by Edward Vince, website design by Sky Williams and photography by Grace Gelder.

06/09/2026

I caught up with to talk about new drama The Revisionist. Full EP out soon!

Elise Keller (Alison Brie) is a successful writer working on what will hopefully be her next best-selling novel. Only one problem: She’s stuck with a bad case of writer’s block. When her long-time friend John (André Holland) returns to their hometown, Elise thinks she has a perfect solution: John can look after her husband Jacob’s (Tom Sturridge) aging father David (Dustin Hoffman) and record their conversations for potential inspiration. But as individual relationships deepen and the line between fiction and reality blurs, secrets are unearthed, boundaries are crossed, and the foursome finds themselves forever changed.

07/25/2025

I have a new video podcast called It’s a 30-minute lifestyle show redefining success, one soft, abundant choice at a time.
By me & check it out! On all pod apps & YouTube!

I’d love for you to give it a listen and, if you enjoy it, please rate, share, and subscribe—every bit of support means a A LOT for an indie podcast like ours!

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When two NYC girlfriends get laid off, they opt for a less corporate, more-human existence that prioritizes family, friends, love, and good-time conversation. But how do they work their way into The Soft Life? Join London-born Chrystal and native New Yorker, Megan, as they talk about self-expression, mom-hood, style game, having fun, cultural obsessions, s*xual liberation, great skin and hair strategies, and more of the stuff that makes this one life feel so abundant.

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11/09/2022

Golden Hour by on

So in love with this exceptional artist 💕

On until November 12th with all works sold 💫

Mckinney expands and deepens her exploration into female subjecthood. The show’s title, Golden Hour reflects the the soft, resonant light of a particular time of day that often inspires self-reflection and signals the beginning of a period of relaxation. Emotionally as much as physically, Golden Hour marks the transition from the external world of work and play to the internal world of rest and solitude.

Mckinney’s work offer a radical possibility: a space in which a person is utterly free to be themselves, an existence circumscribed in aesthetic terms of their own devising. Whether sleeping or smoking, sitting or reclining, these figures inhabit a sense of freedom and raw emotion one feels in the safety of their own space.

With a photographer’s precise technical sensitivity to contrast and color, Mckinney starts every painting with a layer of black gesso from which a portrait evolves, likening the work to the process of developing a photograph in a darkroom. As she has said, “I can’t undo that photographic training—it’s embedded in how I begin a painting. First, I paint the canvas with a black ground, and that black ground serves almost like the camera’s viewfinder. It allows me to build the image.” Photographs, often found on websites or social media, are the source material for her images, which she deploys to parse the nuances of gesture, color, and shape––a contemporary reimagining of the tradition of painting from live models.

10/16/2022

In A Dream We Are At Once Beautiful. Still thinking about this extraordinary art installation by poet and visual artist as he goes beneath the surface of Swiss cities.

Presented as a two-channel film, shot in 2.39:1 widescreen, the work offers a series of rich vignettes that play with the integration of nature and urbanity within four cities. The work is punctuated with stanzas from Julianknxx’s poem, As Long As The Sun Lasts, and an original score born from a collaboration between the artist and musician anaiis.

Julianknxx’s work merges his poetic practice with films and performance; he engages in a form of existential inquiry that at once seeks to find ways of expressing the ineffable realities of human experiences while examining the structures through which we live.

10/13/2022

Ep6 is out! “Defending Her Crown” After 20 years at the top of black tennis, a new generation of elite athletes want Ora Washington’s hard won crown. But is Ora ready to retire? Can she pull off one more victory – against future great Althea Gibson?

In Ep 6 of , discovers yet another lesser known side to Ora, the champion and legend in the making.

Untold Legends is out on

Link in bio x

09/15/2022

Hear in conversation with sculptor & visual artist and performance artist for at .gallery - the 4th and final episode of the podcast series is out now!

Sculptor and visual artist , and sculptor and performance artist , the artists who feature in come together in a conversation which brings out the influence of history – and the history of human experience – on their work, the beauty to be found in imperfection, and a shared admiration and excitement for the next generation of Black artists. They discuss this and more in a lively chat to mark the exhibition. We loved this discussion!

Curated by , In the Black Fantastic .gallery features work from 11 contemporary artists from the African diaspora, who draw on science fiction, myth and Afrofuturism to question our knowledge of the world, imagining fantastical futures & liberation.

In the Black Fantastic is on until this weekend - 18th September 2022. Link in bio to listen to the 4th episode - available on all podcasting apps. 🎉💫

09/13/2022

‘Advantage Ora’ is out now! The 3rd episode from BBC series Ora and produced by us at Stance Studios.

competed and mastered the sports of Tennis and Basketball - yet she was a champion the world ignored. We hear how as a black woman playing tennis in the early 20th Century, Ora became a successful athlete breaking barriers of all kinds, and a once in a generation force of talent who took the games of tennis and basketball to new heights.

continues to investigate Ora’s incredible story which has been unknown for far too long.

Listen here in our bio to radio & podcast versions of the series, released weekly - listen on all pod apps 💫

09/06/2022

Ep2 ‘A Radical Statement’ is out now! The BBC series Ora produced by us at Stance Studios 💫

In this Ep we hear about a legend in the making, Ora Washington as she takes her first tennis lesson. But race, s*x and class prejudice stand in her way. It’s the 1920s and Ora has gone north to Philadelphia – a city of opportunity and danger. Racial tensions are high in her neighborhood. What motivates her to start playing the so-called ‘gentleman’s game’?

Listen in as host pieces together Ora Washington’s remarkable story from Southern farm girl to boundary breaking athlete.

Links to listen are in our bio and the series is released weekly out w/ 🙌🏾

08/31/2022

Do check out in conversation with artist and poet .godden spotlighting at .gallery 💫

Histories, symbols, fantastical worlds and mythology are themes which have guided both visual artist & author .godden in their respective creative practices - whether it be creating art or poetry. We hear about these themes and more so listen in to this wonderful conversation between both women as they center how we reimagine the past and future, and reflect on .

Curated by , In the Black Fantastic .gallery features work from 11 contemporary artists from the African diaspora, who draw on science fiction, myth and Afrofuturism to question our knowledge of the world, imagining fantastical futures & liberation.

In the Black Fantastic is on until 18th September 2022. Link in bio!

More conversations with artists to come! Out every Wednesday!

08/29/2022

Ep1: “An empty chair” is out today on our BBC series called Ora - produced by us at Stance Studios 💫

Who was Ora Washington? The southern farm girl who wanted more. But recognition came too late. Host and former pro-basketball player investigates her story, starting with Ora’s upbringing in Virginia to become a leading tennis and basketball player who fought to make her name in racially segregated America.

In this podcast series we get to the heart of Queen Ora. She won 23 national tennis titles, including 8 in women’s singles, 12 in women’s doubles, and 3 mixed doubles championships. Achieving all this against the backdrop of racial, gender, and class inequality. BUT why was it almost forgotten?

Follow this podcast series to find out more. Released weekly starting today.

Episode 1: The Empty Chair of Untold Legends: Ora is now live! Please listen, rate (highly 😜) and subscribe 🙌🏾💕

See link in bio and it’s available on the BBC Sounds] BBC Sounds] and wherever you get your podcasts.

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