Empathy Media Lab

About Empathy Media Lab

EML.media is a multi-brand podcast exploring political economy, labor, art and culture. Producer and host Evan Papp seeks to build solidarity by universalizing the struggles of our human condition while outlining policy solutions that address the most intractable challenges of today. Union Solidarity Forever.

Publisher

EML.media

Category

arts · education · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Jul 2020

Latest episode

4 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

266 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Jul 2026

   Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

   “...a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.” Gettysburg Address - Abraham Lincoln A New Birth of Freedom - Battle of Gettysburg - July 1st - 3rd, 1863 Declare Our Independence https://youtube.com/shorts/9GK02FiMuaQ?feature=share https://substack.com/profile/6238082-evan-matthew-papp/note/c-288145806 https://www.instagram.com/p/DaYVooyymQW/

2. 

   5 Nov 2025

   A Republic of Builders: A National Credit System for America’s Productive Renaissance - EXPLAINER:

   In every era, the people face a defining question: Will they build a future worthy of free people or slip into the managed decline of debt, speculation and cultural decay? The answer turns not on temporary political moods but on the system of political economy a nation chooses as its operating philosophy. There are two competing systems in modern history. One system treats money as the measure of value, markets as the arbiter of destiny and society as an arena of consumption, competition and extraction. Under this system, banks and asset values are placed above labor and production. Financial engineering replaces physical engineering, and speculative gains masquerade as economic growth. This is the monetarist system. The other system measures value not in money but in the productive powers of labor. It treats human creativity as the source of wealth, public credit as a tool of national purpose and infrastructure as the foundation for rising living standards. Under this system, progress is defined by increasing productive output, rising real wages, expanding scientific capabilities and improved conditions of life for each generation. This is the credit system, also known as the productive economy. Every great advance in American development came from the credit system. Every major period of decline followed a retreat into monetarism. The United States now stands at a decisive moment. Decades of financialization, offshoring, infrastructure neglect and cultural fragmentation have hollowed out the economic and civic foundations of the republic. We must again choose the system that builds nations, not the one that extracts from them. This is a call not only for economic reform, but for civic renewal. It is the blueprint for a National Credit and Productive Investment Era—a return to building a high-wage, high-energy, high-technology republic. Follow the conversation at https://politicaleconomyproject.substack.com www.eml.media

3. 

   16 Nov 2022

   African Artist’s Intellectual Property with Foza Fawehinmi - Artist Works

   “You are also competing with the guy that goes on TikTok and eats 10,000 pieces of meat and is a superstar. Right? So Superstardom is no longer exclusive to artists or filmmakers or actors. I really feel for the artists.” Foza Fawehinmi, President, Digital Music Commerce and Exchange Limited Foza Fawehinmi is an award-winning lawyer and the President of Digital Music Commerce and Exchange Limited, an intellectual property valuation, management and administration company serving sub-Saharan Africa. Over the last 9 years, she has served as a legal advisory and business consultant for some of Africa’s most reputable entertainment companies and artists including, Chocolate City Music, Premier Records, Boomplay Music, Infinix Nigeria, K1 De Ultimate, Teni, Adekunle Gold, The Sarz Academy, Sarz and more Learn more about Foza’s work at: https://digitalmusicce.com https://fozadoza.com/category/newsletter https://www.instagram.com/fozadoza https://www.linkedin.com/in/oyinkansola-fawehinmi https://www.facebook.com/fawehinmi.oyinkansola https://twitter.com/fozadoza About EMLab’s Artist Works Artist Works is an EMLab brand that explores the labor, concepts, and inspiration behind the artists illuminating and shaping our world. EMLab is produced by Evan Matthew Papp and we are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists, and laborers who are fighting for a brighter day for everyone, everywhere. Union solidarity forever. All Links: https://wlo.link/@empathymedialab #laborradiopod #ArtistWorks

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