Everything Is Connected

About Everything Is Connected

Light Work Presents: Everything Is Connected, created by Folasade Ologundudu is a podcast that shares the interesting and inspiring stories of artists, thought leaders, and critical thinkers on life, work, and a wide range of cultural and social topics. Through engaging content, Ologundudu seeks to inspire listeners to lead their best lives through the transformative power of art and culture. She dives into ideas on art and society across cultures with a focus on diverse communities worldwide. Guests include artists, curators, entrepreneurs, educators, and creatives who are changing the way we think about the art, creativity, and the world.

Publisher

Light Work

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

22 Jul 2020

Latest episode

8 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

192 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Oct 2026

   Nancy Dantas: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu

   In this episode, I speak with Nancy Dantas, curator and art historian, and this year's curator of the modern section at the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair. Dantas shares how her archival research led her to view curating as an act of "active listening," framed by Miriam Makeba’s song "West Wind." She delves into how African modernism challenges Eurocentric categories—drawing inspiration from the 1966 Dakar exhibition "Tendencies and Confrontations"—and emphasizes the importance of u...

2. 

   1 Oct 2026

   Touria El Glaoui: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu

   On this episode, I’m joined by Touria El Glaoui as we discuss 1-54, the Contemporary African Art Fair she founded in 2013. More than a decade later, Touria explains that she founded the fair in 2013 after seeing exceptional artists across Africa with little presence in Europe or the U.S., and after witnessing the structural hurdles her artist father faced getting institutional support abroad. She argues the field has moved beyond needing to justify visibility—citing broad audience...

3. 

   19 Aug 2026

   Zizipho Poswa: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu

   On this episode, I’m joined by Zizipho Poswa as we discuss the themes, use of materials, and tenets that guide her work and practice as a visual artist and ceramist. Zizipho discusses her first New York solo exhibition at Southern Guild, titled The Seed, which is called Imbewu in Xhosa, her native language. The show traces the last decade of her career and showcases five distinct bodies of work that reflect on where she’s been as an artist, her continuity and growth, and what lies ahead...

Who has been a guest on Everything Is Connected

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Hugh Hayden
• Cassi Namoda
• Luke Willis Thompson

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

1,438

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

13 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 57 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

48

Social presence

94

YouTube

68

Engagement

51