Season Two
EPISODE 4: MARCH 2025
Seeds From The Rubble — with Reem Assil
Join host Zahyr Lauren – aka The Artist L. Haz – as they talk with Palestinian-Syrian culinary phenom and social justice warrior, Reem Assil, about harnessing community power for protection, standing firm in the stories of her people, and food as a force for liberation.
EPISODE 3: NOVEMBER 2024
LANDBACK For The People — with NDN Collective and The Red Nation
In our first Surge Series event, we’re honored to share a conversation between NDN Collective’s President, CEO, and host of their podcast LANDBACK For The People – Nick Tilsen, and his guests Demetrius Johnson, Kiley Guy and Jennifer Marley from The Red Nation.
EPISODE 2: OCTOBER 2024
The Risk Is My Soul — with Chani Nicholas
Join host Zahyr Lauren – aka The Artist L. Haz – in conversation with activist and astrologer Chani Nicholas about her journey as a Jewish person in solidarity with Palestinian liberation, and the ways astrology can be a tool for contextualizing both the struggle and beauty of our human experience.
EPISODE 1: SEPTEMBER 2024
We Will Carry On Forever — with Tania Aparicio, Zahyr Lauren and Thania Petersen
Join host Zahyr Lauren – aka The Artist L. Haz – in a cross-continental conversation with South African artist, activist and cultural worker Thania Petersen and Brooklyn-based cultural sociologist, professor, arts administrator and advocate Tania Aparicio.
Season One
SEASON 1 HIGHLIGHTS: MAY 2024
Solidarity Voices — with Christian Allaire, Korina Emmerich, Doreen St Félix, Morgan Bassichis, Alsarah, Zahyr Lauren aka The Artist L.Haz, Arooj Aftab, Samir Eskanda and Huda Asfour
Join us as we look back at The Solidarity Index podcast’s first season, where we spoke with renowned musicians, designers, and writers whose creative practice explores the question of what solidarity sounds like, looks like, and feels like in action.
SPECIAL EDITION: DECEMBER 2023
Artists for a Just Peace — with Samir Eskanda, Doreen St Félix, and Morgan Bassichis
Join us for an urgent conversation on solidarity, accountability, and cultural power, with artists and organizers united by the call for ceasefire.
Presented with Jewish Voice for Peace and Adalah Justice Project. Hosted by Judson Memorial Church, NYC.
Episode 6: SEPTEMBER 2023
The Heart Is An Instrument — with Huda Asfour
Join host Zahyr Lauren aka The Artist L.Haz as they talk with musician, educator, and engineer Huda Asfour about origins and exile… frequencies and improvisation… and the incredible instrument that is the heart.
Episode 5: JULY 2023
The Most Beautiful Thing — with Christian Allaire
Join host Zahyr Lauren aka The Artist L. Haz as they talk with fashion writer Christian Allaire about crossing borders, rejecting boxes, rocking culture wear, and making it a mission to redistribute the spotlight.
Episode 4: JUNE 2023
We Are That Wave — with Zahyr Lauren aka The Artist L.Haz
Join producer Stina Hamlin as she flips the script with host Zahyr Lauren aka The Artist L.Haz to talk origins – from the name, wave, and vision of this podcast, to Zahyr’s powerful story of family, frontline work, and finding new life as a self-taught artist.
Episode 3: MAY 2023
Going Up Together — with Arooj Aftab
Join host Zahyr Lauren aka The Artist L. Haz as they reunite with longtime friend Arooj Aftab to talk creative kinship, pursuing dreams, art as self healing, and limitless fashion.
Episode 2: MARCH 2023
Colors Our Ancestors Can See — with Korina Emmerich
Join host Zahyr Lauren aka The Artist L. Haz as they dive into the threads of designer Korina Emmerich’s colorful work – exploring heritage, sustainability, storytelling, and inspiration.
Episode 1: JANUARY 2023
My Love Language is Action — with Alsarah
Join host Zahyr Lauren aka The Artist L. Haz as they talk with Alsarah about taking freedom as a lover, finding reflection as a displaced people, and choosing to do the unsafest thing that makes your heart sing.
SEASON 1 LAUNCH: JANUARY 2023
Season 1 Trailer
Decolonize. Solidarity. Liberation. Love. What do they sound, look, feel like in action?
Join host Zahyr Lauren aka The Artist L. Haz – to explore these questions with trailblazing artists who are using cultural power to confront erasure and censorship with creativity and connection.