The Constellation

A production studio in Southdale Center, Edina: shows, live events, projects and a channel, all built on one set of values.

Long-form video essays on the major issues of public interest, fact-checked, openly corrected, and built as playlists that grow as events unfold.

The framework behind the essays: values from my organising years, a few conversational rules, and a checklist borrowed from community organising.

Where the sources for a Citizen Spin essay come from, in the order I work through them, and the checks before anything goes on air.

The podcasts I draw guest quotes from, grouped by political leaning as rated by outside watchdogs, and checked against each show's live feed.

A conversation podcast about change: personal, between people, and global. Recorded in batches, prepared like a research project.

Conversations with people in the music business, made the On Change way.

Ticketed, recorded live events: comedy, spoken word, table reads and an open mic, with footage for the artists and a share of the door.

A screenplay, read aloud and barely rehearsed, in front of a ticketed audience. It is a show, and it is how a script finds out whether it should become a film.

The channel where ht.live's recorded work will live.

A cycle in which ht.live funds six small teams to make short films telling the origin stories of civic organisations, then brings the organisations together to celebrate and raise funds.

Books, movies, videos and articles I have read, watched or saved.