An Interview with the Director

From LETTERS READ by Nancy Sharon Collins

April 5, 2026 · 16 min · Season 10 · Episode 1

About this episode

Dave Walker interviews Nancy Sharon Collins about the programming of Letters Read and its connection to activism.

Dave Walker, veteran journalist and creator/producer of The Museum Goer , interviews Letters Read director Nancy Sharon Collins about ten years of this project's programming. Yet another example of 2026's "outtake-sub-theme, what activates activists?” This podcast begins with an outtake from the 2024 Armen Merjian interview., a multi-decade civil rights and public interest attorney. According to the New York Law Journal, he’s “one of the nation’s leading civil rights lawyers". Merjian’s full interview is podcast later this year. The first activating activists outtake aired earlier this year with local reproductive rights activist Allyn Goff. The musical soundtrack, Happy Blues , is courtesy of Hans Witchi. As is the cover art painting. This podcast audio engineering was by Steve Chyzyk, Sonic Canvas Studio. Letters Read fiscal sponsor is Antenna.

People in this episode

Host: Nancy Sharon Collins

Guest: Dave Walker

Topics covered

activism
civil rights
interview
podcasting
art

Keywords

activists
civil rights
podcast
interview
art

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York Law Journal, Sonic Canvas Studio

Products: Happy Blues