FOR REAL is a podcast on human dignity, made by Resonate Productions.
In this episode: humanity - someone being in love with you at work - being ignored as a junior at work - asking questions.
Recorded on the 23d of November 2025, at BAM Brooklyn, Next Wave Festival, New York City.
(01:20) Zack Glassman [°1993 - Suffolk, New York]: \"You are bringing music to humanity here. In this world today, I wonder: do I have to prove my humanity? Nobody needs to prove their humanity. I wish we can all experience this moment for what it is, this afternoon. Because we are all here together. \"
(06:04) Helena de Groot [°1983 - Belgium]: \"I have been in love with you from the moment I saw you. And actually, it is because of me that you got hired... I thought I had been hired for me.\"
(11:30) Keileigh [°2001 - Tennessee]: \"What is the best way to phrase this... I am younger in the creative field. I look up to my elders in arts administration, I admire them, I want to be like them. But then, they don't even say 'hi' to you when you are ushering.\"
(15:37) Preeti [°1973 - India]: \"My mother didn't get to have a career. But she has one now, in art. Her medium is what comes from domestic work, which she was made to do when she was young. I also took her for granted as a servant. She had so much more to say, that I was missing. It didn't end there.\"
(21:04) What do you deserve? A powerful life - to take up space - dignity - to be able to do it all.
\"All comments were spot on. That's what we deserve.\"
For each episode of FOR REAL, we get together with a group of people in a theater, to look into what it means to matter as a person. All interviews are carried by improvised music, made by George Dumitriu (viola, guitar), Sarah Jeffery (recorders) and Andrea Voets (harp).
Made by Resonate Productions -creating musical journalism-
Music & interviews: Andrea Voets, Sarah Jeffery, George Dumitriu
Sound engineer: Hayden Hook
Funded by: AFK, FPK, BNG, Cultuurfonds, Dioraphte
This episode was co-produced by Qubit Music and supported by the Dutch Embassy in New York
Leadership support for theater at BAM provided by The Shubert Foundation, Inc. and The SHS Foundation
Leadership support for Next Wave 2025 provided by National Endowment for the Arts
Support for theater at BAM provided by The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation and Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater
Additional support for theater at BAM provided by The Francena T. Harrison Foundation Trust and David L. Klein, Jr. Foundation
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