{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/bc5f9100-dfa0-4585-8f60-a2049c614a16/68632100db315037b790999a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep. 188: Afrotectopia’s Ari Melenciano on Synthesizing, Art, Tech, Epigenetics, and more [encore]","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b7709a16956261f5e950ae/1751326525124-c2e42f89-e6c6-4cd6-bae1-3ce77cf05a69.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Artist and technologist, Ari Melenciano, spent her youth obsessed with music, art, and gadgets. A year in Barcelona, a city that valued art as she did, left a meaningful impression on her. Back in the US, frustrated at the racial inadequacy of academia and technology, she founded Afrotectopia, a cultural institution building at the nexus of art, science, and technology through an Afrocentric lens.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.cleverpodcast.com/blog/ep-188-ari-melenciano\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Images and more from Ari at cleverpodcast.com!</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.cleverpodcast.com/subscribe\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">SUBSCRIBE</a> - listen to Clever on any podcast app!</p><p><a href=\"https://www.cleverpodcast.com/subscribe\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">SIGN UP</a> - for our Substack for news, bonus content, new episode alerts</p><p><a href=\"https://www.cleverpodcast.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">VISIT</a> - cleverpodcast.com for transcripts, images, and<a href=\"https://www.cleverpodcast.com/all-pisodes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> 200+ more episodes</a></p><p>SAY HI! - on<a href=\"https://bit.ly/4jEzIz3\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Instagram</a> &amp;<a href=\"https://bit.ly/4kVhniZ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> LinkedIn</a> @cleverpodcast @amydevers</p><p><br></p><p>Clever is hosted &amp; produced by <a href=\"https://www.cleverpodcast.com/about\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Amy Devers</a>, with editing by <a href=\"https://about.me/stroffolino\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Rich Stroffolino</a>, production assistance from Ilana Nevins and Anouchka Stephan, and music by <a href=\"https://www.elteneleven.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">El Ten Eleven</a>.</p><p>If you enjoy Clever we could use your support! Please consider<a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/clever/id1106679693?mt=2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> leaving a review</a>,<a href=\"https://www.cleverpodcast.com/contact\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> making a donation, becoming a sponsor</a>, or introducing us to your friends! We love and appreciate you!</p>","author_name":"Amy Devers"}