AU community, meet our new episode of our podcast. Hosted by Rusina Lekukh, featuring London-based musician, performer, and sound artist Sasha Gefen.

In a world where music is streamed, copied, and endlessly replayed, what does it mean to preserve a sound and create an artifact?

In this episode, we talk about:

— vinyl, performance, and the luxury of the “unrepeatable moment,”

— music as a physical object and an experience,

— and how artists decide what deserves to be stored, archived, or simply let go.

It’s a conversation about the tension between ephemerality and permanence, between the act of creation and the desire to hold on.

Listen now!

This episode will dive into one of the most pressing and uncomfortable topics for creatives: how art and finance intersect in today’s world.

Hosted by Rusina Lekukh, featuring New York–based musician, producer, and Youtuber Kate Brunotts.

In this conversation, we explore:

— how the economic structures of the music industry extract more than they return,

— why many artists hide their day jobs under the weight of “authenticity,”

— and how musicians like Kate navigate survival within this system.