RVIB Season 1

Jazz Musician Keigo Hirakawa

Jazz Musician Keigo Hirakawa

In this special Summer Break episode of Inspired By, host Rodney Veal speaks with Keigo Hirakawa, an electrical engineering professor at the University of Dayton, about how he blends his life in education with his passion for jazz music.

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Playwright Michael London

Playwright Michael London

In this episode, host Rodney Veal speaks with Michael London, a director & playwright, about his career spanning over 40 years and his residency with the Benjamin Franklin House in London.

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Visual Artist Cedric Michael Cox

Visual Artist Cedric Michael Cox

On a new episode of Inspired By, host Rodney Veal speaks with Cedric Michael Cox, is best known for his paintings and drawings that merge surrealism and representational abstraction.

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Production Designer Hannah Beachler

Production Designer Hannah Beachler

In this episode, host Rodney Veal talks with Hannah Beachler, an award-winning Production Designer, who has worked on films such as Fruitvale Station, Moonlight, and Marvel’s Black Panther, for which she won an Academy Award for Best Production Design.

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Fiber Artist Mychaelyn Michalec

Fiber Artist Mychaelyn Michalec

In this episode, host Rodney Veal talks with Mychaelyn Michalec, a fiber artist and painter working in Dayton, who shares stories about how having a family has impacted her career as an artists, and how her residencies helped build her relationships with the rest of the art community.

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Mosaic Artist Jes McMillan

Mosaic Artist Jes McMillan

In this episode, host Rodney Veal talks with Jes McMillan, an artist and owner of The Mosaic Institute of Dayton whose passion for the art of mosaics has developed into a career spanning over two decades.

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Broadway Producer Joey Monda

Broadway Producer Joey Monda

In this episode, host Rodney Veal talks with Joey Monda, a Tony Award-winning Broadway producer and theater manager, about how his time at Wright State helped shape his future in the business side of live theater.

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Abstract Artist & Journalist Ron Rollins

Abstract Artist & Journalist Ron Rollins

In this episode, host Rodney Veal talks to Ron Rollins, an abstract artists and retired editor/writer for Dayton Daily News, about his background in the world of journalism and how a chance happening brought him and his wife to Dayton.

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Visual Artist Amy Deal

Visual Artist Amy Deal

In this episode, host Rodney Veal talks to visual artist Amy Deal about her rural upbringing, how her family supported her passion for the arts, her relocation to downtown Dayton and how the pandemic helped her evolve her work and try new things.

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Filmmaker Jonathan McNeal of The Neon

Filmmaker Jonathan McNeal of The Neon

In this episode, host Rodney Veal talks to filmmaker, philanthropist and general manager of The Neon, Jonathan McNeal about his passion for film, ways The Neon helps promote and grow independent films, how the pandemic has impacted the industry and what’s next for film.

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