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Episode #149 | Arabela Espinoza Arabela Espinoza got her start with a camera in an elementary school after-school program on the East Side of San Jose. After studying advertising at San Jose State University, contributing to Content Magazine, and co-founding the commercial creative agency Weekend Creative, Espinoza built a career around product photography and art direction. Following the closure…
Episode #148 – Rayos MagosRayos Magos grew up on the west side of San Jose, utilizing art as a natural way to navigate the world. He initially studied journalism at SF State before pivoting to earn degrees in psychology and working on the front lines of community mental health. In April 2021, he left his counseling career to pursue art full-time—a psychological lens that remains foundational to…
Miguel Novelo | INFRAMUNDO “It’s about all these little connection points that create the bigger picture... Maybe that’s what art can do.” Born and raised in Yucatán, Mexico, Novelo utilizes interactive video and spatialized sound to explore human experience and our relationship with technology. Narrated by Novelo, this feature—paired with his feature in Summer 2026 Content Magazine Issue 18.3,…
Episode #147 - Jasmine Bridges South Bay native Jasmine Bridges has been known to dive headfirst into creative outlets. Early on, she did theater in primary school, later picked up a camera, and even performed competitively in Bachata and Latin Dance during college. Seeking a change of scenery and a "nomadic lifestyle," she left the Bay Area after her time at West Valley College to continue…
Episode #146 | Shannon Mirabelli-Lopez Shannon Mirabelli-Lopez grew up in the East Bay punk scene of the ’80s and ’90s. Starting off managing local bands, she handled distribution for Primus and worked on music videos for Green Day and INXS. That background, along with degrees in Anthropology and Visual Culture: Costume Studies, led her to two decades among elite New York City art institutions,…
Episode #145 | Rose Sellery: Ripple Effect Art Festival Rose Sellery is a Santa Cruz-based multidisciplinary artist whose work uses the language of fashion to explore themes related to women’s lives and societal expectations. She grew up in Venice, California, at her parents' ceramic studio, located across the alley from a brothel, where crayons, paper, and clay were her toys. As she got older,…
Episode #144 - John W. Kim Filmmaker John W. Kim joins the podcast to discuss his twenty-year journey in independent cinema and the founding of his production house, Civilized Beast . With a background in honors literature and an MFA from the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Kim’s work—including his latest feature film, Reunion —focuses on authentic representation and the "stubbornness" required to…
Episode #143 | Content Magazine: A look at 2026 It’s been a minute, but we are officially back with the first podcast of 2026. Founder Daniel Garcia and Production Manager David Valdespino Jr. discuss a big year ahead, including a team transition and an overview of projects currently hitting the streets. After founding Content in 2012, Daniel is preparing for a planned transition to focus on his…
Cooper Salmon | Featured: Issue 18.2, "Sight and Sound." “I challenge the idea that a disability is an inherent negative and that people with disabilities are not capable of living full and rich lives.”— Cooper Salmon Painter Cooper Salmon at work in the studio. Featured in Content Magazine, spring 2026 Issue 18.2, "Sight and Sound." Read more about Cooper Salmon’s life and work in Content…
rafa esparza is a multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles, working across live performance, sculpture, installation, drawing, and painting. Known for his work with adobe brick, a skill he inherited from his father, Ramón Esparza, his process connects the artist to community and centers inclusivity within contexts of historical exclusion.rafa’s current work uses adobe as a platform to "probe…
