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The Emergence Room

T.J. Dedeaux-Norris, Jason Imnek

Booking Overview

An interview show exploring art, care, creative practice, and personal and professional emergence, typically featuring artists, academics, educators, and other creative practitioners. PR agencies could credibly pitch accomplished artists, scholars, and arts leaders whose work connects to these themes; booking difficulty is medium, with a strong fit and substantive perspective more important than broad celebrity recognition.

Metrics

Episodes: 33

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000

Listener location: USA

Instagram: 1.5k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

jsimanek@gmail.com

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Host

T.J. Dedeaux-Norris - Co-host of The Emergence Room, leading conversations about art, care, creativity, and what it means to emerge.

Jason Imnek - Co-host of The Emergence Room, leading conversations about art, care, creativity, and what it means to emerge.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Established artists, academics, educators, and arts practitioners with substantive creative or scholarly work and a thoughtful perspective on their practice and life.
Required Achievements:  
Competitive fellowships or artist residencies, University teaching or research appointments, A sustained professional artistic or scholarly practice, Founding or leading arts initiatives or publishing projects

Recent Guest Discussions

Kevin Martn - Italian Colonialism, Language And Power, First-generation College Experiences, Queerness, Belonging, Family, And Ambition.

Darcy Tuttle - Ancient Roman Burial And Belonging, Academic Research, Teaching, Enthusiasm For Scholarship, And Work-life Balance.

Liana Miuccio - Photography, Teaching, Identity, Memory, Migration, Artistic Life, Family, And Making Choices Aligned With Personal Values.

Heather Hart - Sculpture, Architecture, Community, Teaching, Creative Practice, And Building Spaces For Gathering And Connection.

Michela Palermo - Photography, Independent Publishing, Feminism, Collaboration, Authorship, And Artists’ Agency Over How Their Work Is Framed And Circulated.

Recent Topics

Art, Visual Arts, Photography, Art Education, Contemporary Art

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
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Kevin Martìn

October 08, 2026

Welcome to The Emergence Room. In this episode, we sit down with Kevin Martìn, a 2025–26 Rome Prize Fellow in Modern Italian Studies at the American Academy in Rome and a PhD candidate at UC Berkeley. Kevin's research looks at the sociolinguistic history of Italian colonialism in East Africa, asking what language can reveal about power, migration, colonialism, and the voices that have too often been left outside the historical record. We talked about being first-generation college students, q...

Darcy Tuttle

October 01, 2026

In this episode, we sit down with Darcy Tuttle, a 2025–26 Rome Prize Fellow in Ancient Studies at the American Academy in Rome. Darcy's research moves through ancient Roman religion, law, burial, and funerary practice, asking questions about death, community, and who gets to belong, even after death. Darcy and T.J. were also Shop Talk partners at the Academy, and early in our time in Rome, Darcy took a group of us on a tour of an ancient burial site that also happened to be full of stray cats...

Liana Muccio

September 24, 2026

In this episode, we sit down with visual artist, photographer, filmmaker, and educator Liana Miuccio. Born in Rome and raised in New York, Liana is a dual citizen of Italy and the United States whose life and practice have moved between these two places. She teaches photography in Rome at Cornell University and Temple University, and her work explores identity, memory, migration, and the ways our everyday lives become part of the stories we tell about ourselves and one another. This conversat...

Frequently asked questions

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How do I get in touch with The Emergence Room?

The Emergence Room is hosted by T.J. Dedeaux-Norris and Jason Imnek. Its publicly listed email is jsimanek@gmail.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for The Emergence Room?

The publicly listed email for The Emergence Room: jsimanek@gmail.com.

How many listeners does The Emergence Room have?

Podseeker estimates The Emergence Room reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for The Emergence Room?

The Emergence Room typically books rising experts. Typical guest background: Established artists, academics, educators, and arts practitioners with substantive creative or scholarly work and a thoughtful perspective on their practice and life. Common among recent guests: Competitive fellowships or artist residencies; University teaching or research appointments; A sustained professional artistic or scholarly practice. Recent guests include Kevin Martn, Darcy Tuttle, and Liana Miuccio.

How hard is it to get booked on The Emergence Room?

Medium. Guests usually need solid credentials in the topic and an idea that fits the show.

What topics does The Emergence Room cover?

Recent episodes cover Art, Visual Arts, Photography, Art Education, and Contemporary Art. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

Publicly listed emails

jsimanek@gmail.com

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