This is How We Create

Martine Severin

Booking Overview

An interview-led arts podcast focused on the creative lives, artistic voices, and career paths of contemporary artists of color, featuring intimate conversations with independent creative professionals. Suitable pitches include accomplished or emerging artists, screenwriters, designers, and craft practitioners of color with distinctive work, compelling career pivots, or practical insight into sustaining an artistic practice; booking difficulty is medium.

Metrics

Episodes: 225

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: <1k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

martine@martineseverin.com

Looking for the right person? Join Podseeker to find direct host and producer contacts and manage your podcast outreach.

Host

Martine Severin - Podcast host and producer exploring the creative lives, artistic practices, and career journeys of contemporary artists of color.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Artists and creative professionals of color with a distinctive body of work, an identifiable artistic voice, and a substantive career or creative-development story.

Required Achievements:

Established an independent creative practice or studio, Created or directed original screen or visual work, Built a distinctive artistic style or body of work

Recent Guest Discussions

Octavia Clahar - Overcoming Rejection, Developing An Artistic Voice, Independent Production, Studio Pitching, Creative Resilience, And Support Networks.

Hadiya Williams - Career Pivots, Building An Independent Studio, Developing A Signature Style, Cultural Memory, Creative Entrepreneurship, And Combining Generative Artificial Intelligence With Ceramics.

Recent Topics

Contemporary Art, Artistic Practice, Creative Careers, Racial Representation, Artist Entrepreneurship

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

This is How We Create

The Pivotal Systems that Helped Me Escape Burnout - Daniel Espinosa

September 02, 2026

When you peek behind the curtain of a podcast, you see the hidden engine holding everything together long before the microphone turns on. In this episode, my lead producer Daniel Espinosa and I unpack the exact three-phase framework that transforms chaotic creative ideas into a seamless production machine. Master our framework so you can protect your artistic energy and elevate your craft without burning out. Chapters 00:00 - Stepping Behind the Mic: Producer Daniel Espinosa 02:28 - Spons...

How Saying No Will Save Your Creative Career - Polly Irungu

August 26, 2026

Could your biggest career breakthrough come from a time of isolation? Photographer Polly Irungu bought her first camera with money from working at McDonald's to cope with moving to a new place. She didn't know then that she was starting a global movement. In this episode, I talk with Polly about how she started Black Women Photographers, worked with big brands like Nikon and Adobe, and learned that saying yes to every low-paying job was hurting her health. You will learn how to find your ...

Best platforms for creating community as an artist - Lina Monterrey (Part 2)

August 20, 2026

You spend countless hours perfecting your work, yet your posts keep tumbling into a sea of silent scrollers and soul-crushing algorithms. In this episode, our podcast marketing specialist, Lina, joins me to unlock the exact digital strategy we used to transform a modest following into a devoted community of over eleven thousand supporters. Hit play right now to steal our exact marketing blueprint and turn passive scrollers into lifelong champions of your creative journey. Chapters 00...

Publicly listed emails

martine@martineseverin.com

Looking for the right person? Join Podseeker to find direct host and producer contacts and manage your podcast outreach.

Get your clients booked on top podcasts

Try us risk free with a FREE 3 days trial.

Start Your Free Trial

Join hundreds of PR teams using Podseeker to pitch and land bookings