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Short Fuse Podcast #87: A Library on Death Row

March 26, 2026
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Host Elizabeth Howard explores the importance of books for people incarcerated in Mississippi.

Short Fuse Podcast #86: Cinema Rodrigo — Talking Film

March 11, 2026
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On the cusp of the Academy Awards and the Oscars ceremony, host Elizabeth Howard talks with Aldo Juraidini, design director at Studio Rodrigo, who also directs and curates films for Cinema Rodrigo.

Short Fuse Podcast #85: Oarabile Ditsele — Reimagining Theater for Gen Z

February 27, 2026
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In this episode, Elizabeth Howard speaks with Oarabile Ditsele, a South African actor, filmmaker, writer, and multidisciplinary creative artist.

Short Fuse Podcast #84: A Conversation with Author Bsrat Mezghebe

February 12, 2026
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In this episode, Elizabeth Howard speaks with Bsrat Mezghebe about her debut novel, “I Hope You Find What You’re Looking For.”

Short Fuse Podcast #83: Big House Books – When to Hold the Line

January 28, 2026
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In this Short Fuse episode, host Elizabeth Howard talks to Holly Smith, a volunteer and board member at Big House Books in Jackson, Mississippi.

Short Fuse Podcast #82: Author Gish Jen Talks about “Bad Bad Girl”

December 10, 2025
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Host Elizabeth Howard talks to author Gish Jen about her most recent book, the genre-bending novel “Bad, Bad Girl.”

Short Fuse Podcast #81: Dr. Shuvendu Sen on “Broadway, Bars & Fortune”

November 20, 2025
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Elizabeth Howard speaks with Dr. Shuvendu Sen—the director and producer of “Broadway, Bars & Fortune,” a documentary that explores how theater and the arts fosters healing and redemption among formerly incarcerated individuals.

Short Fuse Podcast #74: Shakespeare in South Africa —  Now and Then

October 15, 2025
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Host Elizabeth Howard talks to South African Shakespeare scholar Chris Thurman about how the Bard is regarded, discussed, and performed in a postcolonial, post-apartheid country.

Short Fuse Podcast #73: “Mother Africa” –Celebrating African Jazz at Lincoln Center

September 21, 2025
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In this conversation, host Elizabeth Howard talks with Seton Hawkins, the Director of Public Programs and Educational Resources at Jazz at Lincoln Center, about Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s “Mother Africa” season.

Short Fuse Podcast #72: Bearing Witness — Theatre in South Africa

August 15, 2025
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Elizabeth Howard talks with actor, director, playwright, influential drama lecturer, and theatre administrator Malcolm Purkey, who shares his personal journey through the world of theatre during a time of political upheaval in South Africa.

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