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Bay Area Book Festival PodcastCreators' Collective ActionAmidst current challenges like book bans in schools and libraries across the country, record numbers of legal restrictions on the human rights of immigrants and trans people, especially trans youth, in our community, creators play a crucial role when they come together in a unified voice of resistance. We have many models of people who resisted under the most repressive circumstances, including Maria van Lieshout's Song of a Blackbird, a historical graphic novel based on a true story about a collective of artists in the Dutch Resistance during WWII who used their creativity to save children and to support...
2025-08-1442 minBay Area Book Festival PodcastStorming the Gatekeepers: Past, Present, & Future Publishing AlternativesLong before politicians weaponized book bans across the country, mainstream publishers have controlled which books get published, carrying out "soft book bans" through gatekeeping. For as long as books have been published (and censored), indie and alternative publishers have challenged these gatekeepers, who have often excluded and marginalized diverse voices. As these same institutions preemptively buckle to pressures from above, we must uplift true grassroots, community-based publishers that bring out books by and for their communities. Hear from Zetta Elliott (The Oracle's Door) of Rosetta Press, a self-publisher of children's books that reveal, explore and foster a Black feminist...
2025-08-1148 min
East Bay Yesterday“Respect the patch”: How Oakland’s oldest Black motorcycle club survived more than 60 yearsTobie Gene Levingston left behind his life as a Louisiana sharecropper in the mid-1950s to work at an Oakland metal foundry. Within a few years, he started the East Bay Dragons, which grew to be one of the most legendary Black motorcycle clubs in the world. This episode goes into the Dragons’ clubhouse for a deep conversation with two long-time members, Melvin Shadrick and Picasso, to explore how the club has managed to thrive all these years – and what it feels like to cruise past another motorcycle pack on the highway going 140 miles per hour. [Note: This episode originally aire...
2025-06-2035 min
The Paper Plane PodcastEp 12: 'Spraycan Art,' ‘Baby Baby Please,' & 'Fighting to Belong' w Robert Liu-TrujilloToday Colin sits down with someone he met close to 2 decades ago, when a mutual Mentor– S/O Hodari Davis–connected them during the time he was an After School Intervention Program Coordinator for the non-profit, Making Waves in San Rafael, CA. Today's guest taught a DJ’ing enrichment course that their then 3rd to 8th grade students absolutely adored and his cool, calm, collected, and inquisitive demeanor immediately made Colin feel like he’d found an instant friend and comrade. Fast fwd 15+ years, they are both middle aged Papas and have since discovered many connections, be they to mutual f...
2025-05-3056 min
Our ClassroomEpisode 82 | Nurturing Creativity and Community Relations w/ Robert Liu-TrujilloIn today's episode, host Roberto Germán sits down with guest Robert Liu-Trujillo, author and illustrator of the captivating picture book "Fresh Juice." They delve into the inspiration behind the book, the importance of diversity in children's literature, and the significance of familial relationships. The conversation also touches on the representation of fathers of color in children's books and the benefits of community support. Join us as we unravel the storytelling and artistic process behind "Fresh Juice" and discover how it resonates with readers of all ages.
Robert Liu-Trujillo is the author-illustrator of Furqan's First Flat Top a...
2024-02-1428 min
Art of the Bay | Podcast SeriesRobert Liu Trujillo - Art of the Bay: SessionsOn this episode we are joined by author & illustrator Robert Liu Trujillo. We chat about the origins of the Trust Your Struggle collective, the process when creating a new book, working with the local community and so much more! If you would like to support Robert’s work and learn more about his current projects, check out the links below!https://www.instagram.com/robert_treshttps://work.robdontstop.comhttps://www.instagram.com/trustyourstruggle---------------------------Video version:https://youtu.be/AGYA53Wc5wU---------------------------Art of the Bay: Sessions is...
2024-01-311h 12
Crosscurrents@WORK at a Nursery / Poet Adrienne Danyelle Oliver / The StoopToday, we meet Phillip Feemster who bought Clement Nursery. Then, poet Adrienne Danyelle Oliver shares how she navigates this society in a Black, female body. And, we’re going to Oakland barbershop Megah Browns where author Robert Liu-Trujillo took his son to get his first flat top.
2023-02-1326 minCrosscurrents@WORK at a Nursery / Poet Adrienne Danyelle Oliver / The StoopToday, we meet Phillip Feemster who bought Clement Nursery. Then, poet Adrienne Danyelle Oliver shares how she navigates this society in a Black, female body. And, we’re going to Oakland barbershop Megah Browns where author Robert Liu-Trujillo took his son to get his first flat top.
2023-02-1326 min
RightnowishRobert Liu-Trujillo on Creating Books For ‘Kids Like MeGrowing up, Robert Liu-Trujillo didn't see himself represented in the books he read. So after he became a dad, he wanted to make sure his son would have stories to relate to. Liu-Trujillo set forth on a path to fill the void. And in doing so, he's contributed to the effort to create a culturally aware and racially just future for all of us.Initially an illustrator, he became an author and has published eight books. He often uses watercolors to create scenes that are full of bright hues and earth tones. His characters are from cultures...
2022-08-2618 min
Comadres y Comics PodcastEpisode 154 : Alejandrina Fights BackCHISME DE LA SEMANA: Blue Beetle chisme.
ON MY RADAR: The DC Vs. Vampires: Hunters one-shot
HORA DE LA CERVECITA: Santa Monica Brew Works - 310 Stomped Shandy
BOOK REVIEW: Alejandria Fights Back! / ¡La Lucha de Alejandria! by Leticia Hernández-Linares, Robert Liu-Trujillo (Illustrations), Carla España (Translator)
EN LA LIBRERIA: Complete Collectors Vol 1 Funny Comic About Comics And Wives Collectors is the hilarious and (almost) true webcomic comic strip about balancing your comic book collecting with your married life. http://kck.st/3LmYiTW
JUNTOS Y FUERTES: PRISM COMICS Cordially Invite...
2022-06-011h 04
Stickers on the Mic PodcastRobert Liu-Trujillo - Artist And IllustratorRobert Liu-Trujillo is an Oakland-based author and illustrator who is co-founder of The Trust Your Struggle Collective, a contributor to The Social Justice Children's Bk Holiday Fair, Tone Magazine, The Bullhorn Blog, and the founder of Come Bien Books.
Rob is the author and illustrator of Furqan’s First Flat Top and he’s illustrated numerous other children’s books. Always drawing, Rob grew up to be an artist falling in love with graffiti, fine art, illustration, murals, and children’s books.
He spoke with us about Alejandria Fights Back, his latest book, and the many social justice projects he's working...
2022-01-1921 min
Not Real ArtRobert Liu-Trujillo x Erin Yoshi: Sharing Stories of Diversity and JoyIn today’s episode of the Not Real Art Podcast, guest host Erin Yoshi is joined by Robert Liu-Trujillo, a fine artist, illustrator, muralist, children’s book creator, and lifelong Bay Area resident. Born in Oakland California, Rob is the child of student activists who watched lots of science fiction and took him to demonstrations. Always drawing, Rob grew up to be an artist, falling in love with graffiti, fine art, illustration, murals, and children’s books at a young age. Rob now illustrates and writes bilingual children’s books to share stories of diversity of joy, like Furqan’s First Fl...
2021-11-2355 min
Solo Nerd BirdInterview w/ Robert Liu-Trujillo - Art of RobMy interview with Robert Liu-Trujillo, the creator and artist within the art book, Art of Rob currently on Kickstarter. Original theme music Neon Drive composed by Tim Roven on www.tabletopaudio.com. All rights reserved to Robert Liu-Trujillo.
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2021-11-1818 min
East Bay Yesterday“Respect the patch”: How Oakland’s oldest Black motorcycle club survived nearly 60 yearsTobie Gene Levingston left behind his life as a Louisiana sharecropper in the mid-1950s to work at a Oakland metal foundry. Within a few years, he started the East Bay Dragons, which grew to be one of the most legendary Black motorcycle clubs in the world. This episode goes into the Dragons’ clubhouse for a deep conversation with two long-time members, Melvin Shadrick and Picasso, to explore how the club has managed to thrive all these years – and what it feels like to cruise past another motorcycle pack on the highway going 140 miles per hour.
This episode’s art is a w...
2018-08-2633 min
The StoopMy child's hairOur babies and their hair. We hear how two parents discuss hair with their kids. Author Robert Trujillo wrote a book about his son, Furqan's, first flat top. Then we meet Fatima Jones and he daughter Aponi, and listen in on an intimate conversation about hair, pride and love.
To find the book Furqan's First Flat Top, by Robert Liu-Trujillo.
Illustration by Robert Liu-Trujillo
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2018-08-1417 min