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Brandi Fullwood

Multimedia Producer

The World

Brandi Fullwood is a multimedia producer for The World's Future Folk collaboration with the Smithsonian Folklife Center.

Brandi Fullwood is a multimedia producer for The World's Future Folk collaboration with the Smithsonian Folklife Center.

Young woman on a green gown smiles while sitting on a sofa.

How a high school student’s hand-painted graduation dress went viral

A teenager in the Philippines created a hand-painted gown for high school ball. It’s gorgeous — and is now an internet sensation.

A woman stands on the porch of a house

Is Airbnb’s no-profit return to the West Bank ‘whitewashing’ human rights violations?

Conflict & Justice
The Facebook logo is reflected in the lenses of a woman's glasses

We asked listeners why they can’t quit Facebook. Here’s what you said.

Favorite albums of 2018

The World’s favorite albums of 2018

Global Hit
closeup of hands shucking corn

Indigenous chef Sean Sherman wants you to know the truth behind Thanksgiving

Culture
Man in orang jumpsuit dancing in front of two people in army fatigues

This is a remix? Childish Gambino’s ‘This is America’ has started a global wave of remix videos

Future Folk

More than 15 artists from other countries have produced their own country-specific versions of Childish Gambino’s ‘This is America.’

Mela Murder holds her daugther Amethyst in the Hurray for the Riff Raff Music video for Palante

In song and video, ‘Pa’lante’ depicts Puerto Rico’s resilience

Future Folk

“It resonates with everything and everyone. Any type of situation you may be in, despite what happens in life, you can move forward. And you will.”

Traditional Women’s Music from Ghana album cover

A Mother’s Day to end all wars

Future Folk

If you haven’t heard, Mother’s Day is this weekend.

Egyptian men and Sufi Muslims practice ritualized Zikr (invocation)

Finding forms of devotion in Tuyo’s Conselho do Bom Senso

Arts

Rituals and spring go hand-in-hand.

South London musician Cosmo Pyke

Cosmo Pyke and Frank Ulwenya capture the sound of travel with soul and surf rock

Arts

What does it sound like to travel? In this A-side B-side, we find it in two tracks.