This, third episode, of the ASSEMBLY Podcast Series sees Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) CEO, Ashraf Johaardien, facilitating a Q&A with Dr Andrea Rurale (Milan, Italy), on the social impact of the arts, the degree to which the creative sector and cultural institutions have (or have not) been agile, responsive or resilient, in terms of COVID-19 challenges, and the future of the creative economy at this point in time.