Taste "The Contrast of Blight and Beauty Was Nearly Overwhelming..." A wonderful conversation with acclaimed author and professor - Nancy McKinley. Nancy speaks with us from her home in Colorado. We discuss Her Journey from New Jersey to Massachusetts, the Virgin Islands, Pennsylvania and Colorado, Beauty from Afar, the Importance of Community, Offbeat Humor, Irish Nuns, Northern Appalachia, Female Voices Not Seen in Literature, Her Acclaimed Novel "Saint Christopher On Pluto,"a Big Blue Old Buick, Malls, Joy, Laughter, Empathy, Attending Readings, Learning Through Writing and Teaching, Kindness...

Taste "President Biden Left Me With a Tray of Cookies, I thought to Myself - 'Is This How It Ends?'" A politically astute conversation with Union Organizer and Chair of the Pennsylvania Progressive Democratic Caucus- Dwayne Heisler. Dwayne and I delve into Voting Rights and Registration, Rural & Suburban Politics, Stacey Abrams, Gerrymandering, Big Donors, the Big Lie, the Importance of Municipal Elections, a Trip He Had With President Biden, The New Deal, The American Jobs Plan, The American Family Plan...

Taste "Considering What We're All Going Through Now, We Are All In A Trance..." An illuminating conversation with Photographer and Educator - Niko Kallianiotis. Niko talks with us from his home in Athens, Greece. We delve into His Emigration from Greece to the U.S. and Back, Socioeconomic Differences in the Rural U.S. and Rural Greece, Personal Values Known First Hand, His Book of Photography titled "America in a Trance," Coping Through Photography, Accepting Each Other, the Vaccinated and Unvaccinated, Protests & Riots in Greece, Going Into the Heart of Where the Problems Are, Light & Images, A Mirror of One's Self...

Taste "Those Who Know They Don't Know, Know. Don't You Know?" An insightful conversation with Homesteader, Winemaker, Sensei and Our Reluctant Resident Philosopher- Almighty Todd. The Almighty talks with us from his home in Stockbridge, Vermont. We delve into Autumn, Fruits of Our Labor, the Bhagavad Gita, the Bible, Ecclesiastes, the Social Contract, Hobbs, Locke, Rousseau, Hinduism, Buddhism, a Logical Fallacy Handbook, Harvesting Peaches, His Mom's Peach Pie, Constraints as Part of Being Free, Enjoying Your Time...

Taste "Keep The System Honest, Make Them Accountable..." A compelling conversation with Public Defender, Recipient of the Thurgood S. Marshall Award as New York state's Outstanding Criminal Practitioner, Author - Lisa Peebles. Lisa talks with us from her office in Syracuse New York. We discuss Her New Book "Scrapped: Justice and A Teen Informant," Being a Public Defender for Almost Three Decades, a Cover Up, a Sheriff's Department Informant, a Couple of Brothers, an FBI Profiler, Being in Prison While Innocent, Rewards & Eyewitnesses, Small Town Policing, Seeking Justice...

Taste "It's A Great Gig... It's Certainly Better Than Having A Boss," An insightful conversation with Writer, Musician, Self Described Global Hobo, and Our Resident Social Critic- JQ. He talks with us from his home in the South of France. We discuss Being Above the Pyrenees, the Anti-Health Pass Protests in France, a Particle Super Collider, Immigration in the U.S. as Compared to France, Small Towns, Working the Summer Markets in Southern France, Troubadours, Capitalism, Cafes, Cliches, Road Rats, Vagabonds, Smoking Cigarettes on Terraces, Vaccinations, Civil Liberties, Blind Pigs & Truffles...

Taste "What Is The Thing To Do During One's Finite Life?" A delightful conversation with Writer, Pulitzer Prize Winning Playwright - Martyna Majok. Martyna talks with us from her home in NYC. We discuss the Writing and Restaging of Her Latest Production "Sanctuary City,"the Immigration Experience, Chance & Circumstance, Doing Well in School, Developing Another of Her Theatrical Pieces "Queens" Into an HBO Series, Laughing & Crying, Writing Her First Screenplay, Being in London to Write the Libretto for a Production of "The Great Gatsby," F. Scott Fitzgerald, Beckett, Our American Society As of Late, Living During the Pandemic, Raising Kittens...

Taste "Be Open to Receiving Unexpected Signs from the Universe..." An enlightening conversation with Artist, Songwriter, Musician, Actress and Our Resident Storyteller - LittleStarRun. She tells a story and we discuss How Summer Is Going, Angels Among Us, Spheres of Influence, Unexplained Experiences, Being in the Moment, Her Grandmother Reaching Out From the Beyond, Cell Phones As Magical Little Boxes, a Prospective Road Trip, A Man On a Bus, Watching the Birds and Deliberating, Intuition and Asking for Guidance, An African Mystic in NYC, A Hidden Library, Ageless Wisdom...

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Taste "We Are Still Fighting The Civil War, As You Know..." A vivacious conversation with Educator, Fiddle Player, Ax Thrower and Our Resident Historian- Serf William. The Serf and I discuss How Reasonable People Have Always Had to Live Side-By-Side with Jerks, Implicit Threats of Violence by the Right, Our History of Class Struggle, the Distribution of Wealth, the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, Lincoln's Position on Slavery, Amazon in Alabama, the Undecided Voter, Values, the Liberal Elite...

Taste "On All Sides People Really Just Want to Argue & Blame It Seems..." An insightful conversation with Acclaimed Author and Professor - Toni Jensen. Toni and I discuss Being Metis, Growing Up in Iowa, Tribal Enrollment, Landback, Both Grandmothers Being Librarians, Voraciously Reading, Outdoor Pursuits, Spending Time with Native People, Fracking Structure and Violence, Violence Against Indigenous Women, Her Highly Acclaimed Book of Essays "Carry," Abiding the Second Amendment vs Ignoring Tribal Treaties, Guns, Building Community Via Art, Activism. ...

Taste "They Deliberately Prevented Unions From Forming, Using Racial Animosity As A Weapon," A wonderful conversation with Playwright, Poet, Professor, Baker & Candlestickmaker - Kitty Belle Burbank. Kitty Belle and I discuss Post Covid, Post 45, Everything Being Different Now, Good Decisions in Time, Heather McGee's Book "The Sum of Us,"Poor People Joining Forces, Cheap Labor, Demonizing People For Their Problems, the Solitary Dividend, Star Trek, Mark Twain, Voting Rights, Finding Joy, Outdoor Theater, Lust for Life...

Taste "... One Time When I Interviewed Him [Bowie] He Told Me He Was Broke." Some major rock-n- roll insight as we share a conversation with British based music journalist and author - Chris Charlesworth. Mr. Charlesworth talks with us from his home outside of London. We discuss His Early Days as a Journalist in England, Writing for Melody Maker Magazine, Following Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Tour, Working with Acclaimed Rock Photographer Bob Gruen, a Phone Conversation with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page about Their New Band, Being The Who's Executive Producer, Touring with The Who, His Book "Tommy at 50,"the Mythology of Keith Moon, Being David Bowie's Publicist, Talking with John Lennon, His Three Favorite Interviews...

Taste "It Was A Dentist, I Think, From Minnesota That Killed The Lion." An environmentally astute conversation with Environmental Law Attorney and Director of the Wildlife Law Program for Friends of Animals - Michael R. Harris. Michael and I discuss Re-populating Endangered Ostriches in Western Africa, the History of Wildhorses in America, the Bureau of Land Management, the Cattle Industry, Sheep Grazing, Duck Stamps, Drought, Climate Change, the Misfits, Our Public Lands, the Navajo, Cecil the Lion, the Big 5 African Trophies Act, Wild Horse Annie...

Taste "I Don't Know What I Can Do For You, But I Am In Show Business." An engaging conversation with Acclaimed Actor, Singer, Composer and Writer - Lisa Carroll. Lisa and I discuss Her Journey from Bismark to Southern California to Manhattan, Acting Opposite Rock Hudson, Working in the Film Industry As Compared to Working in Theater, Being a Country Girl, a Chance Meeting with Broadway Producer David Merrick at Sardis, Hello Dolly, Carol Channing, Her Time in London, Writing for PBS, Los Angeles Compared to New York City, Central Park South, Playing a Wicked Woman on General Hospital, Her Rap Album, Her New Book, Following Your Dreams...

Taste "What Does the Right Thing Look Like?." A vivacious conversation with Union Organizer & the Chair of the Pennsylvania Democratic Caucus - Dwayne Heisler. Dwayne and I discuss The American Rescue Plan, A Budget As a Moral Document, Rev. Dr. King, Eisenhower, The Sweat of Labourers, Ghandi's Seven Social Sins, Blank Checks to Corporations Ending Up in the Pockets of CEOs, Republican Voters and Politicians, Nurses, Voting Rights, The Senate...

Taste "The NRA Is Basically On The Ropes." A compelling conversation with acclaimed American Journalist & Writer - Seamus McGraw. Seamus and I discuss Coming Out of the Pandemic, His New Book "From A Taller Tower...,"the Fog of War in Peace Time, a Toxic Form of Manhood, Obsession with Grievance and Victimhood, Mass Shooters, Mental Illness, Excuses, Thoughts & Prayers, the NRA, Gun Owners Wanting Gun Control, the Second Amendment, Generational Ideals Regarding Guns, Why the Need for Hunting When You Can Go to the Supermarket...

Taste "We Don't Get Reparations, The Least They Can Do Is Not Make Us Pay To Go Back To The Plantation." An endearing conversation with Brooklyn Based Comedic Writer, Comedienne, Singer & Songwriter - Nash Rose. Nash and I discuss New Orleans, Slave Plantations, Accepting History, Proof, Paying to Go Back to the Plantation, Reparations, Slaves Running Away, the Glorification of the Antebellum South, Partying on Bourbon Street, Riverboats, Comparing Comedy & Music, Limits People Place on You, Finding a Still Place Inside of Yourself...

Taste "It Took a Poet to Make Me Understand, on The Deepest Level, What It Is I Do." An engaging conversation with former Ny Times Journalist and Author- Margalit Fox. Margalit talks with us from her home in Manhattan. we discuss How She Ended Up at the New York Times Via New York News Day, Being On the Beat, Crafting Obituaries, Flash Biographies, Betty Friedan, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, Charles Manson, Her Latest Book "The Confidence Men," Escaping a Turkish Prison Using a Ouija Board, Creating and Sustaining Belief, Her Process, Short Form & Long Form Writing, the Figure in the Carpet...

Taste "There is Nothing That Happens Without a Mass Movement." An earnest, revolutionary conversation with Black Working Class Human Rights Organizer & Strategist - Nijmie Dzurinko. Nijmie and I discuss The Poor People's Campaign, Putting People First, the Third Reconstruction Resolution Recently Introduced in the U.S. Congress, the First & Second Reconstruction, Systemic Racism, Climate Change, the Evils of Capitalism, the Definition of Poverty, Distorted Moral Narratives, the Co-opting of Religion by the Rich, Not Falling Into Traps, the Slave Bible, Uniting People, a Reluctance to Run for Political Office, Mass Movements...

Taste "The Universal Story... What Is That Truth Within You?" A grand conversation with Acclaimed Documentary Filmmaker, and Editor & Chief of Nerd News - Matthew Kaplowitz. We talk with Matt from his home in Queens, New York. He and I discuss His Documentaries, Girl Fight, His Uncle Hank, Art & Zen, Being Inspired as a Kid to Cultivate Art, Stunt Performers in NYC, a Ballet Dancer Built Like a Linebacker, Comics, Anime, the Meaning of Nerdom, Will Eisner, American Splendor, an Anthropomorphic Samurai Rabbit, Harvey Pekar, Allan Moore, Star Trek, Dr. Crusher Getting Kissed By Bill Murray...

Taste "I am going to turn you into a poet if it kills me..." A wonderful conversation with NYC Based Multidisciplinary Artist & Director- Rob Roth. We talk with Rob from his place in New York City. We discuss His Short Film Premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival Titled "Blondie Vivir En La Habana," Water, Fire & Ice, Nyc & Havana as a Cultural Hubs, Debbie Harry, Chris Stein, Film Stored in the Mini-Bar Refrigerator, How a Lack of Investors Equals Artistic Freedom, Painting a Film, Layers, How Editing Is Musical, Capturing the Energy of the People, Parker Posey, Hanging Out With Artists, Disconnecting, Everyone Wants to Be Right, Wack-a-do Ideas, Keeping On...

Taste "I represent the eccentric, the theatrical, the flamboyant, the queer. I have embodied all of that..." A grand conversation with Artist, Community Activist & NYC Mayoral Candidate - Paperboy Love Prince. We talk with Paperboy from his place in Brooklyn, New York. He and I discuss His Grandparents Establishing a Church in Brooklyn, Running for Congress on Twenty Dollars, Spreading Love, Not Competing, Outer Space, Being 3000 Years Old, Andrew Yang, Fierce Warriors, the Elite Taking Care of the Elite, His Mayoral Campaign, Education, Legalization of Drugs, the NYPD Budget, Giving Out Love Tickets for Good Deeds, Mental Health Issues, De-Escalation, Supporting Local Businesses, His Unabashed Style, Everyone Working to Be Their Best Self to Change the World...

Taste "...That Sort of In Between, No-Man's Land Left Me Wanting More..." A wonderful conversation with NYC Actress, Writer, Director & Musician - Pamela Sabaugh. We talk with Pamela from her place in Queens, New York. She and I discuss Her Journey From Detroit to NYC, Belting Out Show Tunes in The Basement, Being In Between, a Love of Storytelling, Losing Her Central Vision at 14 Years Old, Being a Rebel Girl, Imaculate Degeneration, Faking It, Not Faking Not, Independence, Taking Risks, Serendipity, Signposts, a Poignant Dream, Communal Engagement...