Taste – "It Was A Story About A Little Black Queer Boy In High School Finding His Way..." Episode 617 features a grand conversation with Highly Acclaimed Broadway & Screen Actor - Jonathan Burke. Jonathan and I Discuss: Growing Up in Baltimore, the Baltimore School of the Arts, Ithaca College, the University of the Arts, Theater vs. Screen, Mungojerrie, Experiencing a Live Audience, Playing Pharus Jonathan Young in "Choir Boy" on Broadway, Andre' De Shields, the Charm City Prince, the word "Queer", Managing His Diverse Career, Singing Coming From Acting, Being Rooted in Story, Finding the Truth, Stevie Wonder, Screen & Stage Projects in the Works, Art As Activism...

Taste - "I Am Concerned About Every Facet of What's Happening Now..." A metropolitan infused conversation with our Resident Urban Hiker - Travis Ignatowski.Travis talks with us on location in Los Angeles, California. We Discuss: Grand Poobahs & Lesser Poohbahs, Being An Importer/Exporter, Business & Pleasure, Being Downtown, a High-Rise With Graffiti & Squatters, Caracas, Real Men, Urban Areas for Immigrants, Small Cities, the Civic & Physical Make-Up of Our Country, Being Consumers to the Nth Degree, What Normal Is, Bernie Sanders, the Good Old Days, the Gulf of Mexico, Vegas...

Taste – "It Deals With How Absolute Power Corrupts And Keeping Our Leaders In Check..." Episode 615 features a great conversation with Writer & Educator - Nina Mansfield (together with her husband) Screen & Stage Actor - Joel Haberli. Nina & Joel talk with us from their place in Connecticut. We Discuss: How Nina & Joel Met, Moving to Nyc, Doing Off Off Broadway, Joel Directing Nina's First Play, Starting to Write, a Powerful Radio Station Out of Chicago, Cinnamon Toast & Milk, Writing Children's Plays & Having Them Staged Across the Country, Acting for Television Programs, Being a Zombie Dad for the Big Screen, Giving Each Other Feedback, Why the Arts Are So Important, Broadway Being Magical, Community Theater, The West Bank Cafe, The Artistic Temperament, Having Fun...

Taste – "The Enemy Is Coming From Within... It's A Whole New Thing When The Enemy Is Coming From Within." A raucous conversation with Fiddle Player, Educator, Chicken Coop Builder, Our Resident Historian- Serf William. The Serf talks with us from his place in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. We Discuss: The Present Situation, Being Woke, Bourbon, Lithium & Cannabis, Can't Say Gay in Tennessee, Feeling Like a Hypocrite, Pro-Democracy Demonstrations, Enemies of Democracy, Being a Rogue State, Abandoning Our Traditional Allies, Public Education, the Federal Government Being Under Seige, Dystopian Scenarios, a Good Night's Sleep, Our Shared Humanity, Being Devoid of Decency and Compassion, the Worst Kind of Right-Wingers, Slavish Devotion to the Leader, Some Wise Words from Camus...

Taste – "I Am Part Of A Culture That I Am So Proud To Be A Part Of... It's So Beautiful, And It's Brilliant, And It's Dynamic, And It's Strong." A wonderful conversation with Social Psychologist, One of the Planet's Leading Experts on Resilience Measurement, CEO of Bright Black - Tiffany M. Griffin. Tiffany talks with us from her place in Durham, North Carolina. We Discuss: Her Early Days in Springfield, Massachusetts, Shining a Light on People's Stories, Human Behavior, Hip-Hop Being Misunderstood, How Knowledge Is Created, Accurate Stories Being a Conduit for Change, Scents Used for Story-telling, Bright Black, Who Is the Most Resilient, Working for U.S.A.I.D. in the Obama & Trump Administrations, Measuring Resilience, Jordan Peale, the NBA, the Complexity Within the Black Diaspora, Being Motivated by Social Impact, Blackness, Being in the Midst of Great Chaos & Pain, the Other Side of It, Things You Could Touch, How We Will Reject This Hatred...

Taste – "I Have Faith In People, That We Are Not All Sadists Here..." A grand conversation with Writer, Poet, Professor, Baker and Candlestickmaker- Kitty Belle Burbank. Kitty Belle Burbank talks with us from her place in the West Side. We Discuss: Her Holiday Cookie Run, Tariffs, "Common Sense", Who We Want To Be As a Country, Canceling Twitter, the Superbowl Half-Time Show, Messages Put Into Quilts, Forty Acres and a Mule, DEI Being Banned, Artist Being Subversive, the Crucible & McCarthyism, Having Faith in People, Being Born With Human Dignity, How We Need Our Storytellers, Journalism, Hubris, Change & Struggle Making Us Stronger...

Taste – "I Am Concerned About Every Facet of What's Happening Now..." A metropolitan infused conversation with our Resident Urban Hiker - Travis Ignatowski. Travis talks with us on location in Los Angeles, California. We Discuss: Grand Poobahs & Lesser Poohbahs, Being An Importer/Exporter, Business & Pleasure, Being Downtown, a High-Rise With Graffiti & Squatters, Caracas, Real Men, Urban Areas for Immigrants, Small Cities, the Civic & Physical Make-Up of Our Country, Being Consumers to the Nth Degree, What Normal Is, Bernie Sanders, the Good Old Days, the Gulf of Mexico, Vegas...

Taste – "I Am Concerned About Every Facet of What's Happening Now..." A metropolitan infused conversation with our Resident Urban Hiker - Travis Ignatowski.Travis talks with us on location in Los Angeles, California. We Discuss: Grand Poobahs & Lesser Poohbahs, Being An Importer/Exporter, Business & Pleasure, Being Downtown, a High-Rise With Graffiti & Squatters, Caracas, Real Men, Urban Areas for Immigrants, Small Cities, the Civic & Physical Make-Up of Our Country, Being Consumers to the Nth Degree, What Normal Is, Bernie Sanders, the Good Old Days, the Gulf of Mexico, Vegas...

Taste – "Stories Are Incredible. Everything Is a Story - a Painting, a Building. Since The Beginning of Time, Around a Fire, People Told Stories..." A grand conversation with Acclaimed Artist & Author - Peter McGough. Peter talks with us from his studio in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, Ny. We Discuss: The News, His Work, Glitter & Gloom, Being a Pacifist & Humanist, the Power of Positive Thinking, What's Good About Life, Suffering People, Meditation, a Temple To Oscar Wilde, LGBTQ Homeless Youth, Queer Culture, Art As The Ethereal, Living In The West Village, Being a Spec On a Spec, Kindness, David Lynch, Nature, Hudson Valley Artists, Thomas Cole & Frederic Church, Sunsets, Living In the Machine Age, Being a Searcher, Walking Away From Unhealthy Things, Time, Religion, Evolution, Prejudice & Fear, Mushrooms, Reality, Clark Gable, Gold...

Taste – "My Intention Is To Comfort People. My Intention Is To Love People..." A wonderful conversation with Regular Contributor, British Indo-American Poet, Visual Artist & Educator. Rhony talks with us from her place in Sacramento, California. We Discuss: Being of Comfort to Others, Body Chronicles, People in Pain, Rocks & Tectonic Plates, Wild Fires, the Indigenous Perspective, What Deer Need, Beaver Dams, the Psychology of Money, Envy & Jealousy in the Art World, Being a Poet Laureate, January, Looking at People in Their Eyes, Connecting the Past to the Future, Resisting Despair... Rhony shares a brand new poem titled, "On The Way To Samsara."

Taste - "Great Voices From Four Years Past - Some of Our Best Bits and Wits of the 2021 Season." We have for your listening pleasure an Encore Broadcast of Episode 452 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." We will be back next week with a brand new episode, number 610. Episode 452 features a medley of insight and personality with several of 2021's guests featured - Almighty Todd, Nash Rose, Gerry Geddes, Paperboy Love Prince, Debbie Hayton, Martyna Majok, Rob Roth, Nijmie Dzurinko, Chris Charlesworth, Lisa Caroll, JQ, Toni Jensen, John Bromberg, and Serf William.

Taste – "...Societal Support For Being A Bitter, Resentful, Vengeful Person - That Support Is Not Making You Live A Better Life..." A grand conversation with highly regarded Philosopher, Professor, Essayist and Author – Agnes Callard. Agnes talks with us from her office on the campus of the University of Chicago. We Discuss: Her Journey, Being a Philosopher, Aspirations Vs. Ambitions, Socrates, Sharing Values, Life Being About Questions & Answers, Her New Book, the New Yorker Magazine, Her Students, Happiness, Anger, Revenge, Societal Pressures, Emotional Maturity, Helpers All Around You...

Taste – "Maybe Everything Isn't Going The Way We Want. But, Guess What? It's Never Going to..." An exuberant conversation with Writer, Satirist, Baseball Fan & Our Resident Social Critic – Bruno Milo. Bruno talks with us from somewhere up the line. We Discuss: The Election, Nominees, the Caseys, NPR and Other Media, Fundamental Beliefs, Knee-jerk Reactionaries, How Most People Are Decent, Loosing Faith, Vikings, Eagles, More Moderation in the World, the Internet, Tempers, Baseball Season...

Taste – "... You Could Create Heaven. You Could Show People What Heaven Looks Like..." A grand conversation with Acclaimed Visual Artist, Director, Actor – David McDermott. David talks with us from a place he is staying in the North of France. We Discuss: Cussing, the Word "Got", His Mother, Plastic, Planets, Mountains, Faith, Heaven, His Latest Work, A Preacher On Fifth Avenue, Ending Up In The Future, Aging, the Aesthetic Movement, Modernists/Futurists, DECO, Abstraction Rather Than Symmetry, Releasing Humans From Memory, Positivity, Julian Schnabel, Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Koons, Barbara Jakobson, Mike Bidlo, Trickery, and David Sings A Short Song...

Taste – "Humans Have a Negative Thinking Bias..." A wonderful conversation with Homesteader, Winemaker, Sensei, and Our Reluctant Resident Philosopher – Almighty Todd. The Almighty talks with us from his place in Gaysville, Vermont. We Discuss: Resolutions, Northern Lights, Ridiculous Reality, Available Market of Ideals, Wisdom and Its Uses, Sophistry, Maintaining a Positive Attitude, Shared Truth, the Constitution as a Religion, Anxiety, Depression & Nihilism, Being in the Present, Charlie Brown, Gratitude, Developing Relationship with Yourself and Other Folk, Approaches for the New Year, Gratitude...

Taste – "I Have Always Claimed To Be A Mystic... But That Just Goes Along With Being A Writer... And A Poet." A grand conversation with the return of a longtime contributor. Poet, Writer & Musician, our Resident Global Hobo– JQ. JQ talks with us from his place in the South of France. We Discuss: The History of His Village Surrounded By Rivers, Julius Caesar, Charlemagne, Heretics, Troubadours, the Archbishop of Bordeaux, the Cathars, Forgiveness As Universal Love, NonDualism, the Tao, Salvation, What A Mystic Is, the Patriarchy & Dogma of the Modern Catholic Church, Bulgaria, Armenia & Mesopotamia, Gnostic vs. Agnostic, AntiMaterialism, Infinite Unconditional Love, Fellow Travelers, the Poet Rumi, Cybil of the Rhine, Buddha and Christ, Secular Civilizations, Spiritual Enlightenment...

Taste – "I Am Trying To Be Optimistic About My Pessimism, And Regard It As A Gift Instead Of A Curse..." A wonderful conversation with Acclaimed American Writer – Iris Smyles. Iris talks with us from her place in the North of England. We Discuss: Traveling, Accepting Independence, a Revenge Vacation, Eggs in the Freezer, Egypt, Greece, Bulgaria, Northern England, Jane Austen Endings, Maria Callas, a Honeymoon in Exile, Romance in Morocco, Track Suits & Gowns, What Love Is, Adulterers, Stray Cats, Reconciling a Creative Life With a Domestic One, Jealousy, Her New Books, Breaking Through... and Iris Debuts a New Poem titled, "The Aging Game."

Taste – "It Is A Fact That The Healthier The Community Is The Healthier The Individuals Are..." A great conversation with Writer, Professor, Baker & Candlestickmaker – Kitty Belle Burbank. Kitty Belle talks with us from her place in the West Side. We Discuss: The First Female President, Data Visualization, Progress, the Third Quadrant, Wealth & Equality, Effervescence, Being Hopeful, Worrying, Campaign Promises & Lies, Inheritance, Imagination Barriers, Matriarchy, Bad People Being Popular, Teachers & Bankers, Grandma Grega's Kolache, Loving & Nurturing As Power.

Taste – "Rather Than Rushing, I Feel People Need To Figure Out What They Need In This World, Because They're Living In It..." A chill conversation with Artist & Ballet Dancer – Red. Red joins us in the studio to talk. We Discuss: The Origins of His Pseudonym, Being a Ballet Dancer, Politics, the Future of the U.S., Responsibility, Having Culture, Being Independent, Finding Yourself, Technology Keeping People From Being Happy, the Tao Te Ching, Being Collected & Calm, Being Successful & Happy, What Success Is, the Holiday Season..."

Taste – "Everything Is Not Fine. For Many People Around The World Things Are Insanely Critical..." A compelling conversation with Our Resident Anthropologist, Activist Researcher, Spoken Word Artist – Louise Romain. Louise talks with us on location in the Caribbean exploring the Islands of San Andres & Providencia. We Discuss: Community Resilience, Transplanting Coral, Ecosystem Regeneration, Indigenous knowledge & Wisdom, Climate Change, the Sounds of Coral Reefs, Fish Laying Eggs in Mangroves, Happiness & the Health of Earth, Keeping Oil & Coal in the Ground, the Klamath River, Crafting Your Intention, Levels of Privilege, Sustainable Flow..."

Taste – "A Large Number of People in This Country Embrace the Facist, Misogynistic, Homophobic, Bigoted Ideals That They Represent..." A grand conversation with NYC Director, Writer, Cabaret Critic, Activist & Educator – Gerry Geddes. Gerry talks with us from his place in Harlem. We Discuss: Micah Barnes, the Nylons, Columbia to the Public Theater, Directing, Writing Reviews for Small Gay Magazines, Andre Montgomery, Andre De Shields, Cats at the Jellicle Ball, Modern Culture, Marriage Equality, the New School, Urban Renewal in New Hampshire, NYU, Life Experience, the Election, the Arts, a Toni Morrison Quote, Wicked, Scapegoats, Religion, the Education System, Snowflakes, Idaho, Revolution Going Out the Door, Surviving..."

Taste – "They Want To Talk About Freedom, But They Don't Want To Talk About Responsibility." A boisterous conversation with Fiddler, Ax Aficionado, Educator and Our Resident Historian – Serf William. The Serf talks with us from his place in Bucks County, Pa. We Discuss: The Red Wave, How Facists Always Have the Advantage, Dignity, Values, Wokeness, Misogyny & Racism Baked Into the Cake, Bro Mentality, the Patriarchy As Pragmatism, John McCain, Putting the Brakes on the Zealots, Mass Deportations, Oligarchs, Religion, the Second Amendment, The Thought Police, Where We Go From Here..."

Taste – "... As Certain Things Start Slowing Down, I Guess The Universe Is Giving Me More Material." A great conversation with Filthy Poet, Performing Artist – Gordon Boudreau. Gordon talks with us from his place in Oswego, Ny. We Discuss: The Mud Show, How He Came to Be a Filthy Poet, Being a Street Preformer, Being Delighted About Language, Keats, Wordsworth, His Dad's Influence, John Cleese and Pen Gillette Reciting His Poems, the Festival Circuit, the Absurdity of Having a Human Body, True Laughter as King, Arthur Greenleaf Holmes, Gordon Reads Two of His Poems For Us: "The Sea Captain's Wife" & "I Bought a Cheese and Thought of You"..

Taste – "You've Got To Be Able To Build A Container For Yourself That Lets You Go To A Place Of Vulnerability..." A wonderful conversation with Award-winning Poet, Author, Professor – Heather Sellers. Heather talks with us from her place in Florida. We Discuss: Chaos & Uncertainty, the Sound of Words, Nature, Poetry, Hip Hop, Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Platt, James Tate, Writing About Place, Teaching, Addiction & Mental Illness, Rhyme, Obliqueness, Face Blindness, Sitting In a Room Alone, Being Poor, Drinking Girls & Their Dresses, Stepchildren, The Classroom As a Sacred Space...

Taste – "... At The End of The Day, We're Talking About Making a More Equal Society." A grand conversation with Managing Editor of The American Prospect Magazine, Journalist & Author – Ryan Cooper. Ryan talks with us from his place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. We Discuss: Being Raised in Utah, Coming From a Progressive Family, Getting More Progressive with Age, Learning Economics, Security of Family & Community, At Sweden On Twitter, the U.S. Medical System, Medicare For All, Job Lock, the Nordic Welfare State, the Myth of Rugged Individualism, Interdependence, Proportional Parliament, Civic Institutions, Problems With Our Constitution, Our Culture of Impunity, Philosophical Influences, Writing Influences, the Peace Corps, South Africa, a More Equal Society...