Taste - "How Do I Keep Doing Things I Love Without Having To Do Things That I Don't Love?" A wonderful conversation with Writer, Professor, Director, Baker & Candlestickmaker - Kitty Belle Burbank. Kitty Belle talks with us from her place in the West Side. We discuss: Being Exhausted, Part-time Work to Pay the Bills, Getting Older As a Woman, Challenging Authority, Being Depressed About the Government, Leaders Having Wisdom, Tricky Conversations, Journalism, Fairytales & Lies, Gate Keepers, Being Woke, Directing Her Friend Maureen's Play, Talking About the Dark Parts, Autumn Mornings...

Taste –"I've Met Some Interesting, Incredible People..." A great conversation with Writer, Editor & Educator - Jennifer Della'Zanna. Jennifer talks with us from her home across the Hudson from New York City. We discuss: Good Advice, Curiosity, Prudence, Following People On Their Journeys, Being a Columnist For a Gun Magazine, Correspondence School, Saying Yes to Every Opportunity, Connectors, Our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese, Her Book "Making It in Country Music", Going to Nashville, Different Types of Country Music, the Creative Life, Her Newsletter "Beats", the Molly Maguires, Several Experiments, Anais Nin...

Taste - "I Am Willing To Concede A Certain Amount Of Authority In The Name Of Stability, Predictability And A Peaceful Existence..." A raucous conversation with Fiddler, Educator and Our Resident Historian - Serf William. The Serf talks with us from his office in Northern New Jersey. We discuss: Staying Ideologically Pure, Directives From On High, Bureaucracy, Raging Against the Machine, Compromise, the Ills of Our Political System, the Path of Least Resistance, Anarchy, Not Wanting Revolution, the Present Day Republican Party, Reductionism, Unions, Blue Collar Perspectives...

Taste –"Being Raised By Poets Can Be Tricky." Awonderful conversation with Painter Extraordinaire - Danielle Lehtinen. Danielle talks with us from her home in the Pocono Mountains. We discuss: Her Early Years in Poland, Her Famous Poet Parents, the Secret Police, a Bug on Her Phone, Independent Newspapers in Warsaw, Confiscated Farms, Her Nanny in Poland, Censorship, Writers' Union, Henry Kissinger & Allen Gingsberg Sleeping Over, Three Course Meals, Unloved Poets, Teaching Art, Jackson Pollack's Methodology, Dancing Around the Canvas, Sand Painting, Iowa, the Upper West Side, Sitting With Lech Walesa, Letters Under the Lamp From Her Mom...

Taste –"Self-Reflection Is A Life Saver. It Will Help Us Understand... This Is Who I Am." A beautiful conversation with British-Indo-American Poet and Visual Artist - Rhony Bhopla. Rhony talks with us from her home in Sacramento, California. We discuss: Her New Job Teaching Science, Being Happier, Our Responsibility to the Natural Environment, Falling Into Nature, Trying to Figure Out Your Path, Ageing, Wisdom & Innocence, Scattering Her Mother's Ashes in the Bay of San Francisco, Challenging Tradition For the Sake of the Future, Feeling Alive Versus Being Alive, Rituals, Acceptance Of Self, Trust, Healing, Positive Choices, Toxic Positivity, Balance...

Taste –"I'm Not Saying Cheating Is Right, But I'm Saying It's A Fact. It Exists..." A vivacious conversation with Writer, Social Critic & Baseball Fan- Bruno Milo. Bruno talks with us from his new place in Olyphant. We discuss: The Heat, Joints, His Dad The Secret Agent, Looking For A New Apartment, Landlords, His Bear, Moving His Pipe Organ Up The Stairs, The Cable Company, Being A Procrastinator, Watching Baseball At Neighborhood Bars, Tips, Spike Lee, Christy Mathewson, Local Newspapers, Objectivity...

Taste –"Dualism Can Often Mean Opposition When It's Not In Balance..." Episode 539 features a compelling conversation with Homesteader, Winemaker, Sensei, and Our Resident Reluctant Philosopher - Almighty Todd. The Almighty talks with us from his home in Stockbridge, Vermont. We discuss: The Rain, Swimming in the White River, Climate Change, The Bastardization of Rational Thinking, Modern Christianity, The Bastard Sword, Loyalty & Morality, Polarization Fuel, The Moral Majority, Yin Yang, How Everything Is Progress, Rocky Mountain Oysters, Gardening Ethics, His Grandfather Vince, Tomatoes & Zucchini, Male Humming Birds...

Taste –"I Guess That's What Art Is... You Just Invest Your Whole Self Into It, Hopefully."Episode 538 features a great conversation with Jazz Singer Extraordinaire, Bandleader, Music Producer - Libby York. Libby talks with us from her home in Chicago, Illinois. We discuss: The Early Years, The Backporch, The Great American Songbook, Dreamland, Big Bands Coming to Town, Being a Late Bloomer, Learning On The Bandstand, Keeping It Fresh, Trust, Producing Music, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Being a Bandleader, Temp & Key, Swing, Favorite Lyricists, Johnny Mercer, Relating To An Audience, Noisy Bars, The Scene, Dear Head Inn, Randy Napoleon, The Microphone Whispering...

Taste –"There Is Something Very Inspiring About What These Punk, Angsty Kids Did In The East Village Together..." A grand conversation with Filmmakers - Heather Spore & Brian Vincent. Heather and Brian talk with us from their home in Manhattan. We discuss: Their Highly Acclaimed Documentary Film "Make Me Famous, " How They Met, Art & the Cultural Scene in the East Village, Studying at Julliard, Being in the Cast of Broadway's "Wicked," Being a Gen Xer, Artists Living Together in One Community, Shanty Towns on the Hudson, Avenues A, B & C, Basquiat, McDermott, McGough, Brezenski, Madonna, Bohemians, the Punk Scene, Indie Films, the Roxy, Richard Hamilton - the Godfather of Street Art, Keith Haring, Incredible Storytellers, Selling Out Or Not, Special Sauce, Their Next Project...

Taste –"You Start Humming. You Start Dancing. You Start Feeling These Things In Your Body ..." A wonderful conversation with Acclaimed Jazz Vocalist. Composer & Songwriter - Tawanda Suessbrich-Joaquim. Tawanda talks with us from her home in Los Angeles, California. We discuss: Her Family, Music At Home. Getting Into Jazz, A Harp From West Africa, Storytelling, How Cool Gerry Is, Round Midnight, Her Lyrics, Soul, Allegories & Metaphors, Being A Hippie Girl, Journaling In Nature, Collective Healing Through Music, The Sun Shining, How The Arts Are Essential, Higher Education, Access To Fresh Fruit & Vegetables, Controlling One's Reaction To Things, Civil War in Mozambique, Strength & Endurance, Gratitude ...

Taste –"Artists Are The Visionaries. People Will Come Around..." A wonderful conversation with Poet, Playwright, Professor, Baker and Candlestickmaker - Kitty Belle Burbank. Kitty Belle talks with us from her home in the West Side. We discuss: Surviving, Tension, Fear, Oppenheimer & Putin, AI Scariness, Being The Cook for FarmArts, The Writers and Actors Strikes, Optimism From Music, Her Daughter's Art Work, Being An Adjunct, Wanting Things Cheap, Quick & Easy, How Not To Panic When Feeling So Powerless, Changing Bad Habits, Pee Wee Herman, Being Weird, Algorithms, Addiction, Closed Public Pools, Talking To Strangers, Solving Problems...

Taste –"Through Love, Through Empathy, Through Compassion, They Were Able To Be Accepted In The World..." A grand conversation with Nyc Actor, Author, Motivational Speaker - Christopher Patrick Lucas. Christopher talks with us from his home in the Meadowlands, New Jersey. We discuss: His Dad Covering the Yankees, Auditioning for Broadway in High School, Acting for the Screen & Stage, Being a Tour Guide in NYC, His Love of Disney, Seeing a Movie as a Kid at Radio City Music Hall, the Actors' & Writers' Strikes, the Social Progressiveness of Disney Productions, Antisemitism, Coded Movies, His Books, the Ed Lucas Story, Jackie Robinson, Bob Hope, Richard Nixon, His Stage Piece "Of Mouse and Man," Guiding Lights, Never Giving Up...

Taste –"Giving Them This Opportunity to Explore Their Emotions With Others Was So Brilliant..." A wondrous conversation with Artist, Puppetmaker and Activist- John Bromberg. John talks with us from his home on PMS Farm in Wayne County, Pennsylvania. We discuss: Bubble Gum Portraits, the Putti, Deadlines, Donatello, Being Forlorn, Missing Friends, Cantastoria, Puppet Theater, Peter Schumann, Trudy's Mom Doreen, Selfies, Conforming, Ageing, His Father, Leaving Home at 15, Being a Solitary, Charles Bukowski, Walt Whitman, Being Drafted for Vietnam, Mapping, Three Graces, Delicacy, Perfection...

Taste –"With Openness, and with Love... with the Understanding that I'm Supposed to Be Learning Something New Everyday..." An enchanting conversation with Writer, Artist, Director, Actor - Christine Stoddard. Christine talks with us from her home in Brooklyn, New York. We discuss: Badass Lady Folk, Non-Binary Folk, Feeling Comfortable & Confident With Oneself, Fairytale Comics, Cyber Punk Apocalypse, Storytelling, Listening To and Talking with Elders, Civil War in El Salvador, Feedback Loops, the Need For Art...

Taste –"Not Giving Women Control of Their Bodies Is Bad for People, Is Bad for Society..." A vivacious conversation with Fiddler, Ax Aficionado, Educator and Our Resident Historian - Serf William. The Serf talks with us from his home in Bucks County. We discuss: His Trip to Germany, Racism, Nation States & People, Drugs, Goethe, Schiller & Nietzsche, Brainwashing, Abortion, Peak Experiences, Openess, Travel, Home, Biases, Legislating Morality, the Dignity in Every Human Being ...

Taste –"I Like To Do A Lot Of Things And We Only Get One Life. If I Could Do More, I Would Do All Of It ..." A wonderful conversation with Artist, Songwriter, Singer - Mattiel Brown. Mattiel talks with us from her studio in Berlin, Germany. We discuss: Growing Up, Patti Smith, Graphic Art, Being an Artist, Berlin, Student Loans, Songwriting Process, Two Brains, Collaboration, Singing with Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, Working with Jonah, Moon River, Heroes, Collective Human Consciousness, AI, David Bowie, Having Children, Capitalistic Workaholic Mindset, Universal Healthcare, Future Plans...

Taste –"When I Do That I Feel Extremely Powerful..." Episode 529 features a beautiful conversation with regular contributor, British Indo-American Poet and Visual Artist - Rhony Bhopla. Rhony talks with us from her home in Sacramento, California. We discuss: Falling in Love With Life, Fear, Self-Preservation, Art Making, Humility, Freedom, Parents, Seeing Into the Sky, Dada Funk Art, Peace & Healing, Planting Some Flowers & Trees, Not Smoothing Out the Lines, Making Your Bed, She Reads One of Her Poems Titled "Bridge..."

Taste –"It Was A Real Uphill Battle For Her. She Couldn't Find People Who Would Take Her Seriously..." A rock-n-roll conversation with highly acclaimed Music Journalist - Allan Jones. Allan talks with us from his home across the pond in South London. We discuss: His New Memoir "Too Late to Stop Now," Partying On The Scene, Chrissie Hynde, the Pretenders, Johnny Thunders, Heroin, Melody Maker, Uncut, Changes in the Rock-N-Roll World, Journalism, Most Fun Interviews, Most Challenging Interviews, Lou Reed, Van Morrison, Stiff Records, Intimacy on the Road, Seedy Hotels, Sting's Ambition, Bobby Irwin, Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello, Robert Plant, Where the Art Comes From and Where It Goes...

Taste –"Apple Seeds Don't Fall True From A Tree..." A wonderful conversation with Homesteader, Sensei, Winemaker and Our Reluctant Resident Philosopher - Almighty Todd. The Almighty talks with us from his home in Stockbridge, Vermont. We discuss: the First Cut of Hay, Being a Brush Hogger, Shaving Your Head, Attention Theft It Is Disorder, a Family of Woodchucks, Lake Champlain, the Connecticut Valley, Origins of the Jackass, Magic Swiss Chard, Common Sense & Critical Thinking, Apples, Grafting, Backyard Gardens, Addictive Platforms, Wendell Berry, a Heritage of Exploitation, Hail in a Glass with Some Bourbon...

Taste –"That's The Kind of Thought You Have About Democracy...The Average Person Has a Voice And It's Heard And That Triumphs Over Everything, But That's Not What It Is..." An inspired conversation with Artist, Activist, Community Builder, Candidate for NY City Council- Paperboy Love Prince. Paperboy talks with us while traveling from Miami back to Brooklyn. We discuss: the Right to Housing, Jordan Neely, Ny City Subways, Performing Artists, Homelessness, Wall Street, Alternative Voices, Mental Illness, Hobosexuals, Class Issues, Local Papers Going Out of Business, Diversity of Thought, the Severely Corrupt Political System, Giving More Power to the People, Making Voting Cool, Small Businesses, Segregated Schools, the Love Gallery...

Taste –"They Cost Dug Up Trauma. They Cost Time and Hope and Hours. You Know, Work... Moving Through Difficulties," a wonderful conversation with Pulitzer Prize Winning Playwright - Martyna Majok. Martyna talks with us from her home just before leaving for a morning workshop in Manhattan. We discuss: Her Tony Nomination, The Cost of Living, Her Process, Balancing Projects, Inspiration, Her Mother, Her Grandfather, Her Father, Florence Welch, The Great Gatsby, The Writer’s Guild of America Strike, What You Make Your Art With, Family & Friends...

Taste –".... Rip Off The Band-Aid, Right? To Just Immediately Halt Production Of Oil And Gas, Forcing The Economy To Change." An environmentally astute conversation with Professor, Director of the Environmental Advocacy Clinic at Vermont Law School - Michael R. Harris. Michael talks with us from his office at Vermont Law School. We discuss: Being Environmental Advocacy, the EPA's New Look, the Willow Project, Climate Change Mitigation, 2 Million Cars, North Alaska, Real People & Economic. Realities, the Forever Chemical Project, Ground Water in New Hampshire...

Taste –"Whatever It Is, He Doesn't Tell Me. I'm Not So Sure He's Not A Spy..." A great conversation with Writer, Social Critic, Satirist and Baseball Fan– Bruno Milo. Bruno talks with us from his place on the West Side of town. We discuss: Being Kicked Out, Finding An Apartment, Rents Too Damn High, Working in Group Homes, Absentee Landlords, His Dad and Clandestine Phone Calls, Changes in Baseball...

Taste –"When Your Population Does Not Have Historical, Political, Ideological Foundations Then It Is Easily Manipulated..." A raucous conversation with Ax Aficionado, Fiddle Player, Educator, and Our Resident Historian – Serf William. The Serf and I discuss: Elites & the Working Class, Misinformation, Propagandists, the Education System, Conformity, Individuality, Critical Thinking, Religion, Secularism, Buddhism, Anger As a Motivation, an Unpleasant Interaction...

Taste –"I Drove By Car From NYC to LA, basically to Visit 260 Independent Bookstores and Libraries..." A poetic conversation with Dutch Artist and Community Builder – Erik Van Loon. Erik talks with us from a friend's place in New York. We discuss: Public Art Displays, the NYC Marathon, His Life in Holland, the Poetry Train, a Poetry Cab, the LA Beach Poetry Festival, Not Having to Be the Best, Independent Book Stores, Never Going Crazy, Charles Bukowski's Grave, Sylvia Plath, Conversations He's Had with Sylvia's Daughter Freida, a Ferry Ride in England...