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...

Taste – "The Media Has Lost It's Mind. They Should Be Impartial, But They Are Not..." A tumultuous conversation steeped in prescient issues with Writer, Satirist, Social Critic & Baseball Fan – Bruno Milo. Bruno talks with us from his place somewhere up the line. LOOK OUT: Two old friends start talking politics... It gets heated. Human American Drama Unfolds. Maybe it Unravels a Bit. IS IT REAL OR IS IT SATIRE? And, IS IT US? We end our dialogue with some talk of Baseball.

Taste – "It Was Really Kind Of Dark Times... The Work Brought Me Back From The Brink." A grand conversation with Handcut Paper Artist Extraordinaire & Educator – Charles Clary. We discuss: Painting Into Other Genres, His Internship in Brooklyn at the Pierogi Gallery, a Paper Store, Martha Stewart & a Turning Point, Finding His Calling in 3D, a Difficult Childhood, Connecting Via Empathy, Grit, Fine Art, Matisse's Cutouts, Yellow Wallpaper, Being in the Moment, Collective Trauma, Fabricated Reality, His VHS Installation, Sound Waves, Adventure Time...

Taste – "Memory Can Trap Us Into Certain Ways of Behaving... Preventing Us From Moving On, Moving Forward, Thriving." A gracious conversation with regular contributor British Indo-American Poet, Visual Artist & Educator – Rhony Bhopla. Rhony talks with us from her place in Sacramento, California. We discuss: Looking at Trees, the American River, Mental Illness, the Disparity Between Feeling Well from One Community to the Next, Not Knowing What People Really Are Feeling, Withdrawing and Becoming Even, Helping One Another Out, How Everyday Is A New Day, How Memory Is A Trap, Ritual, Not Judging People, Women's Wisdom Art, Feeling Loved, the Blue Ridge Mountains...

Taste – "It Can Be Seen As A Little Poem... Or The Beauty That Lies Underneath It All." A wonderful conversation with Photographer, Performance Artist & Actor – Olga Tomkowiak. Olga talks with us from her place in Passau, Germany. We discuss: Playful Moments, Photography, Performance Art, Her Residency at the Church Sag Harbor, Little Poems, The Beauty of Toast, Being a Sort of Translator, the Limitations of Words, Scratching Down All of the Layers, the Difficulty of Creating Magic, Cindy Sherman, Marina Abramovic', Frederic Tuten, Austrian Film, Cinematography, Hidden Beauty, Mainstream Art, What It Is Like to Be a Woman, Collaboration, the Beauty of Art...

Taste – "There's Distrust & Fear That's So Entrenched In How We View Other People..." A grand conversation with Playwright, Poet, Professor, Baker and Candlestickmaker – Kitty Belle Burbank. Kitty Belle talks with us from her place in the West Side. We discuss: The Cable Company, Teaching, Balance, the Anxious Generation, Smart Phones, Anxiety & Depression, What People Aren’t Doing Anymore, Wandering Around the Neighborhood, Fitting In Via Social Media, Surveillance Capitalism, Backyard Gardens, Local Newspapers, Letting Your Children Play, Doing Hard Things to Develop, Long Bike Rides, Flippant Remarks, Shared Experiences, Compliments...

Taste – "Healing Is An Act of Process..." A wonderful conversation with Artist, Curator, Educator and Researcher – Heather Sincavage. Heather and I discuss: Sculpture, Performance Art, Women's Work, Whistle Blowing, Empathy, Healing, Being A Curator, Understanding Art, Story-telling, Keith Haring, Marginalized Voices, Land Acknowledgement, Artists As Mirrors, Indigenous Artists, What & Where Is Art, Yoko Ono, Marina Abramovic', Heading Back to Iceland...

Taste – "We Are Experiencing A New Gilded Age..." A philosophical conversation with Homesteader, Sensei, Winemaker and Our Resident Reluctant Philosopher – Almighty Todd. The Almighty talks with us from his home in Stockbridge, Vermont. We discuss: Water Heaters, Tornadoes, Water, the GDP and Consumerism, K street, Gambling, Oligarchs, Neo-Marxism, Radical Capitalism, the New Gilded Age, Populism, Elites, Values, Winemaking, Fermenting the Past, Digital Serfdom, Protecting Ourselves...

Taste – "You Believe In Yourself, You Find The Art, You Find Your Voice..." An inspiring conversation with Acclaimed Jazz Composer, Pianist, Music Director, Vocalist & Actor– Mark G. Meadows. Mark talks with us from his home in Teaneck, New Jersey. We discuss: His Dad & Piano Lessons, Studying at Johns Hopkins & the Peabody Conservatory, the Production of The Outsiders, Winning a Tony Award for The Outsiders, Organic Chemistry, Jelly Roll Morton, Finding the Art, Spontaneity & Freshness, Arranging & Orchestrating, Being the Music You Create, Cultural Bouncing Back and Forth, Breaking Through Social Barriers with Music, He Shares an A Capella Performance of an Original Piece...

Taste – "What Is The Future You Are Dreaming?" An inspiring conversation with regular contributor, Anthropologist, Activist Researcher, Spoken Word Artist – Louise Romain. Louise talks with us from her place in Southwest England. We discuss: Moral Imaginations, Radical Kinship, The Impossible Train, Studying in Berlin, the Women's Caucus of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Wisdom, Multispecies Story-telling, Shifting From Competition to Cooperation, EcoAcustic Nerds, White Facists in England, Historical Responsibility, The Media, Extension Rebellion, Staying Gentle with Ourselves. She Shares an Original Poem titled "How Can I."

Taste – "Miles Came Over... He Grabbed Me By The Wrist And Whispered In My Ear 'Bob Go Up And Sing Baltimore Oriole.' " Encore Airing of Episode 207 (originally broadcast in 2016) features a grand conversation with Jazz Legend – Bob Dorough. Bob talks with us from his place in Delaware Water Gap. We discuss: Early Years, Bebop, Working With Miles Davis, School House Rock, Learning Music, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Blossom Dearie, Mathematics, Gil Evans, Singing, Playing Piano, Composing Songs, Ideas & Inspiration, Global Warming, Investigating Harmony, Being A Troubadour... and He Scats A Bit For Us.

Taste – "I Guess He Didn't Get Many Visits From White Guys With Beards..." A wonderful conversation with Performing Artist, Visual Artist, Activist & Puppetmaker – John Bromberg. John talks with us from PMS Farm in Wayne County, Pennsylvania. We discuss: Chairs, Hiroshima, Finlandia, Not Keeping Time, Pope Francis Sneaking Out of The Vatican, Wallace Black Elk, Appearing On a Doorstep in South Dakota, Being a Luddite, the Jackal, Peter Schumann, Painting on Bed Sheets, Being at the Foot of the Master, Boris & the Mudball Festival, Water Ballet, Trudy, Civilization, Being Ruthful, His Father Sitting In His Chair, Staring Into Space...

Taste – “I Was Engaging With Other People. I Was Learning Something New..." A grand conversation with Filmmaker, Educator, Cross Continent Trekker – Amy Reid. Amy talks with us from her place in Oakland, California. We discuss: Being On The Move, High School in Baltimore, Building Community & Relationships, Learning From Other People Deemed Different, Her Films Including "Long Haulers" and "Grandmother's Garden, "Games in Jackson Heights, Queens, Gender, National Identity & Work, Trucking As A Lifestyle, Independence & Openness, Quilting & U.S. History, Who American Women Are, Operating Around Fear, Curiosity, Listening To Each Other..

Taste – “Even When The Facist Loses He Wins..." A vivacious conversation with Fiddler, Educator, Ax Aficionado & Our Resident Historian – Serf William. The Serf talks with us from his Mom's Farm in the Mountains of Northeastern, Pennsylvania. We discuss: Fighting Facism, Lefties, Civic Duties, Traitors, The Civil War, Republicans Off The Rails, President Lincoln, Being Angry & Depressed, Being Stupid, Doing What We Can...