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...

Taste – “If You Don't Know Something You Can't Love It..." A fascinating conversation with Caribbean-American Writer, Educator and Activist – Lesley-Ann Brown. Lesley-Ann talks with us from her home outside of Copenhagen, Denmark. We discuss: Cities, the Country, Human Settlements, Chocolate, Being Humble, Our Feet, Our Souls, Being Present, Tapping Into the Flow, Spiritual Trauma, Right & Wrong, Being Ostracized, De-linking from the Norm, Privilege, Cleaning Toilets, Plant Spirits, Getting Out of Our Trance…

Taste – “Greed Is Part of The Human Condition..." A raucous conversation with Writer, Satirist, Social Critic & Baseball Fan– Bruno Milo. Bruno talks with us from his place somewhere up the line. We discuss: Summertime Stuff, Small Ball, Mob Rules, the Media Keeping People Frightened, the Electoral College, War Heros, the Supreme Court, City Council Meetings, Being a Lone Wolf in the Wilderness, Capitalism, Being Left Behind, Compassion, Good Steak on the Grill…

Taste - "You Don't Know What You Don't Know..." A great conversation with Writer, Editor & Educator - Jennifer Della' Zanna. Jennifer talks with us from somewhere on the road in Maryland. We discuss: College Campuses As Ideal Places, Being Around Artists, Apartment Hunting in Brooklyn, the Roundabout Theater, Freelancing, Her Artist in Residency Appointment in Portugal, Hybrid Novels, Tolkien, History, Mythology & Language, Loving Research, the Mechanics of Writing as Compared to the Creativity of Writing, Comfort Zones, The Artists Way, Clearing the Mud Off of Your Windshield, Low Self-Esteem & High Expectations, Good Art...

Taste – “He Was a Diverse Dude..." A fun conversation with Our Resident Urban Hiker – Travis Ignatowski. Travis talks with us from a bar in Manhattan. We discuss: Throwing Shade, Living In The City, Signor Stivala, Ottawa, Marijuana, Populism, Haves & Havenots, Homelessness in Oregon, Poor Souls, the Far Right, Morningside Park, Zeitgeist, Denmark vs. England…

Taste – “I Exist In Multiple Places..." A wonderful conversation with British Indo-American – Rhony Bhopla. Rhony talks with us from her place in Sacramento, California. We discuss: Self-Care Mantras, Morning Rituals, Sound Baths, Conscious Compared to Conscience, Working the Trails, Old & Young Mountains, Limiting Choices, Habitats, Flowers, Liminal Spaces, Surrealism, Transitions, Validation As A Pleasure, What Other People Think About Your Art, Whether Love Has To Be Transactional, Expectations…

Taste – “We Can Get Clouded By The Muck Of Day To Day Moments, Forgetting The Intention Of What Our Journey Is..." A grand conversation with Nyc Actor, Singer, Educator – Tim Connell.Tim talks with us from his place in Manhattan. We discuss: Being An External Observer, Finding His Way as a Dancer, Philly, Vermont & San Francisco, Being an Artist as a Way of Life, Performing Cabaret, Rights of Passage, Getting His Equity Card, West Side Story, Untangling Your Fears, The Gentle Voice of Karen Carpenter, Rachmaninoff, Teaching Musical Theater at Alvin Ailey, Your Point of View, Learning Through Dialogue, Intimate Connections, The Quality of Joy …

Taste – “... Having No Money & Nothing, and Somehow I Was at a Pittsburgh Bus Station and I Thought 'Oh My God, What Can I Do Now?'" A wonderful conversation with Nyc Artist, Theatrical Director, Professor & Author – Geoffrey Doig - Marx (aka GDM). Geoffrey talks with us from his place in Harlem. We discuss: Being An Emancipated Minor, Studying Dance While Living on the Streets, Choreographers, Mike Kidd, His Husband as a Muse, Varoius Jobs in Nyc, Uncle Charlie's, Hustlers, Boilermakers, Basquiat, Fosse, Madonna, Keith Haring, Learning Something from Everyone, a Drag Queen Angel at a Bus Station in Pittsburgh, His Aesthetic Philosophy, Chita Rivera, Painting, His Children's Book, Being You …

Taste – “Just Pick Something... You Can Change It Later." A wonderful conversation with Writer, Professor, Baker & Candlestickmaker – Kitty Belle Burbank. Kitty Belle talks with us from her place in the West Side. We discuss: Sense of Entitlement, Raising Children, the Creative Economy & Technology, the Sitcoms of Norman Lear, Maude, Civility When Handling Disagreements, the 1970s, Innocence, the Orange Orangutan in the Room, the Darkside of Fear, Being More Empowered, Stolen Focus, the Value of Work, Making Things from Scratch, the Farm Arts Collective…

Taste – “I Couldn't Go To Sleep Unless I Had Music... Music Made Me Feel Good, Made Me Feel Secure." Episode 575 features a great conversation with Nyc Musical Artist & Historian – Steve Cohen. Steve talks with us from his place in Nyc. We discuss: Meeting Up with Jody Outside a Movie Theater, the East Village, Brooklyn, Levittown, 9th Street, King of the Road, Music Venues, Pop Music Today, Independent Music Labels, the Music Business, Harmonics, an Artist Becoming a Vessel, Pulling From Your Creative Place, the Human Condition, the 12 Note Western Scale, Synthesizers, Music Mirroring a Vibe in Society, Putting Love in the World, His Mom's Reaction to Hendrix, John Laurie, Aircraft, China Shop, Wendy Carlos, Bach, the Soul of Our Country, the Radio Dial…

Taste – “The Hardness of Life Finds You No Matter Where You Are... And What Your Status Is..." A beautiful conversation with Homesteader, Winemaker, Sensei and Our Reluctant Resident Philosopher – Almighty Todd. The Almighty talks with us from his place in Stockbridge, Vermont. We discuss: Pear Tree & Peach Tree Blossoms, Dharma Bums, the Accumulation of Assets, a Porshe Convertible, Thich Nhat Hahn, Patrick Stewart, Cultural Knowledge, Worship, Avoidance, AI, Natural Ignorance, The Importance of Being Earnest, Addiction, Doom Scrolling, Compassion, Guidance from the Natural World…

Taste – “All These College Students Are Saying Is - Wait A Minute. This Is Insane..." A vivacious conversation with Fiddler, Ax Aficionado, Educator & Our Resident Historian – Serf William. The Serf talks with us from his place in Bucks County. We discuss: Anarchy, Being Misguided and Misdirected, the Outrage about Student Protests, Gaza, Shutting Down Debate, Apartheid, the Other, Ireland, Flashbacks, Mary Poppins, Philosophical Thinking, Being an Engaged Member of Society, the Ottoman Empire, Hiking in the Woods, Private Property, Finding Detours…

Taste – “It's Important For Everybody To See Themselves Depicted In A Book That Celebrates Love..." A lovely conversation with USA Today Best Selling Novelist & Educator – Priscilla Oliveras. Priscilla talks with us from her home in Brooklyn, New York. We discuss: How She Got Into Romance Novels, Her Popi, Living, Loving, Hurting & Learning, Getting Off Track & Back On, Influences, Latinx/e Leads, Spanglish, Living In Okinawa, Being A Romantic, The Genre Of Hope, Healthy Relationships, Shakespeare Re-Imagined, San Antonio Texas, Kiss Me Kate, Key West, The Chicago Cubs, I.C.E., Peter Pan Kids…

Taste – “He Would Go On And On About The Light That Was Hitting The Hot Dog Stand, And How Beautiful It Was..." Episode 571 features a great conversation with Poet, Artist, Musician & Tradesperson – Sasha Pearl. Sasha talks with us from somewhere on the road. We discuss: Growing Up in the Hudson Valley, Traveling Around, Knowing You Won't Do What You're Told to Do, Writing About What You Know, Observing People, Her Poetry, Pen Pals, Having a Voice, Humor & Depth, Bad Drums & Bad Guitar, She Shares a New Original Poem Titled, "Deep Thoughts at Ulta Beauty," Tour Managing, Haley Hendrix, the Value of Art in Society…

Taste – “Rest Is a Form of Resistance... I Rollerskate for the Pain." A wonderful conversation with Historian, Activist, Founder & CEO of The Black Scranton Project – Glynis Johns. Glynis talks with us from her office in Providence Corners. We discuss: The Crown Act, the Politics of Hair, Fitting Into Society's Beauty Standards, Being a Black Educator, the School to Prison Pipeline, Different Tracks, Going to NYC, Flavors of Black Identity, Patriarchal White Supremacy, Chocolate Chips in White Cookie Dough, Moving to Queens, Struggling, Roadblocks, Proving Yourself, Gate Keepers, Ella Baker, Supportive Community, Creating Change…

Taste – “There's Gravity Pulling It In & A Nuclear Explosion Pulling It Out. Eventually, A Balance Is Reached, And That's The Sun..." A fascinating and somewhat raucous conversation with Physicist, Professor, and Grower of Lilies – Declan Mulhall. Declan talks with us from his home in the Hill Section. We discuss: Being Solipsistic, Burning Out Your Retinas, Eclipses, the Solar System, the Moon, Astrology, Black Holes, His Jowls, Mint Julips, Gravity, Nuclear Physics, the Sun, the Random Motion of Molecules, Fusion, Collapsing Into White Dwarfs, Super Novas, Neutron Stars, Spaghetti Stretches, Being a Gobshite, Event Horizons…