Taste –"It's Not About Getting a Laugh. You Sort of Laugh Along the Way, Because Life Is Funny..." A grand conversation with American Humorist, Writer – Iris Smyles. Iris talks with us from her home in New York. We discuss: Growing Up on Long Island, James Thurber, Milan Kundera, Melancholy, Thomas Mann, Patricia Marks, Saul Bellow, Her Process, Sad Film Festival Movies, A Fellowship of the Sorrowful, Starting from Happy, Raul Captured by Savages, Poems that Rhyme... She Reads an Excerpt from Her Highly Acclaimed Book "Droll Tales."

Taste –"Lips That Touch Wine Shan't Touch Mine..." A fun conversation with our most debonair Urban Hiker – Travis Ignatowski. Travis talks with us from his home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. We discuss: His Philadelphia Neighborhood, Favorite Signs, Mud Slices, His Recent Travels to Pittsburgh, Columbus, Manhattan, Redondo Beach, Los Angeles & San Diego, a Sunset Over the Pacific Ocean, High Street, Indictments, Justice...

Taste –"New Yorkers Know. New Yorkers See Through Things, Because We See It All..." Episode 517 features a fabulous conversation with Acclaimed Cabaret Artist Extraordinaire – Kim David Smith. Kim and I discuss: His Upbringing in Australia, Marlene Dietrich, Supportive Family & Teachers, Being Gay & Queer in a Small Town, the Weimar Republic, the Butterfly Club in Melbourne, the Number 13, His Leather Tuxedo, Madonna, Gaga, Kylie Minogue, Dracula's Tango, Being Inspired By Powerful Women, Meeting Eartha Kitt, Liza Minelli, Glamor, Joe's Pub, Upcoming Projects...

Taste –"He Was Just Like a Little Kid Excited About Something... He Was A Genius, An Artist..." A compelling conversation with Acclaimed Journalist, Author, Founder of the Sondheim Review – Paul Salsini. I talk with Paul from his home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We discuss: His Italian Immigrant Parents, How He Developed an Appreciation for Musical Theater, Follies, Saturday Nights, Writing for the NY Times, the Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Sentinel, a Letter He Received from Stephen Sondheim re: Ego Building, a Conversation with George in the Park, Assassins, the Sondheim Review, Phone Calls with Sondheim, His Memoir, Tuscany, a Snow Storm...

Taste –"A Traditional Drag Queen... Is Someone Who Dresses As A Woman and Performs As A Woman." A wonderful conversation with NYC Director, Writer, Producer, Cabaret Afficianado – Gerry Geddes. I talk with Gerry from his home in Harlem. We discuss: Springtime, Fabulous First Fridays, Jimmy Webb, Nyc Coming Back, Reeve Carney, The Intimacy of a Cabaret, Congress, The Muppets, Transvestites & Transsexuals, Gay Politics, The Warhol Crowd, Holly from Fla, Rand Paul & Rupaul, His Forthcoming Memoir, German Chocolates...

Taste – "In a Way, You Put Them All Together and It's a Portrait of a Life," A delightful conversation with Writer, Actor, Director – David Cale. I talk with David from his home in Manhattan. We discuss: An Emotional Connection to Characters, Being the Oldest Cast Member, Mortality, Posterity, Harry Clarke, Billy Crudup, Patterns, The Seagull/Woodstock New York, Starting Off As A Musician, Sandra, Ernest Hemingway's Home in Idaho, Blue Cowboy, Chekov, Parker Posey...

Taste –"If I Can't Find Something in the Lyrics, I Can Find Something in the Music..." A wonderful conversation with Broadway Stage & Screen Actress, Singer – Lucia Spina. I talk with Lucia from her home in Nyc. We discuss: Chicago Theater, Her Recent Broadway Performances as a Cast Member of "Into the Woods," Stage Acting Vs. Screen Acting, Making Each Performance Fresh, Singing Musical Theater Songs Vs. Pop Songs, Connecting with the Audience, Repetition, Connecting with a Piece, Sondheim Unplugged, Singing to a Bagel with cream cheese...

Taste –"Everything Isn't a Sign, But Then Again, Yes It Is." A delightful conversation with Artist, Songwriter, Musician, and Our Resident Storyteller – LittleStarRun. She and I discuss: Her New Single "The Rush," Projecting, Following Our Egos Instead of Our Hearts, Artificial Intelligence, Robot Answers, Inner Peace, Meaning, a Package Delivered Randomly On a Doorstep, Synchronicity, Signs, the Butterfly Effect...

Taste –"They Sent Spies Into The New York Art World… To See What Was Going On." An insightful conversation with Time Experimenter and Artist – David McDermott. This is Part 3 of a 3 part series taken from one 90 minute conversation we shared. We talk with David from a friend's place in Dublin, Ireland. He and I discuss: Building Cities, Little Nemo, Tarot Cards, Taxes, Moving to Ireland, Times Square (Back in the Day), Religion & Outer Space, Wine, the Ocean, the Game of Life, a New Documentary, Present Imperfect...

Taste –"I Always Keep an Open Mind and an Open Ear to What’s Going On..." A wonderful extra-worldly conversation with Engineer and Musical Composer– John Shepherd. We talk with John from his place in Northern Michigan. We discuss: His Early Years, Watching Sci-Fi Television Shows, a Love for Electronics, His Netflix Documentary, His Grandparents' House, the FAA, Building & Perfecting Machines, His Radio Programming to the Universe, UFOs, What He Has Learned About the Universe & Humanity, His Music, Intelligence, Strawberries Re-Booted...

Taste –"We Had Our Own Society in that Empty City ..." A vivacious conversation with Time Experimenter and Artist – David McDermott. We talk with David from a friend's place in Dublin, Ireland. This is Part 2 of a 3 part series taken from one 90 minute conversation we shared. He and I discuss: His Millions, Julian Schnabel, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, Staying Out of Depression, New York Rocker Magazine, Johnny Rotten, Fab Five Freddy, Society of Casualness, Marijuana Dreams...

Taste –"I Feel Like a Beautiful Person for Having Created Something Like a Picture or a Poem..." A beautiful conversation with British Indo-American Poet and Visual Artist – Rhony Bhopla. We talk with Rhony from her place in Sacramento, California. She and I discuss: Mortality, Grief & Poetry, Our Fathers, Transforming Into an Elder, the Desire to Have Children, the Fabric of Art, Collaboration, Reconnecting. Rhony Premiers a New Poem Called "Who Knows Tomorrow?"

Taste –"When I Was Young I Had Magical Thinking..." An enchanting conversation with Time Experimenter and Artist – David McDermott. We talk with David from a friend's place in Dublin, Ireland. This is Part 1 of a 3 part series taken from one 90 minute conversation we shared. He and I discuss: The Positive Past, King Charles, Time, His College Years in Syracuse, Utopia, New York City in the 1970s, His Millions...

Taste – "... Repairing the World, Leaving It a Little Bit Better Than We Found It." A charming & earnest conversation with Nyc based Director, Playwright and Producer – Melissa Moschitto. We talk with Melissa from her place in Manhattan. She and I discuss: Theater & Activism, the Anthropologists, Repairing the World, Artemisia’s Intent, Florence, No Pants in Tucson, Gender Opression, Stonewall, the Power of Getting Lost, Becoming the Seeker...

Taste –"A True Warrior Protects Society and Doesn't Try to Destroy It..." A wonderful conversation with Homesteader, Winemaker, Sensei and Our Resident Reluctant Philosopher – Almighty Todd. We talk with the Almighty from his place in Stockbridge, Vermont. We discuss: Calendars, the Tide of War and Being Tired of War, the Year of the Rabbit, X-ers, Dresden, a Neanderthal Comet, Putting Us Back Into Scale, Ice Cube, True Warriors...

Taste - "Last Year’s Literature..." Episode 504 features a cornucopia of written word from our program in 2022, interspersed among several great tunes. You will hear the voices of yours truly, our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese and actor extraordinaire Dominick Azzarelli, as well as Marnie Dee Azzarelli too, musing about the Galaxy, Bodegas, Texas & Georgia, Glam, Mulligan, Manicures, Tattooed Women, Chipmunks, a Mensch, and the Ice.

Taste - "Some of The Best Bits and Wits from 2022." We have for your listening pleasure. Episode 503 shares a medley of insight and personality with several of 2022's guests featured - Almighty Todd, Rhony Bhopla, Legs McNeil, Austin Pendelton, LittleStarRun, Michael R. Harris, Judge Abby Abinanti, Julia Gorton, John Bromberg, Kitty Belle Burbank, Serf William, Travis Ignatowski, Lesley-Ann Brown, Elle-Maija Tailfeathers, Peter McGough. These good folk delve into the heavy, light, brilliant and contrite aspects of our human condition... I think you will find this tapestry of voices poignant, warm, funny, and uplifting.

Taste - "People were sort of back out, with a vengeance" A wonderful conversation with Fiddler, Educator, Chicken Coup Builder, and Our Resident Historian - Serf William. The Serf and I discuss: Bucks County, Young Sondheim, the End of the Year, His Mom, Being a Fencing Coach, Arizona, Staying Home and Reading, Processing Grief, Fear, Death, Thinking Rationally and Compassionately, Distribution of Wealth, Thoughts & Hopes Toward the New Year...

Taste –"I Missed Your Call Because I Was Chasing My Cat..." An introspective conversation with Playwright, Professor, Baker & Candlestickmaker – Kitty Belle Burbank. Kitty Belle and I discuss: West Coast vs. East Coast, Fiction Over the News, Staying Engaged with Society and Feeling Awful, Goblin Mode, Decorum, Making the World a Better Place, Changing Your Mind, Making Cookies...

Taste –"Oh My God, I Did It On Live Radio. I Made Lucille Ball Laugh..." A wonderful conversation with legendary radio raconteur – Steve "Boom Boom" Cannon. Steve and I discuss: The Early Days, His Name "Boom Boom," Pierre Salinger on the Piano, Broadcasting from the Beverly Hills Hilton, Interviewing Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, His Friend a Doo-Wop Catholic Priest, Jack Palance Shadow Boxing in the Studio, Being the King of Trivia, Interviewing Jerry Lewis, the Most Challenging Aspects of Interviewing, Bernadette Peters & Fernando Llamas, Clark Gable, Ron Howard...

Taste ""Times Square, Which Was So Deliciously Trashy..." An engaging conversation with Painter, Photographer, Performance Artist " Peter McGough.Peter talks with us from his studio in Bushwick, Brooklyn New York. This is Part 2 of a 2 part series. Last week we featured part 1. We discuss: Coming Back in Bliss, His Theory About Life & Death, Mechanical Dogs, Painting, Finding Joy in the Apocalypse, Russell Simmons & Rick Rubin, Basquiat, Times Square, London, Photographs of Norway...

Taste –"Art Is Supposed To Uplift People..." An engaging conversation with Painter, Photographer, Performance Artist – Peter McGough. Peter talks with us from his studio in Bushwick, Brooklyn New York. This is Part 1 of a 2 part series. Next week we will feature part 2. We discuss: Fantasy-Realism, Living in the West Village, David McDermott, Eating Mushrooms, Washington Square Park, the State of the World, Real Power, Future Shock, Mechanical Dogs, Cell Phone Zombies...

Taste –"Take A Deep Breath..." A philosophical conversation with Homesteader, Sensei, Winemaker, Our Reluctant Resident Philosopher – Almighty Todd. The Almighty talks with us from his home in Stockbridge, Vermont. We discuss: Vermont Ballots Re: Slavery & Abortion, Panpsychism & Consciousness Everywhere, Moon Rainbows & Sundogs, Elon Musk, Fetterman & Oz, Haley's Comet, Hot Autumn, Being Insignificant, Tibetan Monks & Parameciums, Uncle Butch & the Potato Gun, Adirondack Reds, Catapults...

Taste –"It's a Love Letter to My Community..." An engaging conversation with Filmmaker, Writer, Director, Actor – Elle-Maija Tailfeathers. Elle-Maija talks with us from her home on the Blood Reserve in South Alberta, Canada. We discuss: Her Childhood, Ancestors, Oral History, Her Influences, Northern Norway, the Kainai First Nation, the Sami, Her Films, the Opiod Crisis, Being Cliche, Policing in the U.S.A., Privilege, Indigenous Children, Upcoming Projects, the Journey Home...

Taste – "They were just walking around the supermarket pouring milk out on the floor..." An enchanted conversation with Songwriter, Musician, Actor, Artist, Our Resident Storyteller – LittleStarRun. LittleStarRun and I discuss: Recording New Music, Theater, October & November, Savoring Warm Drinks, Your Shadow Side, the Coming Winter Freeze, a List of Books, a Vegan Milk Protester, Sleep Paralysis, Hallucinations, Lilith, Origins of Storytelling, Flying Back and Forth from Greece, the Collective Unconscious, Subversive Thought, Cleaning Out Your Space...