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...

Taste –"Getting Excited About Something As Simple As A Sentence Should Be A Daily Occurrence..." A wonderful conversation with regular contributor, Poet, Playwright, Baker & Candlestickmaker – Kitty Belle Burbank. Kitty Belle talks with us from her home in West Scranton, Pennsylvania. We discuss: Teaching the Young, Annie Dillard, Sentences, Her Political Angst Being Funneled Into a Play, K - Street, How We Are Not Supposed to Be Enjoying Ourselves, Being Efficient Instead of Creative, The Newspaper Industry, Compromising, Settling, Struggling to Make Ends Meet, Being Authentic, The Ferment.

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...