Taste "There is Nothing That Happens Without a Mass Movement." An earnest, revolutionary conversation with Black Working Class Human Rights Organizer & Strategist - Nijmie Dzurinko. Nijmie and I discuss The Poor People's Campaign, Putting People First, the Third Reconstruction Resolution Recently Introduced in the U.S. Congress, the First & Second Reconstruction, Systemic Racism, Climate Change, the Evils of Capitalism, the Definition of Poverty, Distorted Moral Narratives, the Co-opting of Religion by the Rich, Not Falling Into Traps, the Slave Bible, Uniting People, a Reluctance to Run for Political Office, Mass Movements...

Taste "The Universal Story... What Is That Truth Within You?" A grand conversation with Acclaimed Documentary Filmmaker, and Editor & Chief of Nerd News - Matthew Kaplowitz. We talk with Matt from his home in Queens, New York. He and I discuss His Documentaries, Girl Fight, His Uncle Hank, Art & Zen, Being Inspired as a Kid to Cultivate Art, Stunt Performers in NYC, a Ballet Dancer Built Like a Linebacker, Comics, Anime, the Meaning of Nerdom, Will Eisner, American Splendor, an Anthropomorphic Samurai Rabbit, Harvey Pekar, Allan Moore, Star Trek, Dr. Crusher Getting Kissed By Bill Murray...

Taste "I am going to turn you into a poet if it kills me..." A wonderful conversation with NYC Based Multidisciplinary Artist & Director- Rob Roth. We talk with Rob from his place in New York City. We discuss His Short Film Premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival Titled "Blondie Vivir En La Habana," Water, Fire & Ice, Nyc & Havana as a Cultural Hubs, Debbie Harry, Chris Stein, Film Stored in the Mini-Bar Refrigerator, How a Lack of Investors Equals Artistic Freedom, Painting a Film, Layers, How Editing Is Musical, Capturing the Energy of the People, Parker Posey, Hanging Out With Artists, Disconnecting, Everyone Wants to Be Right, Wack-a-do Ideas, Keeping On...

Taste "I represent the eccentric, the theatrical, the flamboyant, the queer. I have embodied all of that..." A grand conversation with Artist, Community Activist & NYC Mayoral Candidate - Paperboy Love Prince. We talk with Paperboy from his place in Brooklyn, New York. He and I discuss His Grandparents Establishing a Church in Brooklyn, Running for Congress on Twenty Dollars, Spreading Love, Not Competing, Outer Space, Being 3000 Years Old, Andrew Yang, Fierce Warriors, the Elite Taking Care of the Elite, His Mayoral Campaign, Education, Legalization of Drugs, the NYPD Budget, Giving Out Love Tickets for Good Deeds, Mental Health Issues, De-Escalation, Supporting Local Businesses, His Unabashed Style, Everyone Working to Be Their Best Self to Change the World...

Taste "...That Sort of In Between, No-Man's Land Left Me Wanting More..." A wonderful conversation with NYC Actress, Writer, Director & Musician - Pamela Sabaugh. We talk with Pamela from her place in Queens, New York. She and I discuss Her Journey From Detroit to NYC, Belting Out Show Tunes in The Basement, Being In Between, a Love of Storytelling, Losing Her Central Vision at 14 Years Old, Being a Rebel Girl, Imaculate Degeneration, Faking It, Not Faking Not, Independence, Taking Risks, Serendipity, Signposts, a Poignant Dream, Communal Engagement...

Taste "...The Individual Is The Thing That Needs To Be Saved, The Individual Soul..." An engaging conversation with Writer, Musician, Global Hobo & Our Resident Social Critic- JQ.. We talk with JQ from his humble abode in the South of France. He and I discuss Covid Lockdowns in France, Protecting People Economically, Restaurants, Masks As Political Symbology, Political Correctness As the Potential Demise of Western Civilization, the Overton Window, Equal Access, Equal Pay, Christianity, Individuality vs.Tribalism, the Magna Carta, the U.S. Constitution, Civil Rights, Thomas Paine, Nietzsche, Eastern Philosophy Into Carl Jung, Empires Into Unity...

Taste "The Immigrant Experience Has Bubbled Up Again..." An enamored conversation with British Indo-American Poet & Visual Artist Rhony Bhopla.We talk with Rhony from her home in South Sacramento, California. She and I discuss Her Journey from London to California, Inspiration found at Luna's Cafe, Influences in India, the Translation of Poetry, the Partition of India Through Generations, Being Heard, Awakening, the Importance of Names, Developing a New World... Rhony reads us one of her poems Titled "War God."

Taste "I Never Relish Writing a Poor Review..." An engaging conversation with the Former LA Times Book Critic, Acclaimed Writer and Associate Professor of The Practice of Writing at USC - David Ulin. David has written for the New Yorker and Harper's Magazines, the Paris Review and the New York Times. He and I discuss the Art of Criticism, Taste, the Lost Art of Reading, Reading as a Form of Quiet Resistance, Crossing Paths with Lawrence Ferlinghetti, City Lights Bookstore, Poet Ferlinghetti Encouraging Literary Community, Moral Avatars, Greater Access to Publishing...

Taste "Let's Celebrate Our Differences Rather Than Trying to Impose a Conformity on Each Other..." A compelling conversation with Educator, Journalist and Transgender Advocate - Debbie Hayton. Ms. Hayton has published articles in The Economist, The Evening Standard, The Times, Publico, The Huffington Post (UK), The National Review and Yahoo, to name a few. Debbie speakes with us from her home in Central England. She and I discuss Her Journey, What It Means to Be Transgender, the Eloquence of Physics, Gender Dysphoria, Conformity, Shame, Transitioning, Being Yourself, Conversion Therapy, What Gender Is, Celebrating Our Diversity...

Taste "This Is A Little Grotesque, But It Will Get Better..." An endearing spiritual conversation with Songwriter, Musician, Actress and Our Resident Storyteller - LittleStarRun. LittleStarRun and I discuss Going to Carolina, Changing Your Surroundings, Feeling the Sun on Your Face, Franz Kafka, Rent, Metamorphosis, Co-habitating With Cockroaches, Darkness & Light, Reiki, Healing Through Physical Touch, Gravitating to Things Unresolved, Bookstores, Getting Out Into the City Again...

Taste "I Could Have Done Heroin, But I Chose a Healthier Avenue..." An introspective conversation with Educator, Fiddler, Chicken Coop Builder and Our Resident Historian- Serf William. Serf William and I discuss Throwing Axes & Taking Saunas, Bushcraft, Life As a Philosophical Journey, Belief Systems, a Life of Confusion & Manipulation Or Not, Albert Camus, Sacrificing Human Decency, Zen & the Art of Cross Country Ski Maintenance, a Break from the Noise...

Taste "I Make Funny Sounds Just Talking in Real Life..." A wonderful conversation with Playwright, Poet, Professor, Baker and Candlestickmaker - Kitty Belle Burbank. Kitty Belle and I discuss Being Reliable, Puppets, Trudy & John, Algorithms, Fake Famous, Her Relationship Status, the Unpopular, Adam Curtis' Documentary, Soul! and Ellis Haizlip, Voices, Feeling Connected, an Alternative to Facebook, Getting to Spring...

Taste "These Cats Are Hip..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 409 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." A grand conversation with Harlem Based Director, Writer, Cabaret Critic and Activist - Gerry Geddes. Gerry and I discuss How the Pandemic Has Affected Clubs, Artists & Audiences, the Cotton Club, the Ways of Cabaret, Mable Mercer, Frank Sinatra, a Wonderful Evening with Carmen McRae, His Memoir, the Sexual Revolution, Woodstock, the AIDS Epidemic, Secrets of New York...

Taste "Our DNA Has Traces of Everything On the Planet..." An Environmentally Astute conversation with Environmental Law Attorney & the Director of the Wildlife Law Program for Friends of Animals - Michael R. Harris. Michael and I discuss Conservationism, Teddy Roosevelt, the U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the National Rifle Association, Our Human Connection to the Natural World, Hunting, Duck Stamps, Re-Wilding...

Taste "I Stayed In From Recess in 6th Grade So That I Could Practice My Voguing Moves..." An insightful conversation with Arts Journalist, Editor and Hip Podcaster - Mark Blankenship. Mark and I discuss His Journey from Tennessee through Georgia to Yale to Manhattan, Creating Spaces, Conversations, Rigorous Thinking, the Flashpaper, Artistic Folk, Showtune Countdowns, His Book About Madonna, Small Steps to Big Solutions ...

Taste "We Are Always Trying to Push for These Things Called Human Rights... That Work Never Ends," An impassioned conversation with Progressive, Union Leader and Our Resident Politico- Dwayne Heisler. Dwayne and I discuss President Biden's Executive Orders, Electing Good Local Leaders, Shared Values, False Equivalency, Starving the Beast, Foreclosures & Evictions, Healthcare, Compulsively Making Things Worse, Scarcity Mentality, Them & Me, Driving President Biden Around Town for Some Chocolate-Chip Cookies...

Taste "Multiculturalism Works... New York City Is Proof of That," An introspective conversation with NYC Artist and Activist - Maddy Enlow. Maddy and I discuss What Could Save the World, QAnon, 4Chan, Privilege, the First Ammendment & Hate Speech, Charlottesville, Critical Thinking, Takashi 69, Garden Spaces, What Crazy Is, Composure, Judgment, Sadness, Gratitude, the Future...

Taste - "Yes, I am very skeptical... hopeful, but skeptical," A great conversation with Songstress, Comedic Writer and Comedian - Nash Rose. Nash and I discuss Talking White, Answering Anonymous Questions from White People, Black Lives Matter vs. All Lives Matter, Slavery, Honesty, the Stereotype that Black Women are Aggressive, Michelle Obama, Kamala Harris, Rev. Dr. Mlk, the Insurrection, What If Black or Brown People Stormed the Capitol, What Racism Looks Like, Colin Kaepernick, Couth, the Same Privilege, Getting Back to Normal, Gratitude, the Best Gift...

Taste "Life Should Be Vital & Vibrant." A grand conversation with Poet and Publisher- Michael Czarnecki. Michael and I discuss a Winter Landscape in Central New York, His First Poem, an Important Junior High Teacher, Masters of War, Simple Life & Simple Poems, Traveling Across America on Route 20, Synchronicity & Serendipity, Living in the Country, a Rather Scaring Experience with a Nun in Second Grade, Overcoming Scars & Anxiety, Doing What Matters to You, Poetry & Poverty, Thoreau, Rev. Dr. Mlk, Tolstoy, Traveling with Robert Frost, Poetry as Serious Business, the Triangle Holding Him Up...

Taste "...To Me That's a Violent Act Against Sanity." An enlightening conversation with Farmer, Winemaker, Sensi and Our Resident Philosopher- Almighty Todd. The Almighty and I discuss Truth & Reconciliation, Corruption of the Social Contract, George Carlin, AntiFa, Restorative Justice, the Swamp, Going From Yule to Imbolc, the Pagan Calendar, Solstice to Equinox, Storm Watchers, the Natural World As An Example of Objective Truth, Winter Sustenance, Reading, Crafts, Christmas Lights, Cooking, Watching Birds, Cultivating Awareness, Sound of Walking in the Snow, Gratitude...

Taste "I Thank You from the Bottom of My Heart for Listening." Episode 401 marks the debut of a new end of the year annual tradition called "Some of the Best Bits & Wits of Troubadours and Raconteurs." We share a sample of excerpts from the many great conversations we featured this year. We couldn't possibly represent each of the wonderful guests we talked with in 2020. It would take a few hours at least... though I do think we have indeed strung together some poignant, compelling, humorous bits & wits.

Taste "Aside from the Fetishistic Serial Killer Behavior of my Felines, Things Over Here are Great." An Ex-Pat Perspective with Poet, Musician and Our Resident Social Critic- JQ. JQ and I discuss Quarantine in the South of France, Self Permission Slips. Hope on the Titanic, Navel Gazing, Serial Killer Cats, Being a Lumberjack, Asking Around, Disease in Government, Conspiracy Theories, the Internet Keeping Us in Bubbles, the Yellow Vest Protests in France, President Macron, History, the Death of the Novel, Joe Strummer, Morality, New Years...

Taste "... I grew up in this kind of Elsewhere," an insightful conversation with Poet, Essayist, Editor and Professor- Philip Brady. Philip and I discuss Classrooms, Self-Absorption, the Elsewhere, Physics and James Joyce, Poetry As Interface, Quarks, Moving Up the Vaccine Line, Banquet with Ethiopians, Growing Up in Queens, Brooklyn's Diversity, Teaching in Africa, the Peace Corps, Sir Roger Casement, the Anti-Self, Utterances, Amplifying Your Sensibilities, Wearing of a Mask, Choosing to Protect One Another, Breath...

Taste "I am a Public School Teacher... Clearly I've Sold Out." A raucous conversation with Educator, Fiddler and Our Resident Historian- Serf William. The Serf and I discuss Selling Out, Choices, Fate, Other People Suffering, White Liberal Guilt, Rolling With the Absurdity, Systemic Discrimination & Privilege, Doing the Right Thing, Suburban Bohemians, Rejecting the American Dream, Beginners Mind...