Taste “I Know People Whose Lives Suck. Systemic Racism Is Very Real. It Is Very Real," a captivating conversation with Brooklyn Based Singer, Songwriter. Comedic Writer & Comedian – Nash Rose. Nash talks with us from her apartment in Bed-Stuy. We discuss Feeling Down, Treating Covid Like a Cold, Virtual Reality, Buying Land in the Metaverse, Skinny Jeans, Faking Being a Stripper, The Insurrection, White Privilege, Enjoying Life...

Taste “Nothing Is More of An Aphrodisiac Than Being In A Musical In Trouble Out Of Town." A wonderful conversation with Actor, Playwright, Tony Nominated Director, Drama Desk & Obie Award Winner, Theater Guru – Austin Pendelton. Austin talks with us from his home in Manhattan. We discuss Orson Wells, Catch 22, Mike Nichols, Directing, Knowing When You Have a Good Script, Fiddler On The Roof, Responding to a Bad Review, Ten Things a Day, Teaching Acting at HB Studio, the Steppenwolf Theater, Egos, Sticking With It...

Taste "In Matters of Taste There Is No Dispute." A grand conversation with U.S. Punk Laureate, American Journalist, Co-founder of Seminal PUNK Magazine, Former Editor of SPIN Magazine and Co-Author of the Highly Acclaimed Book Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk " Legs McNeil. Legs and I discuss Fiction vs. Oral History, the Ethos of Punk, Legsville, Iggy Pop, Johnny Thunders, New York Dolls, Unsung Heroes, CBGBs, New Wave, Manson, Hair Metal, Cocaine, Being Altar Boys ...

Taste “… A primordial wound, a wound that takes on new shapes." A wonderful conversation with British Indo-American Poet & Visual Artist - Rhony Bhopla. Rhony talks with us from her home in Sacramento, California. We discuss Her Mom, the Partitioning of India, Poetry, Mortality, Primordial Wounds, Hope in Humanity, Other People’s Stories, Relying on Ritual, Asking for Help...

Taste - “It kind of tinkles, it’s almost like mini little xylophones." An enchanted conversation with Homesteader, Winemaker, Sensei and our reluctant Resident Philosopher - Almighty Todd. The Almighty talks with us from his home in Gaysville, Vermont. We discuss the Cold, Music from the White River, Threats to Democracy, Violent Rhetoric, the Hierarchy of Nature, Deep Ecology, Cultures of Exploitation, the Overton Window...

Taste "…Something Like Epiphany, Now We Call It Traitors Day." A great conversation with Professor, Writer, Editor, Performer & Bookstore Owner - Ned Sparrow. Ned talks with us from his home in Baltimore. We discuss Baltimore, Detroit, Traitor's Day, Loss, Matching Socks, the Chord that Binds All, Squash, Song Circles, His Book Store, Kindness, Blessings...

Taste "Last Year’s Literature..." Episode 453 features a cornucopia of written word from our program in 2021, interspersed among several great tunes. You will hear the voices of yours truly, our associate producer Dr. Michael Pavese and actor extraordinaire Dominick Azzarelli musing about Champagne, Foundation, Shut-In Hippies, Seekers, Jazz Poems, Camus, Ferlinghetti, Bird Baths, Roland's Story, Cherokee, Mint, Thankfulness, and the Ice.

Taste "Some of The Best Bits and Wits from 2021." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 452 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 452 features a medley of insight and personality with several of 2021's guests featured - Almighty Todd, Nash Rose, Gerry Geddes, Paperboy Love Prince, Debbie Hayton, Martyna Majok, Rob Roth, Nijmie Dzurinko, Chris Charlesworth, Lisa Caroll, JQ, Toni Jensen, John Bromberg, and Serf William. These good folk delve into the heavy, light, brilliant and contrite aspects of our human condition... I think you will find this tapestry of people poignant, warm, funny, and uplifting.

Taste "If I Did This All The Time, I’d Go Nuts..." A grand reconnection with consummate Urban Hiker- Travis Ignatowski. Travis talks with us from his home in Philadelphia. We discuss His Background, Topps Chewing Gum, Junior Achievement, Lollipops, Big Cities and Little Cities, Gentrification, the Holidays, Water Cooler Moments, His Trajectory in Life, Being a Coastal Elitist, Cults of Personality, Totalitarian Autocrats, Hookahs Packed with Hashish at Google, Hopes for 2022...

Taste "What He Learned From Oscar Is To Write Every Song As A One-Act Play..." A grand conversation with Our Associate Producer, Playwright, Essayist, Professor - Dr. Michael Pavese. The good doctor and I discuss Stephen Sondheim's Younger Days, Oscar Hammerstein's Tutelage, Williams College, West Side Story, Gypsy, Bernstein, a Short History of American Theater, Oklahoma, the Psychological Depth of Sondheim's Characters, Common Themes, People Trying to Figure Themselves Out, Dealing With Personal History, Into the Woods, Sondheim's Generosity, Being Open to Changes...

Taste "People Here Would Give the Shirt Off Their Back If You Needed Help..." A great conversation with Company Manager and Artistic Director of the Farm Arts Collective- Jess Beveridge and Tannis Kowalchuk. Jess, Tannis and I discuss Serving Healthy Food and Theater to the Community, Climate Change, Telling Stories in Poetic and Abstract Ways, Bread and Puppet, Dream on the Farm, Quilts, Willow Wisp Organic Farm, Foundation Pillars of Life, Collectivism, Making the World a Better Place, the International Human Rights Festival in Manhattan, Upcoming Touring Gigs, Doing Something Creative for the Holidays...

Taste "I'm Done Being Nice About Capitalism..." A compelling conversation with Playwright, Poet, Professor, Baker & Candlestickmaker - Kitty Belle Burbank. Kitty Belle and I discuss the Meta Verse, the Best Way to Be Human, The Crusades, Vikings, Finding the Strength to Fight Injustice, American Capitalism Keeping Us Down, the Holidays, Bringing Books to Class, Critical Race Theory, James Baldwin, Dopesick, Self-Care, the Little Things...

Taste "They Are People that Other People Didn't Realize Were Fabulous, But They Are..." A Delightful conversation with Documentary Film Maker, Archivist, Podcast Producer and Old Soul- Dominique Lessing. Dominique and I discuss Her Younger Days, Watching Old Movies, Sarah Lawrence, Working at MoMA, Working at Carnegie Hall, Being An Archivist, Old Souls, Glamour, Dinah Shore, Barbara Carroll, Her Friendship with Nancy Sinatra, Quiet Strength, Feeling Disconnected from Your Generation, Her Grandmother, Film, Mary Tyler Moore, Following Your Dreams...

Taste "Elephants Are Evolving To Not Grow Tusks, It's Amazing..." An environmentally astute conversation with Environmental Law Attorney, Professor and Director of the Wildlife Law Program for Friends of Animals- Michael R. Harris. Michael talks with us from his office in Denver, Colorado. He and I discuss Shooting Barred Owls to Protect Spotted Owls, Invasive Species, Self-Centeredness, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Pendulum, Anthropomorphism, Survival of the Fittest, African Elephants, Tusks, Evolution, Asian Elephants, Happy the Elephant in the Bronx Zoo, Personhood, Professor Martha Nussbaum, Turkey & Thanksgiving...

Taste "Sometimes, I Go Outside..." A boisterous conversation with Writer, Social Critic and Resident Satirist- Bruno Milo. Bruno and I discuss Pandemic Days, the Importance of Laughter, Pot, Why One Can't Always Be So Serious About Everything, Baseball As a Means to Pass Time, What Congress Is Supposed to Do, Infrastructure, Bridges Falling Down, the Progressives, the Coming Holidays...

Taste "It's Easy to Fight, the Difficult Part Is Making Up..." A conversation with a perspective steeped in history. We talk with Educator, Fiddle Player and our Resident Historian - Serf William. The Serf and I discuss Coming Off the Bench, Winners & Losers, Elections in Europe Compared to Elections in the U.S., Bismark to Hitler, LBJ to Trump, Xenophobia, Understanding Our Nations Institutions, Inspiration, Philisopher Michael Luby, Walking in the Woods, Chopping Wood...

Taste "I Do All Of This Physics Stuff Because It Feeds Some Kind of Psychological Kink ..." An insightful conversation with Professor of Physics, Grower of Lilies - Declan Mulhall. Declan and I discuss Younger Days in Ireland, Quantum Chaos, Poetry, Religion, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Spirituality, Insults, Being Arrogant, Random Matrix Theory, Humbleness, Energy & Society in Prison, Making Ice Cream, Relationships, Duality, True Happiness, Oscilliscopes, What the Point of It All Is...

Taste "You Don't Really Know Too Many Men Who Just Have A Cat..." An insightful conversation with Brooklyn based Singer, Songwriter, Comedic Writer and Comedian - Nash Rose. Nash and I discuss Menpathy, a Different Approach Feminism, Being a Black American, Men Who Cry, Have Cats & Wear Sweaters, Traveling, Machismo in Anerica and France, Evolving, Being An Artist, New Orleans, Family Roots in the Carolinas, Remembering that We Are Human...

Taste "The Contrast of Blight and Beauty Was Nearly Overwhelming..." A wonderful conversation with acclaimed author and professor - Nancy McKinley. Nancy speaks with us from her home in Colorado. We discuss Her Journey from New Jersey to Massachusetts, the Virgin Islands, Pennsylvania and Colorado, Beauty from Afar, the Importance of Community, Offbeat Humor, Irish Nuns, Northern Appalachia, Female Voices Not Seen in Literature, Her Acclaimed Novel "Saint Christopher On Pluto,"a Big Blue Old Buick, Malls, Joy, Laughter, Empathy, Attending Readings, Learning Through Writing and Teaching, Kindness...

Taste "President Biden Left Me With a Tray of Cookies, I thought to Myself - 'Is This How It Ends?'" A politically astute conversation with Union Organizer and Chair of the Pennsylvania Progressive Democratic Caucus- Dwayne Heisler. Dwayne and I delve into Voting Rights and Registration, Rural & Suburban Politics, Stacey Abrams, Gerrymandering, Big Donors, the Big Lie, the Importance of Municipal Elections, a Trip He Had With President Biden, The New Deal, The American Jobs Plan, The American Family Plan...

Taste "Considering What We're All Going Through Now, We Are All In A Trance..." An illuminating conversation with Photographer and Educator - Niko Kallianiotis. Niko talks with us from his home in Athens, Greece. We delve into His Emigration from Greece to the U.S. and Back, Socioeconomic Differences in the Rural U.S. and Rural Greece, Personal Values Known First Hand, His Book of Photography titled "America in a Trance," Coping Through Photography, Accepting Each Other, the Vaccinated and Unvaccinated, Protests & Riots in Greece, Going Into the Heart of Where the Problems Are, Light & Images, A Mirror of One's Self...

Taste "Those Who Know They Don't Know, Know. Don't You Know?" An insightful conversation with Homesteader, Winemaker, Sensei and Our Reluctant Resident Philosopher- Almighty Todd. The Almighty talks with us from his home in Stockbridge, Vermont. We delve into Autumn, Fruits of Our Labor, the Bhagavad Gita, the Bible, Ecclesiastes, the Social Contract, Hobbs, Locke, Rousseau, Hinduism, Buddhism, a Logical Fallacy Handbook, Harvesting Peaches, His Mom's Peach Pie, Constraints as Part of Being Free, Enjoying Your Time...

Taste "Keep The System Honest, Make Them Accountable..." A compelling conversation with Public Defender, Recipient of the Thurgood S. Marshall Award as New York state's Outstanding Criminal Practitioner, Author - Lisa Peebles. Lisa talks with us from her office in Syracuse New York. We discuss Her New Book "Scrapped: Justice and A Teen Informant," Being a Public Defender for Almost Three Decades, a Cover Up, a Sheriff's Department Informant, a Couple of Brothers, an FBI Profiler, Being in Prison While Innocent, Rewards & Eyewitnesses, Small Town Policing, Seeking Justice...

Taste "It's A Great Gig... It's Certainly Better Than Having A Boss," An insightful conversation with Writer, Musician, Self Described Global Hobo, and Our Resident Social Critic- JQ. He talks with us from his home in the South of France. We discuss Being Above the Pyrenees, the Anti-Health Pass Protests in France, a Particle Super Collider, Immigration in the U.S. as Compared to France, Small Towns, Working the Summer Markets in Southern France, Troubadours, Capitalism, Cafes, Cliches, Road Rats, Vagabonds, Smoking Cigarettes on Terraces, Vaccinations, Civil Liberties, Blind Pigs & Truffles...

Taste "What Is The Thing To Do During One's Finite Life?" A delightful conversation with Writer, Pulitzer Prize Winning Playwright - Martyna Majok. Martyna talks with us from her home in NYC. We discuss the Writing and Restaging of Her Latest Production "Sanctuary City,"the Immigration Experience, Chance & Circumstance, Doing Well in School, Developing Another of Her Theatrical Pieces "Queens" Into an HBO Series, Laughing & Crying, Writing Her First Screenplay, Being in London to Write the Libretto for a Production of "The Great Gatsby," F. Scott Fitzgerald, Beckett, Our American Society As of Late, Living During the Pandemic, Raising Kittens...