Taste "Be Open to Receiving Unexpected Signs from the Universe..." An enlightening conversation with Artist, Songwriter, Musician, Actress and Our Resident Storyteller - LittleStarRun. She tells a story and we discuss How Summer Is Going, Angels Among Us, Spheres of Influence, Unexplained Experiences, Being in the Moment, Her Grandmother Reaching Out From the Beyond, Cell Phones As Magical Little Boxes, a Prospective Road Trip, A Man On a Bus, Watching the Birds and Deliberating, Intuition and Asking for Guidance, An African Mystic in NYC, A Hidden Library, Ageless Wisdom...
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Episode 433 Featuring John Bromberg - Acclaimed...
Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted in the West Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell Your Friends and Neighbors...
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Episode 432 Featuring Serf William - Our Reside...
Taste "We Are Still Fighting The Civil War, As You Know..." A vivacious conversation with Educator, Fiddle Player, Ax Thrower and Our Resident Historian- Serf William. The Serf and I discuss How Reasonable People Have Always Had to Live Side-By-Side with Jerks, Implicit Threats of Violence by the Right, Our History of Class Struggle, the Distribution of Wealth, the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, Lincoln's Position on Slavery, Amazon in Alabama, the Undecided Voter, Values, the Liberal Elite...
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Episode 431 Featuring Toni Jensen - Acclaimed A...
Taste "On All Sides People Really Just Want to Argue & Blame It Seems..." An insightful conversation with Acclaimed Author and Professor - Toni Jensen. Toni and I discuss Being Metis, Growing Up in Iowa, Tribal Enrollment, Landback, Both Grandmothers Being Librarians, Voraciously Reading, Outdoor Pursuits, Spending Time with Native People, Fracking Structure and Violence, Violence Against Indigenous Women, Her Highly Acclaimed Book of Essays "Carry," Abiding the Second Amendment vs Ignoring Tribal Treaties, Guns, Building Community Via Art, Activism. ...
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Episode 430 Featuring Kitty Belle Burbank - Wri...
Taste "They Deliberately Prevented Unions From Forming, Using Racial Animosity As A Weapon," A wonderful conversation with Playwright, Poet, Professor, Baker & Candlestickmaker - Kitty Belle Burbank. Kitty Belle and I discuss Post Covid, Post 45, Everything Being Different Now, Good Decisions in Time, Heather McGee's Book "The Sum of Us,"Poor People Joining Forces, Cheap Labor, Demonizing People For Their Problems, the Solitary Dividend, Star Trek, Mark Twain, Voting Rights, Finding Joy, Outdoor Theater, Lust for Life...
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Episode 429 Featuring Chris Charlesworth - Accl...
Taste "... One Time When I Interviewed Him [Bowie] He Told Me He Was Broke." Some major rock-n- roll insight as we share a conversation with British based music journalist and author - Chris Charlesworth. Mr. Charlesworth talks with us from his home outside of London. We discuss His Early Days as a Journalist in England, Writing for Melody Maker Magazine, Following Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Tour, Working with Acclaimed Rock Photographer Bob Gruen, a Phone Conversation with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page about Their New Band, Being The Who's Executive Producer, Touring with The Who, His Book "Tommy at 50,"the Mythology of Keith Moon, Being David Bowie's Publicist, Talking with John Lennon, His Three Favorite Interviews...
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Episode 428 Featuring Michael R. Harris - Envir...
Taste "It Was A Dentist, I Think, From Minnesota That Killed The Lion." An environmentally astute conversation with Environmental Law Attorney and Director of the Wildlife Law Program for Friends of Animals - Michael R. Harris. Michael and I discuss Re-populating Endangered Ostriches in Western Africa, the History of Wildhorses in America, the Bureau of Land Management, the Cattle Industry, Sheep Grazing, Duck Stamps, Drought, Climate Change, the Misfits, Our Public Lands, the Navajo, Cecil the Lion, the Big 5 African Trophies Act, Wild Horse Annie...
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Episode 427 Featuring Lisa Carroll - Acclaimed ...
Taste "I Don't Know What I Can Do For You, But I Am In Show Business." An engaging conversation with Acclaimed Actor, Singer, Composer and Writer - Lisa Carroll. Lisa and I discuss Her Journey from Bismark to Southern California to Manhattan, Acting Opposite Rock Hudson, Working in the Film Industry As Compared to Working in Theater, Being a Country Girl, a Chance Meeting with Broadway Producer David Merrick at Sardis, Hello Dolly, Carol Channing, Her Time in London, Writing for PBS, Los Angeles Compared to New York City, Central Park South, Playing a Wicked Woman on General Hospital, Her Rap Album, Her New Book, Following Your Dreams...
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Episode 426 Featuring Dwyane Heisler - Union Or...
Taste "What Does the Right Thing Look Like?." A vivacious conversation with Union Organizer & the Chair of the Pennsylvania Democratic Caucus - Dwayne Heisler. Dwayne and I discuss The American Rescue Plan, A Budget As a Moral Document, Rev. Dr. King, Eisenhower, The Sweat of Labourers, Ghandi's Seven Social Sins, Blank Checks to Corporations Ending Up in the Pockets of CEOs, Republican Voters and Politicians, Nurses, Voting Rights, The Senate...
Taste "The NRA Is Basically On The Ropes." A compelling conversation with acclaimed American Journalist & Writer - Seamus McGraw. Seamus and I discuss Coming Out of the Pandemic, His New Book "From A Taller Tower...,"the Fog of War in Peace Time, a Toxic Form of Manhood, Obsession with Grievance and Victimhood, Mass Shooters, Mental Illness, Excuses, Thoughts & Prayers, the NRA, Gun Owners Wanting Gun Control, the Second Amendment, Generational Ideals Regarding Guns, Why the Need for Hunting When You Can Go to the Supermarket...
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Episode 424 Featuring Nash Rose - Comedic Write...
Taste "We Don't Get Reparations, The Least They Can Do Is Not Make Us Pay To Go Back To The Plantation." An endearing conversation with Brooklyn Based Comedic Writer, Comedienne, Singer & Songwriter - Nash Rose. Nash and I discuss New Orleans, Slave Plantations, Accepting History, Proof, Paying to Go Back to the Plantation, Reparations, Slaves Running Away, the Glorification of the Antebellum South, Partying on Bourbon Street, Riverboats, Comparing Comedy & Music, Limits People Place on You, Finding a Still Place Inside of Yourself...
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Episode 423 Featuring Margalit Fox - Former NY ...
Taste "It Took a Poet to Make Me Understand, on The Deepest Level, What It Is I Do." An engaging conversation with former Ny Times Journalist and Author- Margalit Fox. Margalit talks with us from her home in Manhattan. we discuss How She Ended Up at the New York Times Via New York News Day, Being On the Beat, Crafting Obituaries, Flash Biographies, Betty Friedan, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, Charles Manson, Her Latest Book "The Confidence Men," Escaping a Turkish Prison Using a Ouija Board, Creating and Sustaining Belief, Her Process, Short Form & Long Form Writing, the Figure in the Carpet...
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Episode 422 Featuring Nijmie Dzurinko - Black W...
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...
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Episode 421 Featuring Matthew Kaplowitz - Accla...
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...
Episode 419 Featuring Rob Roth - NYC Mulitidisi...
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...
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Episode 418 Featuring Paperboy Love Prince - Ar...
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...
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Episode 416 Featuring JQ - Global Hobo, Writer,...
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...
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Episode 415 Featuring Rhony Bhopla - British In...
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."
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Episode 414 Featuring David Ulin - Former LA Ti...
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...
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Episode 411 Featuring Serf William - Fiddler, ...
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...
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Episode 410 Featuring Kitty Belle Burbank - Wri...
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...