Episodes

  • Episode 291 Photographer & Writer Ali Smith

    Episode 291 Photographer & Writer Ali Smith
    Feb 14 2025
    , a portrait and documentary photographer, moved to the UK from NYC, where she built a career shooting for The Guardian, The New York Times, and more. She’s shot campaigns for Rimmel, Disney, and Johnson & Johnson and published two acclaimed photography books— earned praise from The NY Times and Gloria Steinem. Her work, rooted in gender equality and environmentalism, includes a grant-funded project on incarcerated mothers. She’s exhibited and taught internationally, mentoring young women in photography. Also a writer and former touring musician, her memoir dropped back in January 2024 via Blackstone Publishing.
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    47 mins
  • Episode 290 Bruce Moreland

    Episode 290 Bruce Moreland
    Feb 7 2025
    grew up in West Covina California, playing in glam rock bands with his brother Marc before diving into LA’s punk scene in the late ’70s. He hung around , played bass for , and co-founded , recording on most of their albums between stints in and out of the band. He later formed Black Cherry, played with , and co-wrote a track for . After Marc’s death, he started , shifting to vocals and guitar.
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    1 hr
  • Episode 289 Mad Women/Bad Choices with Matilda Joon & Dominique Stringfellow

    Episode 289 Mad Women/Bad Choices with Matilda Joon & Dominique Stringfellow
    Jan 31 2025
    Matilda Joon Dominique Stringfellow In this cuntroversial episode we feature the dynamic poetry of Matilda Joon, and an in depth conversation between Lydia and Dominique Stringfellow concerning the need for female empowerment to replace the ever present imbalance in sexual relationships which have spiraled out of control.
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Episode 288 JD Pinkus

    Episode 288 JD Pinkus
    Jan 24 2025
    JD Pinkus, who set a Georgia Boy's State 100-meter freestyle relay record in 1980, left swimming behind in 1985 to tour with the , later playing bass for , , and others. He took up the 5-string banjo, releasing albums like (2018), (2021), and (2024). JD splits his time between the road, the studio, and the mountain he now calls home.
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Episode 287 Mike IX Williams

    Episode 287 Mike IX Williams
    Jan 17 2025
    Mike IX Williams, the voice of New Orleans for lack of a better term "sludge" pioneers , embodies the unrelenting grit of the genre. Raised in High Point, North Carolina, he gravitated toward rebellion and punk before finding his footing in the music scene of late-70s New Orleans. Over the years, he’s faced addiction, incarceration, Hurricane Katrina, and a liver transplant, emerging as a testament to survival against the odds. Mike's music channels the chaos of a life shaped by struggle and defiance, capturing an unvarnished reflection of the world around him.
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Episode 286 Randy Blythe

    Episode 286 Randy Blythe
    Jan 10 2025
    , frontman of , will release his second book, , on February 18, 2025. The book combines memoir and philosophy, detailing his approach to maintaining perspective through challenges. Randy writes about his childhood, touring, sobriety, and the lessons shaped by his life in music and art.
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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Happy New Year 2025

    Happy New Year 2025
    Jan 3 2025
    During New Year’s week, we noticed a significant dip in our numbers—likely because everyone is enjoying a well-deserved break. Good for you! We’ll be back next week, refreshed and ready, with exciting new guests joining us each week. In the meantime, enjoy this extended intro. Cheers to a eh uh fantastic 2025??
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    32 mins
  • Episode 285 Elliott Sharp

    Episode 285 Elliott Sharp
    Dec 27 2024
    is a composer and multi-instrumentalist active in New York City's avant-garde music scene since the late 1970s. With over 85 recordings across genres such as contemporary classical, jazz, noise, and electronic music, he incorporates elements like algorithms, Fibonacci sequences, and literary themes in his experimental compositions. In the 1980s, he developed the project, utilizing personal computers in live performance. Elliott plays guitar, saxophone, and bass clarinet, and leads ensembles including , and .
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    1 hr and 15 mins