Arts Calling
By Jaime Alejandro Cruz
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Episodes: 169
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Arts Calling brings you down to earth conversations with artists in the literary, visual, and performing arts. Your host Jaime Alejandro catches up with friends and artists across disciplines and cultural backgrounds to learn their origin story, how to overcome real-world hardships, and why it is essential to remain true to an artistic calling. Stop by artscalling.com for the latest episodes!
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168. Nancy Kricorian | The Burning Heart of the World: a new novel
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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167. Sandra Cruze | Abby Normal the Musical, House Theater, and producing your own work
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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166. Mo Milan | Musical identities, songwriting, and going beyond sound
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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165. Anna Capunay | La Gota Fría, playwriting, and the way to dramedy
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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164. Theodora Ziolkowski | Ghostlit: Myth, memory, and strands of narrative
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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163. Jen Ponton | Sugarcoated, Maiden Mother Crone Premiere, and crafting a solo play
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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162. Em J Parsley | You, From Below: a new novella, and environmentalism
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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161. Kim Dower | What She Wants: A New Poetry Collection
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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160. Hannah Wyatt | Sunday Cowboy, songwriting, and indie music production
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Dec 08, 2024 |
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159. Jennifer Lang | Landed: A yogi's memoir in pieces and poses
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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158. Charles K. Carter | The God of Loneliness: a new poetry collection, vulnerability, and taking your time
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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157. Welcome to the Big Dipper: A new musical | A conversation with the creative team
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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156. Georgia Jeffries | The Younger Girl: Writing historical fiction, and true crime close to home
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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155. Sarah Congress | Playwriting, screenwriting, and crafting humor
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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154. Nathalie Miranda | Songwriting, resilience, and music for the underdogs
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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153. C.J. Spataro | More Strange Than True, short fiction, and adaptations
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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152. Ciara Lawless | Paint My Soul, the songwriting process, and flowers
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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151. Kate Brandes | Stone Creek, environmental science, and a sense of place
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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150. Andrew Shanks | The Ugly Radio, fringe theater, and indie art as community
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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149. Audrey Cefaly | The Last Wide Open, language as conflict, and a play with music
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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148. SHAME | A Conversation with the Film Team
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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147. Amanda ReCupido | Writing, producing your own work, and humor through it all
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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146. Heather Bartel | Exit the Body, mud, and the essay as an offering
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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145. Shaine Greenwood | Transfiguration, existentialism, and sci-fi explorations
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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144. Merrill Joan Gerber | Revelation at the Food Bank, crafting essays, and ruminations on the writing life
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May 30, 2024 |
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143. MJ Gomez | A burning planet, faith, and becoming a poet
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May 24, 2024 |
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142. Effy Redman | Saving Face, writing a memoir, and claiming identity
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May 16, 2024 |
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141. Paul Cody | Walk the Dark, writing novels, and hope in the darkness
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May 10, 2024 |
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140. David Winner | Master Lovers, writing a fictional memoir, and personal vs historical
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May 02, 2024 |
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139. Lee Upton | Tabitha, Get Up: a comic novel, biographers, and playing with forms
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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138. C.M. Crockford | Birdsongs, farewell to punk, and responding with resilience
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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137. Court Ludwick | These Strange Bodies, Broken Antler Mag, and hybrid forms
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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136. Maria C. Palmer and Ruthie Robbins | On the Rocks: Co-authoring, patience, and collaboration
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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135. Heather G. Marshall | When the Ocean Flies: Fiction vs memoir, mindfulness, and writing beyond trauma
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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134. Sam Chue | Naegle Fowleri, Washingtones Records, and a music community
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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133. Tyler C. Gore | My Life of Crime: Essay as memoir, exploding appendixes, and other entertainments
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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132. Hilary Zaid | Forget I Told You This, writing a techno-thriller, and handmade magic
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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131. Kate Brandt | Hope for the Worst, 1980s NYC, and a spiritual journey
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Dec 30, 2023 |
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130. Wendy Bashant | The Same Bright Moon, teaching in China, and writing a memoir
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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129. Kamal X | Black Astronaut, photography, and capturing American turmoil
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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128. Richard Jeffrey Newman | The Return! And T'shuvah: a new poetry collection
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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127. John Yamrus | 24 Poems, honest writing, and a poet's life
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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126. BV Wolfgang | The Spacewalkers FFEEATCOPO, existentialism, and hopeful songs
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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125. Anne Leigh Parrish | A Summer Morning, interconnected works, and creative sustainability
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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124. Arts Calling Q&A with Jaime Alejandro and Shahab Zargari
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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123. Jim Clayton | Round II: Look Out, a new album!
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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122. Anna Dickson James | Boys Buy Me Drinks to Watch Me Fall Down: A new collection!
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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121. Elizabeth M. Castillo | Not Quite an Ocean, multilingual poetry, and different things
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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120. Catherine Shields | The Shape of Normal: Parenting, disabilities, and self-discovery
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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119. Terena Elizabeth Bell | Tell Me What You See: an experimental novel, 3rd person personal, and starting with rocks
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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118. Jennifer Lang | Places We Left Behind: an experimental memoir, yoga, and a multicultural life
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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117. Carlos Baker | Songs for Ivy: From music to novels, parenting, and finding resilience
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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116. Bill Blume | West of Apocalypse: Sci-fi and beyond, family life, and indie publishing
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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115. Marisa Ewing | Sound, music composition, and crafting audio for media
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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114. David Scott Hay | [NSFW], a new novel: Chicago theatre, indie film, and the creative pivot
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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113. Sarah Congress | Comedy playwriting, intuitive writing coaching, and what we can control
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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112. Mary Adkins | The Book Incubator Writing Program: How to write your dream book!
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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111. Jan Stinchcomb | Verushka: Villains, fairy tales, and family horror
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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110. Bronwyn Harris | Teaching stories, the class divide, and advocating for the marginalized
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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109. Maria C. Palmer | On the Rocks, nonprofit work, and writing about family
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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108. Rosemary Richings | Freelance writing, living with Dyspraxia, and Stumbling through Space and Time
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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107. Martha Engber | Bliss Road, writing a memoir, and a neurodiverse family story
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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106. Suzan Palumbo | Shapeshifters, representation, and changing the programming
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May 25, 2023 |
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105. Dr. Sarah Etlinger | Part II: The Weather Gods, paradoxes, and the commute
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May 18, 2023 |
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104. Exodus Oktavia Brownlow | Essays, green forests, and finding your footing
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May 04, 2023 |
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103. Matthew McGuirk | Hybrid collections, staying positive, and being an educator/writer
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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102. Chloe N. Clark | Patterns of Orbit, Cotton Xenomorph, and defying genre
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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101. Catherine Filloux | Where Elephants Weep, and theatre for human rights and social justice
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Ep 100 | Playwriting: Alvaro Saar Rios and Mabelle Reynoso
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Ep 99 Uzo Chijioke | From novels to scripts, Nigerian culture, and embracing structure
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Ep 98 Audra Kerr Brown | Flash fiction, family, and emotional horror
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Ep 97 Tommy Dean | Flash perspectives, small towns, and powerful short works
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Ep 96 Laurie Marshall | Flash fiction, exploring forms, and the beauty of yearning
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Ep 95 Shannon McLeod | Nature Trail Stories, being an educator, and the quiet moments
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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Ep 94 Jen Soong | Exploring memoir, collage, and wonder
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Ep 93 Steven D. Schroeder | Wikipedia Apocalyptica, running a literary magazine, and the balancing act
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Ep 92 Audrey Cefaly & Carolyn Messina | Find your dramaturg, two-hander plays, and ache stories
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Ep 91 Patrick Lugo | Comics, Kung Fu, and an illustrator's life
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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Ep 90 Shahab Zargari and Mo Milan | New Oddities Album Discussion
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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Ep 89 John Becker | Playwriting, the human condition, and producing your own work
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Ep 88 Anuradha Bhowmik | Brown Girl Chromatography: Family, healing, and coming of age
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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Ep 87 Samantha Silva | Mary Wollstonecraft, Dickens, and the historical novel
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Ep 86 Donna Spruijt-Metz | Poetry as a companion, the flute, and something true
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Ep. 85 Jim Clayton | Jazz, parenthood, and an online pandemic audience
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Ep. 84 Zephaniah Sole | Writing a crime thriller, Spider-Man, and a legacy of learning
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Ep. 83 Laury Leite | The novel, writing in Spanish, and an international life
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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Ep. 82 Bri Stokes | Curating, becoming a managing editor, and amplifying the marginalized
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Ep. 81 Camille U. Adams | The memoir, Caribbean lit, and uncovering the past
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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Ep. 80 Dominique Gordon | DOMO JUJU, new album, and turning grief into songs
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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Ep. 79 Julia Duffy | Things (Un)said, narrative podcasting, and writing yourself a perfect role
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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Ep. 78 Tara Stillions Whitehead | The Year of the Monster, writing hybrid forms, and the film industry
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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Ep. 77 Lynne Jensen Lampe | A mother and daughter, a new poetry collection, & talking smack to a hurricane
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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Ep. 76 Monica Macansantos | Love & Other Rituals: Home, growing as a writer, and the Filipino diaspora
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Ep. 75 Joseph Fasano | The Swallows of Lunetto: A transcendent love story, tyrants, and building a novel
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Ep. 74 Margarita Saona | Latin American literature, writing escapes, and memories of Peru
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Ep. 73 Rhonda Parker | Word slinger, fanfiction, and creative collaboration
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Ep. 72 Melissa Jordan | Red Low Fog, poetry forms, and crafting narrative
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Ep. 71 CJ Peterson | In the Sight of Sound: Writing, publishing, and achieving your goals
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Ep. 70 Jesus M. Garibay | Acting, dance, and artistic problem solving
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Ep. 69 Steffy Sandoval | Acting, directing, and artist identity coaching
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Ep. 68 Irma Herrera | Social justice, mispronounced names, and a one-woman play
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Ep. 67 Leslie Absher | Spy Daughter, Queer Girl: A memoir of secrets, family, and truth
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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Ep. 66 Ken Poyner | Small presses, life beyond writing, and carving your own path
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Ep. 65 Dr. Rachael Hanel | History, writing nonfiction, and Camilla's story
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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Ep. 64 Shahab Zargari | Indie filmmaking, music, and the business of creativity
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Ep. 63 Raegen Pietrucha | Head of a Gorgon, marketing, and a reunion episode!
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Ep. 62 Samantha Terrell | Cosmic tragicomedy, social justice poetry, and the trinitas form
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Ep. 61 Rodd Whelpley | Learning, efficiency, and poems of the backyard
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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Ep. 60 Madeleine Corley | Poetry, songwriting, and constructing constructively
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Aug 13, 2022 |
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Ep. 59 Dr. Sarah Etlinger | Mentorship, composition, and becoming a poet
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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Ep. 58 Allison Adair | Gettysburg relics, poems of womanhood, and how nature reclaims us
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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Ep. 57 Estela González | Mazatlán, between cultures, and the Arribada novel
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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Ep. 56 Thomas Bazar | Fiction, playwriting, and an expectation of plenty
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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Ep. 55 Denise Cruz-Castino | Screenwriting, advertising, and co-writing
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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Ep. 54 Daniel A. Olivas | Short stories, playwriting, and Chicanos in the arts
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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Ep. 53 Abby Tozer | Acting, a positive film, and quarantine bonding
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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Ep. 52 Gauri Awasthi | Editorial work, dance, and community in poetry
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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Ep. 51 Kátia Bandeira de Mello-Gerlach | Embracing chaos, Brasil, and other travels
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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Ep. 50 aureleo sans | a list of grievances, living the american nightmare, and a return to writing
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Ep. 49 Leticia Urieta | Criaturas, life as a teaching artist, and growing up in Texas
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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Ep. 48 Adrienne Crezo | Discovering poetry, copy editing, and a difficult week
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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Ep. 47 Andrea Deeken | Mother Kingdom, channeling the muse, and treading new paths
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Ep. 46 Monica Cross | Playwriting, dramaturgy, and theatre behind the scenes
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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Ep. 45 Peter Clarke | Technology, writing of tomorrow, and Jokes Review
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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Ep. 44 Taccara Martin | A healing journey, relationship coaching, and a podcast to inspire
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Ep. 43 Kevin Carey | Revere Beach, the writing life, and being a multi-hyphenate
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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Ep. 42 Kellie Scott-Reed | Cemeteries, a press for friends, and total creative expression
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Ep. 41 Elaina Battista-Parsons | Writing YA, the 80s, and Italian Bones in the Snow
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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Ep 40 J. Simon Harris | Translating the Inferno, family, and love for the Classics
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May 25, 2022 |
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Ep. 39 Richard Jeffrey Newman | Teaching, co-translating, and sharing truth in poetry
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May 19, 2022 |
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Ep. 38 Eli Godfrey | Writing, voice dubbing, and imagining worlds
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May 17, 2022 |
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Ep. 37 Shaine Greenwood Part 2 | Design, the future, and the self-contained art machine
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May 13, 2022 |
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Ep. 36 Lynne Jensen Lampe | Mothers, rabbit holes, and family typewriters
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May 09, 2022 |
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Ep. 35 Anindita Sengupta | Journalism, embracing language, and a sense of place
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May 05, 2022 |
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Ep. 34 Jennifer Schomburg Kanke | Poetry for everyone, nature, and continuing to learn
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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Ep. 33 Jared Beloff | Marvelous verses, imagery, and teaching
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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Ep. 32 Beth Gordon | Poetry, loved ones, and the water cycle
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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Ep. 31 Lannie Stabile | Spreadsheets, dogs named Zeus, and life stories through poetry
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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Ep. 30 Lauren Theresa | Plants, poetry, and writing beyond the self
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Ep. 29 Susan Nguyen | Dear Diaspora, zine-making, and identity through memories
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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Ep. 28 Saúl Hernández | Family, visceral poetry, y la Mexicanada
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Ep. 27 Jay Rafferty | Catholicism, culture, and a collection of holy things
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Ep. 26 David Rosenthal | Writing in meter, teaching, and other misplaced things
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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Ep. 25 Alison Lubar | Poems and philosophy, teaching, and intersectionality
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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Ep. 24 Karla Linn Merrifield | A life of art, guitar poems, and showing up
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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Ep. 23 Christopher Soriano-Palma | Writing for various mediums, fiction editing, and bookselling
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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Ep. 22 Christian J. Collier | Genuine impact, multiple mediums, and the gleaming of the blade
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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Ep. 21 Joseph Lezza | Advertising voices, lyrical confessions, and the Costco Box
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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Ep. 20 Janet Swainston | Screenwriting, micro-budget filmmaking, staying creative in Canada
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Ep. 19 Joseph Fasano | Form is freedom, making poetry on Twitter, and a Father's love
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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Ep. 18 Paul Myles Zambrano | Film scoring, indie collabs, and fulfilling the musical path
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Jan 30, 2022 |
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Ep. 17 Norm Reynolds | Playwriting anecdotes, finding theatre again, and an educator's life
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Jan 22, 2022 |
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Ep. 16 Máire Higgins | Respect for play, acting life, and the immediacy of compassion
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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Ep. 15 A.J. Ross | Familiar Monsters, making indie web comics, and Wyoming origin stories
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Dec 30, 2021 |
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Ep. 14 Shaine Greenwood | The Aether, writing fiction, and finding online community
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Dec 28, 2021 |
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Ep. 13 Dre Ellis | Prophecy, indie art making, and representation in comics
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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Ep. 12 Oscar Moreno | Screenwriting, low-budget filmmaking, and redefining border stories
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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Ep. 11 L. Nicol Cabe | One person shows, new media, and theatre of tomorrow
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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Ep. 10 Billy Higgins | Guiding future collaborators, clowning, and anecdotes of a theatre artist
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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Ep. 9 Jose Casas | State of TYA, social impact with theater, and other brown playwright adventures
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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Ep. 8 Raegen Pietrucha | Great poetry, crafting a Gorgon, and tackling art/life balance.
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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Ep. 7 Dane Halvorson | Sandbox mentality, musical collaboration, and a strong dose of laughter
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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Ep. 6 Madelyn Dorta | Audio narratives, sibling collaborations, and building your own community
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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Ep. 5 Daniel Damiano | Poetry, fiction, and performing your own work
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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Ep. 4 Alvaro Saar Rios | Inspired stage adaptations and writing wisdom with playwright
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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Ep. 3 Becca Diamond | When voice acting and musical theatre collide
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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Ep. 2 Ahren Buhmann | Rules are a lie, making theatre, and WY origins
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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Ep. 1 Brenda Zamora | Childhood and persistence
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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Ep. 00 - Trevor Lutz
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May 26, 2021 |