Mar 14, 2021
Songwriter Stephin Merritt talks about bridges and key changes.
ABOUT THE GUEST
Stephin Merritt is a singer-songwriter who has released more than a
dozen albums with his band the Magnetic Fields, along with albums
from the 6ths, Future Bible Heroes and the Gothic Archies. He’s
also composed music for movies (Pieces of...
Sep 11, 2020
Writer Ray Lipstein describes the melodrama of looking in the mirror.
ABOUT THE GUEST
RL (Ray) Lipstein is a writer, editor, and performer who works for
The New Yorker, and previously for the Hudson River Sloop
Clearwater and the United Nations. They were elected president of
Girls Nation in 2009, on a universal...
Aug 28, 2020
Actor Kathleen Turner talks about not bringing characters home. Neil wonders if he himself created COVID.
ABOUT THE GUEST
Among Kathleen Turner’s numerous accolades are Golden Globes for
Romancing The Stone and Prizzi’s Honor, an Academy Award nomination
for Peggy Sue Got Married, Tony Award nominations for Cat On
A...
Aug 21, 2020
Writer Monique Truong describes her love of showering when it's raining outside. Neil realizes he is bad in a crisis.
ABOUT THE GUEST
Monique Truong is the Vietnamese American author of the
bestselling, award-winning novels, The Book of Salt, Bitter in the
Mouth, and The Sweetest Fruits. She’s also a former...
Aug 14, 2020
Artist Angela Dufresne makes the case that painting is like cats, fashion is like dogs. Neil proposes that certain worked-out bodies are never naked.
ABOUT THE GUEST
Angela Dufresne is a painter originally from Connecticut, raised
however in the town in Kansas (Olathe-Suburbs) that Dick and Perry
stopped in before they...