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Arts & Culture Podcasts

Podcasting about art and activism since 2005.

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United States

Description:

Podcasting about art and activism since 2005.

Language:

English


Episodes

MikeyPod 355 | Pianist Sophia Subbayya Vastek

1/2/2023
Pianist and composer Sophia Subbaya Vastek joins me today to discuss her new album, In Our Softening. I am completely enamored with this album, our conversation about Sophia’s music, and the magnificently imperfect instrument that inspired it. Enjoy this conversation, and be sure to check out the entire album as well! Based in Troy, NY, …

Duration:00:38:19

MikeyPod 354 | Composer Molly Joyce

11/8/2022
Molly Joyce is back on the podcast to discuss her brand new album, Perspective, which features disabled interviewees responding to what access, care, interdependence, and more means to them. We talk about the development of the album, expanding accessibility with our art, and how a question from a mentor inspired the project itself. Thank you …

Duration:00:38:49

MikeyPod 353 | Playwright Martyna Majok

10/31/2022
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Martyna Majok is my guest on the podcast this week to talk about her creative work, connection, disability, humor, and most importantly: cats. Her play Cost of Living is in its final weeks on Broadway at the Manhattan Theater Club and you need to see it, so get your tickets here! I’m …

Duration:00:34:51

MikeyPod 352 | Interdisciplinary Sound Artist Brian Harnetty

10/19/2022
This conversation with interdisciplinary sound artist and composer Brian Harnetty covers everything from spirituality to creative process, to ethics of sampling, and beyond. We talk about (and listen to a few tracks from) his exquisite new album, Words and Silences, which was inspired by and includes archival recordings Thomas Merton made while in his Kentucky …

Duration:00:59:44

MikeyPod 351 | Musician Christopher Willits

10/10/2022
Christopher Willits makes his third visit to the podcast today and I could not be more thrilled to share this with you. We talk about his latest album, Gravity, the concept of gravity, creativity, mortality, process, and the beauty in allowing things to be exactly what they are. This is another brilliant connection with a …

Duration:01:05:16

MikeyPod 350 | Musician Caroline Weinroth of Cinema Hearts

9/20/2022
Pageant Queen turned indie-rocker Caroline Weinroth joins me on the podcast this week to talk about Cinema Hearts, the band for which she serves as lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter. We talk about her experience as a contender for Miss Virginia, and how that experience inspired the band’s EP, Your Ideal. Caroline’s insight and openness …

Duration:00:40:19

MikeyPod 349 | Composer-Performer Sugar Vendil

9/15/2022
Composer-Performer Sugar Vendil joins me this week to talk about one of her latest projects, hyPerFormFest, a one day (for now) eclectic, boundary-free music gathering featuring Jerome Gillespie, Chloe Alexandra Thompson, and Jasmine Hearn. We listen to some of her magnificent music, chat about our changing relationships with social media as artists, and so much …

Duration:00:38:29

MikeyPod 348 | Filmmaker Lavinia Jones Wright

9/2/2022
Lavinia Jones Wright‘s film project, Love All Alices, is the exact kind of thing that gets me fired up and inspired to the max. The finish line is a film, sure, but through my conversation with Ms. Jones I discovered the multiple layers of stage, video, community, and love that converge to tell the story …

Duration:00:14:42

MikeyPod 347 | Author and Musician Lotus Kay

8/23/2022
Author and musician Lotus Kay returns to the podcast today to talk about her new book, Friends Lift You Up, and the original music she has been releasing since her last visit on the podcast. I loved chatting with her about the book and how writing it helped with her own healing and in navigating …

Duration:00:34:10

MikeyPod 346 | Comedian Annick Adelle

8/8/2022
Annick Adelle’s debut comedy album, “Between Two Worlds” will be released this Friday, and I was so proud to have a chance to chat with Annick about the project and the various ways Annick truly does exist between worlds. Be it the bridges between countries, genres, or genders, Annick’s creative voice finds an authentic space …

Duration:00:29:23

Mikeypod 345 | Author and Small Potato Ayun Halliday

8/1/2022
Ayun Halliday‘s book, Creative, Not Famous: The Small Potato Manifesto, landed in my lap at precisely the right moment in time. I invited her on the podcast to discuss the book, and how she strives to embrace the act of being creative just for creativity’s sake. I can’t wait for you to hear this conversation …

Duration:00:38:22

MikeyPod 344 | The Living Earth Show

7/25/2022
On this episode of the podcast, I chat with Travis Andrews and Andy Meyerson AKA The Living Earth Show, one of the premiere contemporary chamber ensembles in the United States. We talk about their creative work, their brand new label, Earthy Records, and listen to some selections of their work, including a track from COMMANDO, …

Duration:00:46:48

MikeyPod 343 | Author and Filmmaker Miasha

5/27/2022
On this episode of the podcast I chat with author, filmmaker, producer and serial entrepreneur, Miasha. We talk about her book turned film Secret Society, her inspiration, the importance of telling LGBTQIA+ stories through a BIPOC lens, and so much more. MIASHA is a real powerhouse, and was an absolute pleasure to talk with! Don’t …

Duration:00:24:31

MikeyPod 342 | Choral Arts Initiative Founder Brandon Elliott

5/10/2022
My guest this week is Brandon Elliott, the Founder, Executive and Artistic Director of Choral Arts Initiative, an organization solely dedicated to bringing new music by living artists to life. We talk about his work with the organization, their most recent commission, From Wilderness, and how the gift of time and space deepened his understanding …

Duration:00:31:16

MikeyPod 341 | Harpist Emily Levin

3/28/2022
Harpist Emily Levin joins me on the podcast to discuss GroundWork(s), a commissioning project she founded to celebrate living composers through harp-centric commissions, and to pay homage to the communities that first supported them through hometown premieres. I chatted with Emily just days before the premiere of her first commission and felt so inspired by …

Duration:00:27:37

MikeyPod 340 | Musician and Podcaster Jack Stafford

3/16/2022
Musician and podcaster Jack Stafford joins me on the podcast this week to talk about his Podsongs podcast, to chat about some of the music his interviews have inspired, and embark on a pretty deep (yet accessible) spiritual excursion. If there ever was a perfect guest for this here podcast, this is the guy! I …

Duration:00:48:07

MikeyPod 339 | Comedian and Musician Ian Lockwood

1/24/2022
Ian Lockwood joins me this week to chat about his latest EP, Not Like Other Girls, his brilliant videos, the idea of building art through community, and just so much more. Ian provides some great insight here about the way he creates his work and I can’t wait for you hear it! Ian Lockwood is …

Duration:00:38:13

MikeyPod 338 | Filmmaker Shaina Feinberg

12/20/2021
Shaina Feinberg joins me on the podcast this week to talk about the brand new second season of her series, Dinette. The show follows a group of female and gender non-conforming friends navigating their relationships with each other, the world and themselves. We chatted a bunch about how she created this (and her many other projects) …

Duration:00:32:39

MikeyPod 337 | Author and Musician Maria Konnor

11/2/2021
On this week’s glorious episode of the podcast, I chat with author and musician Maria Konnor about her book, Girl Shock: I dressed as a girl for Halloween but then she took over my life! Maria’s story of how she escaped her “straight dude suburban life” is a fascinating one, and I found her journey toward …

Duration:00:39:22

MikeyPod 336 | The Violin Channel’s Geoffrey John Davies

9/29/2021
Long before the dawn of social media influencers, Geoffrey John Davies decided to try out a new website called YouTube to share his love for music and all things violin. Well over a decade later, The Violin Channel has become the worlds #1 classical music news service. On today’s podcast, I talk with Geoffrey about …

Duration:00:31:23