The Eisenstein Effect

“Sleep at your own peril”! In this episode of The Eisenstein Effect, I chat with rapper, actor, and comedian Chore Boy (aka Dan Rahrig) about his latest rap albums, how he got into hip hop, his feelings on art and collaboration, his tattoos, his religion, his tribe, #BelovedGang, and more! PLUS, he raps a verse off his new album and he FREESTYLES! Chore Boy is a rapper, comedian, actor, & cultural personality based in Chicago. You can catch him around Chicago performing as a solo act, or as...

Justin Romano and Matt Harris are the co-founders of Backspace, a new social media app. In this episode, I chat with them about the origins of the app, how they started the business, the start of their friendship, and more! ♡ Want to see video of this interview? The Eisenstein Effect has accompanying video interviews on my YouTube channel! Interview playlist: http://bit.ly/1Rnsq4g Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1pBR0BX ♡ Please consider supporting the creation of more content by becoming a...

In this episode, I talk with musical actor and improviser Amber Linde about her theater and musical theater background, her love of coaching, and how music improv and therapy work together. Amber Linde has performed on cruise ships for Second City and you can currently catch her performing musical improv and sketch, as well as coaching it, all around Chicago. She is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago, iO Chicago and The Second City Music Conservatory. Soon she’ll be attending graduate...

Chris Churchill is a writer, actor, comedian, and musician: the consummate renaissance man. Originally from Kansas City, Chris has been in the Chicago comedy and music scene since 1997. Among the last to study under improv guru Del Close, he has performed all over Chicago (including The Empty Bottle AND Second City) with his band/sketch comedy group "Los Shut Up" (1999-2004). Chris wrote and directed "Chair" in 2007 which was highly recommended by the Chicago Reader. He also made the no...

Jonald Reyes is a director, producer, and actor here in Chicago! He’s the His recent project “Blackfish The Musical” is a HUGE HIT (That’s right, it’s based on the 2013 documentary about the horrors of Seaworld!) “How do you make THAT into a musical”, you ask? You’ll find out! In this episode, I chat with Jonald about Blackfish, his name, the Philippines, his Asian-American comedy troupe Stir Friday Night, and more! Other credits: Jonald was named Chicago Reader’s Best of Stage Director...

Dawn Xiana Moon is a bellydancer, musician, actor, and the founder and producer/director of Raks Geek, Chicago's premiere bellydance, flow arts, and fire company. It’s a cool group that combines bellydancing and firespinning with geek themes! Not only is Dawn an expert bellydancer, she’s also an accomplished musician with an album available on iTunes, and a talented actor! In this episode we chat about how she found bellydancing, her love of geek culture and travel, her musical influences,...

Kim Howard Johnson is a man of many talented hats: a writer, actor, improvisor, author, director, teacher, and Monty Python expert! In this interview Kim Howard Johnson reveals how he ended up studying under Del Close at Improv Olympics, tells us about his Monty Python fanzine, and he even discloses how he ended up in London and Tunisia assisting the guys of Monty Python - he was IN “Life of Brian”! We also chat about his time studying under Del, his fondest memories, and the magazines and...