Ranked #1
John Early: Jazz Hands in the Face of Global Collapse
John Early: Jazz Hands in the Face of Global Collapse
Comedian John Early talks about blooper reel politics and the challenges of performing sleep. ABOUT THE GUEST: John Ear... Read more
20 Dec 2019
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26mins
Ranked #2
Tony Bluestone: Death Is So Queer
Tony Bluestone: Death Is So Queer
Artist Tony Bluestone talks about the existential condition of the Wet Paint sign.
21 Feb 2020
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28mins
Ranked #3
Miguel Gutierrez: Touch My Actual Body
Miguel Gutierrez: Touch My Actual Body
Choreographer Miguel Gutierrez talks about the beauty of confident mistakes and what you can learn about people by how t... Read more
13 Dec 2019
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25mins
Ranked #4
Alicia Svigals: Uncourageously Obscure
Alicia Svigals: Uncourageously Obscure
Violinist Alicia Svigals talks about the erotics of dishwashing. ABOUT THE GUESTAlicia Svigals is violinist, composer, a... Read more
24 Jan 2020
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26mins
Ranked #5
Andy Hawkes: Almost Art
Andy Hawkes: Almost Art
Artist and baker Andrew Hawkes talks about bouncing around pixelated mansions. ABOUT THE GUEST Andy Hawkes is an interdi... Read more
31 Jan 2020
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33mins
Ranked #6
Kate Johnson: The Discomfort of Patience
Kate Johnson: The Discomfort of Patience
Meditator Kate Johnson explores the connection between car horns and anonymous comment sections. ABOUT THE GUEST Kate Jo... Read more
14 Feb 2020
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29mins
Ranked #7
Jacques Servin: Crypto-Optimist
Jacques Servin: Crypto-Optimist
Activist and filmmaker Jacques Servin talks about shoplifting in airports. ABOUT THE GUEST Jacques Servin is co-founder ... Read more
7 Feb 2020
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23mins
Ranked #8
Michael Smith: Room Tone
Michael Smith: Room Tone
BONUS EPISODE In this bonus live episode, artist Michael Smith talks about how to get creative with bad teaching evaluat... Read more
1 May 2020
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25mins
Ranked #9
Annie Lanzillotto: The Most Beautiful No
Annie Lanzillotto: The Most Beautiful No
Writer and performer Annie Lanzillotto talks about how, actually, old people are the future. ABOUT THE GUEST Born and ra... Read more
27 Mar 2020
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24mins
Ranked #10
Jeff Hiller: Lockdown Cuddle Duds
Jeff Hiller: Lockdown Cuddle Duds
In this episode, Neil talks to the one person he’s not isolating from: his husband, actor and comedian Jeff Hiller, from... Read more
20 Mar 2020
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38mins
Ranked #11
Melissa Anderson: Compost of the Soul
Melissa Anderson: Compost of the Soul
Film critic Melissa Anderson talks about the correlation between smoldering internal rage and a lighthearted use of excl... Read more
13 Mar 2020
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27mins
Ranked #12
Nick Flynn: Storytelling As Illness
Nick Flynn: Storytelling As Illness
Poet Nick Flynn talks about the ways in which he won't die. ABOUT THE GUEST Nick Flynn has worked as a ship’s captain, a... Read more
6 Mar 2020
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33mins
Ranked #13
Jon Wan: Complex Enchantment
Jon Wan: Complex Enchantment
Performer Jon Wan argues that kids are campy. ABOUT THE GUEST Slipping in and out of drag skin Kiko Soirée, animagus Jo... Read more
28 Feb 2020
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28mins
Ranked #14
Roz Chast: Making Each Other Less Miserable
Roz Chast: Making Each Other Less Miserable
Cartoonist Roz Chast talks about arsenic-infused wallpaper and the occasional dutifulness of "I love you, too." ABOUT TH... Read more
6 Dec 2019
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23mins
Ranked #15
Robert Reid-Pharr: Forever 54
Robert Reid-Pharr: Forever 54
Cultural critic Robert Reid-Pharr examines the existential choice between elapsed time and remaining time on the ellipti... Read more
29 Nov 2019
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24mins