Episode 440 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "European Ethnic." We share an essay written in 1936 by Aldous Huxley and published in Harper's Magazine titled "In The Dark."We have a E.W. poem called "Play."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Dr. Lonnie Smith & Iggy Pop, Rufus Wainwright, Joe Tullos, Led Zeppelin, Kokoroko, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard.  Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted in the West Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell Your Friends and Neighbors...

Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure - Conversation, Essays, Poetry & Music.

Episode 440 Featuring Dwayne Heisler - Our Resident Politico, Chair of the Pennyslvania Progressive Caucus, Democratic Party Executive Committee Member

Episode 439 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Ambient." We share the second installment of our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese's radio play series "Watch The Ice,"as performed by Dominick Azzarelli. We have an E.W. poem called "Tea." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Frank Sinatra, Bedouine, Jeffrey Dean Foster, Johnny & June Carter Cash, Chris Thile, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Photo: Title, El Camino, Duryea, Penn., 2017, by Niko J. Kallianiotis. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted in the West Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell Your Friends and Neighbors... 

Episode 439 Featuring Niko Kallianiotis - Acclaimed Photographer

Episode 438 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Wow." We share an excerpt from a piece written by Wyatt Williams for the September 2021 Edition of Harper's Magazine titled "Eating the Whale." We have an E.W. poem called "Rising." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Andy Shauf, Leon Clark, Richard Swift, Paul McCartney & Wings, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted in the West Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell Your Friends and Neighbors... 

Episode 438 Featuring Almighty Todd - Our Reluctant Resident Philosopher, Sensei, Farmer and Winemaker

Episode 437 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Oneness." We share a passage on Compassionate Police from Thich Nhat Hanh's book titled "Anger." We have an E.W. poem called "Mid-September." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Cracker, PJ Harvey, Middle Kids, the Violent Femmes, Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted in the West Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell Your Friends and Neighbors... 

Episode 437 Featuring Lisa Peebles - Public Defender, Recipient of the Thurgood S. Marshall Award, Author

Episode 436 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Villages." Regular Contributor, Cabaret Critic, Director & Writer Gerry Geddes shares an original essay titled "Blue." We have an E.W. poem called "Papa's Tavalo." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, the Sweet Charity Ensemble featuring Helen Gallagher & Thelma Oliver, Quintessence of Dust, Joni Mitchell, Willie Nile, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted in the West Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell Your Friends and Neighbors...

Episode 436 Featuring JQ - Global Hobo, Writer, Musician and Our Resident Social Critic

Episode 435 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Docile." Our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese shares five poems written by Japanese school children about Hiroshima from a collection titled "When I Was Small." We have an E.W. poem called "Purpose."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Linda Lyndell, Declan McKenna, Neko Case, the Five Stairsteps, Sublime, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard.  Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted in the West Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World.

Episode 435 Featuring Martyna Majok - Pulitizer Prize Winning Playwright

Episode 434 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Bling." We share some Findings as gathered and published in the August 2021edition of Harper's Magazine . We have an E.W. poem called "Lush Garden." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, (Sandy)Alex G., Tom Waits, Diego Garcia, Four Tet, INFLO, Ryan Adams, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted in the West Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell Your Friends and Neighbors...

Episode 434 Featuring LittleStarRun - Artist, Songwriter, Musician, Actress and Our Resident Storyteller

Episode 433 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Sapien." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, George Harrison, Ry Cooder, the Bread and Puppet Dirt Cheap Circus, the Grateful Dead, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted in the West Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell Your Friends and Neighbors...

Episode 433 Featuring John Bromberg - Acclaimed Artist, Puppet-Maker and Activist

Episode 432 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Window." We share some compelling statistics as gathered and published in Harper's Magazine August 2021 edition. We have an E.W. poem called "Senses." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, B-52s, Kamasi Washington, S.G. Goodman, Four Tet, Ray LaMontagne, Stevie Wonder, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Painting by Walter J. Pugliese titled "Emily and the Vending Machine." Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted in the West Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell Your Friends and Neighbors...

Episode 432 Featuring Serf William - Our Resident Historian, Educator and Fiddler Player

Episode 431 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Country Club." We share an essay by regular contributor, NYC Director, Writer & Cabaret Critic Gerry Geddes titled "Survival of the Fittest." We have an E.W. poem called "Able."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Radio Head, tune yards, Esme' Patterson, Donovan, Happy End, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted in the West Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell Your Friends and Neighbors...

Episode 431 Featuring Toni Jensen - Acclaimed Author and University of Arkansas Professor

Episode 430 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Nuance." We share an original Radio Play by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese titled "Watch the Ice," as performed by actor Domnick Azzarelli. We have an E.W. poem called "White Tent." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Chicano Batman, Shungudzo, Iggy Pop, Esther Rose, Bahamas, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted in the West Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell Your Friends and Neighbors...

Episode 430 Featuring Kitty Belle Burbank - Writer, Professor, Activist, Baker and Candlestick Maker.

Episode 429 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Who." We have an E.W. poem called "Studio." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, John Lennon, the Who, Led Zeppelin, Joan Armatrading, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted in the West Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell Your Friends and Neighbors...

Episode 429 Featuring Chris Charlesworth - Acclaimed British Based Journalist and Author

Episode 428 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Black Bear." We share an excerpt from an essay written by Leo Tolstoy titled "The First Step." We have an E.W. poem called "Mint."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, the Nude Party, Elvis Presley, Miriam Makeba, Miles Davis, the Heartless Bastards, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard.  Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted in the West Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell Your Friends and Neighbors...

Episode 428 Featuring Michael R. Harris - Environmental Law Attorney, Executive Director of the Environmental Law Program for Friends of Animals, Professor

Episode 427 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "C'est la vie." Our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese shares the world premiere of his radio play "The Shut In Seeks a Soulmate." We have an E.W. poem called "Old Glory."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Elliot Smith, David Bowie, Nellie McKay, the Broadway Cast of Stephen Sondheim's "Company," Blaze Foley, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard.  Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted in the West Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell Your Friends and Neighbors...

Episode 427 Featuring Lisa Carroll - Acclaimed Actor, Singer, Writer, Composer and Toy Designer

Episode 426 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Nexus." We share some very compelling statistics and findings as gathered by Harper's Magazine for their June 2021 issue. We have an E.W. poem called "Left Field." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Tom Jones, Filthy Friends, Of Montreal, Four Tet, Hiss Golden Messenger, John Lennon, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted in the West Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell Your Friends and Neighbors..

Episode 426 Featuring Dwyane Heisler - Union Organizer & the Chair of the Pennsylvania Democratic Caucus

Conversation, Poetry, Philosophy, Science, Literature, Humor, Ideas, and Music - It's So Human. Commercial Free, Community Radio...

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