Episode 296 Featuring John Pivovarnick- Writer, Actor & Director

"It's like the Reagan years have festered into a boil..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 296 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 296 features a great conversation with Writer, Actor, Theater Director, and Activist John Pivovarnick. John and I discuss How He Developed a Love for Theater and Literature, Kurt Vonnegut, His Recently Published Novel "Tales From The Back of The Bus," Being Stoned via Hash Brownies on a Bus in Los Angeles, Parallels Between Reagan & Trump, Being Gay in the 1980s, Having His Congress People on Speed Dial... Episode 296 also includes an EW Essay titled "Sore Throat." We share another wonderfully written and beautifully read essay by our Associate Producer & Resident Essayist Dr. Michael Pavese, titled "Bowling Night." We have a poem called "Grail." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Brett Newski, Courtney Barnett, 10cc, Mipso, Lou Rawls, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted In the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell your Friends and Neighbors...