Duende Discussions
by Megan Breen
A fun and invigorating artist interview podcast where I talk to my brilliant friends about their personal and creative relationship with duende - the visceral vibration of the soul making impact with its most authentic, ancient self - made famous by Spanish playwright and poet Federico Garcia Lorca. My guests and I will explore how to define what the mysterious duende actually is, how to access it, what to do with our art once we've confronted it, wrestle with it - possibly in real time! - as well as decipher who/what has it today, and what role it plays in today's ever evolving and challenging artistic landscapes and vocabularies. Why duende today? Because like Lorca says, “The true struggle is with the duende.”
Episodes
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14 - Chelsea Sutton - Personal Ghostiness, The Nuance of the New Gothic, and the Duende of Writing “The Impossible Thing”
Happy Halloween Duende Devils! It’s a double duende drop! 😈 That’s right, I’ve got a second spark-my-soul discussion for you this week. My spooky special guest is the absolute genius of sensitive scary storytelling - “gothic whimsy” queen Chelsea Sutton! Chelsea is not only a prolific writer of...
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13 - O-Lan Jones - The Playful Cosmology of Creative Impulse, On Being a Medium for Duende, & The Gift of Channeling Humanity's Experimental Rhythms
Hey Duende Duders! How are you??? How’s your fall been going? I hope it’s been (pumpkin) spicy, cozily (and thrillingly 😈) spooky and just autumnally awesome in every way. Firstly, I’d like to apologize for the months-long dearth of duende discussing. Life has been stressful, to say the least…
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12 - Oliver Mayer - Surfing Through and Wrestling With Duende's Poetic Athleticism, Alchemy and Vulnerability
Happy spring, almost summer, Duende Duders! Hope you’ve been feeling the recharging and renewing energies that this rebirthing season brings! You know what recharged and renewed my creativity and soul vibrance lately? Discussing duende with my guest for this latest episode, the OG Duende…
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11 - Nathan and Shane Return for Love & Duende - The Sequel! *Mad with Gladness While Feeling Love’s Wound
Happy Valentine’s Day, Duende Duders! I’ve missed you, I love you and I hope you’ve been hanging in there amidst these rough times. This latest Duende Discussion is my Valentine to you - my beloved sweetest, most compassionate and insightful creative twin spirits Shane and Nathan are my…
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10 - Kristin Condon - Spirit Choreography - The Chaos, Calm and Communion of Surrendering to Duende
Happy Thanksgiving, Duende Duders! But more specifically, Happy Thanksgiving dinner! 😋 Along with your fave mains and sides, what’s been on your duende plate this fall-flavored month of gratitude and reflection? I love my mashed apple cider sweet potatoes served with an even more delectable dish…
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9 - Sean Boyle - The Duende of Edgar Allan Poe - Confronting Death and the Shadow Self with Curiosity, Creativity, and Compassion
Happy Halloween, Duende Demons! I mean, Duende Duders 😈 Hope your spooky season has been super(naturally) fun and soul-igniting. I love that the liminal space between realms is so palpably dynamic during this time of year, it makes the ethereal nature of otherworldliness a bit more visceral…
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8 - Olivia Lilley - Conjuring Mystical Futures in the French Quarter, Free Reign Duende for Radical Protagonism, and Reimagining Romanticism’s Man-Made Monsters
Hi Duende Duders!! Happy September! Hope your summer-to-September transitions have been going smoothly, and that you’re staying cool out there. My guest for this 8th episode is absolutely perfect for this seasonally liminal time - it’s sharpest of the sharp emotional intellects and provocative...
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7 - Patrick Dennis -Confronting the Danger & Chaos of the Dionysian Self, "Tutti Frutti" Duende, and the Muscular Mysticism of Inspiration & Imperfection
Hey Duende Duders! Hope your summers have been fun and full of whatever form of sunshine warms your soul up 🙂☀️ I’ve missed you! It’s been awhile since the last Duende Discussion, but this one is so worth the wait because it’s with my first ever musician guest - my fave rockstar of both visceral...
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6 - KD Sims - The 'Sexy Grotesque', Embodied Longing and Muscular Channeling of Dark Matter Duende
My dearest, duende-iest duders! Happy spring! Happy flirty flowers, happy April showers, happy devouring of more sweet than sour during these stressful times <3 I’m rhyming (badly) because it’s the last day of National Poetry Month and my stunning-soul’d guest for this sixth episode is ingenious...
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5 - Nathan Singh - Heart Spelunking, Joy-First Emotion Excavating, & Breaking the Waves of Duende's Dark Love
Happy Love Month my Valentine duders! I know this February has been *the most* intense/tense month - sending so much affection and peace your way ❤️🩹 - but I can’t contain how stoked I am to share this very special heart-full convo with you. Because while there’s so much divisiveness right now…
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4 - Sabina Zúñiga Varela - The Marrow of Moment-to-Moment, The Wondrous Irrational Body and "A Christmas Carol"'s Grittier Phantoms
Holiday greetings, my spirited duende duders! Hope your December so far has been full of magic and merrymaking. It’s hard to cut through all the seasonal chaos, but I think this wondrously stimulating and partially holiday-themed episode with my beloved storytelling goddess and epically fun,...
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3 - Alexis Roblan - "Annihilation", Anxiety, Apparitions and Art Anarchy on All Hallow's Eve
Hi Duende Duders! Hope your spooky season has been spooking along spectacularly! I'm absolutely thrilled to bring you Episode 3 - my duende-of-Halloween episode - a horrortastic convo with my favorite art anarchist - playwright, screenwriter and novelist Alexis Roblan! Ali is a masterful…
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2 - Chris Garcia Peak - Pat Benatar's Vocal Exorcisms
Hi Duende Duders! Happy start to spooky season! For Episode 2 I discuss all things duende with my most hilarious genius friend from theatre school in Chicago - fearless visionary director and experimenter/embracer of the taboo/curator of incredible design teams, chef of duende delicious culinary...
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1 - Shane Sakhrani - The Curse
For my very first episode I got to talk with brilliant comedic writer and spiritual giver of insight and care, my kind and funny twin friend, Hong Kong's karaoke king - Shane Sakhrani! We break down our personal definitions of duende, Shane opens up about how he alchemizes the chaos of…
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Intro - What is Duende? Why Do a Podcast on It?
Hi and welcome! I'm obsessed with duende - in this intro I talk about what duende is and why I'm doing a whole podcast on it :) Have a great duend-ay! 🙂 Follow @duendediscussions on IG for episode updates and fun, interactive duende discussing!
About this show
A fun and invigorating artist interview podcast where I talk to my brilliant friends about their personal and creative relationship with duende - the visceral vibration of the soul making impact with its most authentic, ancient self - made famous by Spanish playwright and poet Federico Garcia Lorca. My guests and I will explore how to define what the mysterious duende actually is, how to access it, what to do with our art once we've confronted it, wrestle with it - possibly in real time! - as well as decipher who/what has it today, and what role it plays in today's ever evolving and challenging artistic landscapes and vocabularies. Why duende today? Because like Lorca says, “The true struggle is with the duende.”
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Megan Breen
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