PODCAST · arts
TalkWithME
by Marcia Epstein
“Without laughter, we explode, and that’s just not pretty.”
Episodes
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The Australian & More With Emma Smith-Stevens v.2021.05.11
Emma Smith-Stevens lives & writes in Brooklyn, NY where she’s currently working on a memoir & more. Her writing has appeared in BOMB Magazine, Literary Hub, Hobart, Wigleaf, Subtropics, Conjunctions, & elsewhere. Her novel The Australian was published in 2017 by Dzanc Books. Follow Emma...
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Small Talk With John Yamrus v.2021.03.10
John Yamrus is an outstanding human & writer & dog-lover. His home plate is in Pennsylvania. Listen for great poetry & conversation, including about John’s current streak with Concrete Mist Press: Five Dogs, Small Talk, and the to-be-titled poetry collection expected in September 2021. Sorry for...
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Poet Matt Borczon v.2021.01.29
Matt Borczon is a Poet-Painter-Musician-MartialArtist- Nurse-Husband-Father-USNavySailor from Erie, PA. His newest poetry collection, Today is a Michigan Ghost Town, is from Concrete Mist Press. Follow Matt Borczon & his arts on Facebook.
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Writer Bridge-Builder Eyyup Esen aka Shaq Tom
Eyyup Esen, PhD - aka Shaq Tom, PhD - is a writer, a speaker, a native of Turkey, and a builder of bridges connecting people of different cultures and faiths. Follow his writing and speaking at https://www.facebook.com/I-am-not-Color-Blind-646878992609493 Communicate with him at [email protected]
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Painter Musician David Criner v.2020.12.11
Chicago-based Painter & Musician David Criner joins for conversation about his creative process. And to perform original music, including from his most recent recordings DCKM and Sun Cycle. Follow David & his art at www.DavidCriner.com
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Writer John Yamrus v.2020.11.20
From the northeast USA, John Yamrus tells tales about dogs, the prestigious Wakefield Poetry Prize which launched his 50+ year writing career, & more. Learn more & #BuyTheBooks, including the October 2020 release Five Dogs, at www.JohnYamrus.com
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Derek Menchan, Musician and MUCH More, v.2020.08.19
Derek Menchan is an absolute delight! A writer, a visual artist, a bassist, a “classically” trained cellist, a singer, and multi-instrumentalist. And a professor of the humanities. He is still riding the crest of a high wave of success from the 2018 release of his self-produced debut album, The...
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Mark Statman, Poet & Translator, v.2020.06.29
Mark Statman is internationally known, respected, and loved for his poetry and his poetic translations of notable works, including with Pablo Medina, translation of Federico García Lorca’s Poet in New York. Mark’s March 2019 poetry collection Exile Home is at the heart of this conversation about...
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Garret Tufte, Poet and More
Garret C. Tufte was born in 1984 in Winona, Minnesota. He currently resides in Lawrence, which is near Kansas City. Land surveyor by day and one of many characters by night; he spends much of his time writing, carving stone, building contraptions, and playing piano. The Fire Enlightening, his...
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Clifford Brooks, Poet
Clifford Brooks was born in Athens, Georgia. His first collection of poetry, “The Draw of Broken Eyes & Whirling Metaphysics” was nominated for a Pulitzer and Georgia Author of the Year. His second poetry collection, “Athena Departs: Gospel of a Man Apart,” was nominated for Georgia Author of the...
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Jeff Bagato, Writer and More
A multi-media artist living near Washington, DC, Jeff Bagato produces poetry and prose as well as electronic music and glitch video. Some of his poetry and visuals have appeared in Chiron Review, Synchronized Chaos, Miscreant, Outlaw Poetry, and Midnight Lane Boutique. Some short fiction has...
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Crystal Boson, Poet
Crystal Boson writes short, dense poems that lay bare the complicated geographies of the United States and the lives of the Black, queer, and marginalized bodies that dwell within its boundaries. The poems are dark matter, heavy and small, and will rip everything you know apart. She currently...
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Christine Howey, Artist-Activist
Christine Howey is an award-winning actor, director, theater critic, transgender activist and performance poet. She was the Poet Laureate of Cleveland Heights, Ohio for 2016-2018. Her one-person stage play of poetry about her transgender journey, Exact Change, was turned into a feature film. The...
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Jennie Washburn and Brandon Eisman V.2018.No.8
Jennie & Brandon & Talk With ME host Marcia share laughter & conversation about Art & Goodness & Fearlessness. Jennie Washburn has a wide range of expertise and experience, and is committed to ongoing learning, personal growth, kindness, and fun! She is an esthetician, the co-host of Soul Salon,...
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Macey Webb, Poet
Macey Webb was born in 1981 and adopted by a family in Stilwell, KS, composed of an educator and a jack-of-all-trades. She has inevitably been writing since she has known how, although there was a brief slackening when all her favorite children's literary magazines refused to publish her...
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Denise Low, Writer-Publisher
Denise Low, past Poet Laureate of Kansas, is the award-winning author of over 35 books of poetry, memoir, and more. Currently based in Lawrence, KS, she is a 5th generation Kansan with British Isles, German, Delaware (Lenape / Munsee) and other heritages. Recent books include Ghost Stories of the...
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April Roller, Cosplayer-Advocate
April Roller is the co-founder of the innovative, artistic, suicide prevention organization, Cosplay for Hope, based in Missouri. April's life changed on August 4, 2013 when Jeremy, her beloved husband and father of their three children, died by suicide. Jeremy secretly struggled with severe...
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Lindsey Doolittle, Speaker-Author-Artist
Lindsey Doolittle is a speaker, children’s book author, artist, and suicide loss survivor. After her late husband, Sgt. Brett Doolittle of the KC, KS PD, ended his life in 2015 she became a suicide prevention advocate through public speaking and art. Her children’s book "Goodnight Mr. Vincent van...
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Jennie Washburn and Brandon Eisman
Jennie & Brandon & Talk With ME host Marcia share laughter & conversation about Art for Opening Minds & Hearts & Creating Goodness. Jennie Washburn has a wide range of expertise and experience, and is committed to ongoing learning, personal growth, kindness, and fun! She is an esthetician, the...
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Julio Montalvo Valentin, Poet
Julio Montalvo Valentin is the author of two chapbooks, Don’t Give up the Ship and Ship Lost. His poetry is published in online journals including Thimble Literary Magazine and Plurality Press. Late 2018 his not-yet titled chapbook on Rice is anticipated from NightBallet Press. No longer an…
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Lusie Cuskey and Brandon Eisman, KS Rep Theatre
Dramaturg Lusie Cuskey and Drag Queen Brandon Eisman / Deja Brooks excite us about The Summer Of Drag, Summer 2018 at Kansas Repertory Theatre in Lawrence, KS. "La Cage Aux Folles" promises an evening full of lashes, laughter and ultimately love. In "The Legend of Georgia McBride," sometimes...
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Kay Duganator, Artist
Kay Duganator was born and raised in Topeka, KS. She returned there after a brief tour of the Flint Hills during her time at Emporia State University. After her day job, Kay is free to pursue her arts: poetry, fiction and storytelling. She hosts Topeka's NOTO Story Slam and frequently reads at...
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Nathanael William Stolte, Poet
Nathanael William Stolte is the author of six chapbooks: A Beggars Book of Poems (Last First Press, 2015), Bumblebee Petting Zoo (CWP Collective Press, 2015), Fools’ Song (CWP Collective Press, 2016), Origami Creature (Ghost City Press, 2017), A Beggars Prayer Book (Night Ballet Press, 2017), and...
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Ronda Miller, Writer
Ronda Miller is a Life Coach who works with clients who have lost someone to homicide. Miller is the current State President of Kansas Authors Club (1/01/2018 - 12/31/2019). She has also served as the club’s Poetry Contest Manager (2011-2014); District 2 President (2015 – 2017); and state Vice...
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Jason Preu, Writer
Who is Jason Preu? Poetry, fiction, fake wikipedia entries…Inspired by office culture, the philosophies of dependent origination, Dada, no mind, and rap music, Jason writes to elicit smiles, tickle kundalinis, instigate internal riots, and showcase the strangeness of otherwise pedestrian...
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Anthony Boynton, writer
Anthony Boynton is a Georgia native and doctoral student of English at the University of Kansas. Boynton's academic work normally focuses on and/or critiques race, gender, and popular culture. Essential to this work is the 4:44 Syllabus, an electronic storehouse that offers sources to unpack...
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Andrew Farkas, Writer
Andrew Farkas' "Self-Titled Debut", a collection of fictions, won the Subito Press Prose Contest in 2009. His work has appeared in North American Review, The Cincinnati Review, and The Florida Review, among other places. His story, "The Ballad of Ailin' Alan Smithee," was a Special Mention in...
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Tessa Gratton, Writer
Tessa Gratton is the author of the Blood Journals duology, the Gods of New Asgard series, and books on writing fantasy for teen writers. She lives in Lawrence, KS with her wife, is currently a lead writer on Serial Box Publishing's show Tremontaine, and is the author of the upcoming YA fantasy...
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Linzi Garcia, Poet
Linzi Garcia can be found frolicking through sunflower fields, cemeteries, and bars across the states. She has been featured in "Treading Unique Paths: Young Writers Anthology" (VerbalEyze Press, 2016), "50 Haikus: Issue #12" (Prolific Press, 2017), and on the "Philosophical Idiot" poetry website...
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The Transformational Jennie Washburn V.2018.5
Jennie Washburn & Talk With ME host Marcia Epstein share their conversation about Spring, Goodness, Community, BadAssery, and Laughter! Jennie has a wide range of expertise and experience, and is committed to ongoing learning, personal growth, kindness, and fun! She is a licensed esthetician, the...
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Cei Loofe, Writer and More
Cei Loofe is a writer, a public speaker and a person of service, currently based in Omaha, NE. He started all these pursuits decades ago in another life time and continues them today. Loofe’s body of written work includes 20 years as a freelance reporter, chapbooks, work in several anthologies…
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Robert Hansen, Poems-For-All
Robert Hansen is the person behind Poems-For-All, a project that for the last 17 years has been designing and publishing miniature books of poetry that are scattered like seeds out into the world. To date, he has published over 1,500 different little books, no bigger than the size of a business...
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Simone Savannah, Poet and More
Simone Savannah was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. and currently resides in Lawrence, KS. She is the author of a new chapbook, Like Kansas (Big Lucks, 2018). She is a 2017 finalist for the Rita Dove Award in Poetry. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Big Lucks, GlitterMob, The Fem,...
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Brandon Whitehead, Poet & Poetic-Host
Brandon Whitehead is a misanthropic and reclusive creature seldom seen in public unless there is free beer. His poetry collection Thieves, Pharaohs and Mexican Daredevils is available for cash-money or decent whiskey. Brandon is a member of the FountainVerse group; he is one of the organizers of...
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Lusie Cuskey and Sarah VanZwoll of Spring Awakening
Listen, be inspired, and laugh as Assistant Director Lusie Cuskey and female lead Sarah VanZwoll describe the production and the personal journeys that led them to major roles in Spring Awakening. In this pulse-pounded rock musical adapted from the controversial 1891 German play, young men and...
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Matt Spezia, Poet-and-More
Matt Spezia was recently named a Prince of Poetry. He is a national powerhouse of Lyrical Ability, combining his 3-time national award winning Poetry Style, Kansas City Hip Hop, and Thespian Experience. Spezia uses his platform and his art to promote self confidence and betterment, social...
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Lexi Rodriguez of Hope Through Headphones
Lexi is the founder of Hope Through Headphones. She is also a music-lover, a person living with mental illness, and a student pursuing a degree in Marketing at Washburn U in Topeka, KS. Hope Through Headphones is a movement dedicated to providing mental health education and support to students...
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John Burroughs, Poet & Publisher
John Burroughs is a nationally-touring poet and performer from the Cleveland area and the author of over a dozen books including Water Works, Electric Company, Beat Attitude and The Eater of the Absurd. His latest, Loss and Foundering, will be released April 6th by NightBallet Press...
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Monte Selby, Singer-Songwriter and Motivator
Monte grew up in a musical family, and began playing guitar and writing songs as a young child. He has served as a teacher, coach, principal, professor, trainer and consultant. He earned Master's and PhD in school leadership. Monte's passion is bringing people together through collaborative...
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Perry Shepard, Writer and Visual Artist
Perry and family live in rural Douglas County, KS after adventures that carried him to Vietnam, Mexico, and a variety of states (of mind & of USA). He is a Vietnam veteran, an artist, a worker dedicated to lifting youth out of crisis, a loving husband and more. Perry is a person of many…
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John Gary Brown, Painter of Abstract Landscapes
Born in Michigan, John Gary Brown resides half-time in Lawrence, KS and half-time in Creede, CO. He received his MFA from University of Washington in 1970. He has spent time teaching and traveling and is currently working asa professional artist – mostly painting, still photographing, and writing…
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The Transformational Jennie Washburn V.2018.3
Jennie Washburn & Talk With ME host Marcia Epstein share their conversation about Life, Love, Death and Laughter! Jennie has a wide range of expertise and experience, and is committed to ongoing learning, personal growth, kindness, and fun! She is a licensed esthetician, the co-host with Nan...
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David Ruis Fisher of “Perfect Arrangement” at KU University Theatre
David is a dramaturg, actor, PhD student, and more, headed toward teaching dramaturgy. David shares stories of family, appreciation for those who laid the groundwork for being able to marry his husband, Mexican heritage, and more. David was born and raised in KC, KS, and has tried to leave the...
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MG Salazar, Poet & Activist
MG Salazar is a Native/Latinx poet, artist, business owner and activist living in Kansas City, Missouri. They have published two books: "If You See My Ghosts Like I Do" (Spartan Press) and "Striking the Black Snake: Poems from Standing Rock", written from Oceti Sakowin, North Dakota, at the…
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Rhina P. Espaillat, Poet
Rhina was born in the Dominican Republic in 1932, has lived in the U.S.A. since 1939, grew up in NYC, and now lives in Newburyport, MA. She earned a B.A. from Hunter College, where she majored in English and minored in Humanities and Latin, and has a Master of Science in Education from Queens...
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Buddy Wakefield, Actor and Poet
Buddy Wakefield is an internationally renowned, world champion spoken word artist; actor; writer; elated son of a guitar repair woman; wingman of Giant Saint Everything; who pays attention, and practices Vipassana meditation. He follows his excitement! In the spring of 2001, Buddy left his…
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The Transformational Jennie Washburn V.2018.2
Jennie Washburn & Talk With ME host Marcia Epstein share their conversation about Art & Mental Health, Making Decisions Wisely, Self-Compassion for Propelling Oneself Forward, and Laughter! Jennie has a wide range of expertise and experience, and is committed to ongoing learning, personal growth,...
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Alex Johnston, poet
Alex Johnston lives and works in the Finger Lakes Region of upstate NY where he is also a full time student headed toward his PhD in Western Literature. ‘On Fire and Roses’ is his first full length collection of poetry; pieces from the book have appeared in several online and print publications...
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Creed Shepard, Poet-Publisher
Creed lives in Lawrence, Kansas where he has very recently worked as a communications manager and researcher for Kansas Progress Institute, a general Laborer, and is now an Early Childhood teacher's assistant at Kansas's only Waldorf School, Prairie Moon. He runs Enduring Puberty Press, an...
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Poet Jen Harris
Poet Jen Harris is a professional public speaker, spoken word poet, activist, published author, founder and former host of Kansas City Poetry Slam. Nationally recognized in the aforementioned, she works as an advocate to incorporate spoken word poetry as a form of peer-based mental health…
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