Crazy Talk with Craig Mahoney

It’s an all-new, exciting edition of Crazy Talk, in which our hero welcomes comedian Sean Morton to the show for a chat about comedy, music, culture, the loss of both loved ones and weight, and much more! Give Sean a follow on Instagram and TikTok and check out his new album “Salty” on YouTube and Apple Music.Transition music: “Cool Struttin’” by Sonny Clark (listen to the full playlist of Craig’s specially curated jazz transition music here).To support the show, become a paid subscriber to Craig’s Substack, purchase original art through his online gallery, merch from his TeePublic shop, or send a tip via Venmo. You can also follow Craig on Twitter and Instagram, and check out his music on YouTube.To book Craig for art commissions, voiceover work, or singing, hosting, or live-painting gigs, email [email protected] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit craigmahoney.substack.com/subscribe

After a longer than usual opening discussing the recent hiatus and future of the podcast and Substack, Craig sits down for a chat with author, essayist, and culture commentator Kat Rosenfield for a talk about writing, creativity, pop culture, the culture wars, and so much more. For more Kat, please check out her Substack, read her at The Free Press, and check out her novels here.Transition music: “Anatomy Of A Murder” by Duke EllingtonTo support the show, become a paid subscriber to Craig’s Substack, purchase original art through his online gallery, merch from his TeePublic shop, or send a tip via Venmo. You can also follow Craig on Twitter and Instagram, and check out his music on YouTube.To book Craig for art commissions, voiceover work, or singing, hosting, or live-painting gigs, email [email protected] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit craigmahoney.substack.com/subscribe

Craig sits down for a chat with comedians Angelo Gingerelli and Joseph Borzotta for a talk about their comedy collective Ugly Pancake, the comedy business, trying to build a comedy scene in the Asbury Park/Central Jersey area between NYC and Philly, and so much more. For more info about future Ugly Pancake shows, follow them on Facebook and Instagram.Transition music: “The Chess Players” by Art Blakey and The Jazz MessengersTo support the show, become a paid subscriber to Craig’s Substack, purchase original art through his online gallery, or merch from his TeePublic shop. You can also follow Craig on Twitter and Instagram, and check out his music on YouTube.To book Craig for art commissions, voiceover work, or singing, hosting, or live-painting gigs, email [email protected] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit craigmahoney.substack.com/subscribe

Craig sits down for a chat with The Podfather, former WFAN, SNY, and NY Post contributor and current host of Mets Daily and SI.com writer Jake Brown for a conversation about podcasting, the hustle and grind of the business, how he went from growing up a Yankee fan to becoming a Mets superfan, the New York City sports scene, why ABBA and Mamma Mia! are great, and so much more.Transition music: “The Sidewinder” by Lee MorganTo support the show, become a paid subscriber to Craig’s Substack, purchase original art through his online gallery, or merch from his TeePublic shop. You can also follow Craig on Twitter and Instagram, and check out his music on YouTube.To book Craig for art commissions, voiceover work, or singing, hosting, or live-painting gigs, email [email protected] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit craigmahoney.substack.com/subscribe

Craig sits down for a chat with the author, essayist, and podcaster Meghan Daum for a lively conversation about writing, creativity, the cultural shift, her experience nearly losing everything in the L.A. fires, and so much more. Bid on Craig’s Shohei Ohtani painting here, and be sure to subscribe to Meghan’s Substack and podcast, “The Unspeakable”. Learn more about and join The Unspeaky, “a place where free-range discussion happens among free-thinking women.” For everything else Meghan Daum, visit her website, and keep an eye out for The Catastrophe Hour: Selected Essays releasing on April 15th.Transition music: “Someday My Prince Will Come” by Miles DavisTo support the show, become a paid subscriber to Craig’s Substack, purchase original art through his online gallery, or merch from his TeePublic shop. You can also follow Craig on Twitter and Instagram, and check out his music on YouTube.To book Craig for art commissions, voiceover work, or singing, hosting, or live-painting gigs, email [email protected] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit craigmahoney.substack.com/subscribe

It’s an all-new, exciting edition of Crazy Talk, in which our hero welcomes writer and movie critic Bill Ryan (The Bulwark, Decider, RogerEbert.com) to the show for a talk about movies, writing, detective fiction, his new Substack, “A Rip In The Picture”, his contributions to Arrow’s new 4K blu-ray re-release of Inglorious Basterds, and more! Follow Bill on twitter and Letterboxd, and subscribe to his substack here.Transition music: “So What” by Miles DavisTo support the show, become a paid subscriber to Craig’s Substack, purchase original art through his online gallery, or merch from his TeePublic shop. You can also follow Craig on Twitter and Instagram, and check out his music on YouTube.To book Craig for art commissions, voiceover work, or singing, hosting, or live-painting gigs, email [email protected] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit craigmahoney.substack.com/subscribe

It’s an all-new, exciting edition of Crazy Talk, in which our hero welcomes Alan Levinovitz to the show for a discussion about the nature of belief, the politicization of science, academia, media, and the death of trust and faith in our institutions, MAHA, the natural fallacy, and more. Alan is a professor of philosophy and religion at James Madison University. He is also an author and essayist who has written for Wired, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, and more. His latest book is Natural: How Faith in Nature's Goodness Leads to Harmful Fads, Unjust Laws, and Flawed Science. He writes the Substack newsletter Book Glory. Follow him on twitter at @AlanLevinovitz.Transition music: “The Turnaround” by Hank MobleyTo support the show, become a paid subscriber to Craig’s Substack, purchase original art through his online gallery, or merch from his TeePublic shop. You can also follow Craig on Twitter and Instagram, and check out his music on YouTube.To book Craig for art commissions, voiceover work, or singing, hosting, or live-painting gigs, email [email protected] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit craigmahoney.substack.com/subscribe

It’s an all-new, exciting edition of Crazy Talk, in which our hero welcomes comedian KP Burke to the show. They catch up on old times, talk about the struggles of stand-up life, the state of comedy today, and American history. KP is the co-host of the American Loser podcast and the new book, “History Isn't Boring, Your Teacher Was: Mind Blowing Stories from American History in 90 Seconds or Less”. His latest special, “The Last Recital” is available on YouTube and other streaming services. For show dates and more of KP’s comedy, visit kpburkecomedy.com.Transition music: “Ornithology” by Charlie ParkerTo support the show, become a paid subscriber to Craig’s Substack, purchase original art through his online gallery, or merch from his TeePublic shop. You can also follow Craig on Twitter and Instagram, and check out his music on YouTube.To book Craig for art commissions, voiceover work, or singing, hosting, or live-painting gigs, email [email protected] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit craigmahoney.substack.com/subscribe

It’s an all-new, exciting edition of Crazy Talk, in which our hero welcomes Angel Eduardo for a conversation about the importance of free speech, the concept of “starmanning”, atheism, living a meaningful life, and Superman. Angel is a senior writer and editor for FIRE (the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression) and board president for FAIR (the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism).Find out more about Angel and his work here.Transition music: “Better Git It In Your Soul” by Charles MingusTo support the show, become a paid subscriber to Craig’s Substack, purchase original art through his online gallery, or merch from his TeePublic shop. You can also follow Craig on Twitter and Instagram, and check out his music on YouTube.To book Craig for art commissions, voiceover work, or singing, hosting, or live-painting gigs, email [email protected] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit craigmahoney.substack.com/subscribe

The latest all-new, exciting edition of Crazy Talk, in which our hero welcomes journalist and author Nancy Rommelmann to the show for a conversation about her new book “Forty Bucks and a Dream: Stories From Los Angeles”, as well as musings on life, art, the creative impulse, our rapidly shifting and realigning politics and culture, the state of journalism, and why you can always make more pie. Order “Forty Bucks and a Dream: Stories From Los Angeles” here, and be sure to subscribe to Nancy’s Substack, “Make More Pie”, and listen to her podcast with Sarah Hepola, “Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em”.Transition music: “Giant Steps” by John ColtraneTo support the show, become a paid subscriber to Craig’s Substack, purchase original art through his online gallery, or merch from his TeePublic shop. You can also follow Craig on Twitter and Instagram, and check out his music on YouTube.To book Craig for art commissions, voiceover work, or live-painting or singing gigs, email [email protected] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit craigmahoney.substack.com/subscribe

The latest all-new, exciting edition of Crazy Talk, in which our hero expounds a little further on the topics from the previous episode, including the “long, dark night of the soul” that was the last few years, wallowing in grief and doubt, until ultimately deciding to live again and give this great crazy game called life a proper go. Then, it’s on to the urologist’s office and the story of his first prostate exam, some thoughts on the Grammys, the Super Bowl, insurance commercials, Taylor Swift, and why Philadelphia sports fans are the worst. Finally, we wrap things up with some deep cosmological musings on spacetime, the pitfalls of travelling to the past, why it’s unlikely we’ll contact alien life, and the amazing technological progress humanity has made in access to porn.To support the show, become a paid subscriber to Craig’s Substack, purchase original art through his online gallery, or merch from his TeePublic shop. You can also follow Craig on Twitter and Instagram, and check out his music on YouTube.To book Craig for art commissions, voiceover work, or live-painting or singing gigs, email [email protected] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit craigmahoney.substack.com/subscribe

In this inaugural episode, host/producer Craig Mahoney introduces you to both the show and to him. Craig talks about his plans for this new podcast moving forward, then discusses how he got to this point and the reasons his two-year absence from Substack and podcasting in general. He goes into detail about his decades dealing with bipolar disorder and trying to make a name and career for himself in various creative fields, particularly the last few years spent dealing with a breakup, a crippling case of covid, and a few deaths in the family, including the one-two punch of losing both his dog and father at the end of last summer. The seemingly heavy subject matter is still delivered with a good deal of humor and a bit of self-awareness, ending with Craig discussing his conscious decision to both go on living and to reorganize, refocus, and restart his career, beginning with this show. To support the show, become a paid subscriber to Craig’s Substack, purchase original art through his online gallery, or merch from his TeePublic shop. You can also follow Craig on Twitter and Instagram, and check out his music on YouTube.To book Craig for art commissions, voiceover work, or live-painting or singing gigs, email [email protected] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit craigmahoney.substack.com/subscribe