Why is there something rather than nothing? This podcast is a philosophical and psychological exploration into the act of creation (poets, musicians, writers, painters, thinkers, all of us) by: Ken Volante
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Frederick Livingston lives in the liminal space between experiential education, sustainable agriculture, and peacebuilding. His work has appeared in numerous literary and scientific journals, public parks, and bathroom stalls.
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Episode 279 • 7 September 2024 • 41m and 43s
Multi Media Artist Shannon Kringen grew up in San Diego California and Whidbey Island Washington. She is a self taught photographer with a background in Graphic Design. She has worked as a figure model in Seattle since 1992. She completed her BA degree in Arts and Literature from Antioch University in 2013. She sees her creative expression as a tool to connect with community and a way of increasing self awareness and tap into a deeper wisdom within.
We talked about Hundertwasser
Music!
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Episode 278 • 29 August 2024 • 49m and 18s
Aranea Push is a digital illustrator and comic artist living in the PNW. Aranea blends rich illustration with sharp attitude, creating a style she lovingly refers to as ‘Effin’ Adorable’. In 2023, she published her first graphic novel “Coffee & Wine” which you can read in its entirety here!\
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Popular Culture and Philosophy Series
Episode 277 • 22 August 2024 • 46m and 16s
It was a pleasure to talk to Olivia Dolphin about her deep literary and musical talents back in Episode 116
Providence, Rhode Island’s Olivia Dolphin brings a deep and gritty honesty to her lyrics that captures an audience. Whether it’s a song about embracing your imperfections, being ghosted, or challenging yourself, Dolphin’s vulnerability pulls you in.
Enjoy the single "Quiet Girls" and this talk about life, magick, art, literature and the things we live for . . .
Olivia site
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Episode 276 • 12 August 2024 • 56m and 54s
Sara McGrath is an illustrator and author of "Garage Girls" and lives in Los Angeles.
About "Garage Girls" - - - Sara & Chloe are best friends, roommates, & co-hosts of garage girls, a weekly talk show that airs at an inconvenient time on Los Angeles' public access channel, a station no one watches. And yet, they become wildly famous and popular. Can you even Believe?
Sara's website
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Episode 275 • 31 July 2024 • 38m and 6s
Ilya Popenko is a multi-disciplinary artist who was born in the Soviet Union and immigrated to the US at the age of 16. He is an award-winning filmmaker and photographer as well as a songwriter and a performer. In 2011, he formed a band called Mad Meg who play in an eclectic style they themselves haphazardly identify as “Punk-Chanson-Noir”. Based out of New York, Mad Meg has toured extensively in Russia and the former Soviet Bloc, including tours that covered close to 30 cities throughout the vast, frozen expanse of Eastern Europe, and in the course of which they shared the stage with...
Episode 274 • 24 July 2024 • 31m and 9s
Spencer Fleury is the author of I Blame Myself But Also You and other stories (Malarkey Books, 2024) and How I’m Spending My Afterlife (Woodhall Press, 2021).
He lives in San Francisco.
Spencer Fleury Website
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Episode 273 • 18 July 2024 • 40m and 10s
Lauren graces the show again to talk more about her exciting solo play "Lolo's Boyfriend Show." It was such a thrill to talk to Lauren about art, the development of Lolo, taking risks on the stage and the hopes and dreams we all need : - )
We also talk about so many costume changes, fashion and design!
Bunch of John Leguizamo love at the end.
Here's a little pshow review here from Broadway World
This is Lauren on the SRTN Fringe Episode
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Episode 272 • 12 July 2024 • 1h, 6m and 4s
Ross McMeekin the author of The Hummingbirds (Skyhorse, 2018.) His short fiction has appeared in literary journals and magazines such as Virginia Quarterly Review, Shenandoah, Redivider, and X-R-A-Y. He has won fellowships from Hugo House and Jack Straw Cultural Center in Seattle. For the last ten years, he has served as editor of the literary journal, Spartan.
McMeekin's Below the Falls is a collection filled with passion, tenderness, love, and peril.
Two climbers in the North Cascades risk their friendship and lives ascending a frozen waterfall. The girlfriend of a famous comedian in Greenwich Village must d...
Episode 271 • 1 July 2024 • 40m and 14s
Matthew Kyle Levine is a filmmaker and cinematographer based in New York City. His short films have won awards and played at numerous film festivals throughout North America, including the Williamsburg Independent Film Festival and the Canada Shorts Film Festival, most notably for his short film “Miss Freelance”.
Watch 'Caleb and Sarah" and other short films on Mathew Kyle Levine's Vimeo:
MKL Vimeo
SRTN Website
Episode 270 • 23 June 2024 • 51m and 58s
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