E.w. Conundrum's Troubadours And Raconteurs Podcast

A Taste - "A Great Thing About America Is That We Could Offend People..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 325 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 325 features an insightful conversation with Writer, Social Critic and Baseball Enthusiast - Bruno Milo. Bruno and I discuss Freedom of Speech, Benefit of the Doubt, Pent Up Rage, Trump or Biden Who Is Stupid?, Baseball as an Analogy to Life in the U.S.A.... Episode 325 also includes an EW Essay titled "Peace Piece." We share an excerpt of Jacques Barzun's piece titled "On Baseball" as read by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese. We have an EW poem called "Speech." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Billie Holiday, Bill Evans, the Greatful Dead, Bob Marley, Neko Case, 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 Neig

A Taste - "Creativity Is Humankind's Greatest Resource..." We have for your listening pleasure "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 324 features a conversation of great scale with Artist, Creativity Advocate, Community Builder & Change Agent- Dawn Breeze. Dawn and I discuss Her Journey, Being Exposed Again to the Sky, Hudson, Place Corps, Leadership, Ethically Engaging Your Work in the World, Creativity, Courage, MLK, the Transition from Capitalism, What We Value, Finding a Tribe, Spiritual Learning as Capital... Episode 324 also includes an EW Essay titled "Beautiful." We share Lawrence Ferlinghetti's "Underware" as read by Tom O'Bedlam. We have an EW poem called "Promise." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire, the Nude Party, the Black Keys, Sharon Van Etten, Bob Dylan, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Photograph by Zak Zavada. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted I

A Taste - "...just killing sea lions dead with guns. These are smart, intelligent, playful animals.... " We have for your listening pleasure Episode 323 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 323 features an environmentally minded conversation with Regular Contributor, Environmental Law Attorney from Friends of Animals - Michael Harris. Michael and I discuss Personhood, Happiness for Animals, Whaling, Sea Lions, Species Diversity, Salmon in the Columbia River, Fish Ladders, Dams for Energy, Wild Horses, the Cattle Industry, Oil & Gas, Ethics & Economics... Episode 323 also includes an EW Essay titled "Squatting." We share an excerpt from Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Notes from the Underground." We have an EW poem called "Wild Horses." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Rodrigo y Gabriela, the Beastie Boys, Dr. John, Leon Redbone, John Lennon, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batc

A Taste - "Our Religion is Economics, and There Is a Soullessness to That For Sure. " We have for your listening pleasure Episode 322 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 322 features a dynamic conversation with Restaurateur, Community Lover, Activist, Impresario Co-Owner & Operator of Pangea in Manhattan's East Village- Stephen Shanaghan. Stephen and I discuss Traveling Europe, the East Village, Opening a Restaurant in the Village, Bohemian Culture, the Importance of Community, NYU's Affect on the Village, Jane Jacobs, the Greatest Artists Are in New York City, PRIDE Week, the Stonewall Inn, Cabaret, Keepin' the Faith... Episode 322 also includes an EW Essay titled "Home." We share a recording of Tennessee Williams reading a piece by Hart Crane titled "Eternity." We have an EW poem called "Artists." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Lou Reed, Oasis, Marianne Faithful, Judy Garland, Cole Porter, Branford

A Taste - "I Believe in Democracy but... I Think Our Government Is Wholly Illegitimate. " We have for your listening pleasure Episode 321 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 321 features a vivacious conversation with our Resident Historian- Serf William. The Serf and I discuss Searching for Meaning, Order in Chaos, Privilege, Concentrated Wealth, Meritocracy, Tribalism, Cultural Differences in America, Our Rigged System, How Trump Was Right About Capitalism, Fascist Dogs, How Wealth Inspires Nastiness, Responsibility of Citizens, Sacred Cows, Making Hard Decisions... Episode 321 also includes an EW Essay titled "Memorial." We share an excerpt from Jack Kerouac's "On The Road." We have an EW poem called "Impeccable." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, the Who, Courtney Barnett, Sonic Youth, Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted In

A Taste - "I've Been Very Fortunate in My Life, I've Met a Lot of Brilliant People..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 320 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 320 features a grand conversation with Artist, Activist, Puppet Maker - John Bromberg. John and I discuss Ozone Park, Zip Guns, Gangs, Wanting to Be a Beatnik, Playing Chess with Marcel Duchamp in Washington Square Park, Pratt, Minimalist Painting, Too Young for Success, Nervous Breakdown, Bellevue, Peter Schumann, Scott and Helen Nearing, Back to the Land, Wallace Black Elk, Ritual of Performance, Pictures Moved by Strings, Social Justice, Changing the World... Episode 320 also includes an EW Essay titled "Graduation." We debut a Radio Play written by Dr. Michael Pavese as performed by Marnie Azzarelli. We have an EW poem called "Power." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, the Violent Femmes, Tracy Chapman, Bernstein, Sondheim, Kostal, Amy W

A Taste - "Stupid Animals? Stupid People..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 319 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 319 features a wonderful conversation with our Resident Philosopher, Farmer and Winemaker - Almighty Todd. The Almighty and I discuss Mudslides. Roadside Litter, Rivers Polluted into the Ocean, Cherry Blossoms. Fossil Fuels, Wu Wei, Confucius, Taoism, Forest Bathing, Passing Time, Barbecue Season. ... Episode 319 also includes an EW Essay titled "Young." We share Roald Dahl's "Television" as read by Dr. Michael Pavese. We have an EW poem called "Victim." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, David Byrne, the Suffers, Leo Kottke, David Bowie, Bob Marley & the Wailers, 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...

A Taste - "It Is An Idea About the Dark Parts of Humans' Interaction with the World..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 318 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 318 features a wonderful conversation with Artist and Activist Trudy Gerlach. Trudy and I discuss Drawing, Painting, Loving Books, Her Mother, the Natural Environment, Bogs, Moss, the Anthracite Mines, Tunnels, White Supremacy, Environmental Refugees, Old Habits, Climate Change... Episode 318 also includes an EW Essay titled "Fun." We share Groucho Marx reading T.S. Eliot's "Gus, the Theater Cat." We have an EW poem called "Political Potluck." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Ry Cooder, Joey Ramone, the Staple Singers, Mdou Moctar, Morphine, 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...

A Taste - "We Borrow this World from Our Children..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 317 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 317 features an insightful conversation with Professor of North American Indigenous Peoples Studies - Frank Little Bear. Professor Little Bear and I discuss the Passing of His Father and How it Has Him Reflecting on the Meaning of Life, Springtime, Holding Onto Things, Being an Elder, the Northern Cree, Turtle Island, Christianity, Physical & Spiritual Worlds, How Humans Are Meant to Be Imperfect & Are Meant to Carry Burdens, Notre Dame & the Rain Forest, Pipelines, How Water is Life, Surrendering Your Ego... Episode 317 includes an EW Essay titled "Love." We share Four Poems Regarding Butterflies written by John Bunyan, Katherine Mansfield, D.H. Lawrence and Allison Cassidy read by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese. We have an EW poem called "Boneheadedly." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artis

A Taste - "Sometimes the Thing You Need to Do is Absolutely Nothing..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 316 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 316 features an earnest conversation with Nyc Playwright, Recipient of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama- Martyna Majok. Martyna Majok and I discuss Winning the Pulitzer, the Measurment of Value, Translation & Production of Her Work Across the World, Purpose in One's Work and How that Changes, Her New Musical About Chernobyl, Starting a New Life, Theatrical Bakeoffs, Saying Yes & Saying No, What Matters, the Safety & Security Money Can Buy You, The Mean Time... Episode 316 also includes an EW Essay titled "Air." We share the Debut of a Radio Play written by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese titled "Lecture Number 14." We have an EW poem called "Whitehead." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Linda Lawson, Death Cab for Cutie, Beck, Talki

A Taste - "Prevention of People Connecting to One Another, Emigrating and Seeking a Better Life..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 315 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 315 features a beautiful conversation with Regular Contributor, Artist, Writer, Musician & Performer - LittleStarRun. LittleStarRun and I discuss a Musical She Is Working On, False Identities, Accountability Partners, Dystopia, Unity, Record Stores, Psychedelics, International Marijuana Day, Cannabis As a Medicinal Alternative, Synchronicity, Telepathy, Clairvoyance, Spirituality, Guiding Objects, Butterflies... Episode 315 also includes an EW Essay titled "Run." We share an essay titled "It's a Flat Earth" by Gary Richardson. We have an EW poem called "Peruse." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Prince, Zero 7, Raphael Saadiq, Hot 8 Brass Band, Mink DeVille, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Photo by Commercial Fre

A Taste - "The Listening Imagination Does Not Discriminate, It Is Blind..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 314 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 314 features a dynamic conversation with Poet, Essayist, Editor and Professor Philip Brady. Philip and I discuss Apprehending Poetry, Muse, Listening, Melody, the Clancy Brothers, Queens, Prayers to the Earth, Derrida, W.H. Auden, the Power of Zero, Authenticity, the Youngstown Prison Program, Art & Tyranny... Episode 314 also includes an EW Essay titled "Alliteration." Our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese shares an excerpt from a piece by Hanif Kureishi titled "Anarchy and the Imagination." We have an EW poem called "Confide." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Aaron Neville, Jackson Brown, Billy Wylder, Hank Williams, Leon Bridges, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted In the Endless Mountains

A Taste - "You're Not Aloud to Have a Direct Connection to the Divine..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 313 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 313 features a vivacious conversation with Regular Contributor - Writer, Activist, Baker & Candlestick Maker: Kitty Belle Burbank. Kitty Belle and I discuss How to Change Your Mind, Michael Pollan, Psychedelics, Marijuana, Magic Mushrooms, the Anti-Marijuana Political Campaign, the Best Spiritual Experiences, the Failure of Religion, Risk vs. Medicine, What is True, Feeling Empowered, a Direct Connection to the Divine, the Sickness of Society, Mindy Kaling, Immigrants, Misogyny... Episode 313 also includes an EW Essay titled "Incredible." We share an article published in the New Yorker magazine by Henry Alford titled "Good Morning, Moon." We have an EW poem called "Train." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Kamasi Washington, Rage Against the Machine,

A Taste - "Language Always Fails Us One Way or Another..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 312 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 312 features a very insightful conversation with Playwright and Performer - Eliza Bent. Eliza and I discuss Her Journey from a Philosophy Degree at Boston College to Writing and Staging Plays in NYC, Living in Rome, the Parallel Lives We Live, Regret, Limits & Wonderful Challenges with Language, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Religious Identity, Toilet Fires, Emotional Pain & Digestion, Looking For Your People... Episode 312 also includes an EW Essay titled "Killer Mike." We share the debut of a Radio Play performed by April Holgate and written by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese titled "This is the Story of My Song."We have an EW poem called "Embroidered." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Mink Deville, Morphine, Luther Dickinson & Sisters of the Strawberry

A Taste - "Boy, I thought things were bad in the 90s when I ran away to France." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 311 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 311 features a fun conversation with Artist, Global Hobo and our Resident Cultural Critic- JQ. JQ and I discuss Life in the South of France, Measures of Austerity, John C. Calhoun's Norway Rats, Behavioral Sink, the Beautiful Ones, the Creative Class, Worldwide Urbanization, Europe from Space, Happy Endings, God, Faith, Childish Optimism, the Hard Problem of Consciousness, Happy Endings, the Soul, Knowing When Justice Has Occurred, Success... Episode 311 also includes an EW Essay titled "Cocoon." We share a piece by Franz Kafka titled "The Wall" and an excerpt from an essay titled "Boundary Conditions" by Francisco Cantu'. We have an Ew poem called "Success." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Lily Allen & Mick Jones, Nirvana, Fran Ray & J

A Taste - "... I am a Sixty Year Old White Man with Bad Teeth..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 310 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 310 features a grand conversation with Critically Acclaimed Writer & Thinker - Seamus McGraw. Seamus and I discuss the Dismantling of U.S. Institutions, Republicans, Democrats, Climate Change, Guns, the Needs of the Individual Balanced Against the Needs of the Community, Texas, ... Episode 310 also includes an EW Essay titled "Late Winter Sunshine." Our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese shares five poems by the great Charles Bukowski. We have an Ew poem called "Arc." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Rodrigo Amarante, Lanu, the Doors, AC/DC, the Pretenders, 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...

A Taste - "This War on the Educated has Led to Terrible Decisions..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 309 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 309 features a vivacious conversation with regular contributor, our Resident Historian - Serf William. The Serf and I discuss Lucretius, Paganism, Infomercials, Infotainment, Johnny Carson, What News Is, Jon Stewart, Questioning Everything, Racism, the Difference Between Elitism & Intellectualism... Episode 309 also includes an EW Essay titled "Already There." We share an excerpt from David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest." We have a poem called "Ohm." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Childish Gambino, Bradley Cooper, Willie Nelson, Anoushka Shankar, Vampire Weekend, 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 Neighbor

A Taste - " I Never Had Any Harrowing, Devil Wears Prada Experiences..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 308 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 308 features a great conversation with NYC Artist, Illustrator & Designer Justin Teodoro. Justin and I discuss His Journey from Creative Kid in Canada to the Parsons School of Design, Working With Some of The Biggest Talents in the Fashion World, Being an Illustrator for The Public Theater, Glenn Close, NYC Lifestyle, Intellectual & Spiritual Sustenance Via Art, Egos, Collaboration, Art Fostering Social Change, Pop Artist Keith Haring, Justin's Illustration of The Statue of Liberty Holding the Hand of a Little Girl that Went Viral, Some Words of Encouragement for Artists Making Their Way... Episode 308 also includes an EW Essay titled "Closeted Fashionista." We share an Original Radio Play written especially for this episode by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese. It is titled "Whacked."We have a poem call

A Taste - "The Argument for Protecting Pollinators is So Much Stronger. It's Protecting Ourselves, Our Future, and Our Kids' Future..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 307 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 307 features an ecologically astute perspective shared by Regular Contributor Environmental Law Attorney Michael Harris. Michael is the Director of the Wildlife Law Program for Friends of Animals. He and I discuss - Monarch Butterflies, Their Declining Population, Indicators of the Health of Our Natural Environment, Habitats, Milkweed. Rachel Carson, Corporate Political Influence, Accepting Science, the Spiritual Place of Butterflies, the Endangered Species Act, Whaling, Moby Dick, Cultural History, Status Symbol Eating, Black Market Whale, a Rare Goat in Afghanistan... Episode 307 also includes an EW Essay titled "Oklahoma." We share an essay by the great John Gould titled "Going to Haul." We have a poem called "Projecting." Our music this go round is prov

A Taste - "You Have to See People as People, as a Function of Their Family and the Movement of Their Lives." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 306 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 306 features a warm, insightful conversation with Educator and Author Virginia Rowe. Virginia and I discuss - Teaching, Her New Novel "Abuelita Rosalita," Max & Hilda, the Inspiration for Her Book, Communicating without Words, Family & Friends, Neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Building Community, U.S. Attitudes on Immigration, What Our Country Stands For, Compassion, Having An Open Heart... Episode 306 also includes an EW Essay titled "Expressions." Our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese shares several Poems about Love written by Ben Jonson and W.H. Auden. We have a poem called "Projecting." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Leon Bridges, Bombino, El Chicano, Stacey Kent, Laura Gibson, Branford Marsalis and Terre