Latest Episodes
- MikeyPod 355 | Pianist Sophia Subbayya Vastek
Pianist and composer Sophia Subbaya Vastek joins me today to discuss her new album, In Our Softening. I am completely enamored with this album, our conversation about Sophia’s music, and the magnificently imperfect instrument that inspired it. Enjoy this conversation, and be sure to check out the entire album as well! Podcast: Play in new… Read more: MikeyPod 355 | Pianist Sophia Subbayya Vastek - MikeyPod 354 | Composer Molly Joyce
Molly Joyce is back on the podcast to discuss her brand new album, Perspective, which features disabled interviewees responding to what access, care, interdependence, and more means to them. We talk about the development of the album, expanding accessibility with our art, and how a question from a mentor inspired the project itself. Thank you… Read more: MikeyPod 354 | Composer Molly Joyce - MikeyPod 353 | Playwright Martyna Majok
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Martyna Majok is my guest on the podcast this week to talk about her creative work, connection, disability, humor, and most importantly: cats. Her play Cost of Living is in its final weeks on Broadway at the Manhattan Theater Club and you need to see it, so get your tickets here! I’m… Read more: MikeyPod 353 | Playwright Martyna Majok - MikeyPod 352 | Interdisciplinary Sound Artist Brian Harnetty
This conversation with interdisciplinary sound artist and composer Brian Harnetty covers everything from spirituality to creative process, to ethics of sampling, and beyond. We talk about (and listen to a few tracks from) his exquisite new album, Words and Silences, which was inspired by and includes archival recordings Thomas Merton made while in his Kentucky… Read more: MikeyPod 352 | Interdisciplinary Sound Artist Brian Harnetty - MikeyPod 351 | Musician Christopher Willits
Christopher Willits makes his third visit to the podcast today and I could not be more thrilled to share this with you. We talk about his latest album, Gravity, the concept of gravity, creativity, mortality, process, and the beauty in allowing things to be exactly what they are. This is another brilliant connection with a… Read more: MikeyPod 351 | Musician Christopher Willits - MikeyPod 350 | Musician Caroline Weinroth of Cinema Hearts
Pageant Queen turned indie-rocker Caroline Weinroth joins me on the podcast this week to talk about Cinema Hearts, the band for which she serves as lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter. We talk about her experience as a contender for Miss Virginia, and how that experience inspired the band’s EP, Your Ideal. Caroline’s insight and openness… Read more: MikeyPod 350 | Musician Caroline Weinroth of Cinema Hearts - MikeyPod 349 | Composer-Performer Sugar Vendil
Composer-Performer Sugar Vendil joins me this week to talk about one of her latest projects, hyPerFormFest, a one day (for now) eclectic, boundary-free music gathering featuring Jerome Gillespie, Chloe Alexandra Thompson, and Jasmine Hearn. We listen to some of her magnificent music, chat about our changing relationships with social media as artists, and so much… Read more: MikeyPod 349 | Composer-Performer Sugar Vendil - MikeyPod 348 | Filmmaker Lavinia Jones Wright
Lavinia Jones Wright‘s film project, Love All Alices, is the exact kind of thing that gets me fired up and inspired to the max. The finish line is a film, sure, but through my conversation with Ms. Jones I discovered the multiple layers of stage, video, community, and love that converge to tell the story… Read more: MikeyPod 348 | Filmmaker Lavinia Jones Wright - MikeyPod 347 | Author and Musician Lotus Kay
Author and musician Lotus Kay returns to the podcast today to talk about her new book, Friends Lift You Up, and the original music she has been releasing since her last visit on the podcast. I loved chatting with her about the book and how writing it helped with her own healing and in navigating… Read more: MikeyPod 347 | Author and Musician Lotus Kay - MikeyPod 346 | Comedian Annick Adelle
Annick Adelle’s debut comedy album, “Between Two Worlds” will be released this Friday, and I was so proud to have a chance to chat with Annick about the project and the various ways Annick truly does exist between worlds. Be it the bridges between countries, genres, or genders, Annick’s creative voice finds an authentic space… Read more: MikeyPod 346 | Comedian Annick Adelle - Mikeypod 345 | Author and Small Potato Ayun Halliday
Ayun Halliday‘s book, Creative, Not Famous: The Small Potato Manifesto, landed in my lap at precisely the right moment in time. I invited her on the podcast to discuss the book, and how she strives to embrace the act of being creative just for creativity’s sake. I can’t wait for you to hear this conversation… Read more: Mikeypod 345 | Author and Small Potato Ayun Halliday - MikeyPod 344 | The Living Earth Show
On this episode of the podcast, I chat with Travis Andrews and Andy Meyerson AKA The Living Earth Show, one of the premiere contemporary chamber ensembles in the United States. We talk about their creative work, their brand new label, Earthy Records, and listen to some selections of their work, including a track from COMMANDO,… Read more: MikeyPod 344 | The Living Earth Show