Latest Episodes
- MikeyPod 359 | Finance Creator Leila Kartforosh
I loved talking with finance creator Leila Kartforosh for this weeks episode! Leila is a microbiologist turned financial coach and content creator who also happens to be my very own financial coach, too. We talk about her transition to self-employment, the significance of authenticity in her YouTube videos, and the surprising evolution of her relationship… Read more: MikeyPod 359 | Finance Creator Leila Kartforosh - MikeyPod 358 | Writer and Musician Brett Gleason
This week’s episode brings back writer and musician Brett Gleason, and I was so happy to reconnect with him! We talked about a couple of big shifts he has made recently: leaving New York for LA after twenty years, and his move from music to writing. It was cool to realize we had both made… Read more: MikeyPod 358 | Writer and Musician Brett Gleason - MikeyPod 357 | Author Ayun Halliday
I loved this conversation with writer and zinester Ayun Halliday. We got into her new book Panther City, an illustrated comedy set in the pre-bicentennial Midwest, and talked about how she captured the emotional intensity of childhood without losing the humor and weirdness of that age. The book’s dual-narrator structure gave us a lot to chew… Read more: MikeyPod 357 | Author Ayun Halliday - MikeyPod 356 | Mixed-Reality Artist Kevin Laibson
After a three-year hiatus, I’m excited to be back with MikeyPod. This conversation with Kevin (as a robot) Laibson is exactly what I needed—it cracked open things I’ve been grappling with in my own work. I’ve been thinking about AI and human interaction as I work on my creative projects, and Kevin is exploring these… Read more: MikeyPod 356 | Mixed-Reality Artist Kevin Laibson - 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