MikeyPod

Podcasting about art and activism since 2005

Latest Episodes

  • Portrait of Sophia Subbayya Vastek.She is sitting on a stool in front of an upright piano wearing a loose white top, brown boots, and black jeans. Her elbow is resting on the piano.
    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 …
  • Black and white portrait of Molly Joyce. She has long dark hair which is pulled back. She is looking down toward the right corner of the image. Her hands are clasped against her chest. There is a light colored bar at the bottom of the image containing the text "Podcast Episode 354; Composer; Molly Joyce"
    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 …
  • Black and white portrait of Martyna Majok. She has long dark hair and looks directly into the camera. The text reads: MikeyPod; podcast episode 353; Playwright; Martyna Majok"
    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 …
  • Brian Harnetty sits at a desk making writing with a pen on a stack of paper. There are other stacks of paper on the dest with handwritten music. Brian is a white male with a shaved head and a beard. He is wearing dark framed glasses and a long sleeved button down black shirt.
    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 …
  • 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 …
  • Caroline Weinroth stands in front of a red curtain. Her right hand is extended forward and she is wearing a tiara and a sash with the words "Your Ideal"
    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 …
  • Sugar Vendil sits on the floor leaning on a red toy piano, covering her right eye with her right hand. She is wearing a flowing white dress.
    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 …
  • Portrait of Lavinia Jones Wright standing in front a colorful mural of a forest.
    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 …
  • Lotus Kay sitting outdoors at an animal sanctuary. There is a goat looking over her right shoulder.
    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 …
  • 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 …
  • 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 …
  • 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, …