Julie Kathryn is the electronic artist, producer and multi-instrumentalist behind the project I Am Snow Angel who has been heralded as “enchanting alt-pop that fans of Imogen Heap and Enya will lap right up.” She’s the co-founder of a new musical collective, Female Frequency, which is dedicated to empowering women and girls in the music industry through the creation of media that is entirely female generated.

You can financially support Female Frequency via their crowdfunding campaign and, of course, purchase I Am Snow Angel music on iTunes and all fine digital music retailers.

If you’d like to know more about me, check out my website and sign up for my Drip!

Music:
Walking on Wires – I Am Snow Angel
Losing Face – I Am Snow Angel

Cynthia Hopkins‘ The Alcoholic Movie Musical is running now until November 6th at The Bushwick Starr here in Brooklyn, NY. I first fell in love with Cynthia’s work a few years ago when I saw This Clement World, and I have been following her ever since. I was really thrilled to get to have this conversation with her and to share it with you.

Get yourself out to see this show. It’s getting some great reviews, including this one from the New York Times.

Click here for ticket info! 

Music:
Science Is Amazing
The Long View

Sherry F. Colb is Professor of Law and Charles Evans Hughes Scholar at Cornell University, where she teaches and writes about animal rights, criminal procedure and evidence. She has written the fantastic book Mind If I Order The Cheeseburger. I really love the conversation we had here. Sherry’s positive take on animal advocacy really gave me a fresh take and gave me fresh inspiration to continue to find my way as an effective advocate for animals. We gave some time to her fantastic article, “Singling Out Jewish Kaporos for Criticism,” which I highly recommend, as well.

You can read more from Sherry at Verdict and Dorf on Law. She is @SherryColb on Twitter.

Music
Stop Slow Down – Noah Hoffeld
Echoes – Colonies

I met Gardiner Comfort a couple of years ago when he invited me to perform at his fantastic writer’s salon New Work New York. Through the magic of social media, we’ve stayed connected and I remain a fan of his work. I was thrilled to chat with him on the podcast about his new show, The Elephant in Every Room I Enter, which details his week attending the Tourette Syndrome Association National Conference in Washington, DC. Gardiner talks his life as an actor with Tourette Syndrome and the process of putting this show together with his director, Kel Haney. The show opens next week at La MaMa.

I need to give a big shout out to this show’s sponsor, Ability Shirts. Ability Shirts is a nonprofit corporation that supports individuals with “unique abilities.” Adam Farris, Director of Ability Shirts, prefers to use the term to categorize those who are considered to have disabilities. Adam is a former student and a good friend, so I am proud to share with you guys about his work. Go get yourself some shirts!

Links
Buy tickets for The Elephant In Every Room I Enter
Gardiner’s Indiegogo Page
My Drip Page
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Music
Headfirst – Secret Someones
Backyard – Module One

I was having some technical issues with Skype during the last part of the show and had to cut a portion where Gardiner was talking about his creative team for the show. I listed them below so they wouldn’t go unmentioned!

Gardiner’s Creative Team
Kel Haney- Director and co-creator
Gardiner Comfort- Performer and co-creator
Elisheba Ittoop- Sound designer
Daisy Long- Lighting designer
Dan Safer- Choreographer
Summer Lee Jack- Costume Designer
Caite Hevner Kemp and Lianne Arnold- Scenic and projection designers

A few episodes back when I talked with Scott Teplin I decided to share the podcast with our neighborhood listserv, thinking some of our neighbors might be interested in hearing the discussion and hoping to find some new creative folks in the neighborhood to chat with on the podcast. Soon after that I got an email from Spencer Gordon. I checked out his work, we had a brief email exchange and here we are with a podcast. I hope you enjoy the conversation and do take a minute to check out his website. His photos are really spectacular.

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Music
Don and Sherry (Hot Chip Remix) – Matthew Dear
Howl – Rabbit Wilde