Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure - Conversation, Essays, Poetry & Music.

Taste "I am a Public School Teacher... Clearly I've Sold Out." A raucous conversation with Educator, Fiddler and Our Resident Historian- Serf William. The Serf and I discuss Selling Out, Choices, Fate, Other People Suffering, White Liberal Guilt, Rolling With the Absurdity, Systemic Discrimination & Privilege, Doing the Right Thing, Suburban Bohemians, Rejecting the American Dream, Beginners Mind....

Episode 397 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "On a Park Bench." We share the fourth episode of our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese's Original Radio Play "The Lonesome Cowboy" as performed by Dominick Azzarelli. We have an E.W. poem called "Wasp." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli, Bahamas, the Mountain Goats, Terence Blancha...

Episode 396 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Jade Pool." We share a Navajo Legend titled" First Man and First Woman." We have an E.W. poem called "Upness." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli, Marshall Crenshaw, Bonnie Raitt, LCD Soundsystem, Frank Jishie Jr., Raymond K. Yazzie, Sam Yazzie Jr., Sam Yazzie Sr., Kee Chee Jake, & Lena...

Episode 395 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Age Old." We share an excerpt from Buddhist Monk Thich Nhat Hanh's book titled"How to Fight." We have an E.W. poem called "True." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli, Tim Baker, Nick Drake, James Brown, Green Tea Peng, Fat Boy Slim, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Fr...

Episode 394 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Penn's Wood." We share a new Radio Play written by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese titled "Bewitched" as performed by Dominick, Margo & Marnie Azzarelli. We have an E.W. poem called "Sign." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhard, Stephane Grapelli, the Resistance Revival Chorus with Rhiannon Giddens,...

Episode 393 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Prevail." We share an excerpt from an interview by Michael Parkinson with Orson Wells discussing Ernest Hemingway. We have an E.W. poem called " Memory."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Sly & the Family Stone, the Wood Brothers, Joni Mitchell, Allen Toussaint, Kat Edmonson, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard.  C...

Episode 392 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Heart." We share two poems by Argentinian Writer Jorge Luis Borges titled "Music Box" and "A Compass." We have an E.W. poem called " Soul."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Malvina Reynolds, Zaz, Rin', Todd Rundgren & Rivers Cuomo, Future Island, Branford Mar...

Episode 391 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Basilico." We share several provocative statistics as provided by Harpers Magazine from their Harper's Index. We have an E.W. poem called " Swoon."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, the Velvet Underground, Joe Strummer, Amy Winehouse, Branford Marsalis and Ter...

Episode 390 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Country Club Road." We share Actual Findings gathered & published in Harpers Magazine. We have an E.W. poem called "Detected." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli, Elvis Costello & the Attractions, John Lennon, Sarah Vaughn, the Postal Service, Rodney Rice, Branford Marsalis and Terrence...

Episode 389 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Celluloid." We share a piece by Gary Phillips recently published in the Sun Magazine titled "My Country." We have an E.W. poem called "Fishing." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli, Shirley Horn, Hurray for the Riff Raf, Edison Rocket Train, Fred Neil, Neil Young, Branford Marsalis and T...

Episode 388 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Need." We share a piece by Charles Bethea recently published in the New Yorker Magazine titled "Bermuda Wants You." We have an E.W. poem called "Tongue." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli, Squeeze, Jenevieve, Nash Rose, the B-52s, Nina Simone, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard....

Episode 387 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Nation Sublime." We share a Tribute to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, as well as an excerpt from Frank Capra's Film "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." We have an E.W. poem called "Two Rabbits." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli, The Third Mind, The Cannonball Adderly Quintet, Anders Osborne...

Episode 386 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Black Pickup." We share a piece by Anna Russell published in the New Yorker Magazine titled "Disaster Dishes." We have an E.W. poem called "Amsterdam." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Krewe de Groove, David Johansen, Catherine Russell, Shelby Lynne, Bra...

Episode 362 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Conformity." Our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese reads an essay titled"The Myth of Icarus and Daedalus." We have an E.W.poem called "Paste." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli, the Velvet Underground, the New York Dolls, the Dictators, the Stooges, the Ramones, Branford Marsalis a...

Episode 385 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Flags." We share an excerpt from Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize winning Novel "The Underground Railroad." We have an E.W. poem called "Yellow Hue." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli, Rage Against the Machine, Mavis Staples, Verdell Primeaux, Johnny Mate, Robert Attson, Lou Rawls, Da...

Earliest episode we have found thus far in our archive from September 2011 featuring Almighty Todd.

Episode 384 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Charlie." We share Episode Three of a Radio Play written by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese titled "The Lonesome Cowboy"as performed by Dominick Azzarelli. We have an E.W. poem called "Trusty Couch." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli, Spoon, Willie Nelson, Morris Goldstein, J...

Episode 383 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Crazy Beautiful." We share an article written by Tyler Foggat titled "Department of Protesting Summer School" published in the August 3rd & 10th Edition of the New Yorker magazine. We have an E.W. poem called "Bald Heads." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli, David Bowie, Edith Piaf, JQ,...

Episode 382 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Puppets." We share a piece performed and written by John Giorno titled "Everyone Gets Lighter." We have an E.W. poem called "Existence." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli, Jean Jacques Perry, Cat Power, the Plastic Ono Band, Gillian Welch, Billie Holiday, Branford Marsalis and Terrence...

Episode 381 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Kerplunkness." We share a compelling depiction(as published in Harpers Magazine)of a real scenario that occurred in Fresno County, California titled "Worst Responders." We have an E.W. poem called "Need More." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli, Poppy Adjuah, Dion, Ella Fitzgerald, the...

Episode 380 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "The Caves." We share a brand new Uncle Cesare Essay written by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese titled "Squirrel Tale." We have an E.W. poem called "Isabella." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli, Tri Los Chapas, Harry Nilsson, Bob Dylan, the Beach Boys, Nina Simone, Branford Ma...

Episode 379 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Freedom." We share Some 20th Century Oral History from Appalachia as gathered by Foxfire Magazine. We have an E.W. poem called "Do You?" Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli, Frank Sinatra, Bully, 10,000 Maniacs, Ginny McJunkin & John Leon, Sarah Vaughn, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Bla...

Episode 378 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Silver & Shiny." We share several compelling statistical facts compiled by Harpers Magazine. We have an E.W. poem called "Asunder." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli, Trombone Shorty, Deee Light, Tracy Chapman, Joan Armatrading, Mavis Staples, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard....

Episode 377 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "The Pace." We share an excerpt from a piece written by Luke Mogelson for the New Yorker Magazine titled "The Uprising." We have an E.W. poem called "Surprise."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli, Ani DiFranco, Buster Poindexter, Portishead, Committed, Sublime, Branford Marsalis and Ter...

Episode 376 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Boondoggles." We share the World Premier of a Radio Play written by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese and performed by Actress Marnie Dee Azzarelli titled "No Cause for Alarm." We have an E.W. poem called "Tough." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli, Otis Redding, Martha Redbone,...