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

Episode 473 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Lost With Covid." We share a short essay titled “Being Stubborn ” by Miranda Spindel published in the March 2022 edition of the Sun Magazine. We have an E.W. poem called “Perfectly Postured." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Phantom Planet, Bully, the Grateful Dead, Big Star, Nouvelle Vague, Branford Ma...

Episode 472 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Wednesday." We share an excerpt of an article titled “Heroes” by David Remnick published in the May 9th 2022 edition of the New Yorker Magazine. We have an E.W. poem called “Two Bushes." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Valerie June, James Maddock, Randy Newman, Brent Dennen, Culture Abuse, Branford Mar...

Episode 471 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "This Land." We share an excerpt of an interview with theological scholar and naturalist Douglas Christie published in the January 2022 edition of the Sun Magazine. We have an E.W. poem called “May Rain." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Radio Head, Nick Drake, Jose Feliciano, Gram Parsons, Ben Folds Fiv...

Episode 470 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Peers & Elders." We share some compelling statistics published in the April 2022 Issue of Harper's Magazine. We have an E.W. poem called “Miles." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, X, Alabama Shakes, Danielle Ponder, Burial & FourTet, Prince Buster, Anna Fox Rochinski, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanch...

Episode 469 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Birdsong." We share a short essay from the March 2021 edition of the Sun Magazine titled "Mail" by Anonymous. We have an E.W. poem called Pink Sun Dress." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Silk Sonic, Foxwarren, War, Damien Jurado, Sugar, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Ba...

Episode 468 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Blue Bells." We share a short essay from the April 2022 edition of the Sun Magazine titled "I Pledge Allegiance to the Republic," by Jasmine Ameli. We have an E.W. poem called “Cool Spring." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Astrablak, Robert Finley, Devon Gilfillian, Parquet Courts, Quadron, Branford Ma...

Episode 467 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Place." We share some compelling facts & figures from Harper's Magazine's March 2022 Harper's Index. We have an E.W. poem called “Grass." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Easy Sleeper, Tennis, Hannah Jadagu, Four Ter King Floyd, Happy End, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small...

Episode 466 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Branches." We share an excerpt from Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina." We have an E.W. poem called “Prince."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, the Sex-Pistols, Death Cab for Cutie, the Hungarian National Symphony Orchestra, the Band, Mink DeVille, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Sm...

Episode 465 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "The Magic." We share an excerpt from Franz Kafka's short story titled "Investigations of a Dog." We have an E.W. poem called “Despite the Manicure." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Carl Perkins, Arrested Development, Zucchero, John Prine, Buddy Holly, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Commercial...

Episode 464 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "American Dream." We share an essay on pop culture written and read by Marnie Azzarelli titled "Holding Out for a Villian." We have an E.W. poem called Butterfly." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Faye Webster, Zero 7, Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Haim, John Grant, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blan...

Episode 463 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Pharaohs and Immigrants." We share an article titled "Uncool Whip... A Series of Complaints Submitted to the city of Reno, Nevada" published in Harper's Magazine's February 2022 issue. We have an E.W. poem called Purple Love." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Khurangbin w Leon Bridges, Neal Francis, Nat...

Episode 462 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Aquifer." We share the 4th installment of our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese's radio play series "Watch the Ice." This one is called "Mulligan's Story," and is performed by actor extraordinaire Dominick Azzarelli. We have an E.W. poem called “Spectacle."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Ben Harp...

Episode 461 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Glam." We share an article titled "Why Yachting Families Make Great Climate Caretaker's" published in Harper's Magazine for their February 2022 issue. We have an E.W. poem called “Short Pier."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Screaming Trees, Sonic Youth, Pussy Galore, Robert Berger, Lydia Lunch Retrov...

Episode 460 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Yin Eggs, Yang Kin." We share actual Facts & Figures gathered by Harper's Magazine for their February 2020 issue. We have a E.W. poem called Sternum." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Anna Fox Rochinski, John Prine, TV Priest, Margaret Glaspy, the Nude Party, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Com...

Episode 459 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Modern Dream." We share some actual Findings gathered by Harper's Magazine for their February 2020 issue. We have a E.W. poem called “Galaxy Above."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Lou Reed, Barbara Maal, Nash Rose, Four Tet, Marlon Williams. Animal Collective, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard....

Episode 458 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Theater Guru." We share a Tribute to Wall Street Journal Theater Critic Terry Teachout by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese. We have a E.W. poem called “Fluttering About."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Prince Buster, Austin Pendelton & Milton Greene, John Randolph Marr, Nancy LaMont, Morphin...

Episode 457 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Florist Bodega." We share an excerpt from Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk. We have a E.W. poem called Lazy." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Television, Joe Tullos, Nate Rateliff and the Night Sweats, the Stooges, the Ramones, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Commercial Free...

Episode 456 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "The Boss." We share a short essay titled “Brothers” from the November 2021 issue of The Sun Magazine. We have a E.W. poem called “Small Stream." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Orange Juice, Anna Fox Rochinski, Brigitte Bardot, Mink DeVille, Van Morrison, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Commer...

Episode 455 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Galaxy." We share some actual statistics from the January 2022 issue of Harper's Magazine’s Harper’s Index. We have a E.W. poem called "Gray Day." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, the Pretenders, the Velvet Underground, Lanu, Four Tet, the Heartless Bastards, Childish Bambino, Branford Marsalis and Tere...

Episode 454 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Little Kingdom." We share a short essay from the Readers Write section of the October 2021 issue of The Sun Magazine titled “My Sister Morgan Is Only Thirteen.” written by Anonymous. We have an E.W. poem called "The Other Day."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Chicano Batman, Kokoroko, Ned Sparrow, Han...

Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, the Beatles, Cat Power, Teenage Fan Club, Billie Holiday, Fantastic Negrito, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted in the West Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell Your Friends and Neighbors...

Episode 452 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Steadfast."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Ben Folds Five, The English Beat, the Postal Service, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard.  Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted in the West Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell Your Friends and Neighbors... Happ...

Episode 451 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Taxi Cab." We share the third installment of our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese's radio play titled “Watch the Ice” as performed by Dominick Azzarelli. We have a E.W. poem called "Kind Budd."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, the Lumineers and Daniel Rodriguez, Brett Dennen, Phoebe Bridger’s, Lyl...

Episode 450 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "A Thrill." We share a piece by Phyllis McGinley titled "Love Letter to a Playwright," as read by Dr. Pavese. We have a E.W. poem called "The Lute." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Jason Robert Brown, Stephen Sondheim & Katrina Lenk, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Colin Donnell & Lin-Manuel Miranda, Raul Esparza,...

Episode 449 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Man On Adams." We share a poem by Gerry Geddes and Andre de Shields titled "Dating In Armageddon." We have a E.W. poem called "Gay Paul." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Steely Dan, LL Cool J, Fatoumata Diawara, Peter Allen, B-52s, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch R...