Black & A Half

Black & A Half; some episodes are hilarious, some are insightful, and some are just damn sexy. This is all three! Manny and Silas got a chance to sit down and talk to the intelligent and sexy burlesque dancer, Lana Milk-n-Honey. They discussed how she got into burlesque dancing, the life of a kinda geeky burlesque gal, her move up to Seattle from LA where she was pursuing acting, and her and S...

On this episode of Black & A Half, Manny and Silas sit down with the hilarious author, Jacqui Brown. Jacqui talked about her newest book Drop Your Parachute, Not Your Party Pants! . Jacqui was very motivating and inspiring as a Canadian turned Mexican commercial actress, turned successful self-published author. About the Guest Jacqui Brown is known around the world for stealing the show, even...

This episode of Black & A Half features Author C.J. West. C.J. is an author living in Massachusetts.  He discovered our podcast and loved it so much he contacted us to get on. This is our first ever interview via Skype, so please forgive the oddness that comes from not being able to see the person we are interviewing. We talked to him about his life as a self-published author,  acting in murde...

2013 is off to a great start as Black & A Half returns with its first episode of the new year. Episode #5 features Seattle playwright, author and scientist Scot Bastian, Ph. D. He sits down and talks with Manny and Silas about his recent publication of his book “ Do Ya Think? Science, Science Fiction, and Skepticism ” and discusses his dream of a “science theatre.” They also discuss their favo...

This episode of Black & a Half we must got to sit down with singer Scarlet Season (her real name is Aileen Paron).  Aileen is a renaissance woman! Former actor, now singer/songwriter and a volunteer for Rain City Rock Camp for Girls. We got to find all about how Aileen got started, her future projects and we got to geek out with her a bit about superheroes when had her watch the Man of Steel t...

Boyd Morrison, author of the hit novels The Ark and Rogue Wave , sat down with co-hosts Manny Martin and Silas Lindenstein to talk about his recent release of his new novel in the USA The Roswell Conspiracy . They also talk odds of winning the lottery, getting into acting, traveling to the Super Earth, and bitter comics. About the Guest Boyd Morrison is an author, actor, engineer, and Jeopardy! ch...

This episode was first published on November 19, 2012 In the second episode of Black and a Half , with hosts Manny Martin and Silas Lindenstein, they sit down and talk with photographer, author and founding editor of SeattleBackpackersMagazine.com . They discuss her book Song of Chomolungma: A Musical Journey Along the Everest Highway , the new documentary Chasing Ice, the election with ensuing Fa...

We are republishing our past episodes to this site. Here is our first every episode from November 7th 2012 : Episode 1 with Maia Strong. The pilot episode of the podcast Black and a Half with hosts Manny Martin and Silas Lindenstein. This episode they discussed Disney acquiring the Star Wars franchise, the Presidential Election and Maia Strong’s upcoming book releases.