EMUSE with Emma Speer

Part II! Kait and I adventure into the Bloodroot collection and dust off some treasures. 

This special Pride episode of Emuse broadcasts from inside a piece of American queer history. Emma and guest host Kait Torres sit down with Noel Furie, co-founder of Bloodroot — the feminist, lesbian, vegetarian restaurant and bookstore that opened in Bridgeport in 1977 and ran for 48 years, one of the longest-lasting feminist restaurants in the country. Noel and her late partner Selma Miriam buil...

Brain v. Body: Who gets aux? Science and songs about the brain-body connection and consequences of disconnection. Fun facts and figures:  - 90-95% of serotonin is produced in the gut - you can SMELL fear (and then react to it!) without conscious perception  - ancient Babylonians thought consciousness was in the liver  - having butterflies is a physiological phenomenon  - accordingly, Sade's origin...

I'm turning 31 next Tuesday and decided to throw a b-day party for myself live on air! I went with my flow and spit out this show... Featuring: 1. My top songs each month for the past year and the story behind them  2. Science/spiritual lessons from quantum physics, Einstein, and the ocean 3. Who wore it better? Classic songs and their jersey club remixes 4. My fave songs of all we really got- THE...

celebrate mother's day by taking the red pill- what's the REAL matrix?

In honor of Earth day, WATER!

Songs by Fools for Fools.  Musings about: - The History of the Fool  - The Science behind Beginner's Luck  - The Wisdom of Tarot Fool  - Fools around the world :)  Music By:  - Led Zep - Ray Charles - Masego  - Jill Scott - Johnny Matthis  - Elvis Presley - Missy Elliot And more...  Stay updated on future Emuse episodes via instagram, @atmospeere. 

In celebration of Woman's History Month... All hail the Queen! Musings about: - overlooked/undersung historical queens - queen bees  - what the heck makes a queen anyway, and is there room for more than one (spoiler alert: asbolutely) - why the world would benefit from more BQE (Big Queen Energy) Music from: - the queens of funk, soul, hip-hop, rock n roll, pop and more - Ayla Nereo - Janelle Mona...

Today's sonic journey explores heartbreak... and how we can end at heartmend. Musings include:  - real physiological consequences of a broken heart - the stages of grief  - ancient and artistic wisdom around healing  Musics include:  - Beyonce's Lemonade duh  - Sampha - Sade - Tank and the Bangaz - Leon Bridges  - Lorde and more A lot of freestyling on this one. Flow of epic proportion (perhaps th...

Just like Mama said.... Life is like a box of chocolates-- you never know what you're gonna get.  Here's a box o' songolates for you featuring songs... - Celebrating chocolate and all things sweet - Sampling other great hits  - Honoring Black History Month - Submitted by YOU, the listeners And many more Artists include... - Aretha Franklin  - Lenny Kravitz - Hiatus Kaiyote  - Chaka Khan  - The Not...

🎶PUTTING THE FREAK IN FREAKQUENCY🎶 *Note: this episode has one of my favorite call-ins of all time The theme is RESOLUTE, music and musings about setting your mind to something and seeing it through. Expect science and song and sauce and tunez from: - Al Green - Destiny's Child - Earth, Wind, & Fire - Eve - Usher and MORE Something for everyone and everything for someone

Big E and Big N (who let him back on) put a big phat bow on 2025, a true gift of a year.  Sets on: -Rap and Unrapped  -Christmas bangers you've never heard -Sonic gift exchange -Stories of the year told in song -Musical crossover episodes -Illnesses such as Bieber fever and lovesickness -Homage to amazing musicians lost in 2025  -Loving animosity  Featuring music by:  -James Brown  -Dijon -Doechii...

I broke a leg and then I broke a toe. This very special Emuse episode is all about Mist-lil-TOE, featuring songs about kissing (soooooo many kisses- some WITH TONGUE 🤯), the bones and the body,  the poems and that somebody....  I weave the story of the Poem that Broke My Toe throughout the sets and explore the many humbling lessons I'm facing through this period of stillness that is AFOOT. Musica...

Whack Friday. F*ck consumer culture. F*ck FCC rules. F*ck that guy who was driving round town with CeeLo's love. Big N (a.k.a. Connecticut's Most Kissable, Bridgeport's hot new "It Boy", Prince of the East Village, Venmommy) joins E (a.k.a. E) on Emuse Whack Friday edition to talk about love, home, Thanksgiving and Thanksreceiving. In terms of music, expect: ~Daniel Caesar ~Marvin Gaye  ~Erykah Ba...