Genius JamCats

Join Emma as she speaks with Terri Lyne Carrington, Monika Herzig, and Lynn Baker about music, life, community, and equality - what else? 🙂

Join Emma Collier and Maximos Kaliakatsos-Papakostas, an experienced researcher, software designer and programmer in the areas of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, and the lead software engineer for Genius Jamtracks and PitchBop as they discuss music in AI - how advancements in this area may lead to changes in how we form memories around music, how long before we don't care if there's...

Join Emma Collier as she speaks with with Dave Mihaly, a multi-dimensional, time traveling instrumentalist from San Francisco who is called to bring a little beauty to everything he touches as we discuss the transformation of beloved venues and the character of the city, where the magic still exists there, painting with words, the collective struggle of fragmentation and the rituals and practices...

Join Emma as she speaks with Nicky Kokkoli, a passionate and versatile young saxophonist from Greece as they discuss how she aims to use her music as a force of change, the challenges of being an artist in Greece, especially as a woman, the very unique way she's found to keep her childlike sense of wonder intact despite it all, and much more.

"Join Emma and ένας μοναδικός άνθρωπος Yiannis Iliakis, a one of a kind painter, percussionist, writer, illustrator, and arts teacher as they discuss different mediums and their messages, storytelling as a transportive educational tool and why this matters, extricating the self from a religious upbringing, sincerity in performance, and much more."

Join Emma as she speaks with Nana Sechere, the host of the Host Masters podcast, which provides dinner table-style conversations with many of the spirits industry’s leading voices, about improvisation, hospitality as an art form, alternate timelines, and much more… before it’s too late.

Join Emma as she speaks with Leo Genovese, a mystic, pianist, lover of raki, and divine human being as they discuss everything that comes from the sky, aliens, the art of balance, ritual, and much more.

Join Emma as she speaks with Kleo Xirou, the creator of Kleo Drums, which offers a full range of handcrafted traditional percussion instruments and features locally produced natural skins, as they discuss the distinct personality of her handmade instruments and the diverse range of musical and spiritual practices they’re incorporated into, how recent developments in percussion have evolved what sh...

Join Emma as she speaks with with a man of many roles and branches – Ronan Guilfoyle, a bassist, educator, composer, rhythm archaeologist, chef, and conversation artist to discuss almost everything from Bartok’s ghost music to the triplet rhythm of your mother’s heartbeat, how the principles of his two great loves — music and food — have a surprising amount in common, why he doesn’t have a smartph...

Join Emma as she and the jazz musician, producer, and content creator Adrian Valia discuss the success behind his channels, finding balance in the creative hustle of being a freelancer, the importance of sustainability in both our behaviors and daily habits, Rilke, and much more.

Join Emma as she speaks with the warm, insightful, and often hilarious pianist, vocalist, teacher, mother and Your Mom enthusiast, Aimee Nolte to learn more about her story, which begins in the small town of Weaverville, CA, how being a high school sports star led to discipline in other areas of her life, why she loves turning just about everything into a game, how cultivating a sense of humor (no...

join Emma and accomplished bassist, composer, producer, published author, and award winning music educator, Tony Grey as they discuss Herbie Hancock’s signature wiggle, how salsa dancing lessons have made him a better improviser, his daily routine for practicing darts (which is nearly as meticulous and intense as his musical one), what he channels to overcome his introversion onstage, Ice -T, the...