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Inside this episode with Mitch Hampton “ Interlochen Arts Academy at times appears to me to be a vast ocean whose streams extend quite far into my current life. Not only have many of its alumni been guests on this podcast, like Dmitri Matheney , Quinn Lemley , and Coleman Reaboi , but but many of its alumni also possess excellent networking skills that have enabled episodes to be fully realized. I...

Hi listeners, In case you missed it, here is your host, Mitch Hampton's recent "Funky Friday at Five! More on the stream, here: This is the second episode in which I discuss both my musical journal, some unusual qualities of my upbringing and education and how my interest in all of the arts informs my music. #composing #piano #pianolessons #pianoteacher #mitchhampton #funkyfridayatfive #podcast

In this November "Book Lunch" I take the deep dive into Don Delillo's 1985 novel about an American academic midwestern family, societal unrest, consumerism and much more.  Mitch dove deep into the pages and heart of this text, while also exploring the upcoming film adaptation!    More on this special livestream event, here:  Although it is a novel from the 1980s, Don Delillo's...

Inside this Episode with your host,Mitch Hampton Our current guest TanyaLoveBuddha comes courtesy from our producer Laurie Strickland . Coming from our principle of equality, just as writer might read form their writing, musicals might perform music and painters show what they have painted, I thought it most appropriate to actually show in real time what someone with the gifts of Tanya does when s...

Listeners, in case you missed our recent “Funky Friday at Five” livestream series that featured your host, Mitch Hampton as he shares his journey as a professional composer and pianist. In this, the first part of a series on music, Mitch discusses the beginnings of his life in music with some digressions on other arts and experiences. More on this special livestream series, here: More on this live...

Listeners, in case you missed it here is your host, Mitch Hampton's birthday concert for you to enjoy as bonus content! You may not know Mitch is a concert pianist as well as a podcast host. He has scored films as well as, composed and performed all over the globe. Mitch and his world renown trio play some standards from Cole Porter as well as, some newly composed music. Thanks to all who came out...

Listeners in case you missed our pop up livestream stream with the amazing, multi faceted performer, Michelle Alexander, here it is!    We thank Michelle for stopping by the studio, playing some music and sharing about her journey as an artist!   We always love adding bonus content for you all whenever we can.   More on this pop up  livestream from host, Mitch Hampton...

Inside this Episode with Mitch Hampton "As I say a lot when introducing guests on our show, there are some guests whom I have never had the opportunity to meet, only knowing them from their accomplishments in the public world. Our guest Anna Shapiro is someone who I not only knew have known personally for almost two decades but she and I actually dated in the early 00s! I have had the good fortune...

Enjoy our October “Book Lunch”, as we welcome special guest author and public intellectual Azar Nafisi back to our show to discuss her new book Read Dangerously ! More on this episode from Mitch’s notebook “While I do love to speak freely and spontaneously on a book that has become close to my heart or seems central to our collective lives in a moment or "snapshot" (as I would formulate it), there...

Listeners, in case you missed it, here is our recent wonderful livestream art talk, "Funky Friday at 5" featuring your host, Mitch Hampton. Mitch talks with us about artistic legacy and the artists who help shape us and our arts & culture. More on this special livestream, here: "On Ancestry and Influence" The recent passing of pianist Ramsey Lewis and French film giant Jean Luc Godard, two fav...

Thanks to everyone who came to our recent "Book Lunch" on Friday September 9th, featuring Louis Menand's "The Free World". In case you missed it, here it is for you to enjoy and share with us! #bobdylan #jacksonpollack #newcriticism #structuralism #coldwar #sovietunion #american #vietnam #elvispresley #jamesbaldwin #susansontag #hannaharendt #thebeatles #georgemartin #lioneltrilling #unesco #rolan...

Inside the Episode with Mitch Hampton “As I will never tire of expressing, one of the many goals of this podcast is to feature guests who have had different lives and careers than your host. Although I have always been intensely interested in men's fashion and menswear and our guest Frank La Mendola started out as, among other things, a fashion illustrator, his particular journey involved becoming...

Thank you to everyone who joined us last night, to all the musicians and our tech team! In case you missed it, here was our concert and we hope you enjoy the music. Your podcast host, Mitch Hampton is also professional concert pianist and composer, having scored many films with a prolific music career, so we share this as some bonus content! #jazz #music #concert #livemusic Mitch Hampton

Hello listeners! In case you missed it, here is our wonderful talk with the spectacular #EddieAbreau ! We cannot thank him enough for joining us on our recent "Funky Friday at 5", to speak about his activism for autistic and neurodivergence. It was extra special for us as our host, Mitch Hampton was recently made aware of his own neurodivergence and they both explore in this talk, how creativity h...

"I have been reading Wendy Steiner since the publication of her 1996 book The Scandal Of Pleasure . Imagine my astonishment that I actually got to speak with her on this podcast after so many years. If I had to describe Wendy Steiner's contribution in arts and letters I would discuss her first as one of the very best public intellectuals. In her case, one who writes books for a general readership...

Enjoy our recent "Book Lunch" featuring Kei Hiruta's masterpiece, “ Hannah Arendt and Isaiah Berlin: Freedom, Politics and Humanity”. Share it with us, leave a comment and thanks for being the best part of our show! More on this “Book Lunch” from your host, Mitch Hampton “Looked at as two individuals, both Isaiah Berlin and Hannah Arendt are, objectively speaking, two of the greatest thinkers in t...

In case you missed it, enjoy our recent Funky Friday at 5 art talk, featuring special guest, Quinn Lemley!   More about the livestream here:    “There can be no doubt that the heat was on this past July 8th at 5 when we are joined by triple threat singer, dancer and actor Quinn Lemley, star of Rita Hayworth The Heat Is On!, Secrets of Broadway, From Burlesque to Broadway and much mo...

Listeners!    Today we celebrate with you SEASON 4 of our show!     We are SO grateful to you all for being on the journey with us and we are so excited to share what we have planned for this season.   In case you missed our celebratory livestream today featuring your podcast host, Mitch Hampton, here it is , full of surprises and a lively discussion about the arts, 1970s'...

Every guest on our show is wholly unique. In the case of Blake Gopnik he might be most well known for a definitive and conprehensive biography of Andy Warhol. But one of the many things that goes into making such a good biography, of course is the learning, dedication and research of the author. Nowhere is this more than case than with Blake Gopnik . He is so well versed in so many aspects of the...

We were so honored to have had as our guest for our recent May 31st "Book Lunch", featuring author Laurie Verchomin.  We discussed her poetic and classic memoir, "The Big Love: Life And Death With Bill Evans", which in my view one of the best jazz books to have come out in a long time, in part for the individual uniqueness of the author's perspective.    We also discussed her spirit...

"In case you missed it, please enjoy our recent "Funky Friday at Five" art talk with artist Alexandra Carter, as we deep dive discuss the brilliant film, "The Lost Daughter" by brilliant director, Maggie Gyllenhaal. A little more about the livestream, here: On this particular Funky Friday at 5 , special guest Alexandra Carter and I take the deepest dive into Maggie Gyllenhaal's remarkable film "Th...

Hi listeners! Enjoy a May Bonus Pop Up Livestream Art Talk just for you! We deep dive into creativity, inspiration and how the arts unite us! https://anchor.fm/mitch-hampton https://www.patreon.com/journeyofanaesthete?fan_landing=true https://www.jouneyofanaesthetepodcast.com/ http://www.audibletrial.com/JourneyofanAesthete New England Conservatory #music #jazz #composing #humanities #podcasts #au...

One of the most unfortunate developments in the post internet age is the loss of town and local newspapers.  Our guest Andy Heintz is a veteran of that era.  One of the many advantages of localized journalism is what I personally was trained to report as first order of business back when I was a journalist in the 80s and 90s: the "big five" of who, what, where, how and why.  You sta...

We loved seeing you all last week for our recent "Book Lunch" that featured #NathalieLeger 's wonderful book, "A Suite for Barbara Loden".  In case you missed it, here it is for you all to enjoy! Please like, share and leave a comment. #barbaraloden #asuiteforbarbaraloden #books #cinema #wanda #filmmaking

Hi everyone! Thank you all for coming to our recent "#FunkyFridayatFive" last week. We had a wonderful turn out and in case you missed it, here is your host Mitch Hampton discussing all things art and life long learning! New England Conservatory #music #jazz #composing #humanities #podcasts #audible #anchorfm #film #theatre #philosophy #filmtheory #filmarchives #spirituality #jazz #composition #li...