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

Episode 363 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Soulful." We share an excerpt from Jack Kerouac's "On the Road."We have an E.W.poem called "Vespa." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli, LCD Soundsystem, U.S. Girls, Lauryn Hill, 10,000 Maniacs, Erykah Badu, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Cra...

Episode 362 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Conformity." Our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese reads an essay titled"The Myth of Icarus and Daedalus." We have an E.W.poem called "Paste." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli, the Velvet Underground, the New York Dolls, the Dictators, the Stooges, the Ramones, Branford Marsalis a...

Episode 361 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Cleanse." We share an excerpt from "The Plague" by Algerian-French Nobel Prize winning writer Albert Camus. We have an E.W.poem called "Ouch." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli, Joe Cocker, Johnny Cash, William DeVaughn, Jules Massanet, the Budos Band, Beth Orton, Branford Marsalis and...

Episode 360 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Undressed." We have an E.W.poem called "Contrite." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli, Lene Lovich, REM, Cole Porter, Billie Holiday, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted In the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World...

Episode 359 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Plume." We have an E.W.poem called "Said He." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Bakar, Herbie Hancock, Big Thief, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted In the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania... Heard All Ov...

Episode 358 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Queer." We have an E.W.poem called "The Rub." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli, Radiohead, Boubakar Traore', Lady Lamb, June Christy, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted In the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The Wor...

Episode 357 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "My Fuzzy Little World." We have an E.W.poem called "Hearts." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli, Marvin Gaye, Jamie Cullum, the Specials, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Madison McFerrin, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted In the Endless Mountai...

Episode 356 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Go Go Boots." We have an E.W.poem called "Ethereal." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli, Duke Ellington, Haley Heynderickx, Lou Reed, Billie Holiday, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted In the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania... Heard Al...

Episode 355 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "True." We share an excerpt from Leo Tolstoy's "A Confession and Other Religious Writings." We have an E.W.poem called "Salvation." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhard, Stephane Grapelli, Nick Waterhouse, the Beatles, JQ, Drive By Truckers, Cassandra Wilson, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commerci...

Episode 354 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Wonderous." We share an Original Radio Play titled "Orientation" written by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese and performed by Marnie Azzarelli. We have an E.W.poem called "Repose." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhard, Stephane Grapelli, Aimee Mann, Gram Parsons, Caravan Palace, Grizzly Bear, David...

Episode 353 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Basking." We share the Voice, Soul & Logic of Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. We have an E.W.poem called "Woke." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhard, Stephane Grapelli, Randall Bramblett, Jakob Dylan, Dhani Harrison, Amos Lee, Lukas Nelson, Micah Nelson, Willie Nelson, Aretha Franklin, the Rebirth Jazz Band...

Episode 352 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "The Underground." We share two jazz poems by Hayden Carruth and Sonia Sanchez as read by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese. We have an E.W.poem called "Trends." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhard, the Nude Party, the English Beat, Jed Distler, Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Thelonius Monk, Bran...

Episode 351 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Endless." We share an excerpt from a short story by Tennessee Williams titled "Desire and the Black Masseur." We have an E.W.poem called "Cupboards." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhard, Stephan Grapelli, Lambchop, Bahamas, Nick Drake, Allen Stone, Aimee Mann, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Comme...

Episode 350 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "New Year." We share an excerpt from Vietnamese Buddhist Monk Thich Nhat Hahn's book titled "The Art of Power." We have an E.W.poem called "Sky." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhard, Stephan Grapelli, Rythmagic Orchestra, Vagabon, Durand Jones & the Indications, Hand Habits, Snow Patrol, Branford Marsalis an...

Episode 349 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Trading Post." We share Four Seasonal Poems by Christina Rossetti, e.e. cummings, Sylvia Plath, and Walter de la Mare as read by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese. We have an E.W.poem called "Task." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhard, Stephan Grapelli, Miles Davis, Iggy Pop, Gomez, Laura Gibson, Jo...

Episode 348 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Frat Boy." We share Greta Thunberg's Speech to the U. N. on Climate Change. We have an E.W.poem called "House." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhard, Stephan Grapelli, Lyle Lovett & Kat Edmondson, Leslie Odom Jr., Eilen, Judy Garland, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Rad...

Episode 347 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Loose Leaf." We share a piece by the great Walt Whitman as read by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese titled "Sleep Chasings." We have an E.W.poem called "Hand Fulls." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhard, Stephan Grapelli, Tristen, Foxygen, the Beatles, Ryley Walker, Erika Wennerstrom, Branford Marsa...

Episode 346 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "That I Might Fly." We share an essay written by Larry David for the New Yorker Magazine titled "On the First-World Campaign Trail." We have an E.W.poem called "Richer." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhard, Stephan Grapelli, Whitney, Tom Waits, Esther Rose, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Neko Case, Bran...

Episode 345 includes an E.W. Essay titled "Beckett with Thoreau." We share a New Original Radio Play written by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese as Performed by Actor Dominick Azzarelli titled "Lonesome Cowboy Part 1." We have an E.W.poem called "My Dear." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhard, Stephan Grapelli, Elvis Costello and the Attractions,...

Episode 344 includes an E.W. Essay titled "History." We share an Essay written by Native Hope titled "What Does Thanksgiving Mean to Native Americans?" We have an E.W.poem called "Human." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhard, Stephan Grapelli, Wilco, John Prine, the Who, Mashpee Wampanoag, Lee Fields & the Expressions, Mattiel, Branford Marsalis and Terre...

Episode 343 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Sage." We share an Essay written by Cora Frazier titled "Your Immortality Application"published in the New Yorker Magazine. We have an E.W.poem called "Naturally." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhard, Stephan Grapelli, Benny Sings, Sly & the Family Stone, Highwomen, Randy Newman, James Taylor, Branford Mars...

Episode 342 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Float." We share an New Radio Play written by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese titled "Today's Forecast ." We have an E.W.poem called "Coffee Table." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhard, Stephan Grapelli, the Hot 8 Brass Band, Ray LaMontagne, Alexander von Mehren, Andrew Bird, Frank Sinatra, Branfo...

Episode 341 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Brother Brian." We share an excerpt from an essay published in the Winter 2010 edition of the Paris Review written by Saul Steinberg titled"Portraits and Landscapes." We have an E.W.poem called "Frequent Flyer." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhard, Stephan Grapelli, the Nude Party, Ok Paddy featuring Brian...

Episode 340 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Privilege." We share an excerpt from Howard Zinn's masterwork "A Peoples History of the United States 1492 - Present." We have an E.W.poem called "Glam." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhard, Stephan Grapelli, Bobby Darin, Mavis Staples, Benny Sings, Willie Nelson, the Meters, Branford Marsalis and Terrence...

Episode 339 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Thrive." We share an article from the San Francisco Chronicle by Emma Silvers titled "Debra Harry Recounts a Career Laden with Drugs and Rock N' Roll." We have an E.W.poem called "Born." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhard, Stephan Grapelli, Haim, Cyndi Lauper, Blondie, Kevin Morby, Branford Marsalis and Te...