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

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...

Episode 338 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Truth." We share an article from the New Yorker magazine by Ian Frazier titled " Cookout." We have an E.W.poem called "Sour Mash." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhard, Stephan Grapelli, Meiko, Leif Vollebekk, Hank Williams, Stevie Wonder, the Family Daptone, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commerc...

Episode 337 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Autumn 2019." We share an original essay written and read by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese titled "Chasing Rainbows." We have an E.W.poem called "Spike."    Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, case/lang/veirs, Justin Townes Earle, Roxy Music, Kurt Vile, Devendra Banhart, Bran...

Episode 316 also includes an EW Essay titled "Air." We share the Debut of a Radio Play written by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese titled "Lecture Number 14." We have an EW poem called "Whitehead." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Linda Lawson, Death Cab for Cutie, Beck, Talking Towns, Arrested Development, Branford Marsal...

Episode 336 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "America." We share a Film Review of Francis Ford Copolla's Godfather 2 by the Famed New Yorker Film Critic Pauline Kael as read by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese. We have an E.W.poem called "Bush." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Brendan Bensen, Nathaniel Frey, James Womac...

Episode 335 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Power." We share five poems written and read by Craig Czury. We have an E.W.poem called "Feckless."    Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Beck, Kurt Vile, Sinead O'Connor, Steeley Dan, Jonathan Rice, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard.    Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted...

Episode 334 also includes an EW Essay titled "New England." We share the classic American poem "Oh Captain, My Captain" by Walt Whitman. We have an EW poem called "Kiss." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, the Mills Brothers, the Magnetic Fields, US3, Ray Barretto, Prince, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Sm...

Episode 333 also includes an EW Essay titled "Grapevine." We share Five Poems by John Updike as read by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese. We have an EW poem called "Yet Again." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Canned Heat, Prince, the Meters, April March, Diplo, Faustix, Imanos & Kai, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blancha...

Episode 332 also includes an EW Essay titled "Guns." We share "Tyler Sex Goddesses" written and read by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese. We have an EW poem called "Bird." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, the Rolling Stones, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, David Gray, Cole Porter, Richie Havens, Branford Marsalis and Terrence...

Episode 331 also includes an EW Essay titled "Red Umbrella." We share "Let America Be America Again" by Langston Hughes as read by James Earl Jones. We have an EW poem called "Flicker." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, the Pretenders, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Hombre Bestia, Taj Mahal, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Branford Marsalis and...

Episode 330 also includes an EW Essay titled "Queer." We share an "Ode To A Nightingale" by John Keats as read by Stephen Fry." We have an EW poem called "Among."    Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Marian Hill, the Beatles, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Madeline Kahn, Yo La Tengo, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard.    Commer...

Episode 328 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Sneakers." We have Part 3 of our Edgar Lee Masters Project including excerpts from his work titled "the Spoon River Anthology"as prepared and read by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese. " We have an EW poem called "Harmony." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Melanoid, Marvin Gay...

This week's sixty minutes includes an EW Essay titled "We Live." We share a piece written by Jim Harrison titled, "Letters to Yesenin" as read by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese. We have an EW poem called "Blue Sky." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Son Little, Simon & Garfunkel, the Budos Brothers, El Ten Eleven, Julia J...

Episode 327 also includes an EW Essay titled "Genuine." We share an article written for the New Yorker by Ariel Levy titled, "Less Bitchy." We have an EW poem called "Vendange."    Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Bon Iver, Dr. John & Odetta Holmes, Yes, Madison Cunning, Rose Petals, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard.    Com...