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

Episode 485 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Like You." We share a Reading of prisoner interviews from Harper's Magazine's September 2022 edition titled "All Work And No Play." We have an E.W. Poem called "Heroes." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Star Parks, Sir Was, Fantastic Negrito, Kurt Vile & the Violators, Adam & the Ants, Branford Marsalis...

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 484 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Swirly." We share some compelling Facts and Figures from Harper's Magazine's August 2022 Harper's Index. We have an E.W. Poem called "Buzz Bee." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Ozzy Osborne, the Beatles, Cass McCombs, the Mountain Goats, Tony Bennett, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Painting b...

Episode 483 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Stilts." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Carson Mchone, Morphine, the Decemberists, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Photo by Trudy Gerlach. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted in the West Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell Your Friends and Neighbors...

Episode 482 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Afghans." We share a new Radio Play by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese called "I Never See a Chipmunk." We have an E.W. poem called “Green Bush." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Joe Walsh & Amjad Ali Khan, the Postal Service, Haim, Joe Tullos, Allison Russell, Branford Marsalis and Terence Bl...

Episode 481 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "The Mill." We share an excerpt from Noam Chomsky's book "Requiem for the American Dream." We have an E.W. poem called “Past Mars." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Nubya Garcia, Carlo Butti, Arooj Aftab, Camp Cope, Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Commercial Free,...

Episode 480 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "The Other Day." We share some Sunbeams on Alcohol from the July 2022 edition of The Sun Magazine. We have an E.W. poem called “Honey Crumb Cake." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, the Who, La Excelencia, Lin-Manual Miranda, K'naan & Friends, Amy Winehouse, Haim, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. C...

Episode 479 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "The Brink." We share two poems of Walt Whitman from his masterpiece Leaves of Grass - "I Hear America Singing" and "Poets to Come." We have an E.W. poem called “Sandaled Feat." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Stan Getz, Asturd Gilberto & Joao Gilberto, Phish, David Bowie, Smashing Pumpkins, Jason Isbel...

Episode 478 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Cloth Pants." We share the fifth installment of our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese's essay series called "Watch the Ice." This one is titled "Tattooed Woman at the Bar," as performed by actor extraordinaire Dominick Azzarelli. We have an E.W. poem called “Roberta."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Mon...

Episode 477 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Underbelly." We share some compelling Facts & Figures from the June 2022 issue of Harper's Magazine via its monthly installment of Harper's Index. We have an E.W. poem called Punk Soul." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Tame Impala, Pete Josef, Juana Molina, Four Tet, the Clash, the Regrettes, Branford...

Episode 476 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Captured & Free." We share two pieces from the March 2022 issue of Harper's Magazine - one titled “Exit Interview,” by David Shields and the other titled "The Mirror," by Charles Baudelaire. We have an E.W. poem called “Well-Worn." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Patrick Fitzgerald, the Only Ones, Patt...

Episode 475 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Language and Nuance." We share an excerpt from a story by Bruce Ballenger titled “The Memory of Clay,” published in the May 2022 edition of The Sun Magazine. We have an E.W. poem called “Bloom On." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Rage Against the Machine, Supergrass, Liz Phair, Ry Cooder, the Kinks, Br...

Episode 474 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Tailfeather." We share an excerpt from Toni Jensen's book Carry, A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land. We have an E.W. poem called New Weather." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Fat Freddy Drop, Professor Longhair, Fawn Wood, BDT, Wilco, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Bat...

Episode 473 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Lost With Covid." We share a short essay titled “Being Stubborn ” by Miranda Spindel published in the March 2022 edition of the Sun Magazine. We have an E.W. poem called “Perfectly Postured." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Phantom Planet, Bully, the Grateful Dead, Big Star, Nouvelle Vague, Branford Ma...

Episode 472 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Wednesday." We share an excerpt of an article titled “Heroes” by David Remnick published in the May 9th 2022 edition of the New Yorker Magazine. We have an E.W. poem called “Two Bushes." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Valerie June, James Maddock, Randy Newman, Brent Dennen, Culture Abuse, Branford Mar...

Episode 471 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "This Land." We share an excerpt of an interview with theological scholar and naturalist Douglas Christie published in the January 2022 edition of the Sun Magazine. We have an E.W. poem called “May Rain." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Radio Head, Nick Drake, Jose Feliciano, Gram Parsons, Ben Folds Fiv...

Episode 470 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Peers & Elders." We share some compelling statistics published in the April 2022 Issue of Harper's Magazine. We have an E.W. poem called “Miles." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, X, Alabama Shakes, Danielle Ponder, Burial & FourTet, Prince Buster, Anna Fox Rochinski, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanch...

Episode 469 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Birdsong." We share a short essay from the March 2021 edition of the Sun Magazine titled "Mail" by Anonymous. We have an E.W. poem called Pink Sun Dress." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Silk Sonic, Foxwarren, War, Damien Jurado, Sugar, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Ba...

Episode 468 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Blue Bells." We share a short essay from the April 2022 edition of the Sun Magazine titled "I Pledge Allegiance to the Republic," by Jasmine Ameli. We have an E.W. poem called “Cool Spring." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Astrablak, Robert Finley, Devon Gilfillian, Parquet Courts, Quadron, Branford Ma...

Episode 467 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Place." We share some compelling facts & figures from Harper's Magazine's March 2022 Harper's Index. We have an E.W. poem called “Grass." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Easy Sleeper, Tennis, Hannah Jadagu, Four Ter King Floyd, Happy End, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small...

Episode 466 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Branches." We share an excerpt from Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina." We have an E.W. poem called “Prince."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, the Sex-Pistols, Death Cab for Cutie, the Hungarian National Symphony Orchestra, the Band, Mink DeVille, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Sm...

Episode 465 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "The Magic." We share an excerpt from Franz Kafka's short story titled "Investigations of a Dog." We have an E.W. poem called “Despite the Manicure." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Carl Perkins, Arrested Development, Zucchero, John Prine, Buddy Holly, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Commercial...

Episode 464 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "American Dream." We share an essay on pop culture written and read by Marnie Azzarelli titled "Holding Out for a Villian." We have an E.W. poem called Butterfly." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Faye Webster, Zero 7, Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Haim, John Grant, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blan...

Episode 463 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Pharaohs and Immigrants." We share an article titled "Uncool Whip... A Series of Complaints Submitted to the city of Reno, Nevada" published in Harper's Magazine's February 2022 issue. We have an E.W. poem called Purple Love." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Khurangbin w Leon Bridges, Neal Francis, Nat...

Episode 462 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Aquifer." We share the 4th installment of our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese's radio play series "Watch the Ice." This one is called "Mulligan's Story," and is performed by actor extraordinaire Dominick Azzarelli. We have an E.W. poem called “Spectacle."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Ben Harp...