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

Episode 497 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Potatoes & Carrots." We share a piece by John Poch titled “In Texas, Thinking of Georgia“ published in the July 2022 issue of The Sun Magazine. We have an E.W. Poem called "Bare Branches." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, the Police, HAIM, Sturgill Simpson, Plains, Courtney Marie Andrews, Branford Marsa...

Episode 496 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Sage Bush." We share a piece titled "Plastic: A Personal History" by Elizabeth Bradfield published in the September 2022 issue of the Sun Magazine. We have an E.W. Poem called "500 Years." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Reuben and the Dark featuring the Bullhorn Singers, the Blackfoot Confederacy, Joa...

Episode 495 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Night Hag." We share some Compelling Facts and Figures as gathered by Harper’s Magazine for its October 2022 issue. We have an E.W. Poem called "Fine Days." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, the Pretenders, Adam & the Ants, Art Decco, Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grapelli, Richard Hell & the Voidoids, Pat...

Episode 494 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Backside." We share a piece published in Harper’s Magazine's October 2022 issue titled "Minor Marginalia" of writing left behind by visitors at the Oakland Public Library. We have an E.W. Poem called "Lively Up." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Judith Owen, Jean Knight, Herbie Hancock, David Bowie, Adr...

Episode 493 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Birthday." We share some actual Findings gathered by Harper’s Magazine in their August 2022 issue. We have an E.W. Poem called "Softness." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Jr. Thomas and the Volcanos, Jack White, Dick Dale, Andrew Bird, Stevie Wonder, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Commercial...

Episode 492 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Coal Miner's Daughter." We share a short essay about "The Bus" by Lucy Garbus published in the September 2022 edition of the Sun Magazine. We have an E.W. Poem called "Shine Bright." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, R.E.M., Loretta Lynn, Corinne Mammana, Dusty Springfield, Ella Fitzgerald, Branford Mars...

Episode 491 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Simple Intellectuals." We share some actual Findings as published in the September 2022 edition of Harper's Magazine. We have an E.W. Poem called "Swoon." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, the Flamin' Groovies, Melody Gardot, Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions, Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grapelli, Ro...

Episode 490 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Professional." We share some compelling facts and figures as published in the September 2022 edition of Harper's Magazine's Harper's Index . We have an E.W. Poem called "Olive Groves." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Santana, Childish Gambino & Brittany Howard, Squid, the Smiths, Sammy Davis Jr., Branf...

Episode 489 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Chief." We share two short essays published in the August 2021 issue of the Sun Magazine by Jerry Thomas and Judith Shapiro on the theme of Summer Jobs. We have an E.W. Poem called "Corn Muffins." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Sam & Dave, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, the Heartless Bastards, Joni Mitc...

Episode 488 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "A Boy." We share an original essay titled "Parasocial Activity" written and performed by Marnie Azzarelli . We have an E.W. Poem called "Power & Influence." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, John Moreland, the Grateful Dead, S.G. Goodman, Sarah Vaughn, Branford Ma...

Episode 487 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Complicated." We share an excerpt from a piece published in the August 2021 edition of the Sun Magazine titled "Earth Perfected," by Emma Dale. We have an E.W. Poem called "Geese Fly." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, the New York Dolls, Cesaria Evora, Elvis Costello and the Imposters, Smoky Robinson &...

Episode 486 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Rudderless." We share a piece from the November 2021 edition of the Sun Magazine titled "Jewish Community Entrance, July 1971." We have an E.W. Poem called "The Air." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, 10,000 Maniacs, Bruce Springsteen, Texas Gentlemen, Bachelor, Juana Molina, Branford Marsalis and Terenc...

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...