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

Episode 326 also includes an EW Essay titled "Pretending." We share an original Radio Play titled "My Journal" written and read by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese. We have an EW poem called "Sunshine Smile." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Lee Fields & the Expressions, Sarah Vaughn, Andre DeShields, Say Sue Me, Alan Cumm...

Episode 325 also includes an EW Essay titled "Peace Piece." We share an excerpt of Jacques Barzun's piece titled "On Baseball" as read by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese. We have an EW poem called "Speech." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Billie Holiday, Bill Evans, the Greatful Dead, Bob Marley, Neko Case, Branford Mars...

Episode 324 also includes an EW Essay titled "Beautiful." We share Lawrence Ferlinghetti's "Underware" as read by Tom O'Bedlam. We have an EW poem called "Promise."    Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire, the Nude Party, the Black Keys, Sharon Van Etten, Bob Dylan, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. P...

Episode 323 also includes an EW Essay titled "Squatting." We share an excerpt from Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Notes from the Underground." We have an EW poem called "Wild Horses." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Rodrigo y Gabriela, the Beastie Boys, Dr. John, Leon Redbone, John Lennon, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercia...

Episode 322 also includes an EW Essay titled "Home." We share a recording of Tennessee Williams reading a piece by Hart Crane titled "Eternity." We have an EW poem called "Artists." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Lou Reed, Oasis, Marianne Faithful, Judy Garland, Cole Porter, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Fr...

Episode 321 also includes an EW Essay titled "Memorial." We share an excerpt from Jack Kerouac's "On The Road." We have an EW poem called "Impeccable."    Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, the Who, Courtney Barnett, Sonic Youth, Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard.    Commercial Free, Small Batc...

Episode 320 also includes an EW Essay titled "Graduation." We debut a Radio Play written by Dr. Michael Pavese as performed by Marnie Azzarelli. We have an EW poem called "Power."    Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, the Violent Femmes, Tracy Chapman, Bernstein, Sondheim, Kostal, Amy Winehouse, G. Love & Special Sauce, Branford Mars...

Episode 319 also includes an EW Essay titled "Young." We share Roald Dahl's "Television" as read by Dr. Michael Pavese. We have an EW poem called "Victim." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, David Byrne, the Suffers, Leo Kottke, David Bowie, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Ba...

Episode 318 also includes an EW Essay titled "Fun." We share Groucho Marx reading T.S. Eliot's "Gus, the Theater Cat." We have an EW poem called "Political Potluck."    Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Ry Cooder, Joey Ramone, the Staple Singers, Mdou Moctar, Morphine, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard.    Commercial Free, Sm...

Episode 317 also includes an EW Essay titled "Love." We share Four Poems Regarding Butterflies written by John Bunyan, Katherine Mansfield, D.H. Lawrence and Allison Cassidy read by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese. We have an EW poem called "Boneheadedly." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Hayes Carll, Foxwarren, Swingrowe...

. Episode 315 also includes an EW Essay titled "Run." We share an essay titled "It's a Flat Earth" by Gary Richardson. We have an EW poem called "Peruse." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Prince, Zero 7, Raphael Saadiq, Hot 8 Brass Band, Mink DeVille, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Photo by Commercial Free, Small Batch R...

Episode 314 also includes an EW Essay titled "Alliteration." Our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese shares an excerpt from a piece by Hanif Kureishi titled "Anarchy and the Imagination."  We have an EW poem called "Confide."    Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Aaron Neville, Jackson Brown, Billy Wylder, Hank Williams, Leon Bridg...

Episode 313 also includes an EW Essay titled "Incredible." We share an article published in the New Yorker magazine by Henry Alford titled "Good Morning, Moon." We have an EW poem called "Train." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Kamasi Washington, Rage Against the Machine, Margo Price, New York Jazz Lounge, R.E.M., Louis Jordan, Br...

Episode 312 also includes an EW Essay titled "Killer Mike." We share the debut of a Radio Play performed by April Holgate and written by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese titled "This is the Story of My Song."We have an EW poem called "Embroidered." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Mink Deville, Morphine, Luther Dickinson &...

Episode 311 also includes an EW Essay titled "Cocoon." We share a piece by Franz Kafka titled "The Wall" and an excerpt from an essay titled "Boundary Conditions" by Francisco Cantu'. We have an Ew poem called "Success."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Lily Allen & Mick Jones, Nirvana, Fran Ray & JQ, Mickey Leigh, Susto, Branford...

Episode 310 also includes an EW Essay titled "Late Winter Sunshine." Our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese shares five poems by the great Charles Bukowski. We have an Ew poem called "Arc."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Rodrigo Amarante, Lanu, the Doors, AC/DC, the Pretenders, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commer...

Episode 309 also includes an EW Essay titled "Already There." We share an excerpt from David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest." We have a poem called "Ohm."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Childish Gambino, Bradley Cooper, Willie Nelson, Anoushka Shankar, Vampire Weekend, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Free,...

Episode 308 also includes an EW Essay titled "Closeted Fashionista." We share an Original Radio Play written especially for this episode by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese. It is titled "Whacked."We have a poem called "Young."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Courtney Barnett, Cat Clyde, Japanese Breakfast, Rhett Miller,...

Episode 307 also includes an EW Essay titled "Oklahoma." We share an essay by the great John Gould titled "Going to Haul." We have a poem called "Projecting."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, David Bowie, Citizen Cope, Marvin Gaye, Lobstah Box, the Magnetic Fields, Allison Moore, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercia...

Episode 306 also includes an EW Essay titled "Expressions." Our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese shares several Poems about Love written by Ben Jonson and W.H. Auden. We have a poem called "Projecting."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Leon Bridges, Bombino, El Chicano, Stacey Kent, Laura Gibson, Branford Marsalis and Terrenc...

Episode 305 also includes an EW Essay titled "Luz." We share an excerpt from American poet Walt Whitman's brilliant piece "Song of Myself." We have a poem called "Hills of Chinchilla."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Allen Toussaint, Fatboy Slim, David Byrne, Nellie McKay, Thelonious Monk, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard...

Episode 304 also includes an EW Essay titled "Revolution." We share another great essay written by our Associate Producer & Resident Essayist Dr. Michael Pavese from his Uncle Cesare series titled "My Father's Mustache."We have a poem called "Uncle, Tailor."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Buddy Holly, Andre's Osborne, Aimee Mann...

Episode 303 also includes an EW Essay titled "Champagne, ." We share a humorous essay titled "Carterism" written by Teddy Wayne for the New Yorker magazine. We revel in the words and soul of the supreme Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We have a poem called "C'est La Vie."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Ant-Flag, Vampire Weekend,...

Episode 302 also includes an EW Essay titled "Pendleton." We share another wonderfully crafted and beautifully read essay by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese titled "The Yellow Dress." We have a poem called "Mamet."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, the Cure, the Cast of Choir Boy, Teddi King, Tom Waits, Al Jarreau, Branfo...

Episode 301 also includes an EW Essay titled "Up Vine." We share a piece by Riane Konc written for the New Yorker Magazine titled "Bad News, Good News." We have a poem called "Pretend."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Steely Dan, Middle Kids, Ryan Adam's, Frank Black, Antonio Vivaldi, Frederico Agostino, the Pretenders, Branford...