This week on a brand new Arts & Seizures , host Mike Edison welcomes writer Tiger Moody to the show on the heels of his newly released book, “Induction of the Sycophant.” Talking to Mike about why he chose to write about comic books and what comic books meant to him growing up in the big apple, the conversation quickly devolves with thoughts on the recent Mayweather VS Pacquiao fight and Mad Magazine. Tiger shares how he started writing books and details of his creative process. Tune in as t...
May 03, 2015•31 min•Ep. 160
This week on Arts & Seizures , host Mike Edison and guest co-host Patrick Martins are talking wrestling with Fighting Spirit Wrestling’s Dante Jayce and Ian Aldwin, the champ of the league. Delving right into the Fighting Spirit Wrestling gossip and happenings, it doesn’t take long before everyone reveals their thoughts on Hulk Hogan and the upcoming Lucha Libre Extravaganza event! Tune in for a crazy show and see if Patrick engages in a proper throwdown! This program was brought to you by R...
Apr 19, 2015•31 min•Ep. 159
This week on Arts & Seizures , host Mike Edison is previewing the upcoming Brooklyn Folk Festival with the help of Karen Poliski from The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music plus a menagerie of musicians from the Brotherhood of the Jug Band Blues! Kicking off the show with a live performance to get listeners in the folk mindset, Mike goes on to get the details about the festival as well as how the jug band got their start. Is folk music gearing up for a reprise? Are DJs considered true musici...
Apr 12, 2015•35 min•Ep. 158
This week on Arts and Seizures Mike hosts solo and interviews, band; Daddy Long Legs about their newest album. The crew listens to some tracks off of the album, plays some live music, jams out to tracks from the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. This program was brought to you by Roberta’s. “You guys are like my personal Led Zeppelin.” [16:00] “Do you guys have any gigs? I only say that when I want to sound hip.” [19:00] — Mike Edison on Arts and Seizures See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/priva...
Mar 29, 2015•36 min•Ep. 157
A few years ago, Mark Adams made a strange discovery: Everything we know about the lost city of Atlantis comes from the work of one man, the Greek philosopher Plato. Then he made a second, stranger discovery: Amateur explorers are still actively searching for this sunken city all around the world, based entirely on the clues Plato left behind. This week on Arts & Seizures , Mike Edison and guest co-host Pete Zaremba try to solve this famous mystery and chat with New York Times Best Seller Au...
Mar 22, 2015•34 min•Ep. 156
Need a new documentary to watch while spring gets its act together? This week on Arts & Seizures host Mike Edison and guest-host Pete Zaremba welcome back to the show director Michael Lee Nirenberg. Michael’s documentary, “Back Issues: The Hustler Magazine Story,” is now streaming on Netflix and adds to a lively discussion on New York City strip clubs and the state of pornography these days. After the break (featuring a sneak preview of a new Fleshtones cover tune!), a few friends join in th...
Mar 15, 2015•33 min•Ep. 155
Get a progressive politics primer on this week’s episode of Arts & Seizures as Mike Edison is joined by Rick Perlstein, the author of the New York Times bestseller The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan; Nixonland: The Rise of a President and The Fracturing of America , a New York Times bestseller picked as one of the best nonfiction books of 2007 by over a dozen publications; and Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus , which won...
Mar 01, 2015•35 min•Ep. 154
This week on Arts & Seizures , host Mike Edison is teamed with guest-host, writer, sex educator, comedian, consultant, and HRN friend Lux Alptraum. In studio, the duo welcomes comedian Liam McEneaney and cartoonist Julia Wertz, chatting about Matilda The Algonquin Hotel cat, Lux being kicked off Facebook, and the typical social media activity of shut-ins all over the city. Conversation spirals around the evolution of social media and how it’s detracted from attention spans everywhere, ruinin...
Feb 22, 2015•33 min•Ep. 153
Freemasons. Skull and Bones Society. The Illiuminati. This week on Arts & Seizures , host Mike Edison and guest co-host Peter Zaremba are deciphering secret societies with author Julie Tibbott. Her book “Members Only: Secret Societies, Sects, and Cults – Exposed!” explains that throughout human history, people have banded together to pass on traditions, climb the social ladder, and often just have a good time. And sometimes, keeping other people out is part of the fun. (Every hot club needs ...
Feb 15, 2015•33 min•Ep. 152
This week on Arts & Seizures host Mike Edison welcomes dear friend and Heritage Radio Network founder, Patrick Martins to the show. Mike and Patrick go way back and even co-wrote the book “The Carnivore’s Manifesto” together. The guys go on to explain that the book is ultimately about eating conscientiously for pleasure and discuss the idea of ‘teteoire’ and being a part of the sustainable food movement before conversation evolves to professional sports. After the break, Mike and Patrick wel...
Feb 08, 2015•34 min•Ep. 151
This week on Arts & Seizures , host Mike Edison and guest co-host Bob Bert welcome Erin Norris to the show. Notably, Bob is a past member of Sonic Youth and currently plays with Lydia Lunch, while Erin is the owner of the Red Hook restaurant Grindhaus. Telling Mike of the journey to open the restaurant (it was set to open just before Hurricane Sandy hit), she also shares that prior to her restaurant opening she worked in a very different type of service industry. A former dominatrix with a S...
Jan 25, 2015•32 min•Ep. 150
This week on Arts & Seizures , host Mike Edison and guest co-host Kimberly Wetherell of Spirited, a dessert speakeasy in NYC are talking New York City history by means of booze! Welcoming Bridget Firtle of Owney’s NYC Rum and Kevin Fitzpatrick of The Dorothy Parker Society. Distilled in small batches by hand from all-natural, non-GMO, high test molasses in an old factory warehouse in NYC, Bridget gives Mike and Kimberly some information about rum’s history in the country and how it was imple...
Jan 18, 2015•33 min•Ep. 149
This week on Arts & Seizures , host Mike Edison is joined again by guest co-host Peter Zaremba talking cocktails with Rosie Schaap. Rosie has been a bartender, a fortuneteller, a librarian at a paranormal society, an English teacher, an editor, a preacher, a community organizer, and a manager of homeless shelters. A contributor to This American Life and npr.org, she writes the monthly “Drink” column for The New York Times Magazine and her memoir, “Drinking With Men,” is available where fine ...
Jan 11, 2015•34 min•Ep. 148
This week on Arts & Seizures , host Mike Edison is kicking off 2015 with co-host Peter Zaremba of The Fleshtones welcoming guests, post punk superstars Ivan Julian and Bob Bert. Opening the show with the guys catching up with one another, Mike checks in with the projects that each are working on at the moment before getting into a discussion on the state of the music business today and how it’s a hard place to crack with the influx of home recording technology. Ivan and Bert perform a few ac...
Jan 04, 2015•23 min•Ep. 147
On this last last Arts & Seizures of 2014, Mike Edison is joined by a plethora of friends to say goodbye to dear Judy McGuire who is ending her co-hosting tenure after years of dedicated and hilarious on-air service to the Heritage Radio Network. Kicking off the show with an exchanging of gifts and some heart-felt live music, the group actively discusses the idea of a Judy cardboard cutout or a hologram to keep Mike company on air before moving through a trip down memory lane. Complete with ...
Dec 21, 2014•30 min•Ep. 146
This week on Arts & Seizures , hosts Mike Edison and Judy McGuire are talking booze and bars with guests Sean Manning, author of “Come Here Often?: 53 Writers Raise a Glass to Their Favorite Bar” and Zak Davis of Shmaltz Brewing Company. Kicking off the show, the group tastes a few highlighted beers from the Shmaltz Brewing Company line while chatting with Sean about how a neighborhood bar can become as comfortable as a second home or a memory best avoided—a wild evening half remembered an...
Dec 14, 2014•34 min•Ep. 145
This week on Arts & Seizures , hosts Mike Edison and Judy McGuire are having a punk rock day! Welcoming Tony Rettman, author of “New York Hardcore 1980-1990,” to the show, the trio throws back to this genre’s glory days in the big apple. Known for its glamorous 1970s punk rock scene, New York City matched the grim urban reality of the 1980s with a rawer musical uprising: New York hardcore. Bands of misfits from across the region gravitated to the forgotten frontier of Manhattan’s Lower East ...
Dec 07, 2014•34 min•Ep. 144
This week on Arts & Seizures , solo host Mike Edison is welcoming a few friends to the studio for a wine tasting, compliments of guest Sommelier Jean-Luc Le Du of Le Du’s Wines. Peter Zaremba and Keith Streng of The Fleshtones also join in the fun as they all kick off the show tasting some delicious cider, proving that cider is not only seasonal but can be enjoyed at any time of the year before moving on to more traditional wines. After the break, the group shares their Thanksgiving happenin...
Nov 23, 2014•30 min•Ep. 143
This week on Arts & Seizures , hosts Mike Edison and Judy McGuire are joined by John Strausbaugh and in the second half of the show, Jeremiah Moss. John is the author of “The Village: 400 Years of Beats and Bohemians, Radicals and Rogues, a History of Greenwich Village” and host of the New York Times video podcast series “Weekend Explorer.” Talking to Mike and Judy about his research on one of NYC’s most infamous neighborhoods, he and Mike reminisce about the yesteryear of the big apple and ...
Nov 16, 2014•32 min•Ep. 142
This week on Arts & Seizures , solo host Mike Edison welcomes Steven Heller and Douglas Riccardi to the show to speak on the stratosphere of design. Steven is an art director and author of scads of books while Douglas is a graphic artist that particularly works on menu design for top restaurants. Looking at menu design as a way of giving customers the personality of the restaurant, for instance, the group engages in a conversation about some of their projects and their respective workflows, ...
Nov 09, 2014•32 min•Ep. 141
This week on Arts & Seizures , hosts Mike Edison and Judy McGuire are talking Queens! Welcoming connoisseurs of the borough of Queens: Emily Nonko, Andrea Lynn, and Jeff Orlick, the group starts off on a culinary journey through the up and coming area. Emily is the Editor of Brownstoner Queens, Andrea is the author of the book “Queens: A Culinary Passport,” while Jeff runs a blog dedicated to eating around Queens. A thorough discussion from the food situation, cost of living, hipness, and th...
Oct 26, 2014•35 min•Ep. 140
This week on Arts & Seizures , hosts Mike Edison and Judy McGuire kick off the show catching up with Judy’s latest travels in the south. Quickly introducing guest Thomas R. Pryor, author of the book “I Hate the Dallas Cowboys: Tales of a Scrappy New York Boyhood,” he is a native New Yorker and jumps into conversation with Mike and Judy about growing up in the city and how things used to be. Thomas’ 1960s working class neighborhood on the Upper East Side sets the stage for many great stories ...
Oct 19, 2014•34 min•Ep. 139
Today on Arts & Seizures , host Mike Edison flies solo and interviews Kera Bolonik, DAME magazine’s executive editor. She is a culture writer whose work has appeared in New York magazine, the L.A. Times, Glamour, the Village Voice, Bookforum, The Nation, Salon, Slate, and the Poetry Foundation, among other places, and she has written two books about TV. Mike and Kera catch up and discuss TV shows like “Blackish”, ‘The Sopranos’, ‘Portlandia’ and their favorite, “American Horror Story”. The r...
Oct 12, 2014•32 min•Ep. 138
This week on Arts & Seizures , hosts Mike Edison and Judy McGuire are celebrating Yom Kippur with guests Rabbi Daniel Bronstein and Heritage Radio Network’s own Sari Kamin! We hear all about Judy’s recent trip to Ireland before delving into the ins and outs of the Jewish faith, holidays, and family life growing up. Sari grew up as the daughter of a Rabbi and shares some of those funny stories with Mike and Judy, while Daniel leads a discussion on the importance of forgiveness and how it shou...
Oct 05, 2014•32 min•Ep. 137
This week on Arts & Seizures , a solo host, Mike Edison, welcomes Kimberly Wetherell and David Gutowski of DISH, a multi-course feast of readings and stories. Recently, Kimberly has opened a new concept speakeasy, or rather, a dessert speakeasy called Spirited. She goes on to explain that it’s a dessert restaurant and craft cocktail bar all in one. Spirited features alcohol-infused desserts that are tipsy, buzzed, and downright drunk. Talking about the resurgence of high quality spirits, Kim...
Sep 28, 2014•30 min•Ep. 136
This week on Arts & Seizures , hosts Mike Edison and Judy McGuire celebrate the upcoming Brooklyn Book Festival and chat with Liz Koch, the Co-Producer, and Denise Oswald, the Co-Chair of the Nonfiction Committee, both of the Brooklyn Book Festival. Talking about what the hosts refer to as the ‘Woodstock of Books,’ the Brooklyn Book Festival is the largest free literary event in New York City. It presents an array of national and international literary stars and emerging authors. Noted as on...
Sep 14, 2014•29 min•Ep. 135
This week on Arts & Seizures , hosts Mike Edison and Judy McGuire kick off the new radio season by welcoming ‘America’s Garage Rock Band’ The Fleshtones to the show! Keith Streng and Peter Zaremba are no doubt mainstays in the New York music scene. Though initially formed in 1976 and having played epic venues like CBGBs, plus being co-horts of The Ramones, they still are rocking to this day. Tune in as Mike and Judy are privy to a few live performances as well as a some great stories in thei...
Sep 08, 2014•32 min•Ep. 134
This week on a special BIRTHDAY episode of Arts & Seizures , Mike and Judy welcome a plethora of guests to wish Mike a very happy birthday. Complete with live music, festive hats, and presents, the crew celebrates in style! Tune in to hear candid stories about Mike told by those who know him best and to hear rousing renditions of the “Birthday Blues” by Mr. Edison himself. This program has been brought to you by Roberta’s . “The real zen answer is you’ve gotta be a willow that bends in the w...
Aug 03, 2014•31 min•Ep. 133
This week on Arts & Seizures , hosts Mike and Judy welcome Michael Lee Nirenberg, Director of the Documentary Back Issues: The Hustler Magazine Story to the program. Talking about his close relationship with the magazine, his father was one of the original art directors in the 1970’s and 1980’s. Michael goes on to explain the background of the magazine with Larry Flint as well as its importance in the country’s culture. More than just a pornographic publication, the magazine ended up being a...
Jul 27, 2014•33 min•Ep. 132
This week on Arts & Seizures , Mike and Judy welcome Aaron Lefkove and Ethan Campbell of the Brooklyn-based, punk-rock band, LIVEFASTDIE. Notably, Aaron is also the owner of the Littleneck in Gowanus as well as its off-shoot, Littleneck Outpost, in Greenpoint. Promoting their recent release, Hit Stains, out on Almost Ready Records, the guys discuss their longstanding partnership, crazy tour stories and song inspirations, not to mention a few live tunes thrown in the mix. Mike and Judy also t...
Jul 13, 2014•31 min•Ep. 131
