We are over the moon today to bring you UNSOLICITED VEGAN FOOD REVIEWS of ants, wind, a blueberry woman's personality, Nicole's farmer's market outfit, blueberries, Beyond Jerkey, Sesame Milk, Not-Burgers, Tofurkey Sandwiches, Cauliflower Tahini Prune ICE CREAM and more. Tune in!
Aug 29, 2022•37 min•Ep. 262
MICHELLE TEA!!! Advice on publishing, exes, ethics, copycats & more. We are over the moon to welcome back very special guest MICHELLE TEA, to dole out advice on publishing, weathering copycats, bad exes, bad dreams, writing ethics, writing practices, and more. Go see me & Michelle LIVE, August 6th at Powells City of Books in Portland, Oregon, where we will be talking about her new book, Knocking Myself Up. Michelle Tea is the author of over a dozen books, including Valencia, Against Memo...
Aug 06, 2022•56 min•Ep. 261
We are over the moon today to have honored Capricorn BETH PICKENS on the show to dole out advice on accepting opportunities and making time for your art practice. PLUS we answer a couple vintage advice questions about problematic friends and how to accept your character assets that have gone out of wack. PLUS beverage reviews from DAWN RIDDLE & friends, and Nicole tells you how she got the novel CORONAVIRUS 19. TUNE IN! Beth Pickens is the author of the books Your Art Will Save Your Life and...
Jun 28, 2022•37 min•Ep. 220
We are over the moon today to welcome friend to the show morgan back to the show, PLUS unsolicited vegan prune review from dawn riddle! We talk about Spanish prunes Trader Joe’s Cashew Ravioli Miyokos pourable pizza cheese Vegan smoked salmon Chickpea tofu Strawberry prices Snacklins New Farm Cookbook Middle aged Hummingbird feeder tips and more
Jun 06, 2022•57 min•Ep. 219
Dramatic Facebook comment-reading, the plague of the scrub jay, and Christian damage! We are over the moon to welcome artist Jessica Campbell to the show this week! Jessica Campbell is an interdisciplinary artist originally from Nanaimo, British Columbia. She is the author of three graphic novels, including Rave, out now with Drawn & Quarterly. Her work has been exhibited at museums and galleries throughout North America.
May 23, 2022•53 min•Ep. 218
We are over the moon to have cartoonist Emily Carrington on the show today. Her debut graphic memoir, Our Little Secret, is out now with Drawn and Quarterly. Our Little Secret is a testament to survival and to the importance of telling your story your way Tune in to hear about comics, writing, healing, and how to support survivors of childhood abuse in your life. Content warning, we are going to discuss abuse and particularly childhood sexual abuse. Now please enjoy my talk with graphic memoiris...
Apr 25, 2022•37 min•Ep. 217
We are over the moon to have Lagusta Yearwood back on the podcast! We talk about the latest Netflix swindler show, the raw movement of the early 2000s, RAW by Juliano, and more! PLUS! An Unsolicited vegan food review by DAWN RIDDLE, Nicole steps into her country hearth destiny, and MORE. Tune in!
Apr 12, 2022•47 min•Ep. 216
Today on Sagittarian Matters- we talk about Money. We’re healing your finances, leaving shame and scarcity in the dust and answering your advice questions with Jessie Susannah Karnatz, in honor of her new book, MONEY MAGIC. Tune in. Jessie Susannah Karnatz (aka the Money Witch) is a financial coach and the founder of Money Witch, a company that uses practical financial tools and empowering rituals to help clients achieve their financial goals. She is based in San Francisco, California....
Mar 28, 2022•47 min•Ep. 215
We are over the moon to welcome formerly Anonymous Butch Zari Esaian back to the show to answer your advice questions about boundaries, dating, moving, and more. We ALSO have the true pleasure of an Unsolicited Vegan Food Review from Dawn Riddle and honored Friend to the Show Morgan. PLUS! Kaia Wilson joins us for a review of a bad bad brunch place. Tune in.
Mar 14, 2022•55 min•Ep. 214
We are over the moon this week to welcome musician and vegan connoisseur ROMY to talk with us about all her favorite vegan foods at home and abroad. We talk about Dr. Bronners Chocolate, Bonsoi Soy Milk, Bé Ù, salt & pepper tofu, and MORE. PLUS! Excerpts of new music by Romy & her band, Agender. Plus! Nicole opens up the show talking about moving to Tujunga, and Ponyo’s new life as a punk in a coyote vest. Tune In.
Feb 28, 2022•37 min•Ep. 213
We are over the moon to welcome back friend to the show, MORGAN to taste test PRUNE LATTES today, as suggested by listener Paula Simon on instagram. But first! Nicole gives a round up on where she's been, we hear some coyotes freaking out, and we get some more UNSOLICITED VEGAN FOOD REVIEWS. Plus! Oh Happy Days Cafe in Altadena California. A restaurant/store harkening back to vegan days of yore. TUNE IN!
Feb 07, 2022•27 min•Ep. 212
We are over the MOON today to have esteemed Capricorn BETH PICKENS join us for a very special Beth's Birthday edition of the show. She gave us advice about breakups, burnout, Changing your relationship with Money, artist statements, making friends and MORE. Beth Pickens is the author of the books Your Art Will Save Your Life and Make Your Art No Matter What. Find Beth, her books & Homework club on instagram @bethpickensconsulting or at bethpickens.com ....
Jan 17, 2022•39 min•Ep. 211
Happy New Year! We are over the moon this week to welcome friend to show Amanda Verwey on to talk about the time she tried to pick up Paula Poundstone. We also have vegan food reviews of chips, poetry, beverages and MORE with DAWN RIDDLE, MARISSA PATERNOSTER, MEGHAN DINEEN and SARAH DAEGLING. Tune in. Amanda Verwey is an illustrator, writer and artist from Los Angeles California. Amanda is the mastermind behind the instagram account chihuahua digest (@chihuahua_digest) you can find her actual li...
Jan 10, 2022•18 min•Ep. 210
We are over the moon to welcome award-winning graphic novelist BISHAKH SOM to the podcast today! Bishakh is the author of Apsara Engine & Spellbound. She was an architect , who changed her life completely and dedicated herself to comics in New York City in her 40s. Bishak’s short story collection, Apsara Engine , won the LA Times Book prize for graphic literature. Her work explores themes of gender, sexuality, memory and urbanism, among other things. Her website states: On a formal level, so...
Dec 14, 2021•54 min•Ep. 209
We are over the moon this week to unite seasoned guests to the show MORGAN & BRAN TAYLOR. Bran turns the tables & asks US vegan advice (reviews, protein, meal prep), plus they give some advice to a listener who just came out! We are also #blessed to have Portland Correspondent DAWN RIDDLE offer a review of Adult Parkour Lessons from the field. FOODS DISCUSSED: Vtopia Brie, Sproud Milk, Sunflower Drive-in, True Nutrition.com, Dandies marshmallows, Soy nog & the British Bake Off!!!!...
Nov 25, 2021•55 min•Ep. 208
We are over the moon to welcome back Kaia Wilson (Dogspeed Training) and Bran Taylor (Magic Hour) for a special all-advice episode of the podcast. This episode originally aired on Xray FM as a special pledge-drive edition! You can listen to Producer Chris Sutton's show Record Lections as DJ Hell Books every Tuesday night from 10-11 p.m. Find Kaia at dogspeed.dog Find Bran at magichourastrology.com and find all things Nicole & Sagittarian Matters at @nicolejgeorges on instagram, & @sagitt...
Nov 15, 2021•51 min•Ep. 207
Today on sagittarian matters, Nicole talks reports back after reading the entirety of the internet, re: Bad Art Friend. THEN! BETH PICKENS joins us to answer your advice questions about comparing, despairing and the intersection of jealous and class rage/institutional oppression. THEN! Unsolicited Vegan Food reviews with Will Betke Brunswick, Eduardo, and Michelle Tea. TUNE IN!
Oct 29, 2021•44 min•Ep. 206
We are over the moon this week to welcome Kaia Wilson & MORGAN to the show to give advice on travel routines and vegan health. We also get angry over ice cream, taste Kind brand ice cream, crack into a skull from Lagusta’s Luscious AND hear an unsolicited vegan food review for AvocaJOE from friend to the show Dawn Riddle. Tune in! Today’s episode brought to you by Josephine McRobbie, Emily Helmus, Maria Turner-Carney , Laura Perry Shoshanna Ruth Wechter, and JOEY SOLOWAY!!! It is also brough...
Oct 05, 2021•43 min•Ep. 205
Listeners, today is a very special vegan food episode. A show time ago, frequent contributor to the show Morgan and I were invited over to Bad Boy’s Diner for a 5 course meal made up of entirely original recipes. Bad Boys’ Diner is a free dining experience created by Portland artist, musician and playwright Dawn Riddle. If listening to a podcast is like hanging out with the host, then this episode will be like a dinner party with friends. I invite you to a backyard at the end of the summer, with...
Sep 14, 2021•39 min•Ep. 204
We are over the moon to welcome artist, cartoonist, and professor Ajuan Mance to the show this week. Ajuan, who was recently featured in the documentary No Straight Lines, joined me to talk about her comic in the Eisner winning anthology Menopause, A Comic Treatment, plus her years-long project 1001 Black Men, the time she was on Jeopardy, Nerdiness, Her new art show, Black Art From The Edge of the Universe, and MORE. You can find Ajuan’s art show: Black art from the edge of the universe” right ...
Sep 01, 2021•54 min•Ep. 203
We are over the moon to welcome blessed & highly favored guest MORGAN back to the show today for a Sagittarian Matters Test Kitchen episode featuring BLANCHED TOFU. We also eulogize Wolf & Bears, discuss carob lava, vegan bacon, secret cafes, and the ONE VEGAN FOOD YOU SHOULD NEVER EAT COLD. Tune in.
Aug 16, 2021•28 min•Ep. 202
We are over the moon to try new & unusual vegan foods in the forest with friends to the show MORGAN & DAWN RIDDLE today, plus choice commentary from Kaia Wilson & Torrence. PLUS! Nicole rants about the Everly Brothers song Wake Up Little Susie, and gives advice about art, picking up new hobbies as you age, and MORE. Stay tuned.
Aug 02, 2021•47 min•Ep. 201
Jul 12, 2021•45 min•Ep. 200
We are over the moon to present an all advice episode with guest Capricorns JESSICA LANYADOO and BETH PICKENS. We answer questions about grants, bullies at work, being direct, giving unsolicited advice and MORE. PLUS! Nicole recommends reading the Sinead O'Connor biography, and lister/friend to the show DAWN RIDDLE calls in with some unsolicited vegan food reviews. Tune in!
Jun 21, 2021•41 min•Ep. 199
We are over the moon to welcome back honored Capricorn, psychic astrologer & Medium JESSICA LANYADOO to the Sagittarian Matters Social Distancing Studios to give advice to listeners. We answered so many advice questions this week that we're cutting this episode into two parts, by theme. Today's theme is AGING. We talk about mid-life crises (aka Neptune square Neptune), THE AFTERLIFE, May-December romances and MORE. Tune in! Jessica Lanyadoo is an internationally respected Astrologer and Psyc...
Jun 07, 2021•38 min•Ep. 198
We are over the moon to welcome MORGAN back to the show for some mellow conversation about NEW VEGAN FOODS. Not Milk, Pumfu, Breakfast sausage, Dream Pops, Gracias Madre, Sung Soon Popup, AND the television show It's Me Or The Dog. Bonus: DAWN RIDDLE jumps in with an alternate milk review. STAY TUNED.
May 21, 2021•38 min•Ep. 197
We are over the moon to welcome back very special honored Aquarian MICHELLE TEA to the Sagittarian Matters Social Distancing Studios. Michelle reviewed Paleo Verde Sparkling Green Lemon And Ginger Coffee and gave listeners advice on Friend Breakups, Caregiving and Art, Vaccine Jealousy, Sagittarians & MORE. Find Michelle's podcast at https://www.thisisyourmagic.com/ Find Paleo Verde green coffee at: https://www.cobraverde.org/...
May 03, 2021•41 min•Ep. 196
We are over the moon this week to welcome....your host, Nicole, riffing and answering your advice & opinion questions on the show. We (I) talk about the fate of soy creamer, vegan desserts, pandemic oddities, near-death experiences, refrigerators, Ponyo, and MORE. TUNE IN.
Apr 20, 2021•28 min•Ep. 195
Today we are over the moon to share with you Episode 1 of Nicole's new family secret podcast, RELATIVE FICTION. Relative Fiction is inspired by Nicole's graphic memoir, Calling Dr. Laura, but it goes further into uncovering what family, what secrets & what truths were revealed after that book's release. Relative Fiction is produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting, co-written by Claudia Meza & edited by Sage Van Wing. If you like this episode, please subscribe to Relative Fiction wherever y...
Apr 05, 2021•36 min•Ep. 194
We are over the moon to welcome highly honored BETH PICKENS for a very special CROSSOVER EPISODE of her podcast, Mind Your Practice, with our podcast, Sagittarian-nay-CAPRICORN Matters! In honor of Beth's upcoming book, MAKE YOUR ART NO MATTER WHAT, we practice "the french braid effect" and answer each-other's questions about book publicity, sales, accomplishment vs. success AND MORE. Tune in! Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs has even created a new theme song!!!
Mar 29, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 193