Vivian Bond

Shut Up Evan

Dec 09, 2025•56 min

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Episode description

ERK sits with VIVIAN BOND, icon - performer, writer, artist, activist, musician, amidst her current run at JOE’S PUB. The pair discuss acting vs. creating music, early days of New York and STUDIO 54, stories meeting PATTI SMITH, MADONNA, EARTHA KITT, MICK JAGGER (to name a few), performing in JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL’s SHORTBUS, befriending her demons, what it would take to revive KIKI DUANE, the give and take of political progress particularly in the LGBTQ community, and much more.

Ticket link for Justin Vivian Bond: Crushed Ice! at Joe’s Pub: https://publictheater.org/performances-jp/2025/j/justin-vivian-bond-crushed-ice/

Watch the podcast: https://youtu.be/s2tGq-FcDoE

Host: Evan Ross Katz

Producer: Sophia Asmuth

Show links: Evan Ross Katz on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/evanrosskatz/

CHAPTERS

(00:00) Intro

(3:30) Childhood

(12:28) Meeting idols, Patti Smith, portraying strong women

(18:55) New York, LA, nightlife, Studio 54, Limelight

(28:07) Meeting Madonna

(32:07) Shortbus, unsimulated sex scenes, portraying Kiki,

(43:05) Jonathan Anderson, fashion today

(44:48) LGBTQ then and now, loneliness epidemic, forgiveness

(54:27) Outro

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