Tripping with Tripp

014 SEASON FINALE for HABITABLE SPACES Farm + Artist Residency Recap on Quarantine and Events through May '21

THANK YOU for all the listens, likes, subscribes and reviews for the podcast. Much appreciated. This episode is our Season Finale for Tripping with Tripp​ + New Beginnings at Habitable Spaces​ with our new remote interview technology. A recap of the MANY major events that occurred from March 2020 to today and how it weaves throughout our interviews. Stay tuned for a totally different Season 2 with TrippnLarry and the Catskill region of New York State.

013 EYE OF THE DOG ART CENTER Interviews: Potters, Artists, Philosophers, Teachers & Rogue Hams in San Marcos, Texas

012 Queer Nomadic Ceramist, Artist, Writer SWEENEY BROWN Talks Van Life & Quarantine on the Farm

Queer Nomadic Ceramist, Artist and Writer Sweeney Brown shares how they came to Habitable Spaces, their art and their sobriety journey. Also, Sweeney will describe their stay at Habitable Spaces during quarantine and what they love most about the farm.

011 Artist Filmmaker Performer Teacher JAIME IDEA Talks Dreamscapes Utopia Squats & World Travel

In this episode, we talk about imagination, dream spaces, and utopia schools. Our guest is Jamie “Idea” Iglehart. Jamie is a multimedia artist, teacher, professor of visual narrative at the City University of New York. We explore Jamie's work, the dream spaces, and the line between imagination transitioning to building concrete worlds. We also talk about her social and experimental projects involving play . We also discuss her works in a variety of disciplines and Jamie’s educational platforms t...

010 ¡Teatro! Folkloric Dance Teacher, Chef, Farmer, Artist BETO RINCÓN from Seguin, TX

Beto Rincón is a farmer, artist, teacher, and dancer working at Teatro in Seguin, TX. While teaching in Pittsburgh, PA, he met a student who would eventually be a volunteer farmer at Habitable Spaces farm and artist residency. Beto’s involvement with Teatro dates back to when he started dancing folkloric dance at the age of four. His mother also played Mariachi guitar while he was in the womb, the reason he was born with the rhythm that made him a drummer. Since then, Beto has been a member of s...

009 Mushrooms & Mycelium - ALI STONE Mycologist Farmer Performer Teacher

How much do you know about mushrooms? Some of us only know mushrooms from a plate and have little to no knowledge about them. In this episode, I have the pleasure of interviewing local mycologist, farmer and teacher, Ali Stone. Ali and I will be talking about all things mushies and mycelium. Ali will tell us how the pandemic has changed the world, her utopia, and post-pan travel goals. Ali has a passion for mycology. Also, she loves teaching farming and mycology to other people.

008 Stained Glass Mosaic by Multi-faceted Artists Cat Glennon & Ken Madore

Art has many facets, and we have multi-faceted artists. In this episode, I interview two talented Brooklyn-based artists Cat Glennon and Ken Madore. Cat and Ken were resident artists at Habitable Spaces working on a fabulous stained glass mosaic wall they will be telling us about. Cat and Ken will be sharing their art journey, how they dealt with the early days of Corona living with housemates in an old hotel, their history with the farm, their projects, and visions for their art. Also, the arti...

007 First Time Farmers Road Trip Across America AC (After Covid)

Two volunteer farmers from the Netherlands, Jerry and Sanne, share the experiences they had traveling to to Cuba before arriving in New Orleans, then the farm. They'll tell us what their first impressions were and give us highlights from their stay. When Covid-19 restrictions started, the two farmers were here in the United States. Their home country (Netherlands) restricted all flights. Jerry and Sanne got locked out of their country. After consulting with their family and friends in the Nether...

006 CHRISTINA: 1st Volunteer Farmer & Yang Ganger

Christina Lee Shane was one of the first volunteer farmers and is an operations consultant and project manager working in diverse fields from software and social media to farm to table businesses. Christina has volunteered as an Outreach Coordinator at Habitable Spaces since 2012 and at WWOOF (Worldwide Opportunities On Organic Farms). In early 2020, she represented the “Yang Gang” and volunteered on the trail for Andrew Yang’s presidential campaign, where she met many friends and acquaintances ...

005 WANDA RAIMUNDI-ORTIZ, Artist & Professor from the Bronx from Puerto Rican Roots

THIS is Magic Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, a FIRECRACKER born to Puerto Rican immigrant parents near the Bronx River Projects and Yankee Stadium. Growing up she was known as a bookworm outsider, "artsy," "the new wave chick," "wanna-be white," and "from the 'hood" until graduating from the arts-target high school that the show FAME was based on. That intersectionality grew to be reflected in the concepts she works with in her artwork, shown all over the world. With her drawing skills, she had early suc...

004 JEFE: Head Farmer & Gardener at Habitable Spaces

This is Jeff, the head farmer and gardener and Habitable Spaces . A.K.A. Jefe, which means CHIEF in Spanish. A.K.A. the Shirtless Farmer. His constant sense of humor makes it so much fun . Jeff is the social vortex of the space and takes new volunteers under his wings and shows them the ropes. If you're city folk visiting for the first time, trips to the river and rope swings are inevitable. He's also a wealth of information on stars and constellations. Long card games, bonfires and walks throug...

003 Kingsbury, TX Mayor SHIRLEY NOLEN | LOCKDOWN BEGINS

Mayor Shirley Nolen was my first quarantine interview at the local downtown farmer's market inspired by the pandemic and lockdown. The first time I met the Mayor of this newly incorporated train town was at a farm to table dinner and pop up art show in postcard perfect downtown Kingsbury, TX. The theme was Texas Germanic Immigrant Heritage and apparently a Brit with the last name of Kingsbury. The town's namesake went to Germany, passed out fliers in certain towns encouraging settlement, and Kin...

002 Habitable Spaces Directors Interview B.C. (Before Covid)

Thanks for joining our journey to a farm and artist residency in Kingsbury called Habitable Spaces. In the premiere episode you were introduced to me and my back story. This episode was recorded on New Year's Eve 2019 going into 2020. It was intended to be archived for a project in the very distant future. I was living in New York preparing to sell my business and enrolled in a podcasting class in NYC. It was beginning to look like the start of a new, exciting chapter. After a family visit to Da...

001 Former Cohost LARIE PIDGEON Interviews Tripp Bassett

Interview of me by former co-host. The podcast was called TrippnLarry, and my co-host's name was Larie Pidgeon of Instagram's Hudson Valley Happenings. She had such a hand on the pulse of the Hudson Valley. And after our interview, I turned off the recorder and she said, You know what? I've been wanting to get into podcasting for a long time. And I know through what you've done in the Hudson Valley what I've done, we could really pull in a lot of very unique, interesting, fascinating people. And...

Tripping with Tripp Trailer

My fun and frivolous NY podcast took a turn to LOCKDOWN on a farm in deeply rural TX. Join my life-changing adventure and transition from 20 years in NYC and the Hudson Valley to residing in Austin during our horrendous coronavirus pandemic. A visit for a concert and SXSW evolved into embedding on friends'sustainable farm & artist residency Habitable Spaces in rural Kingsbury. I'm learning LOTS and will Immerse you in a multitude of experiences and personalities on the farm over the past yea...