Ep. 164: Trent Harris (Filmmaker/Documentarian/ Director) Trent Harris is an independent filmmaker probably best known for his films Rubin & Ed and The Beaver Trilogy, both of which have amassed a cult following over the years. Critics have called the films of Trent Harris absurd, pointless, hysterical, brilliant, and one of a kind. Independent Film and Video Magazine called Harris "one of America 's premier cult directors." This web site contains the most comprehensive collection of Trent ...
Jul 08, 2025•1 hr 8 min
Ep. 163: Heavyweight: A Family Story of the Holocaust, Empire, and Memory By Solomon Brager Ep. 163: Heavyweight: A Family Story of the Holocaust, Empire, and Memory By Solomon Brager A moving and provocative graphic memoir exploring inherited trauma, family history, and the ever-shifting understanding of our own identities, for readers of Gender Queer and I Was Their American Dream. Solomon Brager grew up with accounts of their great-grandparents’ escape from Nazi Germany, told over and over un...
Jul 08, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Season 4Ep. 163
Ep. 162: The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical with interviews with cast members. Let’s get wild in this exciting new musical about the infamous author from the mind of Joe Iconis (Be More Chill) and directed by Tony Award winner Christopher Ashley (Come from Away). A collision of politics, counterculture and rock and roll in human form, Hunter S. Thompson is impossible to pin down. Careening from the 1940s to 2005, Thompson invents Gonzo journalism, attempts to take down a corrup...
Jun 30, 2025•2 hr 15 min•Season 4Ep. 162
Ep. 161: Juanita & Juan (aka Alice Bag & Kid Congo Powers) I have to say that talking to Alice and Kid was one of biggest honors I’ve ever had in doing this podcast. The punk cred alone here is enormous! We talk about their friendship, music history, and how a song for a television show created this new amazing project! Juanita & Juan is the new musical duo formed by Alice Bag and Kid Congo Powers, two influential figures who first crossed paths in 1977 during the early days of the H...
Jun 27, 2025•36 min•Season 4Ep. 161
Ep. 160: Busman’s Holiday “Table Talk Album” and much more (live and unedited) I’ve known Addison and Lewis for around 17 years as I used to book music in West Philadelphia in the 2000’s and booked Busman’s Holiday a bunch of times. I stopped booking in 2009, but had such a good memory of their music, that over the years I’d kept tabs on them and would always listen to their new stuff. We reconnected a few months ago and finally got the opportunity to chat with them. It was good timing as “Table...
Jun 26, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Season 4Ep. 160
Ep. 159: Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story w/ Directors Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee Groundbreaking trans soul singer Jackie Shane was on the cusp of stardom when she turned away from the music industry and the world. After her death, family members who never knew their pioneering aunt, piece together her remarkable life, uncovering her personal struggles, immense talent, and unmistakable voice. Through never before heard audio recordings and beautifully expressive animation, Jack...
Jun 23, 2025•58 min•Season 4Ep. 158
Ep. 158: The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical w/ Joe Iconis Let’s get wild in this exciting new musical about the infamous author from the mind of Joe Iconis (Be More Chill) and directed by Tony Award winner Christopher Ashley (Come from Away). A collision of politics, counterculture and rock and roll in human form, Hunter S. Thompson is impossible to pin down. Careening from the 1940s to 2005, Thompson invents Gonzo journalism, attempts to take down a corrupt president, and ques...
Jun 18, 2025•41 min•Season 4Ep. 158
Ep. 157: Marc H Miller and Gallery 98 Miller received a Ph.D. in art history from NYU’s Institute of Fine Arts in 1979. As an artist he exhibited in New York and Europe throughout the 1970s and 80s. From 1981–85 he was the commentator and interviewer for ART/New York, an educational videotape series that covered art exhibitions. Miller also served as a columnist for the East Village Eye; as curator at the Queens Museum; as a board member for the alternative art space ABC No Rio; and was the foun...
Jun 17, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Season 4Ep. 157
Episode 156: Thank You Very Much Documentary w/ Director Alex Braverman Andy Kaufman's provocative comedy often outraged audiences, challenging them to confront their own presumptions. Through never-before-seen footage and intimate recollections, filmmaker Alex Braverman explores Kaufman’s brief but impactful life and career. As the lines between performance and reality blur in our present age, Kaufman’s genius resonates more than ever. Alex Braverman began his career as a documentary cameraman,...
Jun 10, 2025•23 min•Season 4Ep. 156
Garland Jeffreys: The King of In Between Documentary with Director Claire Jeffreys From director Claire Jeffreys: I've been Garland’s partner for more than 40 years. Many fans and friends have told me about turning people on to Garland’s music—and can't believe they’ve never heard of him. I decided to make this film not only to bring Garland to a wider audience, but also because it seems the world has finally caught up to his commitment to examining issues of race and social justice in his songs...
Jun 04, 2025•50 min•Season 4Ep. 155
Ep. 154: Pee Wee As Himself/ Brittan Dunham (Film Archivist) Brittan Dunham is an archivist and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. She co-produced and managed the archive for Matt Wolf’s PEE-WEE AS HIMSELF, which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival and is available now on HBO Max. On both JUNE (2023, Paramount+), the Grammy nominated documentary about June Carter Cash, and IT’S ONLY LIFE AFTER ALL (2023, Netflix), which tracks the decades long career of folk rock duo Indigo Girls, Brittan ...
Jun 02, 2025•41 min•Season 4Ep. 154
Ep. 153: Pee-Wee As Himself with Director/Executive Producer Matt Wolf Pee-wee as Himself Directed & Executive Produced by Matt Wolf 2025, 2 Episodes - 195 minutes Premieres May 23rd on HBO Max Pee-wee as Himself is the definitive story of the artist and performer Paul Reubens and his indelible alter ego Pee-wee Herman. Rubens’ first film Pee-wee’s Big Adventure and his children’s television series Pee-wee’s Playhouse were cultural touchstones of the 1980s. However, when Reubens was arrested...
May 26, 2025•46 min•Season 4Ep. 153
Ep.152: Marsha The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson by Tourmaline ABOUT MARSHA Black transgender luminary Tourmaline brings to life the first definitive biography of the revolutionary activist Marsha P. Johnson, one of the most important and remarkable figures in LGBTQIA+ history, revealing her story, her impact, and her legacy. Rumor has it that after Marsha P. Johnson threw the first brick in the 1969 Stonewall Uprising, she picked up a shard of broken mirror to fix her makeup. Marsha, a ...
May 20, 2025•42 min•Season 4Ep. 152
Ep. 151: Rudy Fischmann interview with Rich Wexler (of V.A.A) THE D-FITI SOLDIERS OF SOUND PODCAST (A Patreon Membership Podcast for Discograffiti ) I got to know Rudy through my friend Dave Gebroe who runs an amazing podcast called Discograffiti. Rudy runs an amazing separate podcast series for members of Discograffiti. I highly recommend joining!!! https://www.patreon.com/discograffiti Hosted by Dave Gebroe, Discograffiti is the music podcast that delivers the objective truth about the entire ...
May 16, 2025•21 min•Season 4Ep. 151
Ep. 150: Jesse Moynihan (Illustrator/ Art Director/ for Adventure Time/Midnight Gospel/Forming ) I’ve been lucky to have known Jesse Moynihan for over twenty years and met him when he lived in West Philly in the early 2000’s. He is honestly one of the hardest working, nicest, and most talented artist and musician I’ve ever known. I’m equally a huge fan of his art (Art Directing/Storyboard Artist) work (Forming/Adventure Time/Midnight Gospel) as much as the band he is in “Make A Rising”. It’s one...
May 05, 2025•1 hr 42 min•Season 4Ep. 150
I talked with Matt Wilkie and Hal Lublin about the Live Muppet Movie Script Reading held in February, and the upcoming Scripted Muppet Caper coming up next Monday. It’s on May 5th 7:30 pm (PDT) It will be raising funds for The TransLatin@ Coalition. They shared some amazing stories and we all nerded out about The Muppets. The physical show is sold out but you can still stream Ticket Link Below Matt Wilkie is an independent producer who is returning to his roots in sketch and improv comedy, after...
Apr 28, 2025•1 hr 17 min
Marjorie Taylor Greene Showed My Photo In A DOGE Hearing And Called Me A Monster. Here's Why I’m Fighting Back. Late last month, I was surprised to wake up to a flurry of text messages: “Girl, you’re all over Congress!” As I opened link after link, I was met with a surreal array of photos showing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene leading a DOGE subcommittee hearing, and to my surprise, behind her was an oversized portrait of me. I rolled my eyes and dreamed about going back to bed. As a drag queen who...
Apr 28, 2025•29 min
Ep. 149: Damon Devine talks about his relationship with Tammy Faye Bakker “As a child in the 1980s Damon Devine watched the PTL Club on Sunday morning TV at his great-grandmothers house. Outside of her, he had no family after she passed away. Having moved to Los Angeles alone in 1990 he met Tammy Faye some years later after seeing the documentary The Eyes of Tammy Faye. Despite religious differences, Tammy took him under her wing, and there began a years long mother/son type of relationship that...
Apr 21, 2025•48 min•Season 4Ep. 149
Ep. 148: Jason Joshua (Musician) (From Canvas Rebel Magazine) My name is Jason Joshua, I go by many names like “La Voz De Oro” “El Que Soñas Con Los Ojos Abierto” “ El Principe Del Swing” but you can call me Jason. I was born in Hialeah, Florida and raised in North Miami/ Carol City & Hialeah, all boroughs of the beautiful city of Miami, Florida. I am a musician, composer, producer, instrumentalist but mostly a singer. I write & produce most of my music and for others as well. In 2020 I ...
Apr 14, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 4Ep. 148
Ep. 147: Scott Crawford (Documentary Filmmaker) Scott Crawford has spent much of his life devoted to documenting independent culture. His 2015 debut feature-length documentary, SALAD DAYS: A DECADE OF PUNK IN WASHINGTON, DC was critically-acclaimed, receiving accolades from The New York Times, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Rolling Stone and others. His follow-up documentary, CREEM: AMERICA’S ONLY ROCK’N’ROLL MAGAZINE, debuted at the 2019 SXSW Film Festival and won several awards du...
Apr 06, 2025•36 min•Season 4Ep. 147
Ep. 146: Soltero (Staying Alive Album) Soltero plays a blend of fuzzy rock, jangly pop, and lofi folk songs. The band began in Boston in 2001 as Tim Howard's songwriting project, supported by a rotating cast of friends. In 2018 Tim moved to Berlin, where he met bassist Patti Vacek and drummer Ludwig Kreuzer. Staying Alive is Soltero's ninth record. https://www.instagram.com/soltero_musik Credits Rudy Fischmann - Episode Body Editor Stephen Bluhm - Sound Engineer/Episode Editor https://ww...
Apr 01, 2025•33 min•Season 4Ep. 146
Arlene Gottfried was a photographer of the under-represented and underprivileged. While Gottfried shot assignments for The New York Times, LIFE, Time and Newsweek among others she is best known for her photographs of life on the streets of New York City. It was Gottfried’s identification with her subjects that truly set her above the rest. Gottfried spent her early childhood in Coney Island, living above the hardware store that her father and uncle owned. At the age of nine her family moved to C...
Mar 24, 2025•1 hr 24 min•Season 4Ep. 145
Gabriel Amzallag b.k.a. Mc Blue Matter is an artist from Paris, France. MC Blue Matter specializes in album covers, merch design, illustration, and animation. He has made illustrations for the likes of Illa J, Blu & Exile, Curtis roach, Georgia Anne Muldrow and Guilty Simpson just to name a few. MC Blue Matter regularly collaborates with Jakarta records as a graphic designer/illustrator and an a&r. He is a part of the creative talent agency Project FILO, and also regularly writes for The...
Mar 18, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 4Ep. 144
Live at CBGB's by Erwan Illian A documentary photobook depicting the legendary punk club CBGB's “Erwan Illian’s flash and color slide film photos of this iconic punk rock scene on the Bowery, captured in the late 70’s is a unique and historic document heretofore unpublished. At that time “serious” photographers, and Illian was dead serious, were still shooting black and white and just pointing at the musicians on the stage. Illian like fellow color pioneers Eggleston, Shore and Nan Goldin, was a...
Mar 10, 2025•41 min
MINNESOTA MEAN takes you into the thrilling world of roller derby, following the lives of six badass women as they chase after the ultimate prize, the Hydra. When the team's top player gets sidelined with an injury, the question looms large: can they still clinch the victory? This isn't your typical sports tale—it's a raw and real look at the tough, independent women at the core of roller derby. It's a story of triumph and heartbreak, of strong women facing challenges with grit and determination...
Mar 06, 2025•41 min
Ep. 142: Joe Iconis (Musical Theater Writer/Performer) Joe Iconis is a musical theater writer and performer. He has been nominated for a Tony Award, two Drama Desk Awards and a Lucille Lortel Award, is the recipient of an Ed Kleban Award, Jonathan Larson Award and Richard Rodgers Award. Joe’s musical Be More Chill (with Joe Tracz) opened this season at Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre, following a sold-out Off-Broadway run at The Pershing Square Signature Center and a world premiere at Two River Theatr...
Mar 06, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Season 4Ep. 142
Ep. 141: Lara Taubman (Musician) Lara Taubman is a performing singer songwriter currently living in New York City. She is about to release her third album The Gospel of Getting Free. Lara calls herself a troubadour of the new world because she believes in the power of song and story as a critical aid for people who need respite and refuge in a world that is rapidly transforming. Before she began writing songs in 2015, she was a visual art critic, curator and painter. She has been passionately cr...
Feb 25, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Season 4Ep. 141
Ep. 140: Jennifer Finch (L7 Bassist/ Photographer/ Producer) Jennifer Precious Finch is an American musician, producer, and visual artist. Finch was born in Boyle Heights, CA and raised in the working-class neighborhoods of West Los Angeles, Calif. Although Finch is best known for her contributions to the legendary all-female rock band L7, she has also had a rich career as the lead singer and songwriter for Other Star People and The Shocker, additionally playing guitar and keyboards. Her origina...
Feb 18, 2025•1 hr 32 min•Season 4Ep. 140
Ep. 139: Michael Rupert (Broadway Star/ Actor/ Composer) In Falsettos Michael Rupert created the central role of Marvin, a stressed-out husband who realizes that he’s gay and leaves his wife and son for a man while struggling to act responsibly toward his family. Singer, actor, director, and composer Rupert has often appeared on Broadway in musical theater and is also known for his musical scores. Born in Denver, Colorado, in 1951, Rupert appeared in various bit parts on popular television serie...
Feb 12, 2025•1 hr 27 min•Season 4Ep. 139
Ep. 138: Chris Estrada (Comedian/ Actor/Writer) in partnership with The Punk Rock Museum I got lucky to talk to Chris about his punk rock roots and his upcoming event at The Punk Rock Museum in which he will host a comedy show and be a tour guide for the museum. Chris is a smart interesting guy who has deep roots in the punk community and punk music. Info here https://www.thepunkrockmuseum.com/news/february-15thnbsp-chris-estrada-and-friends-comedy-show About Chris Estrada Chris Estrada is an ac...
Feb 02, 2025•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 138
