Arts & Seizures

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 two beatniks talk independent publishing, the East Village, and movies yet to be made! This program was brought to you by Roberta’s Pizza.

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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 Roberta’s Pizza.

“If you wanna succeed in the wrestling you have to destroy, assess and attack!”

—Ian Aldwin on Arts & Seizures

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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 musicians? Does Bob Dylan call in live? What’s a juice harp? Tune in for a thorough discussion on the true definition of folk music, more live performances, and the typical Arts & Seizures hijinks! This program was brought you Roberta’s.

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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

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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 Author Mark Adams all about his new book “Meet Me in Atlantis: My Obsessive Quest to Find the Sunken City.” Without giving too much away, Mark explains how he was able to conceive digging out the “kernel of truth” in the dispersed clues left by Plato while maintaining the typical Arts & Seizures banter. Tune in for a hilarious conversation that surely raises more questions than it answers! This program was brought to you by Roberta’s Pizza.

—Mark Adams on Arts & Seizures

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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 the studio to debate the Beatles VS the Rolling Stones. This program was brought to you by Underground Meats.

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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 the 2001 Los Angeles Times Book Award for history and appeared on the best books of the year lists of The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Chicago Tribune. His essays and book reviews have been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, The Village Voice, and Slate, among others. He has received a National Endowment for the Humanities grant for independent scholars. This program was brought to you by Roberta’s.

“History is full of ironies.” [07:00]

–Rick Perlstein on Arts & Seizures

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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, ruining kids’ cursive handwriting, for one! Tune in for a hilarious discussion on the state of the human condition! This program was brought to you by Whole Foods Market.

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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 a velvet rope, after all.) But some of these groups have proved so exclusive and secretive that we on the outside can’t resist some speculation. Wouldn’t you like to know what they’re really up to? No need for secret handshakes or passwords—Arts & Seizures has you covered in today’s show! This program was brought to you by Roberta’s Pizza.

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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 welcome The Main Course co-host Alexes McLaughlin, who also happens to work with Patrick at Heritage Foods USA. Tune in for a great show! This program was brought to you by Roberta’s Pizza.

“If you don’t shop at 5 to 6 stores every single week you probably aren’t a part of the sustainable food movement.”

“Happy Year of the Goat!”

—Patrick Martins on Arts & Seizures

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