I have a desperately needed conversation with Actor, Screenwriter, Musician, and dear friend, Arron Shiver. We discuss Arron’s formative years in Texas, his parents journeys from addiction to recovery, Arron’s aunt exposing him to the art of acting as a child, a hate/love relationship with Taos (New Mexico), discovering the first performance high in Noel Coward’s play Blithe Spirit, having “a tree inside himself,” our time together at CalArts, me wanting to “get off on it,” Arron sharing a cigarette with Ed Harris, watching his son (Jackson) grow into a good man, baking COVID-19 bread, collaborating with Cheryl Nichols, making music as Earl Buck, playing the psychopath Dean O’Banion in Boardwalk Empire, learning to tell stories with his father, Arron’s new film Doula, and much more. Recording Date: Saturday, November 6th, 2021. To learn about Arron’s latest creative projects, please visit: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1377287/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 To listen to Arron’s music on Instagram, please visit: @earlbuckmusic To learn more about me, please visit: www.blindmaninblack.com