Conversations With Dwyer

Conversations With Dwyer

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Conversations With Dwyer episodes

  • Drew Ackerman Aka Dearest Scooter - Sleep With Me Podcast
    Drew Ackerman aka Dearest Scooter is the creator and host of the genius Sleep With Me podcast. A show he created to help people with insomnia, anxiety and various other sleep issues drift off to slumberland. Drew and Matt have an honest and one of the funniest conversations in the show's history. They explore what lead Drew to the idea, struggling to find a meaningful path in life and the day he saw his reflection in the mirror and knew he needed to get his act together. Drew is a brilliant and hilarious force. This is a great episode. Enjoy.

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    1 hr 5 min
  • Luis J. Rodriguez - Former Gang member turned Author, Journalist & Poet laureate of Los Angeles

    Luis J. Rodriguez is a former gang member turned author, journalist and poet laureate of Los Angeles. He joins CWMD to discuss how his parents would have rather him stay in the streets than become a writer, the struggle to find his voice, labor movements, the working class side Los Angeles no one knows, the similarities between Chicago and LA writers and much much more. Check out his websites: www.luisjrodriguez.com

    www.tiachucha.org and his podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hummingbird-cricket-hour/id1381254966?ign-mpt=uo%3D4


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    54 min
  • Amy Dresner - My Fair Junkie
    Author of, “My Fair Junkie: A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Staying Clean," Amy Dresner joins CWMD to discuss her sex and drug addiction, working on chain gangs, growing up in Beverly Hills and the pain one must endure to be an honest writer. Elle magazine compared Dresner’s darkly comic memoir to Carrie Fisher’s “Postcards from the Edge” and Mary Karr’s “Lit,” calling Dresner’s book “one for the ages.”

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    54 min
  • Gregg Deal Indigenous Artist & Activist
    Indigenous artist and activist Gregg Deal joins CWMD in a engaging and eye opening discussion about being a truthful artist without gimmicks, how the federal government had outlawed the ceremonies and rituals of indigenous people, the expectations put on his people by western culture and how the various nations view Elizabeth Warren's and other people's claims of Native American Status.

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    1 hr 2 min
  • Kenneth E. Hartman - Author and Prison Activist
    At age nineteen Kenneth E. Hartman was sentenced to life without parole for accidentally killing a man in a drunken street fight. His book Mother California is about is time in prison, finding love and becoming reformed. He joins CWMD to discuss life in prison, freedom, and the future of our prison system. Mr. Hartman is a captivating man with a lot to share.

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    1 hr
  • Neil Steinberg - Author, Columnist Journalist
    Neil sits down with Matt to talk about his recent book, Out of the Wreck I Rise: A Literary Companion to Recovery. Neil talks about addiction, literature and the splendor of Chicago.

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    1 hr 16 min
  • Duncan Trussell - Kick Over the Ant Hill
    Like all conversations with Duncan Trussell this one is filled with spiritualism, metaphysics, truth, the universe and who we are. Dwyer and Duncan have been a little out of touch and catch up discussing our various identities, the poetics of booze, and how you have to kick over the ant hill to see how it rebuilds itself.

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    1 hr 19 min
  • Will Weldon - Comedian
    Comedian Will Weldon joins Dwyer in a hilarious and interesting chat on what they’ve eaten when broke, how everyone needs to start joking on Facebook again and the differences in Canadian healthcare and politics.

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    1 hr 12 min
  • Ken Vandermark - Jazz Musician and Composer
    MacArthur Genius Award winning Jazz musician Ken Vandermark joins Dwyer in an inspiring and captivating discussion about the artform of the album, didacticism in art, and how he learned he was winning the MacCarthur Genius Award. Check out his work at kenvandermark.com/

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    1 hr 13 min
  • Rick Thomas - The Rick Blog
    Writer/Performer Rick Thomas joins Dwyer in a chat about how Presidents shouldn’t make decisions based on emotion, how Robert Mercer owns the president, and the fog machine.

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    1 hr 7 min

About Conversations With Dwyer

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Conversations With Matt Dwyer is a music podcast that focuses on the lives and work of legendary, established and emerging new artists. The interviews are not your typical Q&A format but an…