Listen in as I sit down with old friend the hilarious and warm Patty Cater of Austin and discuss her path from growing up in Houston to metal work , cooking and more. She is an amazing, special woman. Enjoy!

My talk with Aaron Michalovic of austin was super fun and inspiring. Listen in to hear about Aaron's background in timber framing and how it influences his current work. Oh and he has possibly the coolest grandfather on the planet. Check it out to find out more. Go to http://www.michalovicwoodart.com/ to see more of Aaron's work.

In this grand episode Brian sits down for a delightful and in depth conversation with Austin based multi media artist, illustrator and designer Victoria Corbett. Learn about Corbetts upbringing in the UK and her background in antiques which led her to a life in Texas of all places. More of her work can be seen here : http://www.victrolastudio.com/.

Brian sits down with New York based comedian Mark Normand as he visits Austin for SXSW. Listen in as they discuss what its like to come up with and tell jokes for a living, Mark's upbringng in the Big Easy, how Bugs Bunny is ripping off Groucho Marx and much more. Find out more about Mark here http://marknormandcomedy.com/

In CWD 20 Brian is in Greenpoint, Brooklyn and gets a chance to sit down with the talented Libby Vanderploeg and discuss her work as an artist, illustrator and graphic designer. Check out Libby's work at http://www.libbyvanderploeg.com/. Cheers!

Sit in with Brian and Joel for the first CWD of 2015. Learn about Joel's unplanned entry into his vocation and how his degree in art history informs his much beloved design work as well as the importance of point of view.

In Ep. 18 of CWD Brian has a great talk with good friend and brilliant Austin furniture designer and maker Mark Macek. Mark has been working for close to 20 years in Austin and is definitely one of the best in the biz in the local scene. Mark also teaches a furniture design course at the University of Texas School of Architecture where he also graduated from with a degree in architecture. Look for this talk to be a mere prelude to the depths that will be plumbed in further episodes as Mark will definitely be a returning guest.

In this episode I have a wonderful talk with design blogger and photographer Adrienne Breaux. Ms. Breaux is the current weekend editor at the famed design blog Apartment Therapy as well as a contributor to such fine publications as UPPERCASE magazine, Austin Monthly Home and more. Originally from Louisiana, Adrienne has resided in Austin since the early aughts. She has a great story about how she got into design blogging as well as a fresh and interesting take on the Austin design scene, and some insight about working for one of the most influential interior design blogs on the web.

The first episode for summer 2014 edited and published from my summer work retreat in Boulder, Colorado features the always interesting and super sweet Ethan Azarian. Please join us to hear about Ethan's formative years being raised by two artists in Cabot, Vermont and his path as both a painter as well as musician singer song writer. Ethan sheds some interesting light on his father aka Tom Banjo, someone I hope to land on the show in the fall. To find out more info about Ethan and view his work and hear some tunes go here. Enjoy!

Come sit in with Brian as he has the last conversation of 2103 on the road in Boulder, Colorado with photographer Bear Guerra. Bear's work is primarily focused on humanitarian, environmental and sociial justice issues. He was recently awarded a Ted Scripps Fellowship in Environmental Journalism from CU Boulder for the academic year 2013-2014. In 2012, Bear was chosen as a Blue Earth Alliance project photographer for his ongoing project "La Carretera: Life Along Peru's Interoceanic Highway". His amazing body of work can be viewed at http://bearguerra.com/.