It’s the “Keep The Dream Alive” episode—feat. educator/theater founder/writer/mom and actor on the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Sol Miranda tawkin’ about the grade school fantasy that cemented her creative path, how all performers are communicators—and the one-sentence audition that got her the role of Doña Maria.

With tunes from #TheBeatles #IbrahimFerrer, #RubenBlades and #SharonJonesandtheDapKings, and shoutouts to #UnbreakableKimmySchmidt, #EmbarkPeekskill, #JudithHeineman, #MarioGiacalone, #JoyRich, #BelindaDelgado and #SusanaTubert. 

#artistsIknow #artistsofcolor #womenartists #livingartists #supportlivingartists

It’s “The Road Goes Ever On” episode—feat. the one and only Revjen Miller tawking about growing up in a household where her father drew on the walls, the origin of her elf ears and how she became a “Rev,” and how fear is the enemy of art.

With tunes from #MottTheHoople, #TommyJamesAndTheShondells and #LedZeppelin, and shoutouts to all the weirdos and Art Stars in NYC, including but not limited to: #MikeSmith, #Faceboy, #SchoolofVisualArts, #SurfReality, #CollectiveUnconscious145Ludlow, #BoweryPoetryClub, #BoweryBob, #BruceRonn, #JohnWellingtonEnnis, #TomTenney, #JenniferDeMeritt, #JenniferGlick, #MonicaMohan and #WendyNargiz. 

#ArtistsIKnow #WomenArtists #NYCArtists #ArtStars #LivingArtists #SupportLivingArtists

It‘s the "Mezclar Bien” (Mix It Real Well) episode—feat. standup/storyteller/ playwright Veronica Garza tawkin‘ about the irony of being told to go back to her country when she's fifth generation, the Latina sorority whose hazing game became her intro to comedy, and how “Aunt Becky” helped her be “una diamante escondida” (a hidden diamond).

 With tunes from #TalkingHeads, #JohnDavis, #BasementJaxx, and #JanetJackson, and shoutouts to #EricVetter, #BeccaBeberaggi, #MikeBrown, #SarahKennedy, #CalvinSCato and #SarahHartshorne. Tune-in link in comments.

#artistsIknow #artistsofcolor #queerartists #livingartists #supportlivingartists

It‘s Episode #98 of Radio Free Brooklyn‘s ”Fish Out Of Agua with Michele Carlo,” the ”It Cat“ episode—feat. writer/photographer/musician/storyteller/science master—and cat channeler Mike Cho tawkin‘ about the life he could have almost made for himself in Korea, discovering storytelling on a long-defunct cable arts channel—and why if you have friends who majored in Library Science, it's most likely because of “Party Girl.”

 With tunes from #ThomasDolby, #WeAreScientists, #BrightLightBrightLight and #ACityOnALake, and shout-outs to #JeffRose, #ColinWilhm, #BradLawrence, #CyndiFreeman, #The StoryStudio and #IHaveACrazyIdea.TheShow 

#artistsIknow #artistsofcolor #queerartists #livingartists #supportlivingartists

It’s the “Wolf Behind Her Eyes” episode—feat. writer/standup/storyteller Sammie James tawkin’ about the career she could have had as an MMA fighter, the strength that comes from all the women in her family, and the difference between CPR for a dog and a cat...only she doesn't remember which is which (haha).

With tunes from #RomeoVoid, #TheUnseen, #HurrayForTheRiffRaff and #TheBeatles, and shoutouts to #TheTank, #BeccaBeberaggi and #StantonMcCaffrey. 

#artistsIknow #queerartists #transartists #artistswithdisabilities #livingartists #supportlivingartists

It’s the “Two Cat Laydees!” episode—feat. storyteller/writer/producer/singer-musician Leslie Goshko tawkin’ about being a child piano competition champ, becoming the high school drama/choir teacher you did NOT mess with, the perhaps divine intervention/“why not” moment that led her to NYC where, contrary to popular opinion, she has *never* told a story at the Moth...and, of course, cats! 

 With tunes from #EltonJohn and #FrankStallone, and shoutouts to hubby #KyleErickson, #AndyChristie, #ThomasPryor, #KambriCrews, #SaraBenincasa, #JoeMcGinty and #TheLosersLounge

#artistsIknow #womenartists #NYCartists #livingartists #supportlivingartists

It’s the “I Did It For Science” episode—feat. writer/storyteller/artistic director of The Story Collider Erin Barker tawkin‘ about being a child subversive in Appalachia, taking her passions for writing and being nosy to NYC, and how the girl who always failed science became a woman known for producing a show about it. 

 With tunes from #ThePretenders, #TheBarenakedLadies, #CountingCrows and #Oasis, and shoutouts to #BenLillie, #NisseGreenberg, #ElnaBaker, #MargotLeitman, #EugeneAshtonGonzalez, and a whole buncha others you'll just have to tune in for!

#artistsIknow #womenartists #NYCartists #livingartists #supportlivingartists

 It’s the “Change is Not Coming, It‘s Here!” episode—feat. 40-time Moth Slam winner, immigrant activist/advocate and founder/producer of “80 Minutes Around the World Immigration Stories,” Nestor Gomez tawkin‘ about growing up undocumented when DACA was not yet even a dream, taking his years of writing from a dresser drawer to the stage, and why he always calls Thursday “the day before Friday.”

 With tunes from #BruceHornsbyandtheRange, #MarimbaCentroAmericana, #PacoPerez and #RicardoArjona, and shoutouts to #AnnieTan, #JudithHeineman, #ShannonCason, #ScottWhitehair, #TheMoth, #FilletofSoloFestival—and almost every storyteller in Chicago, Illinois! 

#artistsIknow #artistsofcolor #USartists #livingartists #supportlivingartists

It’s the “Love and War“ episode, where author/educator and literary historian Ivelisse Rodriguez tawks about the summer she went from working in a tobacco field to a prestige boarding school, the santera in a Cuban park who prophesied her destiny and why it took her “only” 22 years to feel legit as a writer.

It‘s the ”One For The Weirdos” episode—feat. solo performer/actor/author/humorist and social commentator Mike Albo tawkin‘ about using his childhood creativity as a way to hide in plain sight, being fascinated and inspired by the fiery fury of 1980s performance artists...and why making an enemy of envy is the one single best thing an artist can do.