A talk with Mike Reed about playing music, starting the Pitchfork Music Festival, running Constellation and the Hungry Brain, and lots more.

A long talk with painter and teacher Don Southard.

A wide-ranging talk with Toronto-based writer Damian Rogers. Read my review of her great book about her mother here.

A talk about Soviet Stamps in Frank Spidale's freshman seminar at Dominican University, November 22, 2022.

An excerpt from a work in progress.

A talk with Chris Brokaw about his bands past and present, touring, teaching, and more.

A talk with musician James Marlon Magas about leaving the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for Chicago and his journey through music, art, and even rideshare driving.

A talk with musician Janet Beveridge Bean about growing up in Kentucky, playing music as a child, her bands—Freakwater and Eleventh Dream Day—and current writing and and musical projects.

A book-release talk about paint-by-numbers with Annie Howard. Recorded at Pilsen Community Books in Chicago.

A talk with writer/actor/humorist John Hodgman about Shopsin's, the future of capitalism, zines, and all the rest.