A talk with writer, publisher, and my horror movie podcast cohost Mallory Smart. Check out Maudlin House and Textual Healing for what she's about.

A couple pages from Italo Svevo's A Very Old Man.

A talk with musician and sound guy Elliot Dicks about growing up in Columbus, Ohio, moving to Chicago, and building a life in music. Check out his current band and one of his old ones here.

A talk with Jake Austen about growing up in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago, art school, his lifelong fascination with masked singers and much more. Check out what Austen's all about at his Rocktober site.

A talk with musician/artist/craftfair majordomo Mat Daly.

A talk with writer/musician Westley Heine. Get his 12 Chicago Cabbies and Busking Blues and read my Reader article about him.

A talk with Nancy Carey about writing, painting, baking, conflict-resolution, and more.

A reading of chapter 12 of Don DeLillo's White Noise.

Theme music, forever, by Bill MacKay.

A talk with Chicago painter James Jankowiak about growing up in Back of the Yards, getting into graffiti writing, becoming an artist, a teacher, and a whole lot of other stuff. See a bunch of his work here.

Check out his show at Compound Yellow through 11/20/22.

Theme music, forever, by Bill MacKay.

A talk with musician Azita Youssefi about the transition from visual to musical art, the Chicago scene, and more. Listen to Azita’s music here.

Theme music, forever, by Bill MacKay.

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