IN A CITY LIKE YOURS

On this episode, I chat with Lauren. Lauren is a theater arts journalist and visual artist from Raleigh, North Carolina. Join us as we chat about her early interest in the theater, her move from Florida, her eventual career in arts journalism, and her founding the website and podcast RDU On Stage.

Lauren Van Hemert

American Theatre Critics Association Member (@ATCA_Member),

Editor, www.rduonstage.com,

Facebook/Twitter/Instagram @rduonstage,

Listen to the RDU on Stage podcast on iTunes

On this episode, I chat with Paul. Paul works for the Mid South Peace and Justice Center in Memphis, Tennessee, and has been an activist for the past 20 years, garnering quite a reputation for his outspokenness and organizational skills. Join us as we talk about the Mid South Peace and Justice Center, homeless rights, and laws involving the poor and destitute in Memphis.

Paul Garner

•Mid South Peace and Justice Center’s site 

•Aktion Kat: aktionkat.com 

•My old art blog (has not been updated in some years, but there are some paintings, graphic design, and old political cartoons there), Articles from the Memphis Flyer: https://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/ArticleArchives?category=&keywords=paul+garner, and keywiki

On this episode, I chat with Steve. Steve is a true crime podcaster who produces the podcast True Crime Fix. One of Steve's main goals for his podcast is to have each episode highlight the victim's life instead of focusing on the killer. We talk about his early interest in true crime, and the psychology behind the evil minds of the perpetrators, as well as how to bring about meaningful change in some of the laws surrounding stalking and domestic violence.

Steve Burgess

Facebook Page, 

Twitter, 

Podbean Page,

Apple Podcast

On this episode, I chat with Jax. Jax is a transgender male who came out to his mother at the age of 8. He would receive the loving support of his mother early on, and later from the friends he would meet through attending transgender support groups. Not only is he transgender, but he has been diagnosed with Aspergers, and with occasional bouts from a seizure disorder. He also experienced bullying in his high school years. Join us as we discuss his transition and personal growth from the age of 8 to his current age of 28.

Jax Christian Cage

Louisiana Trans Advocates,

GLAAD

On this episode, I chat with Rachel. Rachel became interested in astrology at the age of 8. This interest would grow into a successful international career for which she would do charts and readings for average and famous individuals alike. She would also attend university to study graphic design, and would later find considerable success in the field of visual art. We discuss her astrology skills, and how that and her art have changed her life.

Rachel Stuart-Haas

Art and Astrology website

On this episode, I chat with David. David is an adoptee who at the age of thirty began his search for his birth parents. His journey would take him from the east to the west of the USA, and in between. He discovered many family members and learned the true story of his birth parents. A story with twists and turns that will set your head spinning. Through it, David received the loving support of his husband and relied on that love and his art to help see him through the rough times. He says it's still a work in progress that will one day be the basis of a book he is writing, and there are no regrets for the journey he has traveled through the years in search of his birth family.

David Roundsley

Account for his music on YouTube, 

Main Music Site, 

Facebook music page, 

Facebook page for the book

On this episode, I chat with John. John was bullied from sixth grade through high school, and even into his adult years. Because of this, he developed PTSD, anxiety, panic attacks, and severe depression. All of which would later help shape his personality. He was able to work through most of this with his involvement in theater, and the visual arts. Today he is a successful actor, director, and painter. He has conquered his psyche and come out shining.

John Daniel

Artist Page, 

Acting Page, 

No Place 4 Hate Help-hotlines, 

It Gets Better, 

Stomp Out Bullying: Get-Help/Help Chat-line, 

Suicide Prevention Lifeline

On this episode, I chat with Chuck. Chuck is well known in the art circles of Shreveport, Louisiana. We talk about art and the local art scene, K-Pop, Wold Newton, cartooning, and why he is really not an a**hole. If you ask him he'd say he's an OK guy, and I tend to agree.

Chuck Loeidans

MYTHS FOR THE MODERN AGE: PHILIP JOSÉ FARMER’S WOLD NEWTON UNIVERSE,  

Art of the Savage Chuck, 

BTS (Blood Sweat & Tears)’ Official MV

On this episode, I chat with Bradley who has been diagnosed with several mental illnesses. Throughout his life, he has dealt with some heavy life situations, and through it, has persevered to become a talented young man.

Bradley Kennedy Massingale

Bradley_Feb_2019

Music–Mirrorhands (Eye of Time),