MidWest Digest

MidWest Digest

By Blake HamiltonSociety & Culture
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MidWest Digest episodes

  • Annie Palmer

    Annie is a wonderful musician and vocalist, who also cooks delicious vegan food at her day job. We got to have a talk with her and peer into her formative years concerning her music and other practices. We discuss modern music and ghosts, veganism and heartbreak.
    54 min
  • Tiffany Peyton

    Tiffany has started and organized a lot of burlesque in Wichita, started the roller derby scene around here, and beyond that does a lot of freelance work as well. You name it, photo, video, design, costume, whatever. She's a performer at heart and a Wichita diehard. We got to chat with her a couple months ago, and no you get to listen.
    59 min
  • Armando Minjarez

    Armando is an artist and activist in Wichita, and he sat down to talk with us about coming to America, and the struggles immigrants face. He also spoke with us about Sunflower Community Action, the Urban Arts Fest, and the Seedhouse.
    1 hr 10 min
  • Seth Etter

    Seth Etter is a coder by trade and a Wichita zealot with his free time. He helps out with DevICT and Wichita Startup Weekend, and organizes events to grow the development community in Wichita. He is also hilarious and just a fun guy in general. Come learn about the coding community in Wichita as well as the business climate.
    1 hr
  • Constance Consola

    She grew up in Wichita and now she does make-up in Las Vegas. We got to chat with constance about make-up, gore, horror flicks, comics, and everything else.
    1 hr 13 min
  • TallGrass Film Fest 13

    We went to TallGrass and spoke to directors, producers, and stars of 10 films!
    Band of Robbers
    The Angel of Nanjing
    Love Between the Covers
    I Am Gangster
    Killing Ed
    The Boatman
    A light Beneath Their Feet
    The Age of Love
    They Look Like People
    For Grace
    Loads of fun talking to filmmakers from all around the world!
    4 hr 4 min
  • Daniel Pewewardy

    Comic, writer, man of the world, Daniel Pewewardy is a many faceted character.
    We talk about pho, comedy, minimalism, dealing with ADHD, and more. Special guest appearance by Danny Lambo!
    1 hr 11 min
  • The Ragin' Cajun John Morgan

    Sit your ass down and listen to this man tell you how it is. John Morgan is a comic from New Orleans who is, as he put it: "Sweet as a honey glazed ham and as hot as a Tabasco chili pepper."
    1 hr 19 min
  • Wayne White

    Wayne White came through Wichita during the River Fest this year for an artist residency at Harvester Arts. You may remember a show he worked on called PeeWee's Playhouse, or from any of the other myriad artistic ventures he's worked on for the last few decades. Pat, Jess, and Bernardo got him on the phone and scored us this sweet interview!
    Thanks again to Shelter Salon and Hellbomb Tattoo
    30 min
  • ICT Fest 2015

    We got to sit in on ICT Fest 2015, a Wichita music festival featuring essential music every year.
    The list of acts we got to talk to:
    Semiotic Weapons, Raunchy Dead, CJ Boyd, Bummer, Aseethe, Varma Cross, Young Readers, Blue Healer, and LewelHeads.
    2 hr 58 min