Modern Romantic

James Navey is a thru-hiker of the Appalachian Trail. He told us some of his humorous, heartwarming, and wild adventures on the trail, things he learned, ate, viewed, and experienced. #nachoofmylife

Brenna Shaffner is a writer, model, illustrator, and the art director of Modern Romantic Magazine. We discuss Brenna's article in Volume 5 of the magazine entitled "Everybody Loves a Murder," which is about how to befriend crows. 

Lindsey is a Maker, Historical Costumer, Embroiderer, and SEWciopath. She designs and creates period garments and accessories from the Renaissance, Victorian, and Edwardian eras, plus Steampunk and more. She also specializes in blackwork embroidery and other gorgeous embroidery styles. She also makes our favorite thing: POCKETS!

Laura Packer has been performing, coaching, writing, consulting, giving keynotes, and leading the storytelling field for almost 30 years. Helping both for and non-profit organizations communicate more effectively, Laura teaches coaching and storytelling techniques through her venture, Thinkstory Organizational Storytelling. Laura also holds a degree in Folklore and Mythology from Boston University. She is the multiple award-winning author of From Audience to Zeal: the ABCs of Finding, Crafting, and Telling a Great Story, and creator of #Storyseeds cards, which is a game, writing and telling prompts, and creative sparks to get you going.

Mark and Elva Rinus are a married couple that run Rinus Leatherworks. They are geeks and we love them for it! Their goal is to create heirloom quality leather items that are unique. From leather armor to geek inspired accessories, they create their pieces many times while streaming live on Twitch. https://linktr.ee/Rinus_Leatherworks

Hollywood Prop masters Gillian Albinski and Douglas Young are a married couple who have worked together and separately on recognizable film, television, and commercial projects such as The Walking Dead, Outer Banks, The Other Zoey, Gifted, Homeland, Magic Mike XXL, The Patriot, and more. https://gillianalbinski.com/

Michael Stewart is an actor, performer, history buff, and trivia master. His stories and roles as Lord Mayor Bullfrog at the Carolina Renaissance Festival, Santa, and for Modern Romantic are rich and fun.

The conclusion of the silly, unrehearsed, unprepared script reading of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

Chef Josh Maiolo, the Modern Romantic Magazine in-house chef, is accomplished and constantly absorbing and learning. He answered our questions, and some from the live audience.

A silly, unrehearsed, unprepared script reading of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.